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BS 6259 Code of practice for the design, planning, installation, testing and maintenance of sound systems

The project has been put on hold by BSI because members of the committee have been unable to propose any changes. Constructive comments on this poor situation may be made on the members' mailing list. New committee members would be welcomed: contact <tech@isce.org.uk> to learn more.

BS 7594 Code of practice for audio-frequency induction-loop systems (AFILS)

Published

BS 7827 Code of practice for designing, specifying, maintaining and operating emergency sound systems at sports venues

Published

IEC/EN 60268-16 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT – Part 16: Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index

The new edition, prepared by a team led by Peter Mapp, has been published.

IEC/EN 60849 Sound systems for emergency purposes

IEC withdrew their version as a result of strong critiques from the voice-alarm community. Some European countries propose to retain the EN version and a draft EN 50849 has now been ciruclated for voting

Standards for installed systems

Claims that items of equipment comply with these are misplaced. This applies to BS 6259, BS 7594 and BS 7827 and the relevant parts of EN 54.