Snowcrash Soundwave panels- any left in US

bixby · « **on:** 26 Oct 2004, 04:32 pm »

I know that Snowcrash (Swedish design company) is out of business, but their website said someone had purchased the rights to making these panels again. Now their web site is gone. here is a reference:

http://www.soundstage.com/planethifi/planethifi200311.htm

I have to do some room treatments and anything that does not look like art is pretty much out of the question as dictated by the wife. Something minor like, "we have to use it as a living room too...."

I will be posting some pics with a plea for help soon. I appreciate all the great tips that come from these circles. thanks

mcgsxr · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 Oct 2004, 05:23 pm »

I remember looking longingly at those funky wall treatments too, when I first Googled them, but have not heard of any, anywhere on our side of the pond...

I would certainly be interested, if they were available though.

mark in Canada

bixby · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 Oct 2004, 04:02 pm »

The Swedish company that is offering the design is www.offecct.se

The site is a pain to navigate but you can see some pics and get some specs. Not much though.

I have also looked at a few retails. The only ones who have prices and the items on their site is www.lampamobler.com out of LA.

Has anyone used these and does anyone feel the Scrunch would make a good first reflection point treatment?

thanks

JoshK · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 Oct 2004, 04:17 pm »

very cool...now that is something that I may get my wife to bite on.

JoshK · « **Reply #4 on:** 27 Oct 2004, 04:22 pm »

Another idea is to get your hands on some compressed fiberglass frame it and cover it with acoutically transparent cloth or painting or tapestry. You can even texture paint the panels. A friend of mine did that in her dorm room aparment for looks not sound and it looked really cool. Cheap too.

bixby · « **Reply #5 on:** 27 Oct 2004, 08:40 pm »

Here is the gist of some details on the absorption characteristics of these type panels. Can anyone put these into context with foam, fiberglass, hard fiberglass? And would they be effective with early reflections?

The numbers below refer to something labeled Practical sound absorption coefficient. I could not get hte graphs off the pdf to include in this post.

thanks

Swoop

Frequency αp
(Hz)
63 0.10
125 0.30
250 0.75
500 1.00
1,000 1.00
2,000 1.00
4,000 1.00

Swell and Scrunch

Frequency αp
(Hz)
63 0.00
125 0.05
250 0.25
500 0.60
1,000 0.70
2,000 0.85
4,000 0.85

gitarpickr7 · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 Jun 2006, 11:07 am »

I have nearly 500 offect scrunch panels color unfinished left over from a job here in Washington DC. If anyone is interested at obtaining these at much below retail please email me or call 301.643.4019 -Ralph Johnson