# Acoustics for calling

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115 "2019-12-05T22:11:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ArlHtsMelissa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/arlhtsmelissa/32/22867_2.png) [@ArlHtsMelissa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ArlHtsMelissa)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115/1 "2019-12-05T22:11:09Z")

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Do house plants help or hinder acoustics? Sometimes, when people call in to shows the sound quality is not very good. Would surrounding themselves with a few plants improve the sound quality? I don’t know if that would help in a car, though.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115/2 "2019-12-05T22:15:55Z")

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> [@ArlHtsMelissa](#):
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> Sometimes, when people call in to shows the sound quality is not very good

Because the audio quality of phones being used is very poor. Plants won’t help poor phones, in or out of cars.

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115/3 "2019-12-05T22:22:51Z")

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Phones only have a bandwidth of 300 to 3k Hz so plants would not help. Plants would only absorb the higher frequencies if any at all. You shouldn’t use your phone in a moving car unless you are a passenger or have some hands free system. A car is always a lousy acoustical environment anyway.

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**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115/4 "2019-12-06T01:43:52Z")

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> [@ArlHtsMelissa](#):
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> I don’t know if that would help in a car

yes, a nice palm tree would definitely help 😆

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115/5 "2019-12-06T03:22:43Z")

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If calling into a radio show from a car using a cell phone, best sound quality will be if you stop the engine and turn off any fans etc that might be making a background noise. Better if you get out of your car and move well away from any road traffic, preferably inside a building. Even better if you call using a land line (rather than cell ) from inside a building.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acoustics-for-calling/154115/6 "2019-12-06T07:46:33Z")

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Doesn’t anybody screen these calls (posts) to paraphrase the brothers.