Topic: Quietest Place on Earth

Not sure if anyone posted this before, but pretty cool.

http://audiojunkies.com/blog/902/the-qu … field-labs

The challenge in the comments is funny, no one has lasted more than 30 minutes in the room with the lights off.

worship the potentiometer.

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It's interesting what happens to the mind when completely isolated from light, sound.

Something out of a Murakami book.

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yeah you're right dez! totally like something out of one of his books.

i wonder if there is a making-of scrap book or video. would be cool to see the construction phase.

worship the potentiometer.

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"Supposedly those chambers can even be painful to some people. Our ears aren't designed for that kind of environment."

Very interesting.

-9.4 decibels ?!?! ... I guess there are some things about audio that I just don't understand.

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exponential curve..hard to explain but 0DB is based on human perception and doesn't mean Zero sound

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/graphics/LI.GIF

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wow that's amazing...

i'll start to build a Studio-Booth now..ha

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sounds like an awesome place to work too.

worship the potentiometer.

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reminds me on this one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floatation_tank

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

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nice, would like to visit there once

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Dez wrote:

It's interesting what happens to the mind when completely isolated from light, sound.

Something out of a Murakami book.

That's what they do there in Guant

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i would definitely have the biggest panic attack of my life.  Think of when it's really quiet how audible your bodily functions are.... like swallowing.