Hi,
I've read a few reviews about him on this forum and decided to share mine.
I've signed up for an phone call with him and sent my room info with photos and plans. Some people here mention his arrogance and I would agree, though I can live with that given he solves the problem.
First few things he told me that my $10,000 budget won't do much, but he will see what he can do if I do a video for him. That's important thing to realise and this goes against some of his videos, where he demonstrates: if you have $1,000 do this, if you have $3,000 do this.
He told me I need to put lots 12" deep carbon panels on all 4 walls. I asked: is this it? Do I need any diffusers? He said, yes, you room is an odd shape, so it probably won't need diffusers. He asked me to send him the dimensions of the wall surfaces where we could put the treatment.
Knowing how busy he is, I went above and beyond. I've put the dimensions in a table in both metric and imperial systems. I've created a 3D model of of those areas, so it is easier to understand and some illustrations and wrote a detailed explanation. Next I asked him questions in the same email on how can I measure the problems I have in the room so I could pass it to him. And how does he know that this particular panel is going to solve my problems. I asked him: Your product description says: "smooth frequency response starting at 40 – 60 Hz. and going through 6,500 Hz" What about the low frequencies below 40Hz? In my view these are valid questions, because this is what he is preaching in his videos: "measure your problems first, before you try fixing them. guessing does not work even for professionals like him" I think this is where it went wrong. He emailed me saying he needs to see at least 58 square feet, but ideally 100 square feet on the front wall for putting the treatment. I've replied mentioning that my table I sent him shows 102 square feet. He replied, he made a mistake, he needs to see this space on the side walls instead. I've replied saying that my table shows 92 square feet. He answer was: I would like to pass on this project, because we are not communicating properly. I was gutted.
I remember he fixed some famous studio increasing the sweet spot big way. I would assume he probably spent great amount of time checking, measuring and experimenting in this studio as the budgets there could be 6 figures. If you come to him with a humble budget of 10 or even 20K, do you think the maestro would put much of his time into checking your problems and fixing them in a cost efficient way? Probably not. He even didn't want any of my measurements. After his 12-14 hours of working day you may hope that the maestro would remember which wall he initially wanted to put his treatment on and which room he looked at in the last few days was yours. His solution may work, but will it be cost effective and optimal in other factors, such as space and look. I really doubt so.
My view is, he is flying too high, for an ordinary folk he may be not the right person.
Another problem is, he speaks bad about his competition and anyone opposing his views. At first he looks like a contrarian, who is revealing the "lies" people in the industry make to get rich and sell you more gear, but after closer look it may be the other way around. One example is the dealing with the low frequencies. There are people in the industry who also got involved in doing professional high end studios, who believe that low frequencies are impractical to treat with sound treatment, you should do multiple subs instead and they are respectful to other opinions. Mr Foley essentially calls them liars as he believes that in a small room you can't put multiple subs and suggests everyone should buy his bulky and expensive panels. This is a semi-truth, because depending on how small the room is it may be hard to fit his panels too. What about medium room? If I can treat it putting 2 or 4 subs, I would prefer this and this would cost me less then $10,000 and they will take much less space. Mr Foley sells acoustic treatment and he tells you to buy his acoustic treatment in huge amounts, not subs. Some people in the industry, like Anthoni Grimani, also sell acoustic treatment, but they tell you to use subs to fix low frequencies. So who is telling the truth?
I've read a few reviews about him on this forum and decided to share mine.
I've signed up for an phone call with him and sent my room info with photos and plans. Some people here mention his arrogance and I would agree, though I can live with that given he solves the problem.
First few things he told me that my $10,000 budget won't do much, but he will see what he can do if I do a video for him. That's important thing to realise and this goes against some of his videos, where he demonstrates: if you have $1,000 do this, if you have $3,000 do this.
He told me I need to put lots 12" deep carbon panels on all 4 walls. I asked: is this it? Do I need any diffusers? He said, yes, you room is an odd shape, so it probably won't need diffusers. He asked me to send him the dimensions of the wall surfaces where we could put the treatment.
Knowing how busy he is, I went above and beyond. I've put the dimensions in a table in both metric and imperial systems. I've created a 3D model of of those areas, so it is easier to understand and some illustrations and wrote a detailed explanation. Next I asked him questions in the same email on how can I measure the problems I have in the room so I could pass it to him. And how does he know that this particular panel is going to solve my problems. I asked him: Your product description says: "smooth frequency response starting at 40 – 60 Hz. and going through 6,500 Hz" What about the low frequencies below 40Hz? In my view these are valid questions, because this is what he is preaching in his videos: "measure your problems first, before you try fixing them. guessing does not work even for professionals like him" I think this is where it went wrong. He emailed me saying he needs to see at least 58 square feet, but ideally 100 square feet on the front wall for putting the treatment. I've replied mentioning that my table I sent him shows 102 square feet. He replied, he made a mistake, he needs to see this space on the side walls instead. I've replied saying that my table shows 92 square feet. He answer was: I would like to pass on this project, because we are not communicating properly. I was gutted.
I remember he fixed some famous studio increasing the sweet spot big way. I would assume he probably spent great amount of time checking, measuring and experimenting in this studio as the budgets there could be 6 figures. If you come to him with a humble budget of 10 or even 20K, do you think the maestro would put much of his time into checking your problems and fixing them in a cost efficient way? Probably not. He even didn't want any of my measurements. After his 12-14 hours of working day you may hope that the maestro would remember which wall he initially wanted to put his treatment on and which room he looked at in the last few days was yours. His solution may work, but will it be cost effective and optimal in other factors, such as space and look. I really doubt so.
My view is, he is flying too high, for an ordinary folk he may be not the right person.
Another problem is, he speaks bad about his competition and anyone opposing his views. At first he looks like a contrarian, who is revealing the "lies" people in the industry make to get rich and sell you more gear, but after closer look it may be the other way around. One example is the dealing with the low frequencies. There are people in the industry who also got involved in doing professional high end studios, who believe that low frequencies are impractical to treat with sound treatment, you should do multiple subs instead and they are respectful to other opinions. Mr Foley essentially calls them liars as he believes that in a small room you can't put multiple subs and suggests everyone should buy his bulky and expensive panels. This is a semi-truth, because depending on how small the room is it may be hard to fit his panels too. What about medium room? If I can treat it putting 2 or 4 subs, I would prefer this and this would cost me less then $10,000 and they will take much less space. Mr Foley sells acoustic treatment and he tells you to buy his acoustic treatment in huge amounts, not subs. Some people in the industry, like Anthoni Grimani, also sell acoustic treatment, but they tell you to use subs to fix low frequencies. So who is telling the truth?
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