sound dampening

Hi all, I'm as much interested in reducing sound I don't want to protect my ears and sanity as I am in amplifying sounds I do want. For this reason hearing protection and sound proofing are subjects I've been looking into, but there is even less objective data available in these realms than for...

I think I captured the difference in sound from speakers placed directly on your desk compared to decoupled speakers on stands. You can clearly hear the difference because speakers on desk are actually LOUDER, but that's the desk vibrations adding to the volume and the bass. How can I improve...

I'm planning to make a speaker cabinet out of plexiglass, and have run into an issue. Is there an internal sound-dampening solution (eg. polyfill) that is visually clear or transparent? If there isn't one truly effective solution, is internal reflection truly as bad as people describe it to be...

Currently at the build stage of making my enclosure, but I’m struggling to determine what a good sound dampening material is for the box. Some people say the cheap poly fill that’s in your pillows is enough, but i also just watched a video by audio judgement on how sound dampening material...