• lauha@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    What works in one dimensional ear canal doesn’t work in three dimensional open space.

    While we have noise cancelling headphones, have you ever heard of noise cancelling speakers?

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      21 hours ago

      Actually my father in-law used to design loudspeaker systems that canceled certain frequencies put out by power plants at different heights along exhaust stacks

      I assume the trick is knowing or calculating how far you are from the source your timing to block, and having speakers that are broadcasting away from the source.