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The Sound Field in Home Listening Rooms II

Authors: Allison, Roy F.

AES Convention 52 · Paper 1081 · October 1975

Abstract

The average of SPL vs. frequency curves at listener locations in home listening rooms has been shown to have a substantial trough in the middle of the bass range. Reflected impedance from the room boundaries causes a reduction in woofer loading (and thereby a loss of acoustic power output to the room) in the same frequency region, for conventional loudspeaker systems in normal positions in a room. Uniform power output vs. frequency can be obtained by appropriate design of the loudspeaker system and its proper placement with respect to the room boundaries. This paper reports the effect of these measures on the sound field as measured at typical listener locations in several listening rooms.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 52
AES Convention
52
Paper number
1081
Publication date
October 6, 1975
Affiliation
ALLISON ACOUSTICS INC., NATICK, MA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper