Subjective rank-orderings and acoustical measurements for fifty-eight concert halls

Acta Acustica (Stuttgart)

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 494-508

  Beranek, Leo L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; AUDITORIUMS; BUILDINGS; REVERBERATION;

ACOUSTICAL QUALITY; BINAURAL QUALITY INDEX; CONCERT HALLS;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0038204607     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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