UMIACOUSTICS Wood Wall Panels, 2 PCS Diffusion Panels, 47.2” x 15.7” Sound Proof Panels for Home Office Cinema (Silver Walnut)

Very easy to install !

The product was a little late arriving but was packed very well and without damage. I used three horizontal wood braces mounted into wall studs to hold the panels. The instructions indicated vertical braces but horizontal worked just as well. The screws provided held the two panels on the braces. The end result was amazing and added great texture to an accent wall. The panels are heavier than I thought and two people are needed to mount. Well made and worth the money.

Looks amazing nicely made, I used on Kitchen island and kitchen nook.I did coat it with polyurethane though because the surface is very rough and absorbs anything and it will show marks

I purchased it to determine what color I want it's perfect am going to order rhe silver walnut to go with blue wallpaper it looks great

Looks great!We want to give some character to our bedroom and this was perfect choice !.My husband use glue and the screw to install. The hard part it was line up the panel together but so far looks good!

Unboxing, there’s the panels (individually shrink wrapped), a bag of screws and a single sheet of instructions.The panels arrived in good shape for the most part but both have a slightly rounded / dented corner, where the delivery company evidently dumped them down too hard. The damage is partially covered when the panels overlap but one will always be visible. I can rotate strategically to minimize the impact though!Aesthetically, the wood has a nice look, it look pretty dry / matte. Might look nicer oiled..Gaps are uniform and overall seem well put together.Tested these behind a large vintage Marshall combo (2x12), which is open backed. Some noise / low end reverberates backwards and reflects off the wall.Installation instructions are basic but clear. They recommend having an air gap (via a wood “keel”), which makes sense in terms of attenuating noise but will obviously take up more room / the panels will stick out further.Also, I’ve got no illusions about “sound proofing”; these panels are not thick enough / do not have the physical properties to significantly dampen sound. Thankfully, my house is detached and not worried about overall noise levels.They might help with certain frequencies (see their performance chart) but you need to have some idea what problem frequencies exist in your space to know what to target.This is a shotgun / hope for the best approach to room treatment.I tested with the panels touching the wall (recovering from surgery and unable to mount these permanently yet).Used a room mic (Stellar X3) into a WA-273EQ. Ran some loops into the amp and recorded with / without the panels.Also did some claps.Results: seemed to help tame some of the low end resonance / reflections from the amp! It’s not huge but it definitely helped tighten things up a little in a pleasing way.Made no difference to clap reflections, although to be honest I’d need a lot more panels to cover other walls / reflective surfaces.Based on their performance chart, I’m benefiting from diffusion more than absorption I guess?But still happy with the improvement, and like how it looks!They’re not cheap but pricing seems fair and in line with similar products.No complaints (shipping issues outside their control) so 5/5.

These acoustic panels are much higher quality than I could have imagined. They look incredibly stylish while also being totally functional, doing a great job absorbing sound. They can be used for a multitude of things, from decorating your bedroom, to hanging in a music room for sound absorption. They blew away my expectations and were worth every penny.

We have had many different kinds of acoustic panels in our house, as my partner is a music producer. When I first saw the box, I was a bit surprised at how large they were. But when I opened the box, I was really impressed with the level of detail and excellence of these! For now, we have stood them up in the studio, but they look amazing! He may wall-mount them at some point, but they are pretty heavy, so that would take some work. I love that you can cut them to suit the custom size you want. They come with easy instructions for different installation options. The only problem is that now I want to buy a ton more!

