Andrew Parkin – Vice President ANC and Partner at CUNDALL Acoustics gives info regarding latest updates. A recent joint IOA and ANC Annual Conference in Birmingham, UK. Took place on 5-7th November, where the Institute of Acoustics and the Association of Noise Consultants participants joined up bringing together acousticians from a wide range of academic […]
reverberation time
Mosque gives a remarkable acoustic response
A recent recording in an mosque gives an example of the unique and remarkable acoustic characteristics which can be experienced, click here to view on youtube.
Reverberation Time is not enough….
Monika Rychtarikova Shortly after her presentation, Monika Rychtarikova was interviewed by Marielle Klijn. The title of her presentation was: “speech transmission index and articulation index in the context of open plan offices“. One of the conclusions of her session is that reverberation time is not an adequate quantity to fully describe the acoustical comfort. Please […]
Background to the European Standard EN 12354, part 6
In the latest issue of Acta Acoustica united with Acustica, Eddy Gerritsen (TNO) discusses engineering methods for the prediction of reverberation time and sound pressure levels in spaces with non-diffuse conditions. The assumptions and theoretical considerations behind the formulas in EN 12354-6 annex D are clarified. There is definitely a need for engineering models to […]
Reverberation time vs. amount of absorption in DIN 18041
German Standard DIN 18041 “Acoustical quality in small to medium-sized rooms” includes a table called “Guideline values for the free ceiling and wall surface areas to be covered with sound absorbers as a multiple of the room basic area (…)”. The table Download file presents for different room types the amount of sound absorbers to […]
