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   sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com to RichD   
   Re: audio telescope?   
   21 Apr 11 19:42:12   
   
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   XPost: sci.physics, rec.audio.tech   
      
   Hmm, the size of the observed image isn't directly related to   
   the nature of light waves emanating from them.  The closest analogy   
   I can think of is the following... when you get your vision tested,   
   you go from large letters down to small letters.  When you get   
   your hearing tested, you go from loud sounds to increasingly   
   quiet sounds (ignoring pitch and color blindness).  So by that   
   analogy, running the sound through an attenuator rather than   
   through an amplifier would be one thought.   
      
   In rec.audio.tech RichD  wrote:   
   : This may be a dumb question, I never studied acoustics....   
      
   : If you look into the wrong end of a telescope,   
   : everything looks reduced, 'anti-magnified'.   
   : Is there anything analogous acoustically?   
      
   : In both cases, the phenomena is described   
   : by wave equations -   
      
   : --   
   : Rich   
      
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