A bright, modern restaurant featuring a seamless monolithic acoustic ceiling in a soft neutral tone. The space includes large steel-framed windows, green plastered walls, warm wooden tables, bar seating, and framed artwork, with sunlight casting patterned shadows across the dining area.

How does leisure sound?

Master noise control for environments people enjoy lingering in.

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Sound shapes how people feel, connect, and remember. Optimised acoustics transform fleeting leisure moments into feel-good experiences defined by comfort.

A modern bar interior featuring dark green acoustic ceiling tiles, track lighting, and a display shelf holding a vintage motorcycle above the bar counter. People are gathered at the bar, surrounded by dark green seating and warm wooden finishes.

Amplify moments.

Acoustic comfort and speech intelligibility turn visits into exceptional experiences where guests feel at ease, immersed in environments that inspire return visits.

A bright contemporary restaurant with a soft beige monolithic acoustic ceiling, curved architectural forms, and large windows bringing in natural light. Wooden furniture, round pendant lamps, and white tabletops create a warm, minimalist dining atmosphere.

Support the team.

Quality acoustic environments protect staff from noise fatigue and ensure clear, safe communication – keeping teams sharp and service levels exceptional all day.

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The value of optimised leisure acoustics

43.3 dB(A)

The level at which people begin raising their voices to be heard, equivalent to the hum of a refrigerator.*

<50 dB(A)

The optimal background noise level for senior adults to hear comfortably, similar to light rainfall.**

84%

84 percent of diners consider lower noise levels important when choosing where to go dine.***

Case studies in leisure acoustics

Astrup Fearnley Museum Design, Oslo, Norway

Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Narud Stokke Wiig Architects, 2025

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_{* Bottalico, Pasquale, Ivano Ipsaro Passione, Simone Graetzer, and EricJ. 2017. “Evaluation of the Starting Point of the Lombard Effect.” Acta Acustica United with Acustica 103 (1): 169–72.}_{https://doi.org/10.3813/aaa.919043}

_{** Bottalico, Pasquale, Rachael N. Piper, and Brianna Legner. 2022. “Lombard Effect, Intelligibility, Ambient Noise, and Willingness to Spend Time and Money in a Restaurant among Older Adults.” Scientific Reports 12 (1): 6549.}_{https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10414-6}_.

_{*** Dixon, Luke. 2016. Speak Easy: Hearing the Views of Your Customers. London: Action on Hearing Loss.}_{https://rnid.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SpeakEasy-report-1.pdf}_.