Car road noise exceeds music spectra below about 200 Hz
Evidence
All of this is made directly relevant by the set of music spectra slicing through the middle of the display. These come from measurements done by Olive (1994) and represent four programs exhibiting unusually flat and extended spectra. These are long-term average spectra, which ignore whatever dynamic range the program had. The background car noise exceeds these spectra below about 200 Hz, explaining why car audio systems need large bass boosts at highway speeds. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 932
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: Olive’s 1994 reference — which four programs, what content, and do modern pop/mastered-for-streaming spectra still hold that flat low-frequency shape?
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 932
- XREF: connects to: Room low-frequency resonances make expensive audio systems sound muddy or boomy — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1266
Broader Connections
- Room low-frequency resonances make expensive audio systems sound muddy or boomy
#exemplifies(0.75) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1266