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Developments in Ceramic Materials Research

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Dimitris Skarlatos, Tilemachos Zak<strong>in</strong>th<strong>in</strong>os and Ioanis Koumanoudis<br />

The same setup was used for the measurement of T30. Figure 19 shows the effect of<br />

distance from one of the 31 vases <strong>in</strong>side the church on the reverberation time T30. A<br />

significant decrease of reverberation time is observed at the frequency band of 200 Hz. The<br />

effect of distance to reverberation time of the other bands of <strong>in</strong>terest is negligible.<br />

T30 (s)<br />

1.7<br />

1.6<br />

1.5<br />

1.4<br />

1.3<br />

1.2<br />

1.1<br />

1<br />

Effect of distance on T30<br />

Frequency band<br />

200<br />

250<br />

315<br />

400<br />

2500<br />

0.9<br />

0 20 40 60 80<br />

Distance (cm)<br />

100 120<br />

Figure 19. Effect of distance on reverberation time (T 30).<br />

The strongest effect of resonators was on energy ratios. Figure 20 shows the effect of<br />

distance from one of the 31 vases <strong>in</strong>side the church on Clarity (C80) and Def<strong>in</strong>ition (D50) for<br />

all frequency bands of <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />

There is a decrease of Clarity and Def<strong>in</strong>ition as regards the distance <strong>in</strong> all frequency<br />

bands of <strong>in</strong>terest. The reduction of D50 does not improve the speech <strong>in</strong>telligibility.<br />

C80<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

-2<br />

Effect of distance on C80<br />

Frequency band<br />

200<br />

250<br />

315<br />

400<br />

2500<br />

-4<br />

0 20 40 60 80<br />

Distance (cm)<br />

100 120

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