About The Vicoustic Super Bass Extreme Ultra
The folk at Vicoustic in Portugal - yes you read correctly - decided in 2007 to do something about the problem and started on a journey to help industry and enthusiasts alike enjoy superb accoustics with the best possible design.
Super Bass Extreme Ultra: Optimised for corner mounting, Super Bass Extreme Ultra's elegant front panel is based on Vicoustic's flagship Wavewood panel design. This is combined with a membrane, two high-density foam layers and a micro-perforated rear panel, with 1mm holes, that acts as a Helmholtz resonator. Designed to provide effective low frequency absorption between 60-125 Hz, it delivers maximum effectiveness between 75 -100Hz. Tests actually showed the perforations to give 20% more efficiency, compared to using a non-perforated panel. Super Bass Extreme Ultra is highly recommended for smaller rooms with low frequency issues. The panel can be used in different corner positions and its modular structure allows further units to be added as required.
The front panel has two functions: (1) providing sufficient mid-high frequency absorption to control corner reflections without deadening the sound and (2) simultaneously acting as a diffuser. When porous materials such as foam are applied to corners or walls, they become less efficient in dealing with low frequencies, because the particle velocity or air movement associated with long wavelengths is low. However, the sound pressure is at its maximum. Super Bass Extreme Ultra's internal membrane transforms this high pressure by converting the pressure fluctuations into air motion. The membrane sympathetically vibrates over a frequency range of 75-100Hz, causing the air to pass through a layer of high-density foam that absorbs the low frequencies. With an eye to interior design compatibility, Super Bass Extreme Ultra is available in 8 elegant melamine finishes that match Vicoustic's range of Wavewood panels - Wavewood Diffuser Ultra and VicPattern Ultra Wavewood.
Serious Benefits - Audio Trends Knows Acoustics
Back in the 1960's there were a number of experiments to improve room acoustics and one of the more outrageous ones was to carpet all surfaces - floor, walls and ceilings with shag pile carpet and we know this because...our founder Stephen Lee's first job selling audio was in such an environment! He tells us that it did have an effect, but whether it was better on not is still debatable! It was and still is well known that reverberation, resonances, noise and materials like glass, brick and concrete can destroy ot significantly degrade your music or movie experience. The problem needed a more scientific approach.
Part of the solution is to control how the sound bounces off your walls. Achieve this and you stand a fair chance of getting a controlled sound – a sound that gives full justice to your audio equipment. Whether your interest is in recording and mixing or simply listening to music and watching movies, you should never let the reflections in a room destroy your musical experience. Interestingly, we have had a number of experiences with customers who have been prepared to significantly upgrade their audio equipment only to find that proper room treatment delivered the results they were chasing. Vicoustic's range of products, including bass traps, dampen reverbation and echoes in a controlled, effective manner. Even before Vicoustics started in 2007, we here at Audio Trends were experimenting with professionally engineered acoutic solutions and some of these are still being used and can be compared with the latest products from Vicoustics and other brands.
Applications & Installation
Highly recommended for smaller listening and Home Theatre spaces, Recording, Broadcast and Post Production Studios as well as Rehearsal Rooms. Super Bass Extreme Ultra panels are designed as a DIY install product, but Audio Trends custom division can do the installation anywhere in the greater Melbourne Metropolitan area as well as larger installations in major regional centres.
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: Bass Trap
- Absorption Frequency: Low Frequencies
- NRC: 0.400
- Insulation: VicPet Wool
- Scratch Resistance: No
- Washable: No
- Units Per Box: 2
- Dimensions: 595 x 595 x 155 mm
- Carton Dimensions: 650 x 630 x 375 mm
- Package (Box) Weight: 13.5 kg
- Wood Type: MDF covered with Melamine laminated veneer
- Colours Readily Available: White Matte; Black Matte; Dark Wenge; Locarno Cherry.
- Colours To Special Order: Brown Oak; Natural Oak; Metallic Copper; Metallic Gold.
- Edges: Angled
- Installation Placement: Corner
- Installation Method: VicFix J Profile (included), Flexi Glue Ultra or Manually assembled - no tools required
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE. Other items for illustration purposes only.