Audio standards

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Audio Standards exist in relation to many aspects of Audio and are laid down by the following bodies in particular.

[edit] Audio measurement and testing

Equal-Loudness Contours ISO 226 (2003) Equal loudness contours

Sound Level Meters

  • BS 6402: 1983 Personal sound exposure meters (lists A-weighting dB)
  • BS 5969:1981 Sound level meters? (same as IEC651:1979)
  • BSEN 60651:1994 supersedes the above
  • IEC179:1965 Sound level meters - (I have the vital pages)

Test Discs

  • IEC98:1964 Test discs
  • DIN 45542 Test discs

Rumble

  • DIN45539 Rumble
  • BS4852 pt1 Rumble
  • DIN 45411 FIM Frequency intermodulation on discs

Sequences

  • CCITT 0.33 Sequence testing
  • EBU R27:1982 Seq testing

Hi Fi

  • DIN45 500 Hi-Fi (1973)

Noise

  • ITU-R 468
  • CCIR Recommendation 468
  • DIN 45405

Sound System Equipment IEC268 (copied in BS 6840)

  • Part1 General
  • Part2 Glossary of General Terms
  • Part3 Amplifiers
  • Part4
  • Part5 Loudspeakers
  • Part6 Auxiliary Passive Elements
  • Part7
  • Part8 AGC and Compression
  • Part9 Artificial Reverberation
  • Part10 Peak Programme Meters
  • Part11
  • Part15 Preferred Interconnection Values
  • Part16 Speech Rating
  • Part17 Volume Indicators


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