Subjective perception of seat dip attenuation

Davies, WJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-7489, Cox, TJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4075-7564 and Lam, YW 1996, 'Subjective perception of seat dip attenuation' , Acustica, 82 (5) , pp. 784-792.

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Abstract

An investigation has been conducted into the subjective perception of the seat dip effect (a low-frequency attenuation affecting sound travelling at grazing incidence over seating). In a realistic simulation of a concert hall sound field, the threshold of perception was a change of -3.8 +/- 0.2 dB in the 200 Hz octave band early energy, from 0 to 80 ms. The threshold was not greatly affected by the presence of reverberation. The size of the threshold means that low-frequency values of monaural early-energy parameters like C-80 are relatively unimportant. On examining measurements made in a rectangular concert hall, it was shown that the seat dip effect is audible at some seats, and that a combination of design methods would be needed to render it inaudible in most cases.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	VN001 ACUSTICA
Themes:	Built and Human Environment
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	Acustica
Publisher:	S Hirzel Verlag
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	1610-1928
Depositing User:	W. J. Davies
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2012 14:31
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2022 15:36
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/2434

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