Apparatus for improving the acoustics of an interior space, a system incorporating said apparatus and method of using said apparatus

A system for improving the acoustics of an interior room, the interior room having a listening zone, one or more dead zones and a source of sounds, the system comprising:

• a first acoustic panel, the first acoustic panel having a first substrate including a face and a first plurality of nodules affixed to the face of the first substrate wherein each nodule has a width and a substantially right triangular shape across the entire width with a leg of the right triangular shape substantially perpendicular to the first substrate, a base of the right triangular shape substantially parallel to the first substrate, and a hypotenuse comprising a flat surface, wherein each of the nodules are oriented on the face of the first substrate such that the hypotenuse slopes right, left, down or up as determined for each nodule by a predetermined, generally desired direction for redirecting sound;
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• a second acoustic panel, the second acoustic panel having a second substrate including a face and a second plurality of nodules affixed to the face of the second substrate wherein each nodule has a width and a substantially right triangular shape across the entire width with a leg of the right triangular shape substantially perpendicular to the second substrate, a base of the right triangular shape substantially parallel to the second substrate, and a hypotenuse comprising a flat surface, wherein each of the nodules are oriented on the face of the second substrate such that the hypotenuse slopes right, left, down or up as determined for each nodule by a predetermined, generally desired direction for redirecting sound.

A method of improving the acoustics of an interior room, the interior room having a listening zone, one or more dead zones and a source of sounds, the method comprising:

• installing a first acoustic panel having a first substrate including a face and a first plurality of nodules affixed to the face of the first substrate wherein each nodule has a width and a substantially right triangular shape across the entire width with a leg of the right triangular shape substantially perpendicular to the first substrate, a base of the right triangular shape substantially parallel to the first substrate, and a hypotenuse comprising a flat surface, wherein each of the nodules are oriented on the face of the first substrate such that the hypotenuse slopes right, left, down or up as determined for each nodule by a predetermined, generally desired direction for redirecting sound;
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• installing a second acoustic panel, the second acoustic panel having a second substrate including a face and a second plurality of nodules affixed to the second substrate wherein each nodule has a width and a substantially right triangular shape across the entire width with a leg of the right triangular shape substantially perpendicular to the second substrate, a base of the right triangular shape substantially parallel to the second substrate, and a hypotenuse comprising a flat surface, wherein each of the nodules are oriented on the face of the second substrate such that the hypotenuse slopes right, left, down or up as determined for each nodule by a predetermined, generally desired direction for redirecting sound.