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Echoey walls and dust mites

I expect this question is beyond normal discussions here.  I’m looking for solutions to deal with an echoey listening room.  My problem is that I have a severe dust mite allergy and normal anti echo solutions won’t work.   

Floor is hard wood, walls smooth — not what you’d want for best listening environment.  Carpets, curtains and the like are breading grounds for dust mites.  Steam cleaning doesn’t work as the mites survive.

Are there hypoallergenic sound baffling thingies that might be wall/ceiling mounted that anyone is aware off.

BTW.  I had explored sound deadening paint and that’s not really a solutions (yes that does exist).

Ideas?

TIA for ideas.

 

— Eric

efronberg
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audioman58
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Those UV lamps you see on tv work well my wife isa RN and they use them all the time to sanitize a room  just make sure no pets or people are in the room 

for 30 minutes you can do every room itworks !

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curiousjim
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@wolf_garcia 

Dust mites can also be tiny mobile sound absorbers
 

🤣🤣🤣🤣

bbarten
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When I saw the topic, for a second I was thinking dust mites as sound absorbers.  lol  Rock it hard and maybe that will take care of them.  But then goes the absorption as well.  Dust mites are mostly prevalent where there's dead skin.  Dead skin is mostly prevalent where you tend to be naked.  Hmmm....

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glennewdick
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 I would not imagine dust mites could live in most acoustic treatments as they are manmade products. I take antihistamines every day for my allergies, so I feel your pain. 

efronberg OP
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Dust mites are an indoor problem.  They thrive in dusty areas and it’s their dander that is the issue.  I’ve heard that much of indoor dust contains dead skin cells.  I guess an electrostatic sound absorbing service “could” do the trick (at least one that repelled dust).

Again thanks for that ideas!

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