Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

for those looking to block sound, I'll tell you how below. a couple things first: 1.) these do not block sound. they do not offer to do so. if you go to the Audimute website, you can find a lot of info on how to block sound. You're looking at a fairly major investment. Their isole blanket will block a window or doorway somewhat. Tips on how to block sound further down. 2.) these DO actually absorb sound and give a room audio treatment. They are superior to the adhesive foam panels, giving you more square footage of coverage AND better absorption per square foot for generally less money. OK. People looking to "block sound" see below. remember you're thinking in terms of sheer mass between you and the sound source and sealing air gaps. There is no magical substance that will block sound but be relatively light and non intrusive. First, do you rent or do you own? (further down if you own) If you rent, consider getting some closed headphones. If you like quality sound, consider Audiotechnica M50's although any closed headphones will do. Or some comfortable shooting/construction earmuffs. Some of them have built in headphones for listening to things as well. Also consider a white noismaking machine. You could replace a hollow core door to a bedroom with a solid core and add weather stripping to block sound from a living room if your landlord allows it. If your neighbor likes bass heavy stuff, it will be incredibly difficult and expensive to block the bass part of the sound. You'd be better off getting them to stop making the noise or moving. To not modify the structure you are living in but block sound for a ROOM, you would need to sort of build a room within a room. You could lay down a floor made of rubber exercise flooring (the kind on which you put heavy exercise equipment) then build a box on it (possibly with Ikea Billy shelves? The books would help further dampen sound) - with glassed in windows if you like - with a roof. You'd want to coat that box in Mass Loaded Vinyl and then add some Roxul or Corning 703 paneling on sides and top. Use Green Glue to seal all cracks. Give it an exterior with plywood, wood paneling, whatever. Put more mass loaded vinyl on the inside of that sheathing if you like. You'll want a HEAVY solid core door with high quality weather stripping to get in. You'll want to remember ventilation - a long baffled tube for air to come in and another go out and a fan to move it. There, now you can block sound as a renter - simply build your own structure isolated from the existing structure --- resting on the rubber flooring with its own ceiling with walls and ceiling not touching the existing walls and ceiling and with the proper soundproofing, it WILL block sound. If you OWN your home, then add drywall like soundbreak XP over all the walls and ceiling of the room. Put in a dampened rubber floor and put more flooring or carpeting over that if you want. Replace the existing door with a heavy solid core door with weather stripping all the way around. Add sound - baffled ventilation with a fan - making sure to provide both a way IN and a way OUT for air that are not too close together. If you need to block sounds coming through the window, try a heavy, thick rubber-gasketed piece of plexiglass cut to fit and inserted in the window frame if you can. (again, it is often simply a matter of MASS to absorb and stop sound. that and establishing an air seal) Even adding another layer of drywall of any kind using Green Glue can probably give a homeowner a decrease in sound from noisy neighbors. Or you can put a layer of Mass Loaded Vinyl in between the old and new drywall layers. Hopefully it can be understood now how much was being asked of an audio blanket when people said it didn't block sound.