Soundproof drum booth: price, dB and size

Rhythm starts at €9,700. That price covers a new cabin with the floating floor, the dual turbo ventilation and the sealed cable port. Colours and options can change it. Delivery and installation depend on your city and access, so we quote them separately.

If you only play quieter instruments, a smaller cabin costs less. The table shows all three music models.

Rw is a single number from a lab test. It sums up how much a wall or cabin reduces sound across the range of speech and most instruments. The ±3 dB is the tolerance stated in our test reports.

For drums, that range covers snare, toms, cymbals and the attack of each hit. Those are cut by roughly the rated amount.

Low frequencies are harder. The kick drum and floor tom sit below the range that Rw weights most. Every free-standing cabin isolates less there than its Rw value suggests. Expect the kick to stay audible next door: quieter, but there.

The building matters too. Thin walls, a shared timber floor or an open window next to the cabin let sound around it. A lab value is the best case.

So be realistic. Rhythm makes acoustic practice at home or in a school far easier to live with. A drum kit inside will still be audible. If you play late at night in a flat, plan an e-kit for those hours.

Drums send sound out in two ways. Airborne sound is what you hear through the air. Impact sound is the kick pedal, the stool and your feet hitting the floor. Impact sound travels through the concrete or timber of the building, and walls do not stop it.

Rhythm stands on a vibration-absorbing floating floor. It decouples the kit from the building floor and takes out much of the thump before it reaches the structure. On light timber floors some low thump will still pass.

Best placement: ground floor or basement, on concrete, away from shared walls. Send us your floor type and we give you the cabin weight for your structural check.