Comment on The Quietest Place on EarthComments−ColinWright12yI can't confirm that these are the same, because I can't access this site. However, I suspect that this is the same as has been reported from many source, and submitted many times. For example:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3798283 The World's Quietest Room: Nobody Has Lasted More Than 45 Minutes In It (dailymail.co.uk)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3781040 The Quietest Room in the World (tcbmag.com)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783478 The quietest room in the world (tcbmag.com)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802268 Quietest place on earth messes with the head. (yahoo.com)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3821238 The quietest place on earth (neatorama.com)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4053296 A room so quiet, no one can spend more than 45 minutes in it (timesherald.com)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4219266 This Is The Quietest Place On Earth (bitrebels.com)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4565325 World’s Quietest Place Lets You Hear Your Internal Organs (odditycentral.com)−masklinn12yHowever, I suspect that this is the same as has been reported from many source, and submitted many timesYour suspicion was correct. And it might just be technically wrong anyway as salford states its anechoic chamber is even quieter.−kr412yAny idea as to how much does it take to build such a chamber (with decibels in minus)?−icpmacdo12yI wonder if an isolation tanks decibels are in the minus? You can build one yourself for a few thousand dollars.
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I can't confirm that these are the same, because I can't access this site. However, I suspect that this is the same as has been reported from many source, and submitted many times. For example:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3798283 The World's Quietest Room: Nobody Has Lasted More Than 45 Minutes In It (dailymail.co.uk)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3781040 The Quietest Room in the World (tcbmag.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783478 The quietest room in the world (tcbmag.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802268 Quietest place on earth messes with the head. (yahoo.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3821238 The quietest place on earth (neatorama.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4053296 A room so quiet, no one can spend more than 45 minutes in it (timesherald.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4219266 This Is The Quietest Place On Earth (bitrebels.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4565325 World’s Quietest Place Lets You Hear Your Internal Organs (odditycentral.com)
Your suspicion was correct. And it might just be technically wrong anyway as salford states its anechoic chamber is even quieter.
Any idea as to how much does it take to build such a chamber (with decibels in minus)?
I wonder if an isolation tanks decibels are in the minus? You can build one yourself for a few thousand dollars.