Hi All,

The way in which sound travels in our house is very strange. In some
parts of the house, you can yell at the top of your lungs and no one
can hear you beyond the walls while in other parts of the house, it's
a good idea to tape your mouth shut while thinking as the quietest
whisper can be heard throughout the entire house. Still, in other
areas, normal coversations may seem to travel no farther than the
walls of the room in which it is occuring BUT several rooms away, the
conversation reappears. In some cases in which you don't want sound
to travel far, closing the doors can actually worsen the problem --
seems like the door is acting as a mechanical amplifier. So, is
anyone here experiencing the same problem with one-way sound
transmission and/or unwanted mechanical amplification? Any
suggestions to fix the problem????

C.W.

"Casino" a écrit dans le message

Any suggestions to fix the problem????

Problem will fix itself when the men in white let you get out
and go back home.

Syl

Ghost Busters?

Casino wrote:

Hi All,

The way in which sound travels in our house is very strange. In some
parts of the house, you can yell at the top of your lungs and no one
can hear you beyond the walls while in other parts of the house, it's
a good idea to tape your mouth shut while thinking as the quietest
whisper can be heard throughout the entire house. Still, in other
areas, normal coversations may seem to travel no farther than the
walls of the room in which it is occuring BUT several rooms away, the
conversation reappears. In some cases in which you don't want sound
to travel far, closing the doors can actually worsen the problem --
seems like the door is acting as a mechanical amplifier. So, is
anyone here experiencing the same problem with one-way sound
transmission and/or unwanted mechanical amplification? Any
suggestions to fix the problem????

C.W.

All the basement suites I lived in were like that.

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Casino wrote:

Hi All,

The way in which sound travels in our house is very strange. In some
parts of the house, you can yell at the top of your lungs and no one
can hear you beyond the walls while in other parts of the house, it's
a good idea to tape your mouth shut while thinking as the quietest
whisper can be heard throughout the entire house. Still, in other
areas, normal coversations may seem to travel no farther than the
walls of the room in which it is occuring BUT several rooms away, the
conversation reappears. In some cases in which you don't want sound
to travel far, closing the doors can actually worsen the problem --
seems like the door is acting as a mechanical amplifier. So, is
anyone here experiencing the same problem with one-way sound
transmission and/or unwanted mechanical amplification? Any
suggestions to fix the problem????

C.W.


What's the house made of? concrete or wood? do you have
any heating ducts in the ceiling or floors?.

Mark H

You need an old priest, and a young priest.
(smile)

Mark Harriss wrote in message ...
Casino wrote:

Hi All,

The way in which sound travels in our house is very strange. In some
parts of the house, you can yell at the top of your lungs and no one
can hear you beyond the walls while in other parts of the house, it's
a good idea to tape your mouth shut while thinking as the quietest
whisper can be heard throughout the entire house. Still, in other
areas, normal coversations may seem to travel no farther than the
walls of the room in which it is occuring BUT several rooms away, the
conversation reappears. In some cases in which you don't want sound
to travel far, closing the doors can actually worsen the problem --
seems like the door is acting as a mechanical amplifier. So, is
anyone here experiencing the same problem with one-way sound
transmission and/or unwanted mechanical amplification? Any
suggestions to fix the problem????

C.W.


What's the house made of? concrete or wood? do you have
any heating ducts in the ceiling or floors?.

Mark H

It really sounds as if you won't have to confine all the recording for
that big CD release to the bathroom LOL!

I forgot to mention the CONTROL "CONE OF SILENCE"...

Mark Harriss wrote in message ...
Casino wrote:

Hi All,

The way in which sound travels in our house is very strange. In some
parts of the house, you can yell at the top of your lungs and no one
can hear you beyond the walls while in other parts of the house, it's
a good idea to tape your mouth shut while thinking as the quietest
whisper can be heard throughout the entire house. Still, in other
areas, normal coversations may seem to travel no farther than the
walls of the room in which it is occuring BUT several rooms away, the
conversation reappears. In some cases in which you don't want sound
to travel far, closing the doors can actually worsen the problem --
seems like the door is acting as a mechanical amplifier. So, is
anyone here experiencing the same problem with one-way sound
transmission and/or unwanted mechanical amplification? Any
suggestions to fix the problem????

C.W.


What's the house made of? concrete or wood? do you have
any heating ducts in the ceiling or floors?.

Mark H

I forgot to mention the CONTROL "CONE OF SILENCE"...

A common error. It's not the "cone of silence." It's the "Cohen of silence." It
was invented by a Dr. Cohen.

Hi All,

Thanks for all your informative replies.

Our house is made of wood (mostly) and yes, we have heating ducts. In
response to Terry's reply (RAR+P), I too, have noticed that voices
tend to resonate in public restroom stalls and I've also heard
conversations from the other side of a pond at night at a camp.

If I placed soft acoustic fabrics (curtains, etc.) in a room, would
that prevent sounds (generated from that room) from being broadcasted
farther than necessary? I've also notice that opening a window in a
room can reduce the range of transmission of voices. Perhaps the
glass is reflecting sounds back into house?

