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<rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Audioholics Reviews and News from Audioholics</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com</link><description>Where audio and video equipment undergoes rigorous objective and subjective tests by our staff, ensuring that marketing slogans aren't the only guidelines for your home theater choices.</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:50:00 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Will Dirac’s New Active Room Treatment Minimize Need for Passive Treatments?</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/dirac-live-spatial</link><description>Dirac Research is looking to the future. Dr. Lars-Johan Brännmark, Research Fellow and Chief Scientist at Dirac, has given a glimpse into what he believes will be the next generation of room correction. Spatial room correction is a concept that goes beyond correcting each speaker individually in the frequency and time domains. Instead, all speakers work together to correct each other, allowing the user to manipulate the spatial qualities of a system and overcome acoustical problems that are usually left unaddressed. </description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:50:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/dirac-live-spatial</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Personal Psychoacoustics: A Journey towards Great Sound &amp; Product Development</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/personal-psychoacoustics</link><description>There have been a lot of articles and studies on the subject of psychoacoustics and the relative audibility of various acoustic phenomena and artifacts. Which measurements correlate most closely to the listening experience? Is phase really audible? Can we detect low levels of harmonic distortion and is it objectionable? Read our article on psychoacoustics to find out what our beliefs and habit are on the subject.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:05:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/personal-psychoacoustics</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Audyssey MultEQ-X Room Calibration Software Goes PC</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/audyssey-multieq-x</link><description>Audyssey announced an upgrade to their already impressive suite of room correction technology called MultiEQ-X. The MultEQ-X software works as an add-on to the MultEQ system already embedded in many AVRs. The new app-based platform will ensure that MultEQ users that are already in the system will be the first to experience improvements and advancements to the MultEQ suite of software </description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:40:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/audyssey-multieq-x</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Spaciousness of Bass: Is Stereo Bass a Myth or Reality?</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/stereo-bass</link><description>Stereo Bass- Myth or fact?  A must have feature for some, but neglected by most.  In this article Audioholics will explore the concept of stereo bass, introduce are preferred term of bassiousness (base-shush-ness), and provide some guidance on maximizing it’s effect.  We also provide our own take on how we choose to incorporate stereo bass into our own systems, or not due to inherent tradeoffs.  To find out what we think, read on.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/stereo-bass</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Do Our Expectations Determine Our Experience of Sound More Than We Realize?</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/mind-over-music</link><description>How is it that so many audio enthusiasts swear by differences in equipment or recording when we know that the changes made are either non-existant or well below audible thresholds? These effects are not acoustic but rather psychological, so the question becomes: how does the mind pull this trick? The effects of the mind's perception on our experience of sound is far more profound than you might realize. Read on to learn about this bizarre effect that overturns so much of high-fidelity audio.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/mind-over-music</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Room Reflections &amp; Human Adaptation for Small Room Acoustics</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/room-reflections-human-adaptation</link><description>Dealing with acoustics in small rooms is no trivial matter.  The quest for the “perfect” room all depends on your expectations, why you are listening (business or pleasure), what program you are listening to, and the condition of the ears you are listening through. This article and recently added YouTube discussion focuses on the topic of early reflections in small room acoustics and how to deal with them based on listening preferences and the accuracy of your loudspeakers.  The portions of side walls responsible for first lateral reflections are specified as “optional areas: absorb, diffuse, reflect.” It is a decision to be made by the customer and/or the installer. 
