Comments on: Acoustic foam made room harsher! http://soundacoustics.com.au/Content/2009/12/acoustic-foam-made-room-harsher/ Acoustic Products Specialists Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:49:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: James http://soundacoustics.com.au/Content/2009/12/acoustic-foam-made-room-harsher/comment-page-1/#comment-97 James Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:03 +0000 http://soundacoustics.com.au/Content/?p=440#comment-97 Thanks Craig for the comment. As you say, there are far more aspects to acoustics than a room mode calculator. For many people, a bit of a lumpy bottom end and a woolly cushion of low frequencies is not just acceptable, it's their preferred listening experience. Not everyone is after clinical accuracy. Psycho acoustics is an interesting area. For example, it's amazing how quickly the brain adjusts when you flick in the loudness on a system. After a short while the accentuated low frequencies become normal. Defeat the loudness, and what was previously a balanced sound has become thin and lacking in bottom end. Many mastering engineers continually cross reference to maintain their "psychoacoustic calibration" Thanks Craig for the comment. As you say, there are far more aspects to acoustics than a room mode calculator. For many people, a bit of a lumpy bottom end and a woolly cushion of low frequencies is not just acceptable, it’s their preferred listening experience. Not everyone is after clinical accuracy. Psycho acoustics is an interesting area. For example, it’s amazing how quickly the brain adjusts when you flick in the loudness on a system. After a short while the accentuated low frequencies become normal. Defeat the loudness, and what was previously a balanced sound has become thin and lacking in bottom end.
Many mastering engineers continually cross reference to maintain their “psychoacoustic calibration”

]]> By: Craig http://soundacoustics.com.au/Content/2009/12/acoustic-foam-made-room-harsher/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Craig Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:59:31 +0000 http://soundacoustics.com.au/Content/?p=440#comment-96 Just wanted to chime in to say what an excellent and candid blog post. Really appreciate you posting a scenario where the treatment did not improve things. While this scenario might be unusual, your post reminds us that when we're dealing with "the weird world of psychoacoustics" things aren't always as predictable as the room mode calculator suggests. It also shows that you're willing to balance your information rather than just state amazing case-scenrios of miraculous acoustic improvement when using your products. Well done & thankyou. Just wanted to chime in to say what an excellent and candid blog post. Really appreciate you posting a scenario where the treatment did not improve things. While this scenario might be unusual, your post reminds us that when we’re dealing with “the weird world of psychoacoustics” things aren’t always as predictable as the room mode calculator suggests.

It also shows that you’re willing to balance your information rather than just state amazing case-scenrios of miraculous acoustic improvement when using your products. Well done & thankyou.

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