... the great thing about the Cathedral Sound Room Dampening Panels is that they work. They’re most effective when hung on a wall (6" to 8" down and 3" out from the nearest meeting room boundaries), but also do very well when just sitting on the floor in the room’s corners. The effect of the panels was instant and easily noticeable in my room, with marked decreases in boom and bass bloat. This was accompanied by a clearer, more focused midrange that had been masked by the overloaded room. Overall, the Cathedral Sound products were just the ticket for reforming my spacious listening room. The facts that they’re cheap ($90 each, with discounts available for multiple units), and of almost microscopic size compared to traditional bass traps, make them worth a close look. They actually deliver as promised: a tweak that . . . works!

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. . . Colin Smith

editor@goodsound.com

"...I can't say I completely follow the technical explanation; the important thing is that the Cathedral panels worked. Installed as directed (basically, you drive a supplied special nail into the wall and hang a panel on it), there was a definite improvement in the clarity of the bass, especially apparent with the drums and synthesizer on Mickey Hart's Planet Drum.
Were the improvements of such magnitude that they turned my room into a facsimile of an IEC Listening Room? No. the Cathedral Sound panels weren't magical, but they did make an improvement in the sound of my room. Two things I really like about them is that they're relatively unobtrusive, and no tweaking is involved in their placement - none of that getting the positioning just right or making the sound even worse. Recommended.”

"...after a few hours of critical listening, I could report that these panels are amazing, especially for their size, the Cathedral Sound Room Dampening Panels provided more obvious improvements than any other acoustic treatment I have tried, even the ones ten times their size and triple their cost."

"In conclusion, the Cathedral Sound Room Dampening Panels get my highest recommendation. They’re inexpensive, easy to install, and very well constructed. They’ll fit into your listening room without bringing attention to themselves, but most importantly, they just flat out work. This was something I could not claim for many of the previous acoustic products I had tried. If you are concerned about getting the most music out of your system budget or are interested in proven room acoustical treatment products without decorating your listening room for combat, then the Cathedral Sound Room Dampening Panels could definitely be the way to go. Or to paraphrase Dennis Green, “They did, what I thought they’d do!”

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