Pin-drop test pops Greek amphitheater’s acoustic claims

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Pin-drop test pops Greek amphitheater’s acoustic claims
Analysis reveals that guidebooks overhype the site’s ability to carry sounds
By
Rachel Ehrenberg
3:45pm, July 6, 2017
 

NOW HEAR THIS  This ancient Greek amphitheater in Epidaurus is renowned for its acoustics, but good luck hearing whispers if you’re sitting in the back row.
 

BOSTON — Guidebook claims about the superior acoustics of the ancient Greek amphitheater of Epidaurus are a tad melodramatic. An actor’s voice can be heard in the back row, but whispers and other quiet noises cannot, acoustician Remy Wenmaekers reported June 28 at a meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pin-drop-test-pops-greek-amphitheater-acoustic-claims?mode=magazine&context=3076

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Obviously, the inability to hear a pin drop is caused by "global warming."