FlutterFree®

RPG FlutterFree®

RPG FlutterFree® is a handsome, furniture grade, acoustical hardwood molding that provides flutter echo control as well as bass absorption. Its application converts small rooms with flat parallel surfaces into functional spaces with good speech intelligibility, sound qualityand a natural, comfortable ambiance.  It expands the designer's flutter control finish treatment options beyond fabric upholstered surfaces.

Problem

Repetitive reflections from hard parallel surfaces produce flutter echoes that are perceived as timbre coloration and degrade sound quality and speech intelligibility. Absorptive surfaces are often used to control this annoying problem, with the unfortunate side effect of making the room too "dead".

Solution

FlutterFree® is the first acoustical hardwood molding that controls flutter echo by diffusion, maintaining the natural ambiance of the room.  When adjacent panels are spaced and mounted with an air cavity, low frequency absorption can also be achieved.

Features

• Furniture grade, hardwood, sound diffusing acoustical molding
• Low frequency absorption mounting option
• FlutterFree® works on the 1D QRD® reflection phase grating principle
• Modular extruded diffusive strips

Benefits

• Handsome furniture grade hardwood finish offers specifiers a new approach to flutter echo control that does not rely on the use of fabric upholstered fiberglass panels
• Offers an almost unlimited variety of lacquered, stained, or painted finishes and hardwood options.
• Diffusive flutter control minimizes flutter echoes without making the space acoustically ®dead”
• Diffusive flutter control provides an ambient environment to support speech in conference rooms for less fatigue, greater coverage, and high speech intelligibility
• Mounting FlutterFree® over an air cavity provides low frequency absorption to minimize boominess and lack of definition

Applications

Conference and teleconference rooms, Public spaces, Listening rooms, Recording and broadcast studios,
Post production studios, Home theaters, Distance learning centers, Rehearsal rooms, Auditoriums, Performance spaces