| The left graph below shows the
ambient chamber noise in each 1/3 octave band. Measurement of chamber
noise presents a problem due to the self-noise of a microphone, which
often dominates the measurement. This measurement was obtained by
paralleling eight matched microphones, which reduces the microphone noise
by 9dB. Nevertheless the mid
and high bands still remain dominated by microphone noise. The ambient
chamber noise is actually below the 2dB SPL values. As a comparison
with the standard SMPTE cinema noise criteria curves shown in Blue, the
chamber is well below the lowest NC-15 curve. The ANSI-A weighted
broadband noise for the chamber is 13dB SPL. |