A hard-plastered wall is a better
reflector of sound than most
mirrors are of light; sound waves
may travel for miles in large and
empty rooms before dying away.

A room for acoustic research is
thickly lined with cotton wool on
the floor, walls and ceiling, and is
so absorbent that speech and
music become unnatural.


Antiphone
Ardente public address system


Boeing
Concrete breaker


Ear defenders, protectors and stops
Ear plugs and percussion resisters


Floating floor
Linatex age-resisting rubber


Pip
Silenta typewriters


Soundex flesh-coloured vulcanite
Spandit silent rubber toys


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Spandit silent rubber toys
Soundex flesh-coloured vulcanite


Silenta typewriters
Pip


Linatex age-resisting rubber
Floating floor


Ear plugs and percussion resisters
Ear defenders, protectors and stops


Concrete breaker
Boeing


Ardente public address system
Antiphone


A room for acoustic research is
thickly lined with cotton wool on
the floor, walls and ceiling, and is
so absorbent that speech and
music become unnatural.

A hard-plastered wall is a better
reflector of sound than most
mirrors are of light; sound waves
may travel for miles in large and
empty rooms before dying away.


From Wirelesslessness, London 1992


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