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Popping a Balloon in an Anechoic Chamber

This was at the Bose HQ in Massachusetts. For everyone who's asking, the reason he held it in his shirt was to prevent the fragments of the popped balloon from falling though the mesh floor and onto the lower baffles. He tells me it's a real pain to clean those. It doesn't really affect the sound it makes anyway. Feel free to use this video for any educational or non-commercial use. Please contact me if you want to use any part of this video commercially.

EthanCGamer

8 years ago
It thinks it's night time because Uh, we're in a dark place How do you do the, fast one? Uh, I don't know I don't think your phone is, I think it's only on a [iPhone] 6 Ready? 1, 2, 3 *Pop* Ah

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@StereoMonolith1

sounds like a hit marker

@fatkiller1000

I love how this chamber can turn a 2 dollar microphone into a 1000 dollar beast.

@wilabanodeniro9780

Shout out all the people that clicked on a video saying "popping a balloon in an Anechoic chamber" only to get upset when they saw a video of someone popping a balloon in an Anechoic chamber

@umstoplmao1139

As someone with a crippling fear of balloons and the noise they make when they pop, this makes me extremely happy.

@melkerpersson8879

Sounds like a hitmark ╲ ╱ ╱ ╲

@Lambda_Ovine

I had no idea reverberation contributed so much to the loudness of a ballon popping off.

@Eindhuvrn123

Imagine sitting there in the dark with just 1 mosquito flying around the room...

@Dragonflame

"just follow my moves, and sneak around, be careful not to make a sound" tiny balloon pop

@mysteriousvideomaker1789

can someone explain why this video has any dislikes whatsoever, i mean... it delivered what it had promised.

@taxevadingraptor

For those of you watching wondering what an Anechoic Chamber is, its a room designed to completely absorb reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves. If you didn't get it, its simply a room made to be more quiet :P

@dhollsynthmusic

i'm guessing the dislikes are from those who thought "Anechoic" meant "superpowered exotic echo!"

@mitjellk2186

I made one of these rooms. The further done it was, the stranger the workdays became. Sound really affects your mood in a definite but intangible way.

@mrsolodolovi1386

what? I didn't have to wait 10 minutes just to see the balloon pop ? that's weird

@coachrenaldo

For those of you who don't know what an Anechoic Room is: An anechoic room is a specially designed room where the walls are built to absorb sound, which brings the sound in such a room to around -13 decibels. The silence can make a human hyper aware of the sounds their body makes, even making someone aware to the sound of blood moving in their veins and the creaking of their joints. Science! Edited for some correction.

@farmerdave4000

I’m deep in the YouTube rabbit hole right now. Started watching fitness stuff now I’m watching dudes pop balloons

@xxxCrackerJack501xxx

the only screams you can hear are from within your own mind

@ManOrWomanIDK

Ok now I wanna see the same thing in the world's most reverberant room

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un

I see so it makes a 'pop' then 'aahhhh' sound. Hmm you learn something new every day. After reading the description, and watching it again, I feel sorry for the fact that he did, indeed, lose a fragment, and you could hear the awkward ruffling of his facial expression of annoyance. if this video would've come out today it would be a 15-minute video where they spend 10 minutes explaining how the came up with the idea and how they got to some lab or something to lend them their chamber to record the video, the 40 second clip of the balloon popping and then 4 minutes saying how amazing this experience was, thanking the lab, thanking their subscribers and the outro. Bose lore: Bose was founded in 1964 by Amar Bose with angel investor funding, including Amar's thesis advisor and professor, YW Lee. Bose's interest in speaker systems had begun in 1956 when he purchased a stereo system and was disappointed with its performance. The purpose of the company was to develop speaker systems which used multiple speakers aimed at the surrounding walls to reflect the sound and replicate the sound of a concert hall

@tom-oq8eh

don't understand all the dislikes, it's exactly what the title said

@dawei7972

I've been in one myself, at Sacramento State University's anechoic chamber. It's a hell of an experience being in there, and also having the lights out. Once you walk out, you can easily hear the smallest and slightest things. I would recommend anyone to try it for themselves.