Tinka said it's okay with her if I move the sub-zero refrigerator and freezer into the living room to reduce the ambient noise level leaking from the kitchen into the listening room. But I am pretty sure she said OK only because she knows I wouldn't do it!
I moved my refrigerator into the garage to eliminate the low noise it made while running. Now that winter is approaching this is the best time of the year for music listening for me. The windows are closed, and more importantly, the neighbors are inside.
I moved my refrigerator into the garage to eliminate the low noise it made while running. Now that winter is approaching this is the best time of the year for music listening for me. The windows are closed, and more importantly, the neighbors are inside.
I just measured ambient noise in my living room , it’s a quarter to 7 am here, the average during 15 s is 28,20 dB ( Decibel N app) .The advantage of countryside and 3 layers glass.
FWIW, I get readings of 23-25dB, the lower end if I hold my breath.
I'm only going off the noise meter on my phone so its very unscientific, and I don't know whether this is supposed to be A or C weighted. I live in the countryside and I had this room built so its well insulated as well as double glazed. .
All I can say is that subjectively this is the quietest room I've had.
An app, my main SPL meter only goes down to 29db, but I could test the app against the meter at a more fixed level to compare, will do this sometime soon.. The one thing I do notice is just entering the room (without music playing) you clearly sense the drop in ambient noise, it's a nice feeling just on it's own regardless of audio. The downside is it plays havoc with tinnitus..!
Lol.. they measure and judge 6 figure audio systems all the time on here with less.. Maybe if I compress my ambient sound through YouTube it will be more accurate
