The Silent Room Minnesota

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The silent room minnesota.

The anechoic chamber anechoic. The quietest place on earth is a room in minneapolis minnesota and the longest anyone has stayed in the dark there is 45 minutes. Whether our clients are looking for single discipline consulting assistance or comprehensive research design and testing the firm is a remarkable resource to add to the design team located in sound 80 studios the world s first digital recording studio 2006 as recognized by guinness world records we have long ties to the recording industry through sound 80 our former client. The room which is used for testing devices such as hearing aids measures at an eerily quiet 9 decibels.

There s a small room in minnesota that blocks out 99 of all external sound. Orfield laboratories in south minneapolis is the home of a space that was once dubbed the quietest place on earth by guinness world records. The anechoic chamber at orfield laboratories in south minneapolis is 99 99 per cent sound absorbent and holds the guinness world record for the quietest place. Nobody can take more than 45 minutes alone in the room before they go nuts.

The room which holds the guinness world record designation is located in the orfield laboratories. To put that number in perspective a typical quiet room where most people sleep measures 30 decibels according to minnesota public radio. The anechoic chamber at orfield laboratories absorbs over 99. That s an impressive number.

Orfield laboratories an acoustics and architecture test facility in minnesota is home to a room that s guinness certified as the quietest place on earth. Inside the room it s silent.