As I've been researching how to use acoustical treatments I've seen a lot of information on being careful not to over deaden a room. Makes sense. Can someone describe what an over deadened room sounds like? I've heard people say that such as room does not sound "lively" but I'm not sure what a lively room sounds like.
Is it fair to describe an overly deadened room as one that sounds somewhat muffled? I was in someone's room that I think was over deadened. The owner himself told me the room was "bordering on being too dead" and I noticed as soon as we stepped inside it an started talk (with no audio playing) our voices sounded "flat" to me, somewhat muffled, like it was missing the higher frequencies. It was quite noticeable and I think I would have noticed it even if he didn't mention anything. Did I indeed experience a deadened room?
If one was to measure a room that is over deadened, what would the measurements made in REW look like compared to if the room was treated "just right"? For example, are there certain technical measures or tolerances for defining such things, such as "you shouldn't see xyz below abc in this range compared to that range". IOW would somewhat that knows what they are doing be able to look at a measured frequency response in REW and tell that the room was over deadened, and if so, what would they be looking for to make that determination? Same question about identifying a room that was too lively or bright. Thanks!!
Is it fair to describe an overly deadened room as one that sounds somewhat muffled? I was in someone's room that I think was over deadened. The owner himself told me the room was "bordering on being too dead" and I noticed as soon as we stepped inside it an started talk (with no audio playing) our voices sounded "flat" to me, somewhat muffled, like it was missing the higher frequencies. It was quite noticeable and I think I would have noticed it even if he didn't mention anything. Did I indeed experience a deadened room?
If one was to measure a room that is over deadened, what would the measurements made in REW look like compared to if the room was treated "just right"? For example, are there certain technical measures or tolerances for defining such things, such as "you shouldn't see xyz below abc in this range compared to that range". IOW would somewhat that knows what they are doing be able to look at a measured frequency response in REW and tell that the room was over deadened, and if so, what would they be looking for to make that determination? Same question about identifying a room that was too lively or bright. Thanks!!