Abstract: The size, shape and finishes of the small home theater room decide the acoustic quality of the home theater room. This paper analysis the various options for the design of home theater room for musical instruments and for multi-purpose use. The determination of home theater room sizes, proportions, shapes and finishes with their possible impact on the sound quality are discussed and also standing waves, room modes and even distribution of the modes in home theater rooms are also addressed. At the design phase this would determine the final cost, floor areas utilized. In the home theater acoustic the size, shape and modes are the major “elements”. The frequency response and the reverberation time are the important part of entire system. If want to build a home theater, will be starting with the actual room itself. The size and the shape of the room provide a significant impact on the performance of the home theater and how to makes the room better sound quality for the home theater are discussed.
Keywords: Acoustic, room size and shape, Room Modes, Modal Resonance.
Title: Acoustics – Size and Modes of the Small Room for Home Theatre
Author: S. Jerin Winne, Durai Jayaprakash
International Journal of Engineering Research and Reviews
ISSN 2348-697X (Online)
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