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Steven Orfield

Founder at Orfield Laboratories

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Steven Orfield is the owner of Orfield Laboratories who bought Sound 80 Studios in 1990 and moved his research headquarters there.

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The Quietest Room on Earth
smithsonianmag.comnewsneutralDec 13, 2025

The anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories in Minnesota is the quietest place on Earth, measuring -24.9 dBA, where the absence of background noise causes visitors to perceive their own body sounds like heartbeats and blood flow.

“Founder of Orfield Laboratories who explains how the anechoic chamber affects human perception and hearing.”

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