anechoic

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When I first came across this photo I thought it was a new classified starfighter being tested by the Navy and Boeing Phantom Works in a secret underground anechoic chamber in the Moo ...

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  • The anechoic chamber, seen on the right, is lined with fiberglass wedges to suppress sound waves from bouncing back off the walls, ceiling, and floor. —  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog
  • Standing inside the anechoic chamber can be a little disorienting, as your ears, which are used to processing all the ambient sound in the outside world, don't have enough reference material. —  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog
  • According to acoustical laws (the inverse square ratio) the sound levels should have dropped to one quarter of their previous values (in an anechoic chamber that would happen) but in the hall, sitting midway back in Row F, my ears were receiving a much more rounded blend of direct and reflected sounds. —  Audioholics Reviews and News from Audioholics
  • (Never fear, CBS - and digital-bashers-there's still a long way to go.) "Alligator" does sound as if it was eight musicians in one room-an anechoic chamber, maybe, but still one room. —  Stereophile RSS Feed
  • Now, in the anechoic chamber, these same computers register some 15~18 dBA@1m, high enough to interfere with the quietest components and computers we've tested. —  silentpcreview.com - Everything about Silent / Quiet Computers
 

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