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BUILDING ACOUSTICS · Volume 10 · Number 1 · 2003 Pages 1 – 32 1 Schroeder Diffusers: A Review1 Trevor Cox School of Acoustics and Electronic Engineering, University of Salford, UK. t.j.cox@salford.ac.uk Peter D’Antonio RPG Diffusor Systems Inc., 653-c Commerce Drive, Upper Marlboro, MA, USA (Received 7 July 2002 and accepted 13 January 2003) ABSTRACT Schroeder diffusers revolutionised the design of scattering surfaces when they were invented in the 1970s.For the first time diffusers with defined acoustic performance could be easily designed. Since their inception, much has been learnt about the performance of the surfaces. Limitations of the original concepts have been studied, and solutions found to overcome many of these. This paper will review the development of this technology over the last three decades. 1. INTRODUCTION In the past few decades, there has been heightened interest in the role that surface scattering plays in determining the physical acoustic and consequently the listener’s perception of music and speech. The importance of scattering to the physical acoustic is now well established, for instance it is known that correct modelling of surface scattering effects is crucial to gaining accurate predictions from geometric room acoustic models[1]. Surface diffusers have found a role in altering the physical acoustic, where they are often used to disperse reflections which are causing echoes or coloration[2]. For example, Figure 1 shows the application of Schroeder diffusers in an orchestra pit. The diffusers are used here to disperse the early arriving reflections from the pit walls which colour the timbre of the sound heard by the musicians. Diffusers may