Golden Section Dimentions

[Rochey]

What do you guys know about the golden section dimentions???

recording eq defines it as:
"Golden Section - A ratio of height to width to length of a room to achieve "good acoustics" and first recommended by the ancient Greeks. The ratio is approximately the width 1.6 times the height and the length 2.6 times the height "

Anyone? I'm really curious about this.

Rochey

 

[ola]

What do you want to know?

The ratio is:

(rot5 + 1) / 2 which is about 1,618

or

1/(rot5 + 1) / 2) which is about 0,618

It's a irrational number.

The ratio is one number in the Fibonaccio series, divided by the next, or previous, number in that series. If you continue the Fibonaccio series to infinity, that is

It's the only number where the decimal series is the same when you invert the number. I.e. the decimals will be the same for the number as for 1/<the number>

I haven't heard it used for acoustics but it's widely used in art and architecture because the proportions are considered "the most beautiful".

Anything more specific?

 

[Rochey]

there was a peice at recordingeq.com that said that one of the best shapes for a control room would be this shape.

I think it's bollocks personally, the last thing you want in a control room is parallell walls, just think of the reflections..

woouuurghhh..

anyway, i'm going home now, i'm tired and pissed off, and i'm waiting for my boss to go too.

have fun guys.

rochey