The acoustics.
I wasn't altogether happy with the acoustic installation but at the time I was a novice as far as acoustics go. The room is far too dead so now I have the opportunity to try & do it properly.
I don't like to complain in public about company's that have done work for me but with what's happened it has given me a chance to inspect the products I have purchased more closely. I ordered 54 panels 2 feet square & 2" thick, The panels that arrived although being 2 feet square vary in thickness between 1 & half & 2" in 5 different sizes. I have 3 different types of covering material used, I agreed 2 but expected the look to be very similar but alas no. I asked for a 1/4" bevel on the front & have 1/4", 1/2", no bevel (bevel at rear so covered back to front), round & some I cannot describe. Some might say why did I not send them back, the reason being I did not find all this out till after the panels had been installed. The home theater was the 1st room to be completed in the house build so I was not going check the panels in a building site environment & get them dirty. I thought that there would have been some sort of consistency for an order of 68 panels (14 for the living room) but it looks as if each one was made individually & not to the same standard. Some have been overfilled, some under filled & if you carefully look after becoming used to the room doesn't look too good. I had cause to dismantle the corner bass traps due to termite ingress, I found the footprint of all 8 was different, the tops & bottoms were of a different size to the main frame, the wood that I exposed I can only describe as recycled, the lengths were not what I ordered, there are a few other things but I think I've said enough, I will not name the company publicly but if anyone is purchasing acoustic products at the moment I'm happy to converse by PM.
After my experimenting I will be approaching PDVD acoustic installers to enlist their help so watch this space.
Edit :- Due to what's happened to me in the last 2 & half years I will elaborate as I would not wish for fellow PinoyDVD members to be ripped off. I sent the worst HT panels back for replacement, when they eventually returned there looked to be mold on them. As they came by sea I thought maybe seawater had got in so was rather surprised that when I complained I was told "I dried them out before I sent them". They had obviously got wet but not fully dry when sent hence the mold, also the surface of the filling had gone rock hard so the panel wouldn't function as expected.
As the installation took place through the night I didn't see what went on but instead of using masking tape to mark the panel positions the installer used an orinary pencil on the walls. He said just use an eraser, it will come off & left me to do it, I wasn't best pleased but pencil is one of the hardest to remove & ended up repainting the walls.
When I opened up the corner base traps to alter them to to correct dimensions I found termites inside so my termite problem may have come from Manila but that's only maybe but a possibility.
As I've already said I will not name names but if you look at reply 844 on page 29 of this thread you can see a pic of the installer. What the situation with him is now 2 & half years later, I don't know but the work did for me was unacceptable.
