Lol, awesome. I look forward to the results from that.
One thing I found fascinating when we first worked on the TM15 and I started doing a lot of research on making paintball markers quieter is how perception was often more important to people than the actual DB value.
Some sounds would register almost exactly the same DB's but would be perceived as "softer" because they were more drawn out. Short and sharper bursts at the same DB level were perceived as louder even though they weren't.
If I hadn't studied engineering I would have studied Psychology