Corner Mounting
Placement is important to any acoustic treatment and should be
determined before any installation occurs. Generally, you should
mount panels across the diagonal of corners for broadband
absorption, and at reflection points to the listening position for early
reflection control. When mounting in critical listening environments
[studio control rooms, mixing suites, and home theaters], strive to
maintain left to right symmetry with all your panel placements – this
will sharpen the stereo image. If you have any doubt as to where your
panels should be mounted, please visit our web site at
readyacoustics.com for placement advice, or use this link:
http://readyacoustics.com/index.php?go=home.what-do-i-need
Corner mounting enhances the low frequency effectiveness of broadband panels [at least 4” thick], thus corners
are the optimal location for “bass trapping”. Accordingly, for most applications, try to locate significant treatment
in all of room’s corners. The smaller your room, then the more corner treatment is desired, but even medium sized
rooms [less then +/- 7,000 cubic feet] typically benefit from the full treatment of all vertical corners, and corner
mounting is as a general rule an excellent start to an installation plan whenever practical. When mounting panels
in corners, and full treatment of a corner is not practical, then best practice is to at least cover as many tri-corners
as possible [where ceiling or floor meets two walls – tri-corners are typically the most acoustically efficient
locations in the room for low frequency absorption].
Corner Mounting Upholstered Panels / Ready Bags:
(see below for how to mount steel framed Chameleon panels)
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Best practice for vertical corner
mounting of upholstered Ready Traps
such as the RT422, RT424 and the
RT426 is to use a Ready Acoustics
NEST Corner Mount [RANCM]. This
technique makes it easy to achieve
rigid, square and plumb corner
mounting. Add a nested panel behind
your Ready Trap for maximum low
frequency absorption
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A simple alternative to the use of the
RANCM is to install the provided hook
in the apex of the corner. The height
you install the hook, and which of the
integral hanger straps you use, will
determine the height the panel hangs.
Another way to corner mount an
upholstered Ready Trap is to install a
screw hook about 12” below where you
want the top of the panel to hang and
then thread either a heavy duty nylon
“zip tie” or a short “bungee cord”
through the middle strap and then
around the hook. Adjust the panel so it
hangs square and the back edges of the
panel touch the walls.
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When mounting in a floor/wall corner,
standard practice is simply lean the
panel against the wall.
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For ceiling wall mounting, install two
hooks in the ceiling – each 6-1/2 inches
(165 mm) from the wall, with 38 inches
[975 mm] between hooks. The edges of
the panel will end up extending about
five inches past each hook. Adjust the
panel so it hangs square and one of the
back edges of the panel touches the
wall, and the other the ceiling.
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Corner Mounting Steel Framed Chameleon Panels:
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Best practice for vertical corner
mounting of steel framed Ready Traps
such as the Chameleon Bass Trap is to
use a Ready Acoustics NEST Corner
Mount [RANCM]. This technique makes
it easy to achieve rigid, square and
plumb corner mounting. Add a nested
panel behind your Ready Trap for
maximum low frequency absorption
A simple alternative to the use of the
RANCM is to install the provided hook
in the apex of the corner. The height
you install the hook, and which of the
integral hanger straps you use, will
determine the height the panel hangs.
Another way to corner mount a Ready
Acoustics Chameleon steel framed
panel is to use a screw hook 1” below
where you want the top of the panel to
hang and then thread either a heavy
duty nylon cable tie [zip tie] and/or a
short elastic strap [bungee cord]
through the keyholes in the top
backside of the panel and then around
the hook.
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DO NOT USE BAG STRAPS FOR
HANGING A STEEL FRAMED PANEL
IN INSTANCES WHERE THE HANGER
IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE FULL
WEIGHT OF THE PANEL – INSTEAD
THREAD YOUR HANGER THROUGH
THE KEYHOLES IN THE STEEL
FRAME.
Adjust the panel so it hangs square and
the back edges of the panel touch the
walls.
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Corner mounting a pair of steel framed
Ready Traps in vertical wall/wall corners
can be facilitated by stacking panels.
Install a screw hook in the apex of the
corner 1” below where you wish the top
of the panel to mount, then place the
first panel on the floor in the corner. Tie
the keyholes on the backside of the
steel frame to the screw hook using a
heavy duty nylon cable tie [zip tie]
and/or a short elastic strap [bungee
cord]. Then stack a second panel on the
lower panel and similarly attach the
keyholes in the steel frame to the screw
hook.
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When mounting in a floor/wall corner,
standard practice is simply lean the
panel against the wall.
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For ceiling wall mounting, install two
screw hooks in the ceiling – each 6-1/2
inches (165 mm) from the wall, with 38
inches [975 mm] between hooks. Tie
the keyholes on the backside of the
steel frame to the screw hooks using a
heavy duty nylon cable tie [zip tie]
and/or a short elastic strap [bungee
cord]. The edges of the panel will end
up extending about five inches past
each hook. Adjust the panel so it hangs
square and one of the backside edges of
the panel touches the wall, and the
other the ceiling.
Ready Acoustics LLC • P: 612.817.8844 • F: 763.463.5172 • www.readyacoustics.com