We make decisions based on whatever we have at our disposal, including theory, equipment, testing and measurement, intuition, and finally, critical listening – the key is attaining the right balance.
Human judgment will always be part of the equation, because the analyzer only knows how to answer certain questions.
Matching loudspeaker coverage shape to the audience shape — the audience shape is visible, the loudspeaker coverage, not so much…
Techniques, test procedures and tools for tracking down and verifying issues with phantom power.
Researching the impact of drop ceiling tiles utilzing two key factors of how sound behaves within a room.
Information that’s truly at the heart of everything we do when working with sound…
A saga of test tones, Indiana Jones, the lost knowledge of yore, a fascinating journey and much more…
A look into main loudspeaker system trade-offs involved in dealing with balconies, accompanied by design examples…
To fully take advantage of the benefits of equalization, we must fully comprehend how to identify the mechanisms that “unequalize” the system.
Observations and ideas on better presenting sound to the audience that is truer to the source.
A dartboard of 30 things the author has learned over more than three decades of being hyper-focused on one thing…
A look at some of the more common types of sub arrays with modeling graphs that show their horizontal directivities.