Acousta-stuf question

Jiggity · 3rd August 2006, 05:55 PM

Hey everyone, I just had a quick question thats been bugging/stopping me from filling my subwoofer box. I ordered a 1lb bag of Acousta-Stuf from PE to fill my ~1ft^3 subwoofer box. When I got it I realized what could be a problem, I have a 500W rms oaudio bash amp which is great except that there is no 'back' on it. So if I did stuff the cabinet it would be touching parts of the amp, and I dont know if that is frowned upon.

If it turns out that they should not touch, maybe insulation would be work better since I could just secure the sheets to the walls?

As a side note, is it ok to use acoustic foam from resonance and some type of filling for damping?

Thankyou

TheWacoKid · 4th August 2006, 01:48 AM

If you are worried about the stuffing touching the amp just use some kind of mesh to hold the stuffing onto the walls of the enclosure.

Jiggity · 4th August 2006, 04:40 AM

Yea, I thought about using some of the left over grill cloth for just that purpose. Ill end up doing that if I cant make some enclosure for the amp itself.

Volenti · 4th August 2006, 09:20 AM

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Originally posted by Jiggity

If it turns out that they should not touch, maybe insulation would be work better since I could just secure the sheets to the walls?

As a side note, is it ok to use acoustic foam from resonance and some type of filling for damping?

Thankyou

I've used polyfill in enclosures with un-backed plate amps before with no issues, all fill materials that I know of are not electrically conductive.

Acoustic foam is pretty useless at bass frequencies unless it's almost filling the internal space, in which case you may as well just use polyester fill (or fluffy fibreglass in sealed enclosures) thay are cheaper and do a better job in this suitation.

Jiggity · 5th August 2006, 03:14 PM

Do you think that something like this would work:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...P50&lpage=none

TheWacoKid · 5th August 2006, 07:09 PM

It might, but it'd probably be more effective to buy some metal mesh and staple the acousta-stuf to the walls of the enclosure.

Jiggity · 5th August 2006, 07:27 PM

OK, I appreciate the advice, Ill just have to figure out how to get the Acousta Stuff into the enclosure to my liking.

3rd August 2006, 05:55 PM	#1
Jiggity diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomington IL	Acousta-stuf question Hey everyone, I just had a quick question thats been bugging/stopping me from filling my subwoofer box. I ordered a 1lb bag of Acousta-Stuf from PE to fill my ~1ft^3 subwoofer box. When I got it I realized what could be a problem, I have a 500W rms oaudio bash amp which is great except that there is no 'back' on it. So if I did stuff the cabinet it would be touching parts of the amp, and I dont know if that is frowned upon. If it turns out that they should not touch, maybe insulation would be work better since I could just secure the sheets to the walls? As a side note, is it ok to use acoustic foam from resonance and some type of filling for damping? Thankyou

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4th August 2006, 01:48 AM	#2
TheWacoKid diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006	If you are worried about the stuffing touching the amp just use some kind of mesh to hold the stuffing onto the walls of the enclosure.

4th August 2006, 04:40 AM	#3
Jiggity diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomington IL	Yea, I thought about using some of the left over grill cloth for just that purpose. Ill end up doing that if I cant make some enclosure for the amp itself.

5th August 2006, 03:14 PM	#5
Jiggity diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomington IL	Do you think that something like this would work: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...P50&lpage=none

5th August 2006, 07:09 PM	#6
TheWacoKid diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006	It might, but it'd probably be more effective to buy some metal mesh and staple the acousta-stuf to the walls of the enclosure.

5th August 2006, 07:27 PM	#7
Jiggity diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomington IL	OK, I appreciate the advice, Ill just have to figure out how to get the Acousta Stuff into the enclosure to my liking.

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