Room noise cancelling

[camerart]

Hi

Is there a way to quieten external noise from getting into a room?

E,g, living in a house with a factory nearby.

I'm sure there are expensive ways, but perhaps something for a home brew project please.

Cheers, Camerart.

[HarryA]

Some years ago there was research on noise suppression by picking up a noise and playing it back 180 degrees out of phase. If you played a sound through two speakers connected out of phase, that is so when one cone came out while the other went in, would they tend to cancel? Thus creating a small cone of silence.            

[HarryA]

Also sounding proofing outside going doors and windows with heavy fabric is said to help. Plus having sound absorbing rugs and wall hangs reduces the unwelcomed sounds.

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[camerart]

Hi H,

There a couple of us doing this, my friend has tried 180° but it didn't work, much.

I imagine that noise cancelling headphones, suppress street and chat noise, but this is intermittent bangs, which may be more difficult.

We're now thinking about transducers on the windows.

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C.