Ask HN: How are the acoustics in your open office?

Re:Ask HN: How are the acoustics in your open office? by joshschreuder on Friday December 19, 2014 @06:56PM (#8775249)

We have some kind of fine steel grate style ceiling panels that expose the wires and stuff in the roof somewhat but you can only just see through. I think they might be for some kind of green environmental reason but I'm not too sure.

All I know is that there was an annoying clicking sound in the roof above my desk all this week distracting me, and the meeting rooms aren't sound proof because the noise travels over the walls through the roof. Not the best design.

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Re:Ask HN: How are the acoustics in your open office? by robmiller on Friday December 19, 2014 @07:40PM (#8775396)

Its too bad if someone missed the opportunity to add some really cheap (doesn't have to look pretty) absorption above a perforated metal ceiling. Perhaps there's a stratification of heat up there generated by lights that's causing the metal to creak and pop.

Yes, meeting rooms generally need some mass to their ceiling if the walls don't go full height.

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