Sound Insulation for Noisy Offices
I’m a founder at Connectifier, a fast growing tech startup in Newport Beach, CA. We also have an open floor plan, which is great for keeping everyone in the loop, but less awesome for quiet concentration. We also have many amenities such as a kitchen, ping pong table, and sofas, but want to keep separation between heads down work spaces and collaborative spaces. As we grow, a space that originally held two people now holds closer to a dozen and the office is starting to get noisier. This will only continue as we grow unless we find a solution.
In order to plan for our growth, I investigated several office noise solutions. Here’s an idea of what I found.
Ikea Risor Room Divider – $99
Room.com Phone Booths – $3495
TalkBox Booth – $4450 for single occupancy
Framery Phone Booths – $8,000 for a Framery-O and $17,000 for a Framery-Q unit
Clearsonic MiniMega Isolation Booth – ~$2,750 + $200 shipping
Vocalbooth.com – ~$6000 depending on model. Shipping included
Buzzispace – ~$8,000 for Buzzibooth, $2,371 for Buzzicockpit
Airea Phonebooth with door – ~$6,500 + shipping
Lada Cube also has several options, which they say go for $156/sq.ft.
In the end, we ended up waiting until we moved into a larger office and hiring a contractor to build phone booths into the office itself. Some of the cheaper options like room.com and TalkBox weren’t available yet and it ended up being far more cost effective than the options that were available at the time. I also ended up picking up a pair of Bose QuietComfort 35 headphones. They’re quite pricey for headphones, but well worth the cost.
Hi Ben,
I saw your post on Sound Insulation for Noisy Offices. We also offer Sound Proof Modular Structures which can be easily assembled and also dismantled. They are available in different Colours and a we have a big variety of sizes. One of the coolest things is the design, because most really soundproof booths do not look very fancy.
If you are interested, I can send you some impressions and further details.
Greetings, Axel
hi ben,
we do sell a modular phone booth, with a high sound isolation. the assembling of a studiobricks cabin is very easy, imagine to build a LEGO construction. you will like it 🙂
if you want more information let me have your mail and I will reply asap.
guillermo jungbauer
Ben – those are FANTASTIC solutions! I would prefer the vocalbooth option, however, being locked in a sound booth may not appeal to everyone. In an open floorplan the noise can be cancelled out in a number of ways. The high ceilings may create an echo and the sound actually reverberates. This affect can diminish with acoustically treated ceiling tiles (if you have them) or with overhead white noise and music options.
However, given the price,I do prefer the Beats by Dre earbuds. A less sweaty in-ear solution, and great sound!
Hi Axel and Guillermo,
I was reading your comments, what companies are you each referring to?