On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:48:43 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

Hi,

Just to let people know I've just put up a new page which looks at the
effects of room acoustics and human hearing. In particular, to assess the
amplifier powers people might need. For reasons that should be clear if
you read it, the item is called "Imagine a Room Full of Mirrors". :-)

When I get a chance I'll also put up the first two HFN articles I did on
'Speaker Cables'.

Slainte,

Jim

Interesting article - do you think this will extrapolate to the
ultimate small room, a set of headphones? What I'm thinking about is
the interaction between what you hear and what you see. I mean, if you
are listening with headphones in large or small rooms, do your
acoustic perceptions of what you hear change as a result?

The "right" volume for me depends on a great many things, room size
being one of them. Another would be the time of day, whether the
neighbours are home etc. I don't really think "shame but I'd better
keep the volume down", the preferred volume actually changes.

So I think this probably has a great deal further to go than the
simple acoustic interaction of room size and the formation of
resonance.

d