The "Test Lab" at Argosy Acoustics

Our dedicated acoustic test lab is in the middle of our facility in Seattle, facing a large overhead door while the Hemi-anechoic lab for testing interior products is on the opposite side.

The Sound Lab Testing Facility simulates field conditions in a lab setting therefore allowing panels and arrays to be tested for specific applications before shipping or installing in the field. The test results show actual sound losses in accordance with insertion loss criteria, basically the checking of sound levels before and after insertion of the barrier or product; simple, efficient and accurate.

The sound is directed through the opening at the front of the Sound Lab while the test arrays are placed and the data is collected just front of the lab in a “free field” area. For clean readings, special vanes and deflectors prevent undue diffraction and reverberation from occurring in way of the testing area.

Equipment to be used: 

• A broad spectrum amplifier capable of reproducing field sound at various sound levels.
• Dynamic Microphones-
• Computer software to allow for recording data, post-reading analysis and creating of CDs.
• A quality recording and playback device for accurate reproduction.