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A Vibration Primer for Appliance Designers
Appliances and other motorized products all produce some amount of noise, and in many cases this noise results directly from vibration of structural or housing elements…(this…
August 2, 2016
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Can a Fitness Center Play Nice with Others in Your Building?
We receive a lot of calls these days from unhappy homeowners and office tenants, struggling to coexist alongside a fitness center within their building. Jarring noise…
July 28, 2016
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Acentech Consults on Two University of Connecticut Academic Buildings
Acentech Consults on Two University of Connecticut Academic Buildings Firm provides acoustics, audiovisual system design, and vibration control consulting for projects on Storrs and Farmington campuses…
July 20, 2016
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A Virtually Vibration-Free Facility
The vibrations in a research facility can place severe limits on the measurements and investigations that can be done there. “Zero vibration” is not possible, but…
July 8, 2016
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Beethoven: Revisited.
I often find myself in conversations with my colleagues at Acentech about favorite composers, pieces of music, and of course, performance halls. I began studying the…
June 29, 2016
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Acentech’s Jim Barnes Receives 2016 Laymon N. Miller Award from INCE-USA
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – June 22, 2016 – Acentech, a nationally recognized multi-disciplinary acoustics, audiovisual, IT and security system design, and vibration consulting firm, is proud to…
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June 22, 2016
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Product Noise Ratings — Creating Smarter Consumers
We are all familiar with ratings for automobile fuel usage, home appliance electricity usage, and food nutritional and calorie values. Consumers find these ratings to be…
June 20, 2016
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So How Does That Sound? A Listening Tour of Boston’s Best Venues
As a concertgoer, amateur musician, and acoustics consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to know a number of music rooms as both consultant and listener, and sometimes…
June 10, 2016
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The Sound of Teamwork
[by Perry Artese]Around this time last year, our team in Philadelphia had a chance to wrap up a multi-year project for Rodeph Shalom Synagogue. It is one…
May 24, 2016
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