The Worlds Quietest ROOM

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jparkhur

The Worlds Quietest ROOM
« on: 4 Mar 2013, 04:34 pm »
What would a stereo sound like in here?  Would you want dipoles, regulars, what would happen to a sub?  Good or bad for music?

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Re: The Worlds Quietest ROOM
« Reply #1 on: 4 Mar 2013, 04:38 pm »
What would a stereo sound like in here? 

Like an outdoor stereo on a very quiet day with no wind.

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« Reply #2 on: 4 Mar 2013, 04:48 pm »
In 2006 I measured my room at night, it reach 27-29dB which is not bad.
But these 9dB is impressive.

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« Reply #3 on: 4 Mar 2013, 04:50 pm »
its -9 db.......  :)    less than humans 0db....

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Even cooler

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« Reply #4 on: 4 Mar 2013, 05:38 pm »
That's pretty cool.
But, what's the threshold of human hearing? Meaning, what's the "noise floor" of the average person?
Because if you're ears go down to say...25, then you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a room that's 25 and a room that's 10, correct?

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« Reply #5 on: 4 Mar 2013, 05:51 pm »
What would a stereo sound like in here? 

Well, given that there are no reflections, you would hear 2 individual sources with perhaps some middle fill.  You would also hear just what your speakers sound like without room reenforcment and comb filtering.  So, problably the closest to "flat" you'd ever hear.  Now you may not like the "just the facts" presentation, but that's what you'd get.

As far as how would different speaker sound, dipoles would be half as loud, since the back wave is gone.  There'd be no bass cancellation.  Omnis would have problems, since again all of the "room energy" is absorbed.

Also, reports have stated that a person really can't stand the level of isolation for long periods, so I'm sure the room would wear on you.


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« Reply #7 on: 4 Mar 2013, 07:11 pm »
I am thinking that after a little bit of time in this room you would eventually start to feel nauseated and have to leave.

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« Reply #8 on: 4 Mar 2013, 07:14 pm »

Would most likely be too dead sounding.

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« Reply #9 on: 4 Mar 2013, 07:17 pm »
It doesn't take any time at all to feel strange! It's very unsettling the first time in.
You need a many channeled sound system in a room like this. The speakers have to provide all the room reflections information.

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« Reply #10 on: 4 Mar 2013, 08:53 pm »
An article on this same room on Discovery.com states that the longest that anyone has spent alone in this chamber is 45 minutes.  You start to halucinate because your brain wants to hear something.

http://news.discovery.com/human/life/worlds-quietest-room-will-drive-you-crazy-in-30-minutes.htm

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« Reply #11 on: 4 Mar 2013, 09:06 pm »
By the way, this is not the only anechoic chamber in existence.  Bell Labs / Lucent has (had?) one in Murray Hill, NJ, and a couple of larger speaker companies have them too.  I believe that one or 2 universities also have them.   They are all fundamentally as quiet as the one described, so Guinness needs to get its act together.

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Re: The Worlds Quietest ROOM
« Reply #12 on: 4 Mar 2013, 09:20 pm »
Yes, indeed being inside a chamber is an unusual feeling.

As Napalm queried or posited
Playing your speakers out of doors might prove enlightening.
Having done so in the past with a variety of Monopole speakers
I can tell you thew sound is pretty damned good.

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« Reply #13 on: 4 Mar 2013, 09:52 pm »
"Sure is quiet in here..."

"Yeah, toooo quiet."

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« Reply #14 on: 4 Mar 2013, 10:07 pm »
Purdue had a good sized one when I was there, which we used for an acoustics class.

Heartbeats become like small explosions and it's definitely not for the claustrophobic :green: