Acousticians & Audio Engineers on Sound Performance in a Room

What ACOUSTICIANS and AUDIO ENGINEERS said about RELATIONSHIP between ROOM DESIGN and AUDIO PERFORMANCE?

Produce or listening music with a realistic sound performance is a dream of every musicians, sound engineers and music or audio lover.

“Although it has been traditional to consider the loudspeaker and room as separate entities, this approach is no longer justified. The loudspeakers, room and listener comprise a system within which the sounds and spatial illusions of stereo are decoded, and they must be considered together.”

— Floyd E. Toole Ph.D. - Harman International, 2006

Jan Abildgaard Pedersen, 1994

Bang & Olufsen, DynAudio

Increasing the reverberation time tends to decrease the position sensitivity, especially at higher frequencies. This is, as expected, due to the fact that the sound field becomes more diffuse when the reverberation time increases. The sound pressure amplitude does not depend on the position in a perfectly diffuse sound field.

David Griesinger, 1998

Lexicon

In rooms where low-frequency envelopment is perceptible, low-frequency instruments in classical music are often perceived as external, while Iow-frequencies in popular music are often "in the head". Low-frequency instruments in popular music, such as the kick drum and the bass guitar, are almost always perceived as coming from inside the head.

Avis, Fazenda, Davies, 2007 Salford University

Given the suggestion that the high-frequency reverberation time may help “mask” low-frequency problems.

“Remember, dollar for dollar the acoustical treatment of your room will make more of an audible difference than any piece of electronic hardware, speaker, or cable.”

— Peter D’Antonio - RPG Acoustic, 2004

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The evolution of Architecture’s Beauty and Science philosophy is by self-learning from its own history

Hegel's (1826) theory that architecture is the Absolute Spirit expresses cognitive content as an aspect of organizing the natural environment. As with Architecture History in general, Hegel offers a progressive account of architectural history, wherein successive stages the Symbolic, the Classical, and the Romantic periods bring increasing freedom among architectural objects from symbolism and purpose and enhanced expression of the Absolute Spirit.

Symbolic Architecture is where the shape of the architecture is trying to free itself from its nature, as Aristotle (384 BC) said that architecture form is pursuing the holiest picture of biological explorations as the “total form” of the animal. The paradigm example of Symbolic Architecture is Sphinx which might symbolize the holiest form of animal and the Pyramid that functions more as a symbol of the everlasting home for their king which regards as a son of God.

Sphinx and Pyramid is the paradigm example of Symbolic Architecture

Classical Architecture is a harmonious shape between form and function, the architecture is made from wood, stone, and marble. The architecture design and build with a purpose. The purpose of the temple mainly concentrated on the naos, the "dwelling" of the cult statue. A famous example of Classical Architecture is the Greek Temple. The elaboration of the temple's external aspects served to stress the dignity of the naos. Similar to the Pyramid the interior part of the architecture is remark as a sacred place.

An image of Greek temple made from stone and mud

Romantic Architecture philosophy is born after Christianity, so the interior function as a collective place for people to celebrate or worship. The architecture concept of beauty is beyond functionality with decorative ornament and stained glasses due to the development of material process technology and architecture science. This is true even of the Gothic, which Hegel takes as an ultimate (if qualified) success in the history of architecture for its metaphorical communication of spirit.

Along with the material technology and architecture science - Gothic Architecture is the enhanced expression of the Absolute Spirit

After Hegel's theory about Romantic Architecture which is the time when he lived, below are some thoughts from modern Architecture philosophers.

Merleau-Ponty (1945) that our existence in the world is best understood through ways it is shaped by the bodily experience of our surroundings. That bodily experience is relative to what appears in our visual field, to our tactile and kinesthetic engagement (hence to our position and motion), and to who we are as individuals and group members.

Graham (2012), the central problem of architectural aesthetics is to account for architectural meaning and value while embracing a synthesis of artistic value and utility (“engineering”) value.

J. Robinson (2012) offers an architectural application: our experience of the built environment shapes our appreciation of, and abilities to negotiate our surroundings.

ALTA Integra believes that smart and strategic integration of Architectural Building Physics knowledge such as Acoustic, Lighting, Thermal, Air Quality, and other disciplines into the built environment will make a big impact in our future history.

Modern architecture is to find the optimal blend of purpose, art and engineering

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