Better (room) sound with Vicoustic

It is almost a truism, but it cannot be repeated often enough: The room acoustics have an enormous influence on the sound of the home hi-fi or home cinema system. But rarely do the components play in an acoustically ideal room. This is exactly where Vicoustic products come in, because the manufacturer offers an extensive portfolio of stylish acoustic elements that can be intelligently combined.

Hardly any room is acoustically optimal

In an ideal world, every hi-fi fan would first assemble their dream system and then build the acoustically ideal room around it. But for the vast majority, this approach will be illusory. With a lot of luck, you can reserve an existing room that is not too unfavorably designed for listening to music; often enough you have to be content with a corner in the living room that has been wrested from the rest of the family. By cleverly setting up the system and, above all, the loudspeakers, you can then try to get the best out of the options available, and you still have some optimization potential when it comes to the choice of furniture and equipment. But that usually means that all options are exhausted. There are certainly a few solutions that can be used to further improve room acoustics, but there are two main reasons against using them in the home: firstly, you need a good deal of knowledge and experience to plan such solutions, and secondly, most of them come from us these solutions from the recording studio area and are therefore characterized by a rather simple and functional design, which is not necessarily the first choice in a living room.

The Vicoustic elements adapt to every design and every requirement

Acoustic solution from a professional

The Portuguese manufacturer Vicoustic is mainly active in the professional sector and is an international leader there, but has recognized precisely these problems in the private environment and responded to them with its own product line for HiFi and home cinema. This product line is based on the extensive experience of the Portuguese in the studio area and comprises a large number of different elements that can be combined with one another as required. On the technical side, these elements address the various aspects relevant to room acoustics optimization: absorption, diffusion and bass traps. All elements are available in different designs and, above all, different colors and surfaces, so that their function and appearance can be perfectly matched to the respective room.

Vicoustic acoustic elements come in many different shapes, colors and functions. They can therefore be optimally combined

Planning assistance

But while most people should be able to choose the right colors for their interior, choosing and positioning the acoustic elements needed is a much more challenging task, which usually requires an engineering degree and a lot of experience. But Vicoustic has also thought of that and provides the customer or the executing dealer with their own acoustics expertise.

Based on a sketch with the exact dimensions of the room as well as some information about the nature of the walls, position of windows and doors, etc., the Vicoustic technicians can calculate the acoustic problems of the room. In particularly difficult cases, it is also possible for a company employee to take a measurement on site in the actual room. Either way, the customer then receives an extensive acoustic analysis of the given room acoustics as well as detailed planning of possible optimization. This planning is not just a mere 'shopping list', the placement and combination of the individual elements is also precisely specified.

Slideshow: Vicoustic planning example

Room acoustics workshop on March 12th

With acoustic elements from Vicoustic, even unfavorable rooms can be optimized in our room acoustics workshops. What acoustic problems usually exist in a room, how you can get them under control with Vicoustic elements and how the necessary analysis and planning work in Münster on March 12, 2016. Using practical examples and, above all, a real before / after comparison, we will bring you closer to the topic of room acoustics in a clearly understandable way and without a lot of gray theory. The workshop will take place on March 12th at three different times, participation is of course free of charge. So that a place is definitely reserved for you, we recommend registering via the events area on auditorium.de . You can find more information about the solutions from Vicoustic here: www.vicoustic.de