Freedom of Design
With Acoustical Panels by Lencore
Lencore's acoustical panels provide sound absorption, visual appeal and professional freedom of design. Panels are available in a range of standard sizes, thicknesses and surface facings, and can be customized to exact specifications and tolerances. Clients can also specify their own surface facings for all panels.
Lencore acoustical products can be as pleasing to the eyes as they are to the ears and may be used as major design elements or accent features, or, they may be subtly blended into the overall design scheme to absorb or reflect sound.
Panels available include:
- Custom Wall panels
- Millennium Wall panels
- Specialized Acoustic panels
- Ceiling panels
- Ceiling baffles
- Tack panels
If you can't decide whether you need acoustical panels or sound masking; here are some quick tips:
- Sound masking systems create speech privacy by gently raising ambient sound levels in a space. Therefore, sound masking is used in environments that are too quiet (a quiet space allows you to hear and understand surrounding conversations more easily).
- Acoustical panels absorb sound and can sometimes even block sound. Therefore, panels are used in environments that are too noisy or have too much sound or echo (reverberation).
Two easy ways to remember these general rules: sound masking needs to go where the "ears" (receiver of the sound) are; acoustical panels should go where the "mouth" (noise source) is. For example, panels are frequently used in lunchrooms and conference rooms — anywhere there is a high noise level or significant reverberation. Sound masking typically goes in open or closed plan offices for acoustical comfort and privacy.
In the majority of cases, sound masking is still needed to "cover" sound that is not absorbed or blocked — even when acoustical panels are in place.
