Danish Acoustical Society Round Robin on room acoustic computer ...

Measurements
According to the recommendations in the ISO 3382-2 standard the distance of sources and receivers
from the walls should be at least ¼ of a wavelength, or approximately 1 m for 125 Hz. Receiver R4
is approximately 0.85 m from the wall and R6 is approximately 0.6 m from the ceiling.
Comparisons between 3 sets of measurements showed differing results due to differing positions
differing measuring devises with different signal to noise ration, etc. To obtain more reliable
measurement results, an average of a large number of measurements should be used (the orientation
and position of source should probably also be shifted slightly).
So the fact that the comparisons are made with only 1 set of measurements should be taken into
account. Further because of a pour S/N at 63 Hz these data are not presented. S/N for the 125 Hz
band may not be too reliable either.
Average difference (12 source receiver pairs) between two sets of parallel measurements
normalized to JND when the microphones were moved by just 15 cm in the second set of
measurements caused large differences.
Parameter Average deviation in JND (12 1 JND
source receiver pairs)
EDT 2.5 5%
T30 1.2 5%
C80 1.2 1dB
D50 1.2 0.05
EDT has an average deviation of 2.5 JND’s between the two measurements – for a selected receiver
the difference was as high as 5.5 JND’s. STI is not included in the table, but in fact STI was the
exception being closer; less than 1 JND from the second shifted measurement.
Placement of Source and Receiver
For some of the source receiver pairs there is no direct sight between source and receiver: S1-R1,
S1-R6, and S2-R3. For receiver 6 placed on the loft, the models did not include the railing towards
the room which was not only closed by vertical bars but also by horizontal plastic strips making the
sounds paths even more complicated, see Fig. 7.
Figure 7. Photo showing the railing shading receiver R6 from the rest of the room.
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