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Microsoft built the quietest place on Earth

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    tomf
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    Its tough to find good video on this. Here is the team playing some music outside while he opens and closes the door. If anyone has ever been in a vocal recording booth or even a decent studio,...

    Its tough to find good video on this. Here is the team playing some music outside while he opens and closes the door.

    If anyone has ever been in a vocal recording booth or even a decent studio, the feeling of being in a dead space is off-putting. I don't like it.

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    1. joplin
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      It's funny because there was a furniture store nearby that had those egg-shaped chairs with the anechoic padding around the inside of the egg. I loved sitting in it, but my brother hated it. I...

      It's funny because there was a furniture store nearby that had those egg-shaped chairs with the anechoic padding around the inside of the egg. I loved sitting in it, but my brother hated it. I don't know that I could take it if it got to the point where I could hear my bones scraping against each other, but it was a nice respite from the noise of the city to me.

      EDIT: Nice video! It's actually a 360° video, so you can spin around and see the whole chamber. Very cool!

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