Room sizing and optimization at low frequencies

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 640-651

  Cox, Trevor J ^a   D'Antonio, Peter ^b   Avis, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RPG Diffusor Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIBLE EFFECTS; MODAL FREQUENCIES; SOUND QUALITY; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LOUDSPEAKERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

EID: 4344706185     PISSN: 15494950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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