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Whereas a Trombone can generate a Shock Wave

And I believe that for the first time in my life I heard one, at Andris Nelsons' Boston Symphony "Salomé" dress rehearsal.

A shock wave being when an acoustical transient propogates at faster then the speed of sound, and therefore "breaks the sound barrier."

jm

PS: Obviously, it's hard to imagine a loudspeaker that can reproduce that, if if one existed, humans would use it as a weapon... .


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