This is an article about a guy who contacted a testing company and requested to sit in their anechoic chamber (after serving aboard a navy ship).  I thought the article was interesting because the article talked a little bit about the testing that is done on consumer products (things like vacuum cleaners).  Basically, they say consumers demand quite appliances but they can’t be made too quite because the consumer needs to have the security that the product is doing something.

Before we moved, we had remodeled our kitchen with a top of the line dishwasher that was completely silent and all of the indicator lights were inside of the unit (on the top of the door).  It drove my wife crazy because she had to open it to see if it was running all the time (because I would randomly start a load of dishes).

http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385024-the-sound-of-silence-sailor-finds-peace-in-worlds-quietest-room?lite

There's a book, whose title I cannot remember; something about zero db, or searching for silence. I heard the author interviewed on NPR and it sounded like a cool premise. Basically, he was inspired by life in noisy NYC to seek out absolute silence and wrote about his visits to various quiet places, culminating in an anechoic chamber. Being a fan of silence myself and also finding it elusive, I've been looking for that book, so if anyone happens to know its title and author, let me know.

MAKE SOME NOIZ!!!

Jonbouy


MAKE SOME NOIZ!!!

*Frrrrrpppp...*

For those of us with tinnitus, an absolutely silent chamber is our idea of hell! 

Could it be this Dave:

http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Decibels-Quest-Absolute-Silence/dp/1416599592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353792599&sr=8-1&keywords=zero+decibels

Sounds interesting. I spent a lot of time in Canberra here in Australia and it is easily one of the quietest cities in Australia. In fact it is very quiet. Much quieter than Melbourne say. I have also spent time inside an anechoic chamber and it is a very strange experience.

I had this for a couple weeks:





When you walked in it seemed like sound was being vacuumed out of your head.

... are you sure it was only the sound?

Jonbouy


MAKE SOME NOIZ!!!

Done.


But I wuz told to stop it.

So I did.

Yes, Jeff, that's the one! Gracias.