The media could not be loaded.  👉 As a result of my video testing (which was not super scientific, but a little scientific), I insisted in the headline about reading a lot on "diffusion wall panels".The reason is that the sound was not attenuated at all in terms of dB BUT the mid-to-high sounds were indeed muffled a little bit more. This would not come out clearly on a dB meter, but as I was standing and performing the test, it was very clear.So this would be interesting in a room where people would have a high-pitched conversation, a room with acoustic guitars, a computer gaming room, etc.*** The good 👍 ***✅ The build quality is the first thing worth mentioning. This is hotel and studio level quality.✅ In one of the pictures, I show how flexible a panel can be. This is important for corners OR adding some curves in a room to create an ambiance.✅ In three pictures, I show how the panels overlap elegantly. Once from the top view, the junction is 100% impossible to see, even from up close.✅ The felt can be cut using an cutter or scissors to provide even more customization.*** Additional Comments ***🌐 I must stress that for installation, three things will be absolutely necessary.1- A stud finder to identify where the step 2 will happen (these panels are heavy)2- Thin and long nails to go through the felt, the gyprock and into the studs.3- A nail trim setter to nable hammering without damaging the MDFVerdict: 5⭐I hope my honest, real-life review will be helpful to you. If it was, don't hesitate to like it!My standards⭐, Usually because I cannot give "0"⭐⭐, Good idea but poor execution.⭐⭐⭐, Good idea, good execution, but something's missing.⭐⭐⭐⭐, That means that I think this product is between good and great.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, I don't rate those often. This means "excellent" or "above-and-beyond".

So for starters they took forever to arrive BUT I knew they’d be worth it. Aesthetically these panels are really beautiful. I thought they would be floor to ceiling but for my ceilings they are short a foot as I have higher ceilings, than most apartments- so I’m not sure I I can order more and cut them or if I’ll figure something else out like a border. These measure at 86.5 inches. My ceilings are a little over 9 feet.Aesthetically and for the value of the product and quality, definitely a five star product. The only issue I had is I have NO idea how I’m going to mount these to my wall as I do not want to drill holes in them so… I’ll probably mount them on some sort of brackets, and apply them to two 2x4 going across but then there is going to be a gap and I lose wall space and that could create a vacuum for sound. I could also install heavy duty art framing hooks and hang them.. but the ey are sooo heavy so I’d have to make sure I hit studs all the way across. As for now I have them leaning against the wall hoping a solution will come to me. They do come with instructions on various mounting techniques one of which is screwing them in, it is recommended to use 9 screws per panel, and the second of course locking panels to wood keels. You can also cut them so this makes me happy as for my business I’ll need to go floor to ceiling. That is if I go vertical but they can definitely be installed horizontally. This would just give a room width as opposed to height, and I think it’s always nice to give height to a room.For sound to be completely barrier-ed off, I think you would need a whole wall of these which would LOOK STUNNING, especially as a headboard, feature wall, etc.. even as two, on a small wall they add so much! You could also mount them to sheets of wood and use them as a divider for a room.Quite modern in design yet earthy. I plan on using these for a wall in my business so I will have to be ordering an entire walls with which would be pricey but well worth the aesthetic appeal!Second issue is they may collect more dust than I want BUT I’d recommend using a swifter brush to just go up and down the panels or a vacuum brush. My apartment gets so dusty with the heat on so I imagine in between the wood it will collect some dust.I’m actually really in love with these. I feel like even just the two deadened the sound in my room a bit- it absorbed sound coming from my music.Imagine these in a ceiling would also be stunning and probably a great sound barrier to any upstairs tenants.Overall the options with these are endless and I’m super in love with the aesthetic and quality of them. As well the darker wood finish is such a compliment to any space! These in a trailer or mobile home might be pretty nice to have too.

These panels feature very attractive wood grain that really improve the look of a space. I used these in my music studio and they seem to help the acoustics and add a nice visual feature strip (I installed them horizontally instead of vertically). The panels are fairly heavy so I chose to use screws to attach through the drywall to the studs for a permanent installation. Make sure to predrill through the panels to avoid splitting the wood strip. You will need minimum 2-1/2 inch long wood screws to ensure at least 1 inch penetration into the studs. Stainless steel screws and stainless steel cup washers are the best option for a good appearance. I decided not to use glue so that if I ever have to remove them the drywall damage that needs to be repaired is minimal.

