Eckel Industries is an acoustics noise control company founded 1952 in

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. The company engineers and constructs anechoic (echo-free) sound chambers.

Noteworthy Projects

*Largest anechoic chamber ever constructed at

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*World's quietest room, located at Orfield Labs in

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. The Orfield Labs chamber was certified by the

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in 2005 as the quietest room on Earth. *The Eckel anechoic chamber located at

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was certified by the

as the quietest place on earth in 2015, measuring -20.6 dB.

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