Posted on 06/18/2010 11:41:12 AM PDT by OneVike
Ever find yourself sitting at a red light and all you can hear is the base of a sound system coming from another car? I mean you can actually feel the vibrations of the noise they call music. I never have been able to understand how someone could actually be enjoying whatever it is they are listening to, but to each their own. I do know that some day in the future those individuals will be wondering what everyone else is saying because they will be deaf.
Now I could write a whole article, loaded with facts and figures of how different levels of sound can damage a persons ears, but reading the truth is never as powerful as seeing the proof. So I decided to offer both, statistical numbers, and video proof of what loud sounds can do. What you will see in the video below is the effects a cars powerful audio system has on a girls hair.
Check out this video of how the sound from a
powerful audio system blows a girls hair around.
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Whenever one of those “boom boom boom boom” cars is close by, I always want to shoot out their tires. Is that wrong?
I know the feeling, but yea it would be wrong.... LOL
Just make sure you time your “bang bang bang” with their “boom boom boom” and no one will ever notice.
hehehe
No one could hear you do it.
“Just make sure you time your “bang bang bang” with their “boom boom boom” and no one will ever notice.”
All I saw was your post and the title of the thread. I thought you were talking about something else, other than shooting.
You may already know this, but I find it interesting.
As Beethoven’s deafness grew dramatically worse, he began taking the legs off of his piano and setting the piano on the floor when he wanted to compose. He could tell what the notes were from the vibrations of the floor.
Back in the early 90s, we had some jack-a** living in the barracks who always played his thumper system. He knew it pissed everyone off. I used to fire up my old '69 Roadrunner and set off his car alarm (on purpose). One day, this doofus was driving through the parking lot and the rear roll pan on his mini-truck fell off. Everyone who saw it never let him hear the end of it.
I could hear him at the corner.
In the winter.
With the windows closed.
They are noisy...but in a good way. :)
My brother was a Harley man! He would ride me around sometimes. RIP my brother. Lost him a few years back to lung cancer.
Yes, that is wrong. You should long for a rocket launcher. :-)
WORST SOUND EVER! They sound like a pile of crap that is barely able to run. I’ll take the scream of a 750GSXR any day!
I too, had this problem.
Then, I figured out a fix. I'm planning to invest in a company that makes hearing aid batteries as Gen X and Y get a little older.
Now, I smile when one of those idiot "bassers" drives past.
so its not the volume, its simply your personal preference? would it be ok if they were blasting whatever style music you do happen to like?
I used to pull my Camaro up so the exhaust was at their window, which was invariably open due to the pressure of the air movers, and rev up so they got not only V8 pleasure but no emissions exhaust. And then pace them down the road at about 5000 rpm. Gets the windows rolled up pretty fast.
Home theater is one of my hobbies, and when someone asks about buying a HT system, I always advise them not to skimp on their subwoofer (SVS or Hsu offer great value).
Invariably the person starts talking about how much they hate the WHUMP-WHUMP-WHUMP they hear from cars, not realizing that the distorted, blaring mess they hear from most automobiles is the pretty much the exact opposite of what you hear from a tight, controlled (well engineered) subwoofer in a home environment.
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