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im doing a school physics project and we have the choice to do what ever we want! so obviously i chose sound and subwoofers, now the hard part, what do i test? so i come here shoot me some ideas of testable researchable ideas and situations. so far ive come up with the ideas of the frequency of the music effect on my cars circuits, the effect of the pressure on my body and how it effects delicate materials (ear drums) and finally the sound pressure with the effect on Doppler or the area of pressure. so any ideas would be much appreciated and i will include you and your contributions into my final report =) thanks everyone.

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i dont think you have the equipment to do a report on how the sound pressure level effect your body so my vote if for how the different frequencies effect the cars electrical system

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i dont think you have the equipment to do a report on how the sound pressure level effect your body so my vote if for how the different frequencies effect the cars electrical system

i have all the vernire probes in our physics room, but that is a good point, testing that would be a nightmare.

now testing the frequency would easier, i could build an electric circuit with a frequency meter on it.

Box rise?

im not so sure what you mean?

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An experiment that shows how sound is logarithmic rather than linear with regards to power input.

Ex. It takes twice the power to increase sound output 3dB, which is barely noticeable.

Most non-audio people would think that twice the power is twice as loud.

Start with 1W and slowly increase the power as you plot the output (dB).

You may need a cheap sound meter but it would be a good experiment and you wouldn't need to be super accurate to get reasonable results.

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An experiment that shows how sound is logarithmic rather than linear with regards to power input.

Ex. It takes twice the power to increase sound output 3dB, which is barely noticeable.

Most non-audio people would think that twice the power is twice as loud.

Start with 1W and slowly increase the power as you plot the output (dB).

You may need a cheap sound meter but it would be a good experiment and you wouldn't need to be super accurate to get reasonable results.

Sir you won, fantastic idea! Ill keep you posted on my results and will definitely give you credit where credit is due! Thank you man

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Do what me and my brothers did :P Corn starch & water + bass = :twirl:

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An experiment that shows how sound is logarithmic rather than linear with regards to power input.

Ex. It takes twice the power to increase sound output 3dB, which is barely noticeable.

Most non-audio people would think that twice the power is twice as loud.

Start with 1W and slowly increase the power as you plot the output (dB).

You may need a cheap sound meter but it would be a good experiment and you wouldn't need to be super accurate to get reasonable results.

Sir you won, fantastic idea! Ill keep you posted on my results and will definitely give you credit where credit is due! Thank you man

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Glad I could help. :good:

This is a pretty common question for a lot of people and there is a lot of theory that's quoted, but it would be neat to show some real world results.

Good luck!

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Do what me and my brothers did :P Corn starch & water + bass = :twirl:

Oooo, non-Newtonian fluid, good one!

That shits creepy...

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