"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Serge Auckland
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"Eeyore" wrote in message
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You don't want to 'overdamp' a room though, it won't sound natural.
The ear adaps naturally to dealing with a modest reverberant field.


Indeed. Too short a RT and the room sounds dead.

Depends on the nature of the sound source, and what you want to hear. For
good recordings of classical or 'acoustic' music I prefer to hear the
recorded acoustic of the location where the recording/performance was
made.
So a room that sounds 'dead' when you are speaking, etc, may be fine.

Slainte,

Jim


This may be a personal thing, but I find a room that's too dead somewhat
oppressive. The few times I've worked in an anechoic chamber, I didn't find
it pleasant. I get much the same feeling if I'm wearing earplugs or good ear
defenders, I'm too concious of my own internal body noises, breathing and
the like.

Of course, the phrase "too dead" is a subjective one, and I agree with toy
in that I prefer to listen to music in a room that tends toward the "dead"
rather than "live". I've never got on terribly well with the LEDE concept
(Live End Dead End) for listening rooms, I've always preferred a room that
tends towards "dead" but one can still carry on normal conversation, and has
a "normal" feel. What that means in actual RT and the frequency distribution
of that RT I don't know, as I haven't measured many rooms. The IEC standard
listening rooms I've been in have sounded "right", as have the radio studios
built to the old IBA Code of Practice.

S.


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