On 6/26/2010 10:37 PM Edward Reid spake thus:

Materials are important, but so are the configurations of surfaces. Lots of
flat surfaces which are exactly parallel will exacerbate echo. Some
non-parallel surfaces will break up the resonance. You'll never see
parallel walls in a concert hall, but you'll see them all over restaurants
and convention halls.

So I would say that if you are building a room where "people might be
sitting and conversing", consult an architect with experience in acoustics.

Well, that would be one way to deal with it. A much simpler way would be
simply to use less acoustically-hard materials, or add some acoustical
baffles to the room.

Edward (who values quiet restaurants)

Me too. (Well, the restaurant can be noisy, but not ringy or echoey.)


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