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Presumably the pressure wave is maintained by a continuous array of big-ass subwoofers along the whole length of the tube - If this is the case, then keeping the noise pollution down will be a bit of a challenge - unless some sort of active-noise cancellation technology is used for the outside.

Hmmm... This should not be too tricky, since you are generating the original signal yourself, but if one of the exterior noise-cancellation speakers breaks down - it's gonna be LOUD.



The whole idea of a wave guide is to trap the energy of the wave inside, so presumably a lot of it would not escape.


An array of pulse jets! That's not very solar friendly, but it is very loud!


Wouldn't these sound waves be below the human hearing threshold (20hz)?


Perhaps the frequencies are below the audible spectrum?




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