7 design tips for best architectural acoustics

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Watch out for SOUND REFLECTIONS. Straight surfaces reflect sounds back into the central space making sound clarity muddy.

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Select ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT carefully. Different materials absorb sound frequencies differently.

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Diminish ECHOES w hen necessary. Be aw are that sounds traveling w ithin 30 milliseconds of each other are perceived w ithout echo.

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Don’t let other building systems get in the w ay. NOISE CONTROL is important to keep in check as other building systems operate.

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Keep objects or other OBSTRUCTIONS out of the w ay. Objects that obstruct a sound path can block high frequency sounds.

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Get good PATTERN CONTROL. Make sure sound systems for a room get good sound coverage.

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For out-of-the-w ay listening areas get DISTRIBUTED SOUND SYSTEMS.


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