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How engineers are redefining the way interior auto noise is measured

Engineers are not just adding more insulation, they are reinventing how interior noise is captured, modeled, and judged so ...
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Engineers are rewriting the rules on how car cabin noise is measured

For decades, carmakers treated cabin noise as a single number problem, something to be tamed with thicker glass and extra ...
The Verge

We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We compared the AirPods Max, Sony WH-1000XM5, Bose QuietComfort 45, and the original Bose QC1 on the streets of ...
Popular Science

Low-frequency noise is pervasive. Does that matter?

Sounds that are lower pitched are less studied than other types. Some say it’s a health hazard. Others have doubts. By Lourdes Medrano/Undark Published Apr 17, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...
EDN

A non-finicky, mass-producible audio frequency white noise generator

This project made me feel a kind of kinship with Diogenes, although I was searching for the item described in the title rather than for an honest man. Figure 1 “Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man,” a ...
New Atlas

NASA acoustic testing puts real numbers on Joby's eVTOL noise signature

If I stand right next to the relatively busy road out the front, high-frequency tire noise from passing cars doing about 50 km/h (30 mph) is reliably around 60 dBA and you have to raise your voice to ...
Electronic Design

Dual-Frequency OCXOs Suppress Phase Noise

Oven-controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs) developed by NEL Frequency Controls deliver ultra-low phase noise in a dual-frequency reference model (DFRM). The O-CDFXYZXX-X-X-10MHz/100MHz DRFM consists ...
The New York Times

Sound Machines Aren’t Just for Sleep. Here’s How to Use Brown Noise to Focus at Work.

We independently review everything we recommend. We may get paid to link out to retailer sites, and when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Elissa Sanci Elissa Sanci ...