My favorite thing is still seeing someone with an absolute SHIT mobile, and a $3000 stereo system... I just DIE laughing at them!
I think of how nice their car could look, and sound if they split the cost of what they put into the system, into the whole car. Just my .02 Willy --- Fred Bocskor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think there's usually a point in your life when you grow out of the > BOOM > phase and start to appreciate the subtlties in music. Though my taste > hasn't > changed (I've been listening to rap my entire life...albeit most of > my CDs > are 7+ years old because most of the newer stuff just annoys me), my > listening preferences certainly have. The system I've put in the RSX > can > bump, and I usually do, but I also turn it down at stoplights and at > night > out of respect for other people, because I'm pretty sure not everyone > shares > my interest in music, so I don't feel the need to share! > > My favorite thing still are the people who try so darn hard to crank > up > their factory systems and I can hear the distortion from 6 car > lengths away! > > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Ricky Crow > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:34 AM > To: 'George Freeman' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Michael Mishler'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: CRX: RE: RE: Wear your %$#@*& seatbelt! > > > Well, being that ~120-125dB is the threshold of pain for most people, > that's exceeding close to that point! No matter how you try to > convince > me otherwise, it won't change the fact that it absolutely cannot be > good > for your hearing. It is quite annoying to me when I'm sitting at a > stoplight and *MY* car is vibrating due to some f'king jackass > cranking > his stereo (usually with his windows rolled down, I might add -- just > so > EVERYBODY can be sure to hear it within 2 miles) 6 cars away from me. > > I hate loud stereos... I had a system in my M3 that could compete > with > the best of them out there and could vibrate the hell out of that car > and > cars around me, but I **never** cranked it up... I enjoyed the > crisp/clear sound of the music, not the noise/vibration/distortion > caused > by cranking something so loud that you can hear it 2 miles away. > > Ricky > > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Oh yeah, that can happen- I pulled out the SPL meter this morning > just for > > kicks and measured how loud the system is running at moderately > high > volume. > > Turns out the "pleasure range" only falls into 100-105dB max. > again, > mostly > > the bottom octave. I did find it interesting that my unrestricted > exhaust > > peaks out between 85-90dB (sound proofing helps!). > > > > > > > > -George > > > > > > > I don't know about all that. I actually got Bass sickness a few > times > > fr> om > > > too much low end frequencies. > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: George Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:18 PM > > > > To: 'Ricky Crow' > > > > Cc: 'Ryan'; 'Michael Mishler'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: CRX: RE: RE: Wear your %$#@*& seatbelt! > > > > > > > > > > > > Simple formula: 80% power to the bass, bottom two octaves > > > > (20Hz-80Hz), > > > > 20% to the rest of the system. Turn down the bass (I have a > throttle > > > > control for it) and it sounds like a stock system (clean > sounding > > > > though), but not damaging to the hearing. Compare SPL to > > > > live music and > > > > the sound system in the car *might* measure 115dB while live > music can > > > > easily hit 125dB or more at the bottom end. > > > > > > > > Humans have an inverted frequency curve to their hearing- the > most > > > > sensitive is at or near 4kHz (hence where sirens are) and the > least > > > > sensitive frequencies are at the bottom two octaves. Hearing > damage > > > > occurs from a either an acoustic concussion (an explosive > > > > detonating at > > > > close range) or a regular pattern of exposure to high SPL of > > > > frequencies > > > > above 4kHz with little or no rest (e.g. factory workers or rock > > > > musicians). > > > > > > > > Exposure to the bottom two octaves of bass works the inner ear > muscle > > > > without affecting the critical inner ear (cochlea) and can > actually > > > > massage the muscles in the neck, hence the relaxation sensation > which > > > > rocks. Incidentally, if you are exposed to daily high > > > > volumes of noise > > > > at work and are concerned about hearing damage (a valid concern > > > > indeed!), you can rest your ears while you sleep at night using > > > > swimmers' silicone earplugs (about a 25dB suppression)- it > "restores" > > > > your hearing. > > > > > > > > > > > > -George > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Ricky Crow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:36 AM > > > > To: George Freeman > > > > Cc: 'Ryan'; 'Michael Mishler'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: CRX: RE: RE: Wear your %$#@*& seatbelt! > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, and let me go invest in hearing aide stocks.....which > will be > > > > booming (no pun intended) in about 10 years from people like > you. > > > > > > > > Ricky > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, George Freeman wrote: > > > > > > > > > It's a real problem now that the next generation of "taller" > car is > > > > > the standard. My solution is if they can't see you, be > > > > sure they can > > > > > HEAR you and that means 12" subs in a 4th-order band pass > > > > box in the > > > > > rear. You'll crank enough bass that anyone within 100' will > be > > > > > looking. If they cut you off, just meet 'em at the next > light, get > > > > > real close to the rear, then pound 'em with bass, baby. I > love it > > > > > when they try to inch closer to the car in front of them to > > > > get away > > > > > from you and can only go �-foot. Hee hee hee hee :). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > George > > > > > "Little Beast" > > > > > '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 127k miles > > > > > Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > On Behalf Of Ryan > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:38 PM > > > > > To: 'Michael Mishler'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: CRX: RE: Wear your %$#@*& seatbelt! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I keep having people cut me off in traffic, I don't know if > > > > they are > > > > > just being rude or don't see me. I have my lights on most > > > > of the time > > > > > > > > > when it happens, when they cut me off I put the high beams > > > > on and honk > > > > > > > > > my horn, they still don't seem to notice (most of these are > > > > those 10 > > > > > MPG SUVs). I am thinking of putting my 1 million candle > power > > > > > spotlight in the car and beaming their rear window when > > > > they do it or > > > > > maybe a semi truck horn would do the trick! > > > > > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > Cumming, GA > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
