The Museum is open! This afternoon we hosted #acoustics student Helen in Japan, who spent two hours listening to a history of #sound #recording!
Book your own Online Visit today at https://museumofportablesound.com/visit!
#onlinemuseum #history #SoundBeyondMusic #headphones #museum #MuseumOfPortableSound #Japan #Portsmouth
We're celebrating #InternationalMuseumDay this year with an online #Relaxation Listening Tour!
Get full details and Eventbrite tickets at our website:
https://museumofportablesound.com/relax/
#wellness #IMD2023 #relax #listening #ListeningParty #SoundMuseum #MuseumOfPortableSound
This year's #InternationalMuseumDay (18 May) has the theme Museums, Sustainability & Well-Being – so we're offering a special expanded online version of our museum's Relaxation-themed listening tour! Details coming soon...
#IMD2023 #Museums4WellBeing #Relaxation #Listening #OnlineTour #SoundMuseum #Sound #CultureOfSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound
Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is also a #NewAcquisition: How To Give Yourself A Stereo Check-Out by Decca Records (1967).
This 12” LP was not only a standard test record of the time, but is also a mini crash course in important audio concepts like wow & flutter, Sound coloration, channel phasing and more.
#LPRecords #stereo #records #VinylRecords #WowAndFlutter #ChannelPhasing #SoundColoration #decca #DeccaRecords #TestRecord #CultureOfSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound
US acoustician, MIT professor & inventor Leo Beranek using a Hush-A-Phone, a device for silencing phone calls. AT&T, who held a #monopoly over US #telephone service at the time sued against the device & lost, setting a legal precedent that eventually led to their own breakup.
#telephony #silence #acoustics #LeoBeranek #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound
If you or anyone you know (that includes you, @barackobama and @royalfamily ) can confirm the exact size of the Queen's iPod Classic's hard drive, please contact us via our official tip line: http://museumofportablesound.com/contact-us/
#QueenElizabeth #iPod #iPodClassic #HowBigIsIt #TheRoyaliPod #WeNeedAnswers #MuseumOfPortableSound
"...Parametric acoustic arrays — also referred to as directional loudspeakers or acoustic lasers — are the most plausible technology, although other ultrasound technology may be at play."
Download the full (redacted) report from https://salon.com/2023/03/29/exclusive-declassified-report-suggests-havana-syndrome-could-result-from-energy-weapon/
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#HavanaSyndrome #SonicWeapon #PortableSound #ultrasound #infrasound #acousticlaser #ParametricAcousticArrays #DirectionalLoudspeakers #report #declassified #FOIA #redacted #SonicWarfare #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound
There's never been a more critical time to support our #independent museum.
We're busier than ever, but can't get it done without more help. If you can, please consider backing us at https://www.patreon.com/museumofportablesound for as little as US$1/month to help us:
#Digitize our Physical Objects;
#Reinstall our Permanent Collection of #Sounds;
and #Revise our extensive Gallery Guide book!
#Collections #Museum #MuseumWork #MuseumOfPortableSound #SupportUs #IndependentMuseum
Our #ObjectOfTheWeek: Unopened Maxell Original UR IEC Type I Normal Bias Compact Cassette (date unknown; presumed 1990s). Detail images courtesy Museum of Portable Sound Archives.
#Maxell #CompactCassette #CassetteTape #NormalBias #MagneticTape #Cassettes #Archives #MuseumOfPortableSound #ItsOkayToBeNormal
This past weekend we welcomed a pair of visitors in Germany who listened to some of our recordings of classic audio gear in operation - like this 1981 Studer A 807 Mk 1 #tape machine we recorded at The Keep Archives in Brighton, UK in 2019.
Book your own visit TODAY at https://museumofportablesound.com/visit!
#StuderA807 #StuderA807Mki #OnlineMuseum #TapeRecorder #ReelToReel #TapeMachine #Listening #Sound #CultureOfSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound
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