Acoustical Considerations

Oh yes, there is an essential acoustical component. You cant avoid dealing with the acoustics
of a space. Audio
system cannot defeat the laws of physics. Here are the necessary acoustical conditions:
1. The room has to be free of echoes.
2. The room has to be free of flutter echoes.
3. The RT60* should not exceed - on average 2.2 seconds.
4. The RT60 should not be less than 1.3 seconds.
5. There should be no standing waves from any angle. That is from side to side, front to back
and floor to
ceiling.
6. The NC (noise criteria) of the room should be below 35dB.
7. The room should have an average signal to noise ratio of 25dB.
Failure to reach these acoustical conditions will limit the performance of the sound system in
proportion to how
serious the acoustical problems are.
* RT60 is an acoustical measurement used to calculate reverb time decay. In simple terms, it is
the
measurement of the time it takes a signal to fall -60db.