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Soundproofing, does it make a difference?


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#16 losta_masta

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Posted 26 June 2004 - 06:35 AM

how much did it cost you? where did you get it?

#17 Xristo

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Posted 26 June 2004 - 01:48 PM

anyone still get tiny annoying rattles even with heavily sounded doors? my doors are deaden to the crap house but it still manages to make a slight niggle that craps me!!!

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Posted 27 June 2004 - 09:08 AM

Yeah there's only so much that sound deadener can effectively do. I used almost $500 of high grade stinger and dynamat for the two front doors. With extreme bass hits (played at high volume....), there are still some rattles.

But as Cyberpunky stated, more is better than none. Will tighten and deepen midbass response and I find it also focuses the staging dramatically.
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Posted 28 June 2004 - 12:29 AM

$80 a door at doran

idk if thats a good price or not..

no..no rattles, there weren't any to start with.....no matter how loud i turn the music up.

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Posted 28 June 2004 - 11:20 PM

Xristo Id put money on the rattles being the lock mech control rods. I know ppl who have wrapped them in foam tape to stop this type of rattle successfully, but you need to do it in a way that waont foul the action.
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#21 BlackRain

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Posted 29 June 2004 - 03:03 PM

I know of a car that was sound deadened at Doran.
The sound deadening left much to be desired.

Did they do both the inner and outer skin of ur doors? How much brown bread was used? Did you see the actual job being done...

I doubt it would have been done to the standards that would actually make an audible difference....I could be wrong, but then again...I could not.

Give FHRX studios a call...Marty will deaden your doors til they're heavy enough to fall off. You WILL hear a difference.

Yeah..and as stated before..drop the HPF to below 80hz. I'm running at 65 right now. The SD really brings the bass out in the doors. You can feel it when you lean your legs against the door.
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Posted 30 June 2004 - 09:25 AM

There is nothing quite like 10 kilos of extra weight in ones door is there? :P

#23 EcHo_2134

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Posted 02 July 2004 - 01:01 AM

no i didn't see them doing the actual deadening...although he the installer did mention that he had to use prepsol to get the brown bread to stick.

i don't know how much they used, given the door is made of a thick metal i figured it wouldn't make much difference anyway...

too late now..its not like i can go back and complain
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Posted 04 July 2004 - 11:37 AM

If you don't want to complain, you can still take it to someone else and get an opinion of how good a job was done. If it was good..u get peace of mind.

If not..you can get it redone...
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