1. This would be a lot cooler if there was a link to leave a comment on the front page (just sayin' email if you want a hand).
2. Now onto the subject. Why if we have a low amplitude sound, that has a low frequency, and it displaces less air, (like a base drum) does it make a larger impact on our physical body (the thump in your chest) than a high high frequency, high amplitude sound?
As an aside it has recently been discovered that loud base can collapse a lung (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3614180.stm) and a high pitch voice can break a glass. At the same volume, which is more powerful?
createconsumedelete
· 11 months ago
The lower frequencies move more air because of the amount of air that has to be moved to make the sound in the first place. A high pitched sound moves small amounts of air. Even if it moves that air quite a bit, you'll never feel it against your chest because of the wavelength of the sound.
The high pitched voice and low end bass are powerful i different ways. That's my cop out, mostly because I'm not 100% sure what the answer is.
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2. Now onto the subject. Why if we have a low amplitude sound, that has a low frequency, and it displaces less air, (like a base drum) does it make a larger impact on our physical body (the thump in your chest) than a high high frequency, high amplitude sound?
As an aside it has recently been discovered that loud base can collapse a lung (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3614180.stm) and a high pitch voice can break a glass. At the same volume, which is more powerful?
The high pitched voice and low end bass are powerful i different ways. That's my cop out, mostly because I'm not 100% sure what the answer is.