OK, here at long last, is my article in the last issue of Widescreen Review, summarizing research and listening tests that says our intuition and "common wisdom" about how the room impacts the sound of our speaker is wrong. The focus of this article is on frequencies above the transition (200 to 400 Hz) and relates to the so called "early" or "strong" reflections. It does NOT deal with mid to late reflections. That will be another article . Unlike my previous article on low frequency optimizations, this article is not an end to end tutorial but rather, sets the stage for the science that governs that. Unless one accepts and comes to term to the view of acoustics here, the other bit won't make sense.
So as always, please let me know what you think across the board.
Perceptual Effects of Room Reflections, AKA, "It is not Simple!": http://www.madronadigital.com/Library/RoomReflections.html
So as always, please let me know what you think across the board.
Perceptual Effects of Room Reflections, AKA, "It is not Simple!": http://www.madronadigital.com/Library/RoomReflections.html