Optimal Volume for Concert Halls Based on Ando’s Subjective Preference and Barron Revised Theories

Abstract

The Ando-Beranek’s model, a linear version of Ando’s subjective preference theory, obtained by the authors in a recent work, was combined with Barron revised theory. An optimal volume region for each reverberation time was obtained for classical music in symphony orchestra concert halls. The obtained relation was tested with good agreement with the top rated halls reported by Beranek and other halls with reported anomalies.

Keywords

• room acoustics
• sound quality
• optimal criterium