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Echo fun

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If you go to the edge of a certain field in Galloway, Scotland, you will encounter the ‘Echo Barn’- see link 1. Shout from the right place, and a little while later your yell returns as a clear echo.

There were military sound mirrors in WWII which were used to assist early detection of the approach of enemy aircraft. (Link 2)

This reminded me of [lankybits]'s idea, link 3.

I propose that, for a bit of fun, you stand on a platform. In front of you are a series of buildings. The walls facing you are spaced at distances about 150m further away in sequence. The more distant buildings will be larger as required.

You could stand here, make an outburst, and hear it repeated back at approximately one-second intervals; tee hee!

The walls of the buildings are slightly concave. They have a common centre of curvature at the point at which you stand, to ensure that the wavefront reflections exactly converge back to you.

bhumphrys, Feb 15 2026

Echo Barn https://youtube.com...si=2caADLX0AqChcAJW
[bhumphrys, Feb 15 2026]

Artificial ear https://www.discove...rors-viewpoint.html
[bhumphrys, Feb 15 2026]

Previous Custom_20Echo_20Wall
[bhumphrys, Feb 15 2026]

Whispering Galleries https://en.wikipedi.../Whispering_gallery
[bs0u0155, Feb 16 2026]





       Loud enough, and with enough feedback the successive wavefronts will cause you to explode. [+]
minoradjustments, Feb 16 2026
  

       This is pretty much baked, deliberately, in many buildings. One that springs to mind is a chamber in the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool. It's circular with little alcoves at regular intervals. A quiet conversation can easily be had with someone opposite, say 50m away?
bs0u0155, Feb 16 2026
  
         


 

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