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The future is hear: MTA

Hear here!

New stations along the under-construction Second Avenue line are being designed by acoustical engineers who hope to bring to an end to the city’s classic incomprehensible subway public announcements.

You may even be able to stand on a subway platform and talk to a fellow straphanger in an indoor voice as a train barrels into the station.

The sound consultants made a computer model — with the same technology used to design concert halls — to map the acoustics of the yet-to-be-built stations.

It will be music to riders’ ears, the MTA predicts.

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You won’t hear the screeching, roaring and echoes while waiting for the new T train. Sound-absorbing fiberglass along the ceiling will reduce reverberations. Rubber blocks wedged under train tracks will dampen the rumbling.

Transit officials promise a garble-free PA system — with speakers arranged to minimize reverberation — and raise the possibility of piped-in music.

At a sound studio, the acoustical experts played for The Post a soundtrack of what the stations will sound like when they open in 2016. Samples are available at nypost.com.

Through interviews with MTA officials and design consultants, The Post also learned what the new stations will look and even smell like.

Expect a sweat-free commute in the summer. The high-domed, air-conditioned stations are so deep — 80 to 100 feet below ground — they’ll feel 10 degrees cooler than above ground on balmy days.

“You won’t arrive to a meeting looking like you’ve just taken a shower,” MTA Capital Construction chief Michael Horodniceanu said.

And gone are the days of being jostled by commuters as you go down the stairs — because there will be no stairs. A motion-sensor escalator will whisk you under ground in the better part of a minute.

Electronic boards will let you know exactly when the next train is coming.

The stations will be more brightly lit and the walls draped with large, white tiles that can be unhooked for cleaning and replacement.

And while you shouldn’t anticipate getting wireless Internet access or cell reception right away, the MTA is keeping the option open by installing the necessary wiring.

But, even in the Second Avenue stations of the future, one sticky problem will persist.

“We’re looking at surfaces that will be easier to clean the gum off of,” Horodniceanu said. “They haven’t invented a surface yet that it won’t stick to.”