opaqueice Wrote: > I'm not exactly sure what you mean by room compression, but I'm guessing > you mean non-linear response of the air to compression versus > rarefaction. If so I think that's an extremely small effect, and if > you want with some thought I can give a numerical estimate on how small > (I think it should be controlled by the ratio of the distance the > speaker cone moves to the size of the room, raised at least to the > third power - so very small). On the other hand if you have an even > slightly noisy room you get significant and noticeable pollution of the > recording from that. > > Anyway, all I know for sure is that louder sweeps give better results > in my own experience with RC.
Yep that's exactly what I meant... and it's not a small effect in practice at high volumes as any musician will vouch. If you wind up a Marshall amp in a small room you get a "congested" sound that is not present in a larger room... -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
