Acoustic Expertise Built Over 25 Years.
Irish-Made Products Built to Last.
Enhance Acoustics was founded by Derek McCreanor in 2018, combining over 25 years of experience in the audio and acoustics industry with a commitment to designing and manufacturing products that perform at the highest level.
From acoustic consultancy on landmark buildings across Ireland and New York, to the design and manufacture of the QUNAS range of premium acoustic panels in Co. Offaly, Enhance Acoustics operates at the intersection of science, craft and design.
Qualifications & Membership — Derek McCreanor
MPhil Music and Media Technology — Trinity College Dublin MSc Applied Acoustics (Merit) — University of Derby PgDip Acoustics and Noise Control (Merit) — Institute of Acoustics MIOA Member, Institute of Acoustics — since 2016
Derek's Story
Derek McCreanor's route into acoustics started with sound — specifically, the relationship between how a space is built and how it makes you feel. An MPhil in Music and Media Technology from Trinity College Dublin in 2013 gave him both the technical grounding and the listening ear that have defined his approach to every project since.
From 2014, Derek worked at a leading Irish acoustic consultancy, contributing to some of the most technically demanding building projects in the country. His work during this period included the DIT Conservatoire of Music and Drama at Grangegorman in Dublin and the Troy Studios Sound Stage in Limerick — two projects where acoustic performance was not an afterthought but the central design requirement. Alongside the project work, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control with Merit through the Institute of Acoustics, followed by a Master's degree in Applied Acoustics with Merit through the University of Derby.
He founded Enhance Acoustics in 2018 with a clear purpose: to build a practice that took acoustic performance seriously at every stage — from initial design through to the materials installed. That conviction led directly to the development of QUNAS, the company's own acoustic panel range, manufactured in Co. Offaly from recycled PET fibre, natural sheep's wool and sustainably sourced timber. Every product in the range is made to order and built to perform.
Past Projects
Explore a curated collection of our past work, where imagination meets strategy. Each project reflects our drive to deliver thoughtful, effective solutions.
Steinway & Sons — New York
Complete acoustic consultancy, design, manufacture and installation for the VIP showroom and performance space at Steinway's New York headquarters. Enhance Acoustics was responsible for every stage of the acoustic design process. The collaboration continues with the ongoing development of specialist tuning rooms and acoustic environments within Steinway's manufacturing facilities.
Year
2021
Esker Arts Centre — Tullamore, Ireland
Acoustic design scope for the auditorium of this purpose-built regional arts centre, delivering a performance environment designed to serve the full range of programming at one of the midlands' principal cultural venues.
Year
2022
Year
2026
The Whistle-blower Podcast Studio — Dublin, Ireland
End-to-end acoustic design and treatment for a professional podcast and recording facility, delivering studio-grade acoustic performance in a contemporary interior.
Year
2025
Peploe's Restaurant — Dublin
Full acoustic treatment design and installation for one of Dublin's established hospitality venues, achieving a 40% reduction in reverberation time and a measurably improved dining environment.
Our Approach
Acoustics is not a single discipline. It spans physics, architecture, materials science, human psychology and, at its most fundamental, the question of how we experience the spaces we occupy. Good acoustic design is not audible — you notice it only in its absence. A room that is too reverberant is exhausting. A space that is acoustically dead feels clinical and uncomfortable. The goal is always equilibrium: a room that sounds right for what it is used for, and that makes the people inside it feel at ease.
At Enhance Acoustics, every engagement starts with measurement and ends with verification. We model before we specify, we test after we install, and we take responsibility for the outcome rather than the process. The QUNAS product range was developed because we wanted to bring that same standard of accountability to the materials themselves — panels made from safe, sustainable, well-performing materials, manufactured to a specification we control from start to finish.