These UMIACOUSTICS panels are beautiful! The MDF diffuser bars with veneer over them look convincing and is a beautiful way to produce consistent results over different wood veneer colorations. This variation are square-ish (still actually a rectangle) panels that are keyed to look clean side by side with the diffusers in a vertical orientation, and when stacking one atop the other you have a bit of a small gap in between the diffusers.The sound panels are quite heavy because of the wood, so this is something that requires a bit more planning, prep work, and dedication to install instead of the alternative of sticking acoustic foam. For optimal results it is shown in the packaging and documentation that you should have these spaced away from the wall: mount some wood on the wall and then mount these on the wood. You can indeed just mount these directly to the wall too though and you'll loose some effectiveness while reducing the amount of volume lost in the room.As far as the performance of these panels, I opted for the direct mounting solution and although I do not have enough panels to do a full treatment here are my test observations:The deadening effects are not that significant. Basically the polyester felt backing is dense enough, and the wood veneers are not shaped to have sound traps between each other, so the effects of sound absorption is limited. What it manages to do as far as sound absorption is pretty true to the graph they provide: they absorb a lot of high frequencies. If you think of high frequencies such as the range that causes sibilance, well, this deadens that decently well, but doesn't do as much for the rest of the frequency range in a perceivable manner. What is a little less obvious is the way it diffuses the sound too. Lower midrange is more diffuse, but what this means is that it decays a little slower. Speeches such as from podcasts take a little longer to decay, which means voices are less crisp--especially in conjunction to having the highs (associated with detail) a little dampened. Thankfully the amount of diffusion and the slower decay isn't so bad that words become muddied, in fact for sounds like classical music it provides a tiny bit of extra reverberation and warmth. So the usefulness can vary depending on what you want out of the sound treatment.So, what do I think of these overall? I think this product is a beautiful and functional (depending on the changes you want to make) sound treatment panel BUT it is meant more to be a part of your wall and decor rather than just simply applied to a room for quick and easy sound treatment. It does make a pretty good base for modification too, though at a price obviously.

Love the appearance of these panels, I think they'll look fantastic once they're up on the wall, but they are a bit on the heavy side, clocking in at just over 15lbs a piece, so you do need to think about using a more heavy-duty mounting method to keep them on the wall. 3M double-sided sticky tape just ain't gonna cut it with these things.While the supplied instructions show using a wood keel as a preferred way of keeping them solidly attached, I'm going to use a French Cleat instead, as this will allow me to more easily position and/or remove the panels if needed.If you're unfamiliar with French Cleats, just Google it. It's a very versatile system for hanging heavy-ish items on walls, though you do need to have – or at least have access to – a table saw in order to get the necessary 45-degree angled cuts on the lumber you're making the cleats out of.For the weight of these panels, I'm going to use two pieces of lumber 3/4”x4”x24” as the wall-mounted cleats (one upper, one lower). Being 24” long will allow me to some positioning leeway on the 16” wall studs, and by being 4” wide, I'll be able to put at least two long screws into each stud, meaning each cleat will be secured by at least four anchor points into the wall.For the panel-mounted cleats, I'm going to cut four pieces of the same 4” wide lumber into 9” lengths, which will allow me to attach the cleat to six of the individual wooden strips on the sound panel (from the polyester felt side) using 1-1/4” screws. The screw heads will need to be countersunk about 3/16” into the lumber to ensure that the screws bite deep enough through the polyester felt and the MDF but don't break through the visible front side of the MDF. And with it being MDF, pre-drill a small hole first before sinking the screw in. Using two rows of anywhere from 4-to-6 screws per cleat should ensure a rock-solid connection between the cleat and panel. Might be a little overkill, but you don't want the panel to tear off the cleat because you didn't use enough screws, I mean, they only cost pennies per, so use more than you think you need.I'll do a dry fit first with the panels laying on the floor, using the 24” cleats as a guide to align – and then attach – the four panel cleats (one upper & lower for each panel). Then I'll attach the top 24” wall cleat after hitting it with a line level to check straightness, and then pop both of the panels onto the wall. Once in place, I'll find the exact necessary positioning for the lower 24” wall cleat & mark it with a pencil. After removing the panels, the lower 24” then gets screwed to the wall. And voila! Both panels will be solidly in place, but easily removable.