POLL: would you like a dedicated ACOUSTICS section? Yes/No

[bwaslo]

All for it (of course). There are a lot of speaker-related subjects that just don't fit exclusively into any of the four speaker categories that currently have forums. Speaker room replacement, toe-in, ambience or ceiling splash enhancement, design for against-wall, speaker measurement techniques(!), diffusers, absorbers - here are a LOT of people who DIY absorbers!

 

[wesayso]

I'm all for it! It's a lot more practical to have most of this sort of talk in a separate part of the forum. Right now it's being discussed in the back or middle part of other threads etc.

 

[gior]

I vote yes

 

[SpeakerBob]

A room acoustics section would be a great addition to diyaudio..

I'd like to see a seperate horn section too...

Rob.

 

[tsmith1315]

Another yes!

 

[Tom V]

and Measurement!

 

[DonVK]

Great idea, voted yes.

 

[ayooper]

Affirmative - and an author from the 50s - Leo Beranek
Have a good and Godly day!

 

[krivium]

For now only members in agreements for this to happen have posted their opinion.

Could some of the one against it give their opinion too?

 

[needtubes]

I also vote yes. I recently spent some time trying to figure out how to treat my new listening room. It would have been helpful to have a dedicated forum in which to bounce ideas around. I suggested as much to administration some months ago, but heard nothing back.

 

[jwicaksana]

I'm all for it! It's a lot more practical to have most of this sort of talk in a separate part of the forum. Right now it's being discussed in the back or middle part of other threads etc.

+1 from me

 

[wesayso]

Friendly bump...

 

[18Hurts]

I voted yes,

With advancing sound technology, advances in medical technology as far as hearing and what it heard...psycho-acoustics and such it would make sense to split it out. It would be helpful for those of us that have a system built but then want to optimize the room, the setup or ways to improve the processing etc.

 

[esl 63]

I´ll guess its quite easy to tell the result. But if you need a consultant well educated in statistics i offer my help...

 

[Adhoc1]

I voted yes. Small room acoustics deserves its own forum. There's little reason to spend a lot of money on costly gear if the room itself will never give speakers / equipment a reasonable chance to show the potential.

Most of advertised so called bass traps become increasingly useless under 200 Hz or so. Hey, there's another 3 octaves below that to care about ...
So, variations in measured frequency response at LP of some +/- 15 dB, or even worse, below about 350 Hz aren't because of poor gear but due to the room itself, positioning of speakers or LP, combination of these and lack of proper knowledge and effective acoustical remedies.

 

[krivium]

You are hired esl 63!

I would be very happy to have someone with a different opinion from the mainstream expressing his/her view.

 

[bentoronto]

Yes, psycho acoustic could be part of it ( well it is part of it )....

Just what non-trivial part of audible-band acoustics isn't psychoacoustics?* At least as relevant to life on Earth and/or membership in this forum?

Yes, I'm one of those asking for this sub-forum topic for some time too. While mostly a sub-woofer topic, not exclusively.

B.
*OK, maybe there are there audible-band jewelry cleaners? Submarine detectors? Horse whistles?

 

[myhrrhleine]

i vote yes

 

[Tromperie]

Even though I voted yes, I'm sure threads about audiophoolery will regularly appear and descend into nonsense.

 

[krivium]

Hi Tromperie,
Well maybe you are right but i'm sure the help of willing people could just debug the myths, no?
As long as we don't see guys popping up to sell a piece of rock or other strangely shaped object to 'purify' the audio waveforms we should be ok. ;D