Can acoustic treatment somehow work with my rooms aesthetic design instead of against it?
Absolutely. “Treatment” can be an absorptive panel or diffusor array that gets concealed behind acoustically transparent fabric. But “acoustic” materials don’t always have to be engineered products from acoustical manufacturers. For example, a bookcase with the spines of the books staggeredthat is, not “lined up,”can be considered an “acoustic” construction because it can offer some useful lateral diffusion. Almost anything you put in a roomthe carpet, furniture, bookcases, draperies, whateverwill change sound patterns in some way. Often an acoustic makeover begins with simply optimizing the location of the existing furnishings, speakers, and listener locations. When specially engineered materials are specified, the acoustic designer will often recommend ways to hide or incorporate them within the room’s interior design.
