###dB @ 1w/1m has a direct correlation to power. It's showing you a sound preasure level (spl), in this case dB. It also shows a specific voltage and distance. The last two variables never change, just the dB rating does. The dB rating changes becasue of the speaker being used and the science behind a specific speaker design. This measurement doesn't relate to quality, just power. This initial dB rating is the baseline number you use to make calculations and it is almost always the highest peak recorded, not continuous output. You could use white or pink noise to get this spl rating but i would use pink noise personally as would 90% of the professional audio world, so no it's not a random noise per se. All rated speakers are supposed to follow these guidelines. We glossed over a few needed details. There are a solid handful more we skipped over due to lack of importance to the current math.
Noise floor does relate to some aspects of quality. Noise floor is the sum of all noise minus the signal you want. The difference between the two is called signal to noise ratio (s/n). The greater the difference the better the potential audio quality.
Using low frequency as a weapon is possible but as a whole the idea of widely used larger applications will fall short imo, however it isn't far from reality. Specialty applications maybe? Follow the math and you'll see it's very easy, and cheap compared to other government projects, to string 10, 20 or 30 of these together as a source of audio. Also, as stayed earlier, this audio source is pushing air through an opening substantially smaller than any of it's peers systems. This also matters, bigly. Again, think of water but this time think of a firehose nozzle. As you close the nozzle, the power of the water increases. Same exact idea.
Easy math just for fun:
If 30 Matterhorns were deployed...
152dB + (29 * 3dB)=
152dB + 87dB=
239dB
Remember your "at range" assumption? Well now we have added 87dB so back to the easy math:
105dB at 270m is now 192dB at 270m
With this amount of power you, in theory, will make PPE useless even at that distance.
192dB - 30dB (ear PPE) = 162dB
Has it, is it or will it be used as a reliable weapon? I have no clue. Possible? Absolutely. They have the technology but don't have the people to come up with the idea to make it work, yet.
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