Amazon Prime Day has over 100 sound treatment deals. I run my own studio – these are the only 5 products that will actually work in your space

Fiberglass panels are the platonic ideal for broadband absorption in studio spaces; they’re low-profile, high-absorption where it counts, and extremely easy to set up in any space thanks to their relative lightness. These pre-fabbed, fabric-wrapped fiberglass panels are extremely convenient, and well-sized for treating awkward spots - such as behind your monitors, the first reflections at your listening position, or even the backs of doors. A pair goes for $98.99 usually, but for Prime Day you can get them for just $79.19.

When you think acoustic treatment, you’re more likely to think of panels, traps and other such tangible things as opposed to glorified moving blankets. But on a bang-per-buck basis, high-mass blankets like these from Vevor are surprisingly high performers. Put them on rails across your walls or to split up your room; they’ll kill high-end reflections and soak up low-end energy, creating the ideal environment for dead drums or controlled vocal recordings. For Prime Day, they’re 15% off - not the most impressive of discounts we’ve seen, but little savings add up, especially if you’re wanting to control a space on the cheap.

Studio sound treatment isn’t all about absorption. If it was, studios would sound woolly, lifeless, depressing and even actively oppressive. You want sound to spread, but you don’t want it to interact with itself in your space - which is where this BXI diffuser panel comes in. It uses clever maths to scatter incoming audio in a cone shape, sprinkling sound around the room and interrupting destructive comb filtering or room modes in the process. Normally $107.99, these panels are 20% off for Prime Day - and much easier to buy than they are to make from scratch, trust me.

Sound treatment doesn’t have to look drab to be effective. Tonor’s three-layer wall panels are a highly aesthetic affair, with a wood-veneered front featuring some fetching cutouts - cutouts that also do a little bit on the diffusion front. The three-layer design means more effective capture of a broader range of mid and high frequencies, while the wood front enables a little life to stay in the room. Put these at the back of the room, or along parallel walls in your bedroom for a little more control over some pingier sounds. They’re 25% off, and they were under $100 for four before Prime Day already, so there’s no harm in giving them a go!

Ok, so the best possible sound treatment for any studio room is, in part, some hefty, deep-enough and judiciously-installed rockwool panels. Now, these thin polyester fiber panels from Umiacoustics aren’t quite going to meet the moment results-wise. However, they are phenomenally efficient mid- and high-frequency absorbers for their size, and cheap per panel, too. They’re ideal when deployed as clouds in low-clearance spaces like basement studios – and, for Prime Day, they’re just $103.19 for 10.