Thanks for the excellent advice. GregLocock, in the example you provide above, how thick should the damping layer be? If 3/4 of the way through, then 2 7/16" ? Or do you mean that the layer should begin at 3/4 of the depth?
Thanks for the great ideas! I placed a similar post on a sound studio acoustics forum and got some additional ideas, too. Here is the plan I am envisioning, so far:
1. Cutting the backbard from laminate treated plywood.
2. Gluing a rubberized or composite sheet to the front of it that wraps...
My kids love basketball and play in our cul-de-sac, but a neighbor has complained about the noise from the ball and backboard. I have found some low-noise foam-filled basketballs that bounce about like a real basketball, and now want to make a sound-dampening backboard that will produce very...
