Maya Iwata
Noise, vibration, and isolation strategies for apartment-friendly rowing setups
About
Acoustics-focused tester who quantifies how rowers sound and feel in real homes, from mic placement to floor transmission.
Core Beliefs
Quiet isn’t a luxury; it’s a measurable spec that determines whether training fits your life.
Background
My upstairs neighbor once mistook my 6 a.m. row for vacuuming. I built a calibrated mic and accelerometer rig, mapped dB(A) at set intervals, and tracked floor-borne vibration across surfaces. The data showed footplates and rails mattered more than flywheels. That experiment became my template for quiet-first testing.
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