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Even quarter-wavelength diffuser depths are too large for low frequencies

Even quarter-wavelength diffuser depths are too large for low frequencies

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Even quarter-wavelength diffuser depths are too large for low frequencies

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  • Diffusion depth scales proportionally with wavelength, so lower frequencies demand deeper surfaces (similarity 0.89)
  • Effective sound diffusers ideally need no physical depth at all. (similarity 0.82)
  • Diffuser depth sets a lower frequency below which no scattering occurs. (similarity 0.81)
  • Bass wavelengths are long enough to avoid cabinet diffraction but midrange wavelengths are not. (similarity 0.80)
  • Each open-end reflection filters out high frequencies until the fundamental remains (similarity 0.79)
  • Frequency, wavelength, and velocity determine one another (similarity 0.78)

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  • Even quarter-wavelength diffuser depths are too large for low frequencies
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  • Bass wavelengths are long enough to avoid cabinet diffraction but midrange wavelengths are not.
  • Diffusion depth scales proportionally with wavelength, so lower frequencies demand deeper surfaces
  • Effective low-frequency diffusion requires physically deep wells, about 34 cm for 500 Hz
  • Low frequencies cannot form diffuse fields because boundaries create standing waves
  • Practical diffusers need depth set by wavelength of the lowest frequency treated
  • Resistive absorbers are impractical at low frequencies because quarter-wavelengths are huge
  • Sound diffracts strongly only when wavelengths exceed opening size