 
</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/room-reflections-human-adaptation</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>What's More Accurate a Microphone or our Ears?</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/accurate-microphone-or-ears</link><description>Which is more accurate at detecting sound: our ears or a microphone? Most people might automatically assume a microphone since a good microphone can measure sound pressure over frequency so precisely, but the reality is even the most sophisticated microphones are relatively simple devices compared to human hearing. What makes our hearing so special compared to the exactitude of a microphone? You will have to read our article to see if the ear is mightier than the microphone at gauging sound.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/accurate-microphone-or-ears</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Sound Reproduction: Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/sound-reproduction</link><description>What are the characteristics that determine the sound quality of an audio system? This is a question that for too long has been shrouded in mysticism as if there were some ephemeral magic that touched some systems and not others. But, the truth is this question can be approached objectively, and indeed that is what Dr. Floyd Toole has been doing with over a lifetime of scientific research. The results of his research is presented in a clear, concise third edition of his book 'Sound Reproduction,' which makes for an enlightening read for neophyte audio enthusiasts and long-time audiophiles alike.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/sound-reproduction</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>History of Multi-Sub &amp; Sound Field Management (SFM) for Small Room Acoustics</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/history-of-multi-sub-sfm</link><description>The problem with the small rooms we listen in is that they so often present us with offensive bass booms, and the bass is different at different seating locations. The traditional solutions for taming room resonances have relied on low-frequency absorption (a.k.a. bass traps), system layout, and manipulating room dimensions. In homes these may or may not be practical. So my team and I investigated alternative solutions, leading to multiple subwoofer strategies and a sophisticated DSP process called Sound Field Management (SFM).  This article describes the evolution of these methods, that can replace or supplement bass traps in some situations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:45:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/history-of-multi-sub-sfm</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Bass: the Physical Sensation of Sound</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/bass-the-physical-sensation-of-sound</link><description>Have you ever watched a bombastic movie in a theater with a heavy-duty bass system and felt as battered as the film's hero afterward? Ever wondered how a kick drum sound could cause that 'chest punch' sensation? Did you know that at a low enough frequency, high-amplitude sound may even be able to breath for you? In this article we look at how bass is felt rather than heard, and, after reviewing some of the research that has been done in this area, we investigate the points at which low frequencies go beyond sound and become a tactile sensation in an experiment of our own with willing volunteers.  We caution readers NOT to try these experiments at home.  </description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 05:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/bass-the-physical-sensation-of-sound</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Early Reflections and Bass for Small Room Acoustics</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/small-room-acoustics</link><description>For a long time, conventional wisdom has treated large and small room acoustics as one in the same.  But there are fundamental differences and objectives between the two and thus they should be handled differently accordingly.  Small rooms are dominated by room modes at low frequencies which needs to be addressed either with passive room treatments or a multi-subwoofer approach.  It has been shown that early reflections can be beneficial for perceiving ambiance and spatial cues in the music.  This article and accompanying YouTube video discusses these topics in more depth and gives recommendations for consideration of sound  reproduction in small room acoustics.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 04:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/small-room-acoustics</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Early Reflections in Home Theater Rooms: Beneficial or Detrimental? </title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/early-reflections-in-home-theaters-a-different-perspective</link><description>Early reflections may or may not be major problems in home theaters. Addressing them through the use of heavy absorption should be pursued with caution and recent research indicates it may not be needed at all for lateral reflections. I believe the issue of early reflections and their relative merits (or lack thereof) in any home theater should never be ignored.   This article opens a dialog on how to best deal with them and how they differ from large listening spaces.  Our recently added YouTube Video gives great advice on how to treat the acoustics of your theater room and also discusses the benefits of early reflections based on Dr. Floyd Toole's pioneering research.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/early-reflections-in-home-theaters-a-different-perspective</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Is Auto Room EQ and Setup In A/V Receivers Useful?</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/auto-room-eq-and-setup-av-receivers</link><description>Since the dawn of the HiFi age, audiophiles have loved to tweak the sound of their audio systems.  Some do it with cables, while others employ more aggressive measures like bass and treble controls.  As time progressed, our technologies advanced and we've come up with more sophisticated tone controls such as Graphic and Parametric Equalizers to offer more finely tuned adjustments. A/V receiver manufacturers and companies such as Audyssey and Dirac have also developed their own EQ systems that measure your room response with a microphone to further tune your system.  But are these auto setup and EQ systems to be trusted?  Are they really useful in helping setup and fine tune your home theater system? Watch our Youtube video on this topic and please share your experiences on our forum.