And how about the guys who have POS rides but are sporting $2500 worth of dayton wire wheels.
My wife always said leave it to a man to put $5000 worth of wheels and stereo in a $500 car. --- Willy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
