Furniture and drapes alone usually achieve the 0.3-0.4 s domestic reverberation target

Evidence

In all rooms there must be absorption and scattering, and fortunately in domestic rooms furniture, carpets, drapes often get us to where we need to be, about 0.3 to 0.4 s reverberation time. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 847

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