Room Modes - Dynaudio pmn User Manual

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Room modes

These special frequencies are also called room modes. Standing waves between parallel walls are called axial modes.
Other modes exist. For instance tangential and radial modes. (See the illustration). Normally the axial modes are the
strongest.
Axial
Tangential
Radial
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