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/auto-room-eq-and-setup-av-receivers</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Dirac Room Correction Interview With Mathias Johansson</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/dirac-room-correction-interview</link><description>Continuing our investigation of the various room correction products on the market, we had a chat with Mathias Johansson of Dirac who was kind enough to answer our questions. For those unfamiliar with the company, their room correction solution is used commercially as well as in home audio products like the Theta Digital Casablanca and Emotiva XMC-1. Want to know the details of how Dirac Live works its magic? Check out our full interview.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/dirac-room-correction-interview</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Optimum Room Locations for Subwoofers An Analysis</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/optimum-locations-for-subwoofers-in-rectangular-rooms</link><description>While we generally recommend the subwoofer crawl to help find the best spot to place a single subwoofer, there's no denying that a single subwoofer can't provide smooth response over a wide seating area. While multiple subwoofers can help deal with this issue, there aren't many guidelines floating around on how to make the most of them. Fortunately, Todd Welti of Harman has taken the time to share his research on the matter, including simulation results for a wide range of rooms, to help you find the best locations for your subs.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/optimum-locations-for-subwoofers-in-rectangular-rooms</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Eilex PRISM EQ Interview With Yoshi Asahi</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/eilex-prism-eq-interview</link><description>Eilex's PRISM EQ isn't your run of the mill room correction system. In fact, the folks at Eilex note that it's not a room correction system at all. Instead, PRISM is designed to correct the acoustic power volume density your speakers. To accomplish this, PRISM takes a series of near field measurements, and applies VIR (variable-resolution impulse response) filters. To learn more about the system, we had a chat with Eilex's own Yoshi Asahi. Want to know all the details? Check out our full interview.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/eilex-prism-eq-interview</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Anthem ARC Room EQ Interview with Dr. Peter Schuck and Nick Platsis</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/anthem-arc-room-eq-interview</link><description>Continuing our investigation of the various room correction (aka Room EQ) products on the market, we had a chat with Anthem's Nick Platsis  and Dr. Peter Schuck who were kind enough to answer our questions. Anthem's Room Correction or ARC, is found exclusively in Anthem's MRX receivers and their AVM and D2 series Preamp processors. How does ARC work? Why does Anthem limit room correction to 5 kHz? Read the article to find out.  Updated on 10/08/14 with more detailed Q&amp;A pertaining to bass management and EQ functionality.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/anthem-arc-room-eq-interview</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Tip of the Day: Sound Isolation For Your Home Theater</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/av-tip-sound-isolation</link><description>Today's tip of the day can be summed up in two words: sound isolation. Not only does this keep you from disturbing others (handy if you're watching a movie at night), but it also serves to reduce the amount of external noise that leaks into your room. We cover four techniques to help isolate your A/V system from the rest of the world: mass, absorption, decoupling, and damping. Want to know more? Click to read the full article.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2014 12:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/av-tip-sound-isolation</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Audyssey MultEQ Room Correction Interview With Chris Kyriakakis </title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/audyssey-room-eq-interview</link><description>Most readers of Audioholics are probably familiar with auto-calibration systems like Audyssey MultEQ. They make your lives easier by measuring and compensating for your speaker's relative distance and levels, as well as their in-room response. Beyond that basic description, these systems are a bit of a mystery. Today we aim to start lifting the veil of secrecy. We peppered Chris Kyriakakis of Audyssey with questions, and he was kind enough to give us the inside scoop on just what MultEQ can do. Click to read all the details.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/audyssey-room-eq-interview</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>The Decibel (dB) Scale &amp; Audio Rules 101</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/the-decibel-db</link><description>For those looking to gain a deeper understanding of how audio works, whether to make better-informed decisions or simply for the sake of curiosity, it's useful to lay down some ground rules that govern how audio systems behave relating to loudness and the decibel.  One of the most important concepts in audio is the decibel, the unit of measure denoting the ratio of a change in level, whether that level is acoustic Sound Pressure Level (SPL) or electrical signal level. It’s abbreviated dB. As you may or may not be aware, the decibel (dB) scale is a logarithmic system, as opposed to a linear scale. Being aware of the relationships inherent in this scale is important for a variety of reasons, which will hopefully become clear by the time you reach the end of this article. We also discuss how the human hear perceives double loudness differently depending on frequency so +6dB increase in SPL may not seem like such a big deal at 1kHz but at 20-30Hz it certainly is.  Read on to find out why.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:20:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/the-decibel-db</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Home Acoustics Alliance Level II Workshop</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/haa-ii-workshop</link><description>If you are a Home Theater Specialist I urge you to take HAA Level II training.  If you are a theater enthusiast and want your system to sound better, don’t throw money at the equipment, put it into an HAA certified professional. The same goes if you are a two-channel stereo audiophile. Audiophiles always seem ready to purchase better and better equipment to perfect their sound system, which I am not trying to discourage, but they tend to disregard the proper room setup and calibration. Whatever place you take in this ever-changing audio world the one thing that stays the same is the physics of acoustics and HAA is the avenue for optimizing small rooms.  

