Try Acoustical Society of America standards store as a starting point. http://asa.aip.org/index.html They are the USA National member of IEC/ISO on things Acoustic.
Regards, Chuck McDowell Meyer Sound Laboratories Inc. From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Standards for Audio quality/safety In article <[email protected]. com>, Edward Cline <[email protected]> writes >I am looking for a list of US and/or European standards that would apply >to an audio intercom system. In particular I am looking for standards to >guide the quality of the audio output. >Questions like: >a) How much noise is allowed There are no harmonized European standards on this subject. Obviously, there is a market-place product-quality requirement for adequate intelligibility. >b) protection against operator hearing loss or ear damage from excessive >hiss, pops, static, or even feedback. There are no harmonized European standards on this subject, other than the overall requirements for noise exposure under occupational health regulations. The situation might be different if the operators were using headphones, but that EN applies to consumer products. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. The good news is that nothing is compulsory. The bad news is that everything is prohibited. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
