Has anyone ever been in a vehicle with 170+ DB?

[JonJT 10+ year member]

Yes....Huge difference between 160 and 170. Remember kids Decibles are exponential...So going from 160-161 is louder than going from 136-137. The higher up you get...the bigger the steps get.

Its actually logarithmic

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

i have been outside of a truck doing 160+ and that was loud. i can't imagine being inside. it made my sister literally jump in the air and she knew it was coming.

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

Its actually logarithmic

i was about to say that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[enzowho 10+ year member]

Its actually logarithmic

20*log(I) where I is normally measured in watts/m^2

 

[btlking 10+ year member]

ive been in 145 i couldnt imagine 170 or even 160

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

some dumb kid said soemthing about panasonic having a 190dB and up club.......i laughed at him as he paid me to hook up his amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Brian Owens 10+ year member]

To put it to you this way...

IT is alot harder to go from 151-152. than it is 141-142. Because It is a larger step for you to make. What it took at 141 to gain a db, might only get you 2 tenths at 151

Man I hear ya. It has taken a lot to get from 155.3 to 156.9 since I started the wall. Steps that when I was in the 145db range would have gained me 2-3 dB are now getting me .3-.5 dB.

The goal is 160 in my daily driver. That last 3 dB is killing me. The main problem is getting there and keeping a system that is killer for music and will still haul the entire faimily to the grocery store!!!

edit - And to stay on topic - man going from high 140's to high 150's was a heck of a difference. I have had more than one person get out of my suburban very quickly when the music starts. I just could not imagine 170+. Got to be getting close to the point of causing serious injury or death.

Brian

 

[B_Campbell 10+ year member]

Hey Brian, have you gone to rice killers latley? I wanna hear your system

 

[MegaHurtz 10+ year member]

I've never been crazy enough to sit in our car at 170+, but even being outside of the vehicle, while we are burping it inside the shop, can be intense. No matter how prepared I am for the blast of sound, it always scares the shit out of me. Then not only your body, but the entire shop vibrates. It's pretty sick.

 

[Brian Owens 10+ year member]

That did not work out too good for me, so I doubt I will be back there anytime soon.

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

i've never been to any competitions or in or around a car thats been metered. so i have no idea what any amount of dB feels like.

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

Have there been injurys besides ears due to loud systems? I rembmer watching a video on steve meads site and a girl was getting chest pains

 

[Brian Owens 10+ year member]

I remember 2-3 years ago a guy died from a collapsed lung. Heavy smoker. I cannot find the article, but it was a true story published on somethign like CNN or Yahoo.

Do a search and you will find many warnings about loud music and collapsed lungs.

 

[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

Loud Music Worsens Effects of Taking Ecstasy:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060224102254.htm

about half way down the page there is an article called "I knew It, I knew it..." he talks about loud music being a factor in Heart Attacks:

http://www.drarthister.com/?m=200511

and of course, Loud Music Can Cause Lung Collapse:

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/02/2033251

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4156.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3614180.stm

hey...at least you will die with a smile on your face!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

where you wearing ear protection?

Nope, none.

A dustcap popper off and hit me. Lawl.

Oh, and they tricked me... said it was gonna be on the count of 3... One...Tw...BURRRRRRRRRPPPP! I bout shit myself.

they probably had you sit on the mello side where they dont have the mic. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

Nope, I sat in the passenger side, with my head near the windshield. Metered dBDrag LEGAL style //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif.

nG