Finally, I would like to say that rude responses to my posts (i.e.
Syl) are not necessary. I'll be visiting my girlfriend's relatives in
Croatia and I'll be leaving in a couple of days so this will be my
last post for awhile -- no need to flame.

C.W.

opqr (Peter Wieck) wrote in message ...
What you are reporting are called "standing waves", usually caused by parallel
surfaces at some multiple of the wavelength of common audio frequencies apart.
Domes, some symmetrical shapes and true cylinders have the same
characteristics.

Solving it is pretty simple. You need to place acoustically opaque soft
baffles (curtains, dense fabric ceiling or wall hangings, even loosely fitted
canvas paintings) At appropriate locations to break up the waves.

At the dead spots, it feels like there is pressure on your ears, at the hot
spots it feels like sound is coming from everywhere. These are the crossover
points and valleys of the sound wave(s) respectively.

Tile/hardwood floors and plaster walls and ceilings?

http://members.aol.com/pfjw/page1.html

Peter Wieck
Al-Khobar, KSA

(Casino) wrote in message . com...
Hi All,

Thanks for all your informative replies.

Our house is made of wood (mostly) and yes, we have heating ducts. In
response to Terry's reply (RAR+P), I too, have noticed that voices
tend to resonate in public restroom stalls and I've also heard
conversations from the other side of a pond at night at a camp.

If I placed soft acoustic fabrics (curtains, etc.) in a room, would
that prevent sounds (generated from that room) from being broadcasted
farther than necessary? I've also notice that opening a window in a
room can reduce the range of transmission of voices. Perhaps the
glass is reflecting sounds back into house?

Finally, I would like to say that rude responses to my posts (i.e.
Syl) are not necessary. I'll be visiting my girlfriend's relatives in
Croatia and I'll be leaving in a couple of days so this will be my
last post for awhile -- no need to flame.

C.W.

You can ignore Syl--he got foot in mouth disease from a download a
while back I think.

"Casino" wrote in message
om...

Finally, I would like to say that rude responses to my posts (i.e.
Syl) are not necessary. I'll be visiting my girlfriend's relatives in
Croatia and I'll be leaving in a couple of days so this will be my
last post for awhile -- no need to flame.



Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!

(Thin skin alert going off)

jim menning

"Casino" wrote in message


Finally, I would like to say that rude responses to my posts (i.e.
Syl) are not necessary. I'll be visiting my girlfriend's relatives in
Croatia and I'll be leaving in a couple of days so this will be my
last post for awhile -- no need to flame.

Aw c'mon.....Syl's just pulling your leg. I.E. humor.

B.

"Casino" a écrit dans le message

Finally, I would like to say that rude responses to my posts (i.e.
Syl) are not necessary. I'll be visiting my girlfriend's relatives in
Croatia and I'll be leaving in a couple of days so this will be my
last post for awhile -- no need to flame.

Sheesh...I promise I will behave from now on and skip your posts...

Syl

It totally depends on who is listening. When I scream about homework and
chores, none of our kids can hear me. Maybe it's sorcery, or some miracle of
physics & acoustics -- who knows?? When my wife screams that it's time to
pay bills, I not only become deaf, but am magically transported out to the
garden shed 50 yards away from the house. Nothing to hear out there but the
wind and distant bird calls. Why would I want to fix this problem? :-)

Phil Nelson
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

Casino wrote:

Hi All,

Thanks for all your informative replies.

Our house is made of wood (mostly) and yes, we have heating ducts. In
response to Terry's reply (RAR+P), I too, have noticed that voices
tend to resonate in public restroom stalls and I've also heard
conversations from the other side of a pond at night at a camp.

If I placed soft acoustic fabrics (curtains, etc.) in a room, would
that prevent sounds (generated from that room) from being broadcasted
farther than necessary? I've also notice that opening a window in a
room can reduce the range of transmission of voices. Perhaps the
glass is reflecting sounds back into house?

Finally, I would like to say that rude responses to my posts (i.e.
Syl) are not necessary. I'll be visiting my girlfriend's relatives in
Croatia and I'll be leaving in a couple of days so this will be my
last post for awhile -- no need to flame.

C.W.


You may have to block the ducts with something like dare I say it:
"duct tape" to block them and see if that works.

Mark H

Mark Harriss wrote:

Casino wrote:

Hi All,

Thanks for all your informative replies.

Our house is made of wood (mostly) and yes, we have heating ducts. In
response to Terry's reply (RAR+P), I too, have noticed that voices
tend to resonate in public restroom stalls and I've also heard
conversations from the other side of a pond at night at a camp.

If I placed soft acoustic fabrics (curtains, etc.) in a room, would
that prevent sounds (generated from that room) from being broadcasted
farther than necessary? I've also notice that opening a window in a
room can reduce the range of transmission of voices. Perhaps the
glass is reflecting sounds back into house?

Finally, I would like to say that rude responses to my posts (i.e.
Syl) are not necessary. I'll be visiting my girlfriend's relatives in
Croatia and I'll be leaving in a couple of days so this will be my
last post for awhile -- no need to flame.

