How to sound defend (spell?) desk

[ozzy0627]

Hi, just wondering if you guys have some ideas on how to sound defend a desk for my computer to sit in? I was looking at sound defening material at a music store and its 25 a square foot.

So I was wondering what is a cheaper way that will look nice? Will carpet work you think with rubber on one side?

Thanks

[InThrees]

If you want to google more information, 'sound proofing' will yield more results.

Anyway, you may want to look into a product called (I believe) Dynamat / Dyna-mat.

Carpet would probably work as well, with varying degrees of success.

I think there are two major areas you need to focus on to reduce noise:

1. Isolation. Vibration migrates through physical contact and creates noise in the environment as well. Simply placing your machine on rubber feet (if on a hard surface) could reduce some noise.

2. Absorbtion. Sound proofing material absorbs sound waves without resonating with them. The carpet you mentioned could work - you could probably get some cheap carpet for very little or even no cost from a carpet store. Just ask for some unusable remnants, explain what you're doing.

[wannaoc]

I'm not sure if this is what you mean but it helped me out on my last computer. Akasa makes a sound proofing called pax.mate that is a high density foam for inside the computer. It's usually about 15.00 US for a complete ATX case setup. You might be able to use it on a desk also. Just a thought, pretty much all online PC retailers sell it so a quick search for pax.mate should pull some sites up.