Greetings All Back in October (Sursound Digest, Vol 51, Issue 24, to be exact) there was a post regarding places to visit, and Orfield Labs, the "quietest place on Earth" was showcased. It was then pointed out that the BBC article (link below) said, "an average conversation runs at about 30 decibels."
I asked Steve Orfield, who owns/operates Orfield Labs, where this figure might have come from. Steve politely replied with, "We aren't responsible for the levels. We always reference 65.5 dBA, from the old articuatlion index standards and ANSI." So, I suppose the "30 decibel" level came from an unreliable source -- seems to happen a lot since the advent of the Internet (that we all know is an alien conspiracy). For those who can get it (yes, the aliens censor the Internet), here's a video that aired on NBC's TODAY, November 23, 2012: http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2012/11/23/15385024-the-sound-of-silence-sailor-finds-peace-in-worlds-quietest-room?lite The link to the "30 decibel" reference here: http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20121022-the-quietest-place-on-earth Best to All, ELC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121124/b74f786d/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
