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Old 13th February 2009   #215
Ethan Winer
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Originally Posted by djgizmo View Post
can we actually test HOW it is being reflected?
Yes we can, and I already described such a test. You place a loudspeaker a few feet above the floor, pointing down, and measure the response of the reflected sound that comes back. This is very easy to do, and gives exactly the information desired - what frequencies are reflected and by how much.

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I've never heard a scientific fact sell records.
By that logic we should never care about any specs for any gear, yes? So you're happy to buy a power amp without knowing how much power it puts out, or how far down the response is at 20 KHz, or how much THD and IM distortion it has? That's an interesting concept, and maybe I'll bring it up to the International Standards Committee.

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