A short history of bad acoustics

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1807-1815

  Wright, M C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO REPRODUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARCHITECTURE; AUDIO RECORDING; BIOMEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; THEORY;

ACOUSTICS; CONCEPT FORMATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYSICS; SOUND;

EID: 33749560689     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2336746     Document Type: Review

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