An architect from our congregation is working me on a sanctuary
refurbishment project. He dropped a binder of catalogs from people called
"Wenger", who sell architectural acoustics products.

Here's their web site:

http://www.wengercorp.com

At any rate it looked like an acoustical candy store to me. But what kind of
candy? Is this like Godiva at $20 a pound or Hershey's at $5 a pound?

Where are they in their marketplace, how durable is their stuff, and who
competes with them?

Do they appeal to people who are doing bread-and-butter acoustics work, or
is this all just eye candy?

Arny Krueger wrote:
An architect from our congregation is working me on a sanctuary
refurbishment project. He dropped a binder of catalogs from people called
"Wenger", who sell architectural acoustics products.

Here's their web site:

http://www.wengercorp.com

At any rate it looked like an acoustical candy store to me. But what kind of
candy? Is this like Godiva at $20 a pound or Hershey's at $5 a pound?

Where are they in their marketplace, how durable is their stuff, and who
competes with them?

Do they appeal to people who are doing bread-and-butter acoustics work, or
is this all just eye candy?

The Wenger stuff is pretty much industry standard. Their doors are very
popular in studios and acoustical testing facilities. It's expensive but
you get what you pay for.

Often you can find the Wenger doors on the used market, too. They are solid
enough that they are worth the demolition guys scavenging them for resale.

Eckel Industries and IED are other places to look for general industrial
acoustics products.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

In article writes:

At any rate it looked like an acoustical candy store to me. But what kind of
candy? Is this like Godiva at $20 a pound or Hershey's at $5 a pound?

More like Cadbury's used to be. It's all solid, well designed and
built, industrial grade stuff that's used in studios and conference
rooms all over the world.

I'm not sure who their competiton is, probably contractors who buy
parts (hinges, door seals, windows etc.) from them and build custom
structures using the Wenger parts.


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We've used some of their "V-Room" series modular panels to build
recording/editing suites for broadcast programming. The stuff is well
made and pretty damn easy to build - with two guys it took just a
couple of days to build two small suites. They have panels with
ventilation fans built in or you can attach them to your existing HVAC
system. Various electrical/lighting configurations are available too.

The series is pretty cool and can be disassembled, moved, added to
later, etc. Ideal for renters. It is not quite as nice as the Acoustic
Systems stuff http://www.acousticsystems.com/ but then again not as
expensive either. The Acoustic Systems stuff requires a crew to build
and probably would be a real bitch to move or wanted to expand later,
but it is better from an isolation point of view.

All in all the Wenger stuff is well worth checking out.

jp

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message ...
An architect from our congregation is working me on a sanctuary
refurbishment project. He dropped a binder of catalogs from people called
"Wenger", who sell architectural acoustics products.

Here's their web site:

http://www.wengercorp.com

At any rate it looked like an acoustical candy store to me. But what kind of
candy? Is this like Godiva at $20 a pound or Hershey's at $5 a pound?

Where are they in their marketplace, how durable is their stuff, and who
competes with them?

Do they appeal to people who are doing bread-and-butter acoustics work, or
is this all just eye candy?