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Why do early reflections arrive less frequently than later reflections?

Early reflections are mostly due to a single bounce off of a boundary; late reflections are due to multiple bounces. They’ve traveled a longer distance to get back to you, hence the later time and ...
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What sound is best for measuring which frequencies a wall is reflecting?

If it helps, there are a couple of tools you can use to measure room acoustics. REW https://www.roomeqwizard.com/ and Sonarworks reference https://www.sonarworks.com/reference. It's been quite a while ...
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Why do early reflections arrive less frequently than later reflections?

Reflections are just reflections. The early ones arrive before the later ones simply because they generally have less reflective distance to travel. Additionally, the term 'early' generally refers to ...
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What sound is best for measuring which frequencies a wall is reflecting?

You need a gated pulse so microphone records only the reflection. A single pulse can provide a frequency response curve with the proper software
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What sound is best for measuring which frequencies a wall is reflecting?

Well, the problem you are trying to tackle is not one that has a clear solution. There are various research groups as well as companies' R&D departments that are trying to provide their solutions ...
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