Windows in a listening room

Addendum, I just added a sentence or two to my last post.

Sound pressure peaks in the room are much higher than average sound pressure levels in the room. And the vibration nodes of a wall or glass window probably require “node dampers” for best results. That’s where the Marigo VTS Dots are suggested to be placed. Or any damper. I suspect the only way to find out is experiment.

Define reasonable volume.

All of the VTS dots are constrained layer dampers.

Confucius say only good vibration dead vibration.

@david_ten - not exactly sure what you mean. What I meant was the walls and glass windows act like drum heads so they should be somehow quieted.

The Marigo web site for the VTS Dots looks good to me. What’s yer beef? There is a wide range of sizes and applications for the dots - from glass windows to walls to speaker diaphragms to printed circuit boards to chassis to capacitor to vacuum tubes, and beyond

Glass is bad for sound. For starters it’s very transparent to rf. It also rings like a banshee and flutters like a wounded duck. The room is like the inside of a drum. Some ideas: Marigo VTS Dots for Windows, crystals, just open the windows, that helps the sound. There’s always Flying Saucers 👽 for Windows for the more adventurous, or the Silver Rainbow MagnaBlock from PWB Electronics, only $20.  

Whilst using absorption one must always be on the lookout 👀 for what Acoustic Revive refers to as “over-dumping.” It can sneak up on you, before you know it you’ll be living with over-dumping forever. It’s an excellent example of expectation bias, that absorption is always good.