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In Reply to: Well aware of Wally Sabine's work, thanks posted by Chris_F on September 22, 2005 at 18:43:16:
Everest's book, which is the source of the information quoted, goes much further and points out that 'ideal' reverberation time varies depending on a lot of things:it reduces as room size reduces;
it is longer for music and shorter for speech;
it is shorter for vocal music than for instrumental music;
it is shorter for chamber music than for symphonic and organ music.Put all that together and you will come up with a feeling that a much shorter reverberation time than .54 seconds would be preferred for a room of the size of most living rooms/listening rooms for a person who likes a lot of vocal and small group music. Even someone with a preference for symphonic and organ music is probably going to prefer a shorter reverberation time than that in many normal household-sized rooms.
Everest never goes anywhere near recommending a single reverberation time as ideal for most listening rooms, and he is at pains to stress the fact that there is a range of times that will suit both voice and music to different degrees and to stress the relationship between room volume and an appropriate reverberation time.
David Aiken
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