</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:30:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/haa-ii-workshop</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Listening Room Acoustics: Room Modes &amp; Standing Waves Part I</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/listening-room-acoustics-1</link><description>Room modes cause standing waves that can cause three acoustical problems: a level boost at some frequencies, an extent of the duration of sound at those same frequencies (resonance) and  some profound dips at other frequencies.  This article explores methods of reducing the problems of standing waves in your home theater room and also works real world examples for greater clarity.  Don’t settle for acoustical compromises.  Learn the facts, and arm yourself with the right tools to enhance your movie watching and music listening experiences.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/listening-room-acoustics-1</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Bass Trapping Ideas for Non-Ideal Spaces</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/bass-trapping-ideas</link><description>Bass traps control low frequency issues in rooms.  Simply, they are the single most effective investment toward a quality audio experience that is rarely made by the home theater enthusiast. The information contained within this article may not allow you to unleash your own plan for optimal bass trapping, but it may point you towards that result.  Proper bass trapping is a 100% guaranteed investment and is worth a close look for those serious about achieving the best bass response their home theater systems have to offer.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 02:05:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/bass-trapping-ideas</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>How Does Listening Room Acoustics Affect Sound Quality?</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/listening-room-acoustics</link><description>Unfortunately, where sound quality is concerned, the acoustics of the listening room is rarely taken into account. Indeed, most people opt for expensive, top of the range sound systems in an attempt to reach the best-possible sound quality. But they often ignore one essential thing: the acoustics of the listening room itself. As a sound system is used in an enclosed space ‘a listening room’, the acoustical conditions of that room will inevitably take control over the sound quality.  This article focuses on the main acoustical problems of the listening room and how they can deteriorate the perceived sound.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:15:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/listening-room-acoustics</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Twenty Questions Toward a Correct Home Theater Room</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/twenty-questions-toward-a-correct-room</link><description>Let’s get right to it.  You love audio, are passionate about your system and are always searching for a better experience, a more accurate response. You’ve heard the term “room correction”.  You’ve heard speakers in various rooms, you are aware of acoustical treatments and active room correction systems (ARC).  You know that your dedicated audio system is not in a purpose built room.  You would like to make the room as “correct” as possible; however you have no clear idea what approach is best for your room.  This article explores the 20 questions you should ask yourself towards building a great room along with feedback from leading industry experts within their own respected disciplines on this topic.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/twenty-questions-toward-a-correct-room</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Building Great Bass Response In Your Home Theater</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/building-great-bass-response-in-your-home-theater</link><description>If you are searching for the utmost listening experience in your room with your system it is time you consider how your space is constructed.  It is the purpose of this article to show you how the construction relates to your audio experience.  There is an inverse relation between sound isolation (STC) and sound absorption (NRC).  The greater the isolation of a surface the more sound energy is going to remain in that space.  This applies directly below 200 Hz where the resonance of room modes is a primary factor of your systems character.  It becomes compounded when you add multiple sound sources with low frequency information…you got it, your room.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 02:47:22 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/building-great-bass-response-in-your-home-theater</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Active Room Correction: A Primer to Audyssey MultEQ Pro </title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/better-sound-through-active-room-correction-a-primer-to-audyssey-multeq-pro</link><description>Audyssey's Sound Equalizer is the company's first branded, flagship statement product. In working with the MultEQ Pro software over the last couple of months it has become apparent to this author that the ASE's power and flexibility can be best exploited, as far as overall system sound quality and balance are concerned, if careful attention is first paid to speaker selection, placement, and positioning. Often, passive room treatments, themselves carefully selected and placed are also recommended.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/better-sound-through-active-room-correction-a-primer-to-audyssey-multeq-pro</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>HAA Level I Certification Training Course Overview</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/haa-level-i-certification-training-course-overview</link><description>This article is about HAA certification training and it also contains some great information on home acoustics from the course which I have included in this article. You may find that even a few tidbits of information can make drastic sonic improvements to your system.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/haa-level-i-certification-training-course-overview</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>A New Way to Think About Room Acoustics</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/a-new-way-to-think-about-room-acoustics</link><description>I often have people ask me some very basic overall questions about the acoustical design of a room, such as:   how much will it cost, what will it look like, how much better is it going to sound?   All of these are important questions and sometimes it's difficult to give someone an answer that's easily understood.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/a-new-way-to-think-about-room-acoustics</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Bass Traps for Home Theater - Not Just for Fisherman!</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/bass-traps-not-just-for-fisherman</link><description>If you ask most audiophiles to describe the main acoustic problem in their listening rooms, they'll probably tell you there's too much ambience and echoes. Or perhaps they'll report that stereo imaging is poor, most likely due to early reflections off the side walls and ceilings. Indeed, everyone "knows" that to test the acoustics of a room you simply walk around and clap your hands while listening for reverb and echoes. But to my way of thinking a far more important problem occurs at low frequencies, and you'll never hear that with hand claps. Let's first take a step back and consider the bigger picture.