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Re: What will dampen the sound on in-wall speakers?

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The space in the wall is acting as a box here, and the sound pressurte inside a normal loudspeaker box is typically 30-50 dB higher than in the room. Probably the volume inside the wall is slightly larger than most loudspeaker boxes which makes the problem slightly less, but still you will be applying in the order of 20 dB more sound pressure to your neighbours wall than what you get in your own room.

With this in mind I think you only have three options:

1.Remove the driver and put it in a separate box.
2.Build an airtight box of sufficient volume inside the wall
3.Make the wall behind the driver heavier/more rigid. (not very easy)

Damping materials will probably only have a marginal effect.


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