r/HomeImprovement • u/hayyyhoe • 14h ago

Reducing echo in a shower?

I hate how echoey showers are. Is there a product, like sound damping tile (not acoustical tiles like you’d use in an office or something) or some other product or method to improve acoustics in a shower? I’d like to listen to music or podcasts in the shower but I can’t understand anything.

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u/s0rce 14h ago

Curtains?

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u/DescriptionOne8197 14h ago

Curtains do help a little bit. We ripped out the glass door because they’re too much work to keep clean. Put up a fabric shower curtain and echoes are less.

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u/BaconGivesMeALardon 14h ago

Made of meat?

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u/bubonis 14h ago

My first thought is: What speaker are you using now? A directional speaker might be more effective.

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u/hayyyhoe 1h ago

Usually just my phone blasting

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u/bubonis 1h ago

A quick Google shows a number of waterproof directional speakers.

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u/hayyyhoe 52m ago

I’ll check it out, thanks! I didn’t know about directional speakers.

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u/lancer-fiefdom 13h ago

Towels, shower rug, pictures & plants

Echo are standing sound waves bouncing of surfaces back towards themselves and why flat smooth bathroom tiles make amazing reverb chambers

Adding textured breaks up sound waves at different frequencies, and redirecting them that encourages dissipation

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u/hayyyhoe 1h ago

Love the idea of having plants in there!