The relation between the objective and subjective acoustic parameters, which define the impacts of a hall's physical acoustical qualities on the audience, has been reported in many studies. In this study, the objective parameters of four concert halls in Istanbul were examined in detail. The halls are used by many different performances, from concerts to ballet or opera. The purpose of this paper was to attempt a comparison of the objective measurements with the subjective impression of halls which were examined in a previous study. The results of the subjective evaluations have been reported at another congress. This paper presents (a) the rankings of the four halls given by ordinary concert-goers and musicians respectively, and (b) a comparison of the objective measurements with typical ISO 3382 values and the subjective ratings. The measured octave band quantities are RT, EDT, G, C80, TS and D50.
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