How many db's have you endured???

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

That was a better vid, the one I have is from the pother side of the van.

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

Loudest I've personally sat in was my ride doing a 149.4 at the glass, 150.6 on the floor

 

[dave_damage 10+ year member]

Very true. Peolpe running over 130db dont usually sit in the car while its playing. When I started car audio 130-135 was high. I worry about guys easily hitting the 140's and 150's now. I hope you guys dont listen to music that loud. You will be deef in a few years if you do.
Mike

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[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

sat in tahoe with 149.x

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

climbed inside my bandpass and done a low level burp,should have taken the meter with me cause i couldnt handle more then a couple seconds of it

 

[Crimson Boom 10+ year member]

about 142ish on music, 4 pyramid 18s sealed on a hifonics 2608. might be louder, idk

 

[eharri3 10+ year member]

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I got to sit in Bob Perillos van at Audio Thunder with the doors open 156+ that was pretty impressive. Daily I run around 150ish playin music with the windows down. LOL

I believe the way it normally works is anything over 100 db or so for extended time frames usually causes temporary hearing loss that fixes itself in a little while. IF you repeatedly expose your self at that level for extended periods of time, well, you won't go completely deaf in 5 years or anything like that but you won't exactly be able to hear a pin drop when you're 40 or 45. It can be so gradual that you may not notice it until it gets really bad.

All these guys saying they're 'used to it', just means their hearing has degraded to the point where sounds that used to hurt don't anymore.

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

which generally requires upgrades with more bass lol

 

[Customkilla23]

can someone please describe what 130 db sounds like and 140 db please?

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

it would be better to find a car capable of doing 130 and 140 use a meter and get inside of it,that will show you the difference

 

[schrummy 10+ year member]

i have sat in a jimmy music 154-156 and marh brus's orange usaci world record holder s10

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

climbed inside my bandpass and done a low level burp,should have taken the meter with me cause i couldnt handle more then a couple seconds of it

At the Spellicy show Dave and I were doing port wars for the fun of it. I had to hold my meter in the port by hand . 164+ and with my head right in the port man did i have a head ache. LOL

 

[shakinghorizons]

I believe the way it normally works is anything over 100 db or so for extended time frames usually causes temporary hearing loss that fixes itself in a little while. IF you repeatedly expose your self at that level for extended periods of time, well, you won't go completely deaf in 5 years or anything like that but you won't exactly be able to hear a pin drop when you're 40 or 45. It can be so gradual that you may not notice it until it gets really bad.
All these guys saying they're 'used to it', just means their hearing has degraded to the point where sounds that used to hurt don't anymore.

I believe it is different with bass frequencies, cause our ears aren't sensitive at low frequencies like 500hz and below. I think 12k hz is the most sensitive on human hearing, correct me if I'm wrong. 140 db in a car is easily able to stand but 140 db's of clanking metal is extemely loud and would damage instantly. I may be wrong. .

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

can someone please describe what 130 db sounds like and 140 db please?

when it starts getting uncomfortable to listen to,then ur getting close lol

 

[ARSkemp 10+ year member]

Loudest i've sat in is my car - 150.3 Legal @ 45hz. Although it might be louder with windows down, sounds a little louder but never metered it.

Definitely loud enough for a daily ride, considering my old setup did ~141.3 @ 41hz.

I'll prob listen to my stereo @ ~ 145db range (i'm guessing prob that range @ whatever the peak freq of the song is) for extended periods of time (i'll listen to it around that level when driving on the highway alot of the time). Listening to it @ max usually is uncomfortable after a while though.

I'm prob going to downgrade my current setup due to wanting some of my trunk back, but whatever i decide on i'm hoping to hit ~ 145 @ the same frequency range (or lower). I feel that would be a good range for myself for a daily ride.

I definitely want to hear louder though just for the experience, although i will never spend the effort to put that in a daily ride.