C.W.

You may have to block the ducts with something like dare I say it:
"duct tape" to block them and see if that works.

Mark H

Tape won't help.
He obviously has a haunted house, and all the effects he says he hears
are supernatural phenomena.

He needs a suitable stout hearted priest!

Patrick Turner.

Patrick Turner wrote:

Mark Harriss wrote:
You may have to block the ducts with something like dare I say
it:
"duct tape" to block them and see if that works.

Mark H

Tape won't help.
He obviously has a haunted house, and all the effects he says he hears
are supernatural phenomena.

He needs a suitable stout hearted priest!

Patrick Turner.


The Townsville campus of James Cook University (wonder if the guy who
patched the wooden hull of the "Endeavour" in 1776 was named "Scotty") has
ducting on the ceiling of the electrical engineering department building
that functions as an acoustic waveguide transmitting sound for tens of
metres quite clearly.

A priest is only needed if your Eva Cassidy CD's play Britney Spears.

Mark H

Mark Harriss wrote:

Patrick Turner wrote:

Mark Harriss wrote:
You may have to block the ducts with something like dare I say
it:
"duct tape" to block them and see if that works.

Mark H

Tape won't help.
He obviously has a haunted house, and all the effects he says he hears
are supernatural phenomena.

He needs a suitable stout hearted priest!

Patrick Turner.

The Townsville campus of James Cook University (wonder if the guy who
patched the wooden hull of the "Endeavour" in 1776 was named "Scotty") has
ducting on the ceiling of the electrical engineering department building
that functions as an acoustic waveguide transmitting sound for tens of
metres quite clearly.

A priest is only needed if your Eva Cassidy CD's play Britney Spears.

My Eva Cassidy? Who's she?

Any relative to Hopalong Cassidy, his grand daughter perhaps?

I would that a priest marry me to Britney, and I would that a well meaning
physicain stand by in the morning after the wedding night with remedies suitable
for an old fart after a night's attempt at bonking to satisfy the insatiable.

Patrick Turner.


Mark H

Patrick Turner wrote:

My Eva Cassidy? Who's she?

Any relative to Hopalong Cassidy, his grand daughter perhaps?

I would that a priest marry me to Britney, and I would that a well meaning
physicain stand by in the morning after the wedding night with remedies
suitable for an old fart after a night's attempt at bonking to satisfy the
insatiable.

Patrick Turner.




There you go Pat: http://www.oaksite.co.uk/ much more pleasing to
the ears than Britney or Christina Aguilera. Bif Naked is pretty good too.

Regards
Mark H

Mark Harriss wrote:

Patrick Turner wrote:

My Eva Cassidy? Who's she?

Any relative to Hopalong Cassidy, his grand daughter perhaps?

I would that a priest marry me to Britney, and I would that a well meaning
physicain stand by in the morning after the wedding night with remedies
suitable for an old fart after a night's attempt at bonking to satisfy the
insatiable.

Patrick Turner.


There you go Pat: http://www.oaksite.co.uk/ much more pleasing to
the ears than Britney or Christina Aguilera. Bif Naked is pretty good too.

Regards
Mark H

Gees, I go to that site, and that pigeon on the left is plum tukkered out
tryna fan de Cassidy sheila, and she oughta be real cool by now.

I see lotta kidly wink drawings and arty-farty stuff, and I think I'll
stick with Nicole and Kylie to mow my lawns and
tidy up around here.
But Bif Naked?
Something about this modern world; I just don't get it.......

Patrick Turner.

Patrick Turner wrote:

[snippage of all reasonable text]


Tape won't help.
He obviously has a haunted house, and all the effects he says he hears
are supernatural phenomena.

He needs a suitable stout hearted priest!

Patrick Turner.

No priest - makes it worse! Study with Jehovah's Witnesses ;-)

Kind regards, Eike

"Eike Lantzsch, ZP6CGE" wrote:

Patrick Turner wrote:

[snippage of all reasonable text]


Tape won't help.
He obviously has a haunted house, and all the effects he says he hears
are supernatural phenomena.

He needs a suitable stout hearted priest!

Patrick Turner.

No priest - makes it worse! Study with Jehovah's Witnesses ;-)

Kind regards, Eike

I am now a Cathode follower, and don't feel like changing religions...

Patrick Turner

Patrick Turner said:

I am now a Cathode follower, and don't feel like changing religions...

You won't gain anything, voltage wise.
But I bet you'll get a lot of feedback :-)

--
Sander deWaal
Vacuum Audio Consultancy

Sander deWaal wrote:

Patrick Turner said:

I am now a Cathode follower, and don't feel like changing religions...

You won't gain anything, voltage wise.
But I bet you'll get a lot of feedback :-)

If I score the blessings of the God Of Triodes, my lyffe woth not in vain,
fullfilled with anodic grace, spiced with vacuum currents.....
Even on a sundaye.

Patrick Turner.





--
Sander deWaal
Vacuum Audio Consultancy