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/bass-traps-not-just-for-fisherman</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Designing a Listening Room - Rives Audio</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/designing-a-listening-room-rives-audio</link><description>This article should provide a good understanding of what can be expected in terms of the process of designing a listening room. There are five phases to most design projects.   Some of the phases may overlap slightly on occasion, but ideally each will have a clear beginning and ending point.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/designing-a-listening-room-rives-audio</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Human Hearing - How We Hear and Perceive Audio Quality Part 4</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-reprise-part-4</link><description>That it has evolved into an extremely sophisticated psycho-physiological function should come as no surprise when one considers that in nature, the preceptor possessing the superior hearing mechanism/process is rewarded with survival. It's this same formidable sophistication, forged over time in the harsh crucible of simple survival that allows us now to experience the sublime joys of music - live or reproduced.  This article summarizes how we hear and perceive audio quality.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 23:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-reprise-part-4</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Human Hearing - Distortion Audibility Part 3</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-distortion-audibility-part-3</link><description>Distortion. Present in every electro-mechanical-acoustical transducer ever built, yet infrequently does one find information (let alone useful information) that describe the type and degree of distortion presented by the transducer. Head out on the Internet and corral a good sized collection of loudspeaker driver spec sheets and you'll find that not many will offer much guidance where it comes to sizing up candidates for your next loudspeaker system design. That is, if you include distortion figures amongst the criteria used in rendering your component purchase decisions. What to do?</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-distortion-audibility-part-3</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Human Hearing - Phase Distortion Audibility Part 2</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-phase-distortion-audibility-part-2</link><description>Given all the foregoing research presented in various academic, scientific &amp; industry journals, as well as other media, variously indicating the audibility of phase distortion, there remains no valid doubts regarding the existence of phase distortion.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-phase-distortion-audibility-part-2</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Human Hearing: Amplitude Sensitivity  Part 1</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-amplitude-sensitivity-part-1</link><description>The human ear has been held by armchair acousticians and physicists as The Ultimate Microphone Ever Created. I suppose in a superficial way that sentiment has, at first glance, a satisfying ring of truth to it. Reality, though, holds a different opinion. Truth is there are today microphones that can, with ease, outperform the human ear. Where the ear may, however, lay claim to the ultimate mic award is when it's considered in combination with the post-processor to which it is hard wired, namely, the human brain. Now there is one formidable combination! </description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/human-hearing-amplitude-sensitivity-part-1</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>A Guide to Sound Isolation and Noise Control</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/a-guide-to-sound-isolation-and-noise-control</link><description> This is a very appropriate saying with regard to sound isolation.   We are often asked questions like:   "What can I do to this wall to stop the sound going through to the bedroom on the other side?"  It's almost incomprehensible to people that the wall may not be (and probably isn't) the only part that is leaking sound to that bedroom.   The other parts might well be the floor, the ceiling joists and other shared walls.  You could make changes and increase the STC (Sound Transmission Coefficient) dramatically for that wall, but the result might be marginal because the majority of the sound is getting through elsewhere.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/a-guide-to-sound-isolation-and-noise-control</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Room Acoustics: Isolation &amp; Noise Control</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/room-acoustics-isolation-noise-control</link><description>Our first three courses in the CEDIA Seminars series covered proper system calibration after installation and set-up was complete, followed by two complementary courses on room acoustics. More often than not, however, a great home theater must be capable of co-existing within the framework of the day-to-day goings on in the rest of the house and its occupants. This is where an understanding of how to isolate your home theater so as to control the inevitable noise leakage of dinosaur foot falls and anti-aircraft guns in the rest of your home's living space can be a really good idea.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/room-acoustics-isolation-noise-control</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>Audyssey Labs' MultEQ</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/audyssey-labs-multeq</link><description>Tom Holman had a problem. As Professor of Film Sound at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, one of Tom's duties was to set-up, calibrate and acoustically equalize Norris Theater. This minimum five hour job was a step-by-laborious-step of set-up and reconfirmation of settings done months before. Inevitably, recalibration accompanied by more fine-turning was always required to make each channel of the Norris Theater system perform optimally. Norris was but one of literally tens of theaters and studio facilities that Tom has been calibrating manually for many years.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/audyssey-labs-multeq</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item><item><title>The Perfect Room?</title><link>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/the-perfect-room</link><description>I get asked "What is the perfect media or listening room?" quite often. My response is usually something on the order of "It depends." And that's very true, it depends on a lot of things, but mostly it depends on the client. There are so many facets that go into the listening room, and the most important is the desires of the client. I have a pretty good idea of what my perfect listening room would be like, and I can almost guarantee that it would not the same for many clients. Most people are surprised by my answer. The say, "No, come on, really, what's the perfect listening room." So, I have to explain to them, how it is different depending on the desires of different people. I decided this would be a good topic for this month's column.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate><content:encoded> <![CDATA[]]></content:encoded><guid>https://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/the-perfect-room</guid><category>Room Acoustics</category></item></channel></rss>