The use of controlled-length tone bursts for evaluating the low-frequency response of loudspeakers in the reverberant field of ordinary rooms is explored. Compared with conventional signals such as stepped sine waves and various noise signals, tone bursts offer a number of practical advantages and in addition enable a rapid subjective evaluation of the system.

Authors: Rosenheck, Allan; Heutschi, Kurt
Affiliation: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, EMPA, Dubendorf, Switzerland
JAES Volume 47 Issue 4 pp. 252-255; April 1999
Publication Date: April 1, 1999

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