Loudspeaker

Several applications involve a loudspeaker, e.g. measuring the loudspeaker itself or the reverberation time of a room. For room acoustics measurements it is important that the loudspeaker gives enough power and has a flat frequency response at the range of interest. If you intend to perform room acoustics measurements according to the ISO 3382 standard, the loudspeaker should also be omni-directional. However, for reverberation time measurements the directivity of the loudspeaker is usually not that important (depends on the shape of the room).

 

Note that a long loudspeaker cable may cause a significant loss, therefore the cable should be a part of the configuration when calibrated measurements are to be performed.

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