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Stonehenge, henge, henge

Did the circle of stones cause focussing and discrete echoes within Stonehenge.

March 5, 2020
How We Measured the Acoustic Scale Model of Stonehenge

Details on the measurement equipment and analysis process for the 1:12 scale model of Stonehenge

January 22, 2020
An Acoustic Scale Model of Stonehenge

How was it built? Over the last 18 months I’ve been constructing a 1:12 scale model of Stonehenge. I want to better understand the ancient acoustics within the circle. By creating Stonehenge ‘Lego’ I can test how the site would have sounded in it’s various historic configurations. With so many stones displaced or missing in…

August 27, 2019
Fluttering Reverb in a Railway Tunnel

A strange acoustic created by an unusual tunnel shape.

June 22, 2019
Did acoustics affect where palaeolithic cave 'art' was painted?

Did the first large scale scientific test of the theory that acoustics affected where palaeolithic cave ‘art’ was painted, support the hypothesis? The lead author on the paper explains.

September 12, 2017
Schroeder diffuser using a metasurface: new idea?

Metasurface diffusers have been done before, it was just they were called something different

June 1, 2017
Playing the Echo

A recording of a remarkable percussion piece that plays with the echo in the reading room of Manchester Central Library.

October 29, 2016
Preserving the acoustics of derelict buildings

How two campaigns in the US are trying the preserve the acoustics of buildings, factories and storage tanks.

October 17, 2013
Crystal healing your listening room sound?

Crystal healing your listening room sound: how to waste money on pseudo-science.

October 13, 2013

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