| Have you ever been inside of a crowded restaurant | | | | chairs and booth seating because fabrics absorb the |
| sitting at a table with your wife or girlfriend only to find | | | | sound. The same goes for bar stools and lounge |
| out that you could not hear a word she was saying | | | | chairs and couches. Use fabric covered furnishings |
| because the acoustics in the restaurant were so | | | | whenever possible. Here’s a handy trick for tuning |
| poor? Most restaurants employ hard surface areas | | | | up the acoustics in a restaurant. There is a product on |
| throughout in order to easily keep the establishment | | | | the market now called Echoless Roll material. This is a |
| clean and healthy. The problem with all the clean hard | | | | bonded acoustical cotton roll material that has a black |
| surfaces is that they reflect the sound. In other words, | | | | neutral fabric facing on one side. Not a very appealing |
| the sound bounces around the room making it difficult | | | | look for an up scale restaurant, but here’s the trick. |
| he understand what the person at your own table is | | | | Take your tables and chairs and glue this Echoless |
| saying, but instead clearly hearing the lady 5 tables | | | | roll material to the bottoms of both the chairs and |
| away from you. | | | | tables where none of the patrons will be able to see |
| Restaurant acoustics are generally horrible. Here you | | | | this material. The Echoless roll can also be glued to the |
| are taking the lady you love out for your anniversary | | | | underside of the bar and bar stools or to the underside |
| and paying at least $50 per plate and you can’t | | | | of any of the furnishings in the establishment where |
| even carry on a conversation with her. Many | | | | noise reflection is an issue. This material strategically |
| restaurants are losing business because they don’t | | | | placed can actually reduce the amount of reflective |
| know the first thing about acoustics. There are many | | | | noise by at least 50% to 65%. The more of it you are |
| thing that restaurant owners and managers can do to | | | | able to use in the restaurant, the better your sound |
| make the room much more pleasant for their patrons. | | | | absorption will be. You can dramatically lower reverb |
| These dining areas need to be acoustically treated or | | | | times and increase speech intelligibility to the point |
| absorbent materials are needed to absorb the | | | | where a normal conversation can take place in a very |
| reflective noise in the restaurant. When furnishing a | | | | crowded eatery. |
| new restaurant, it is always best to add fabric covered | | | | |