Timeline for Does sound have a "louder" direction?
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| May 1, 2016 at 13:17 | vote | accept | qmd | ||
| Aug 25, 2015 at 22:08 | answer | added | Adrian | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 15:13 | answer | added | Ville Niemi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 14:22 | answer | added | micmanos | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 13:15 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Aside from acoustics of your particular house, there's the subjective loudness that comes from not "wanting" a remote source to be heard. The mere fact that you can hear the upstairs TV while downstairs is a psychological annoyance so it feels more intrusive. | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 12:10 | comment | added | qmd | I am not really sure what you mean. I don't have them running at the same time. When I go upstairs to check | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 11:33 | comment | added | Sofia | @Rzeta Just a minute: in fact, you don't have to exchange the apparatuses. Before you come to one room, switch off the TV in the other room. So, you'll know for certain if the two TVs are identical. | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 11:10 | comment | added | qmd | The TV's are too heavy to exchange. However, I used a decibel app and there is no significant difference between them. But as I mentioned in my opening post, I don't know how accurate these apps are. | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 10:32 | comment | added | Sofia | Did you try to exchange the TVs? I.e. place the TVs of the upper floor on the ground and vice-versa? I suggest you first to make sure that the TVs are indeed identical, because you hear stronger the TV near which you stay. | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 10:14 | comment | added | lemon | At least one effect that could explain this is that the acoustics are different on the two floors (due, e.g. to different carpets, walls in different places, etc) | |
| Jan 25, 2015 at 9:59 | history | asked | qmd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |