Questions relative to fabrics found in movie theaters

[highfigh]

Sound should be natural. If you look through a window, you should see exactly what is outside. If the window is blue, then you have colored your perspective. Same thing with sound. Every part of the signal chain, including the room, should be neutral, if accurate reproduction is your goal.

'Natural', to whom? Using your window view analogy, do all people see colors the same and in focus, equally? No, and we don't all hear equally well. Electronics can be neutral, acoustics rarely isn't. Change the temperature, humidity, air pressure- the sound will change. Might not be very obvious, but it will change. Add or subtrack furniture, close doors & windows and have people coming & going, the sound will change. Sound isn't static, it's variable.

 

[highfigh]

It has no aesthetic purpose.

How do you like your leather seats acoustically?

If someone is sitting on one of those seats, the material doesn't matter- the person is absorbing the sound.

I used 'Sabine' in a previous post- theater seats are made to have the same effect on sound as a person, so the number of filled seats won't matter.

What is a Sabine in acoustics? - Birdful

A Sabine is a unit used to measure reverberation time in acoustics. Reverberation time refers to how long it takes for sound to decay or fade away after the

www.birdful.org