From: Wild Sanctuary <>
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> During a recent study (1999-2001) for the National Park Service, the
> folks at Wyle Labs and HMMH measured SPLs in box canyons on the floor
> of the Grand Canyon at well below 10dBA, Walter. Wanna hear the blood
> flow thru your capilaries? I know a few places in the desert
> southwest that'll put the anechoic chambers at Harmon Industries
> (JBL) to shame.
Such places exist, but are pretty rare even for nature recording.
Another one that comes to mind is some caves. Every once in a while I
manage to be at such places, but more typical is as I stated. In any
case I think setting a average for natural settings is misleading, they
vary a lot.
A few years back there was a request on the group for mics that had
lower self noise than the MKH mics. For somewhere really quiet. Can't
remember right off who made the request.
Walt
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