Acoustics of Small Rooms — Mendel Kleiner and Jiri Tichy — Review by Murray Hodgson, Leila Scannell and James Higgins
Not exact matches
The halls are alive with the sound
of music Music
rooms require particular
acoustic attention, as they can strongly vary in size and purpose — being used for anything from
small practice
rooms for one musician to large performance
rooms for rehearsals and performances.
THX Certified Screening
rooms blend the
acoustic performance and aural impact
of a THX Certified Cinema in a
smaller room — ideal for critical screenings, business presentations, focus groups and editorial reviews.
While each company calls their system something different — Yamaha calls their system YPAO, or Yamaha Parametric
room Acoustic Optimizer, seen above — the general premise
of the systems is that a
small microphone is hooked up to the receiver, placed where the listener's head would be during routine use, and then a series
of tones and signals are sent over the speakers to test for things like echo, muddy sound, and other artifacts.