I mean, this would be the easiest thing in the world to test… but I already know the results.
Put my GCQuad down in speed measuring mode.
Make some swings and note the speed it says versus what a decibel meter reads on my phone.
The results would be laughably bad.
So bad, I'm not going to spend the ten minutes it would take to do such a thing, because I know what the results would be.
He said he installed a free decibel app on his phone. He himself has a PRGR apparently but if the idea had merit, others could benefit. It's a noble thought but there are obvious reasons why the info could be misleading from a speed measurement perspective.
I still think a very elementary was to see if there is merit is simply swing the club at different know speeds (verified by a PRGR) and see what decibels he gets. I suspect that even with all things robotically even, a club travelling at 80 MPH doesn't register decibels sufficiently different values, if at all, than one travelling at 85 MPH, 90 MPH, etc.
And pull their mouth away when they hit stronger notes. Mics can only take so much sound pressure. Every mic is different too.
As I stated above, there are many variables to account for to even remotely have a chance to use sound to measure velocity. It would have to be in an extremely controlled environment with calibrated sound and metering devices. In addition, the swing must be absolutely repeatable as would the contact.
There is no possible way to use the dB meter on my iPhone to accomplish this. It’s not rational to think you could. It’s not even that good at measuring the sound level of my amps accurately. Even reorienting it by 45 degrees changes the level.
I know there are a lot of people on the site with science and engineering backgrounds here so @p1n9183 is getting a lot of questions about how this theory would even work, but I’m going to ask the obvious one here… why?
Like what is the purpose if you already have a speed radar, even if such a thing as you proposed was feasible?
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