Subwoofers in foggy weather: Voodoo bass effect?

[Vadude 10+ year member]

I really dont know how to describe it, hell I really dont know what "it" is to begin with but Ill try to describe what I just experienced.

While driving back home from class in extremely foggy weather, it seemed as if my system audibly gained 3dbs+ . Its as if the more foggy the area became the louder my system appeared to be. Like the amp had pumped out an additional 300+ watts rms to each sub. With that said....

What the hell is this effect/phenomena called and why havent I heard about it before?

I know sound is kinda warped in foggy weather, so could this be the cause?

Any sceintific explainations?

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[LuNaTiC 10+ year member]

No, But When you just had a snow storm and blair your system with out cleaning the snow off your car it's noticeably louder. I win.

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

I kinda know what you're talking about. It's gotta have something to do with feeling confined in a smaller space. My system would always seem louder when I was listening to it in my garage. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[Vadude 10+ year member]

Could this explain it?

In fog and mist, sound is conducted much further than usual. On watch during still foggy night in the North Atlantic, I've clearly heard warning fog horn of other ships, long before they appeared on the radar.In fact, their clarity was deceptive, and the radar was always consulted since they could sound much closer than they really were. Old country ladies in Jamaica frequently practice the tradition of "yoahing." On Bob Marley's Misty Mornings, my neighbour frequently yoah her friend almost four miles away to tell her she's leaving for the bus stop, and to co-ordinate their departure for the market in town. They have a special code and recognise each other's voice, such is the sound clarity, despite its travel of more than three miles, and bouncing around two steep hills. Packs of dogs also use the Jamaican mist to communicate over miles, most annoyingly. We can clearly hear Friday-night music from sound systems - again despite intervening hills - as much as almost eight miles away on occasion. I know this is in a valley and the DJ - because I delivered and set up the system. I won't mention the three or four nearer systems!

Martin Harle, UK

 

[JL12W7INAGS300 10+ year member]

Hmm this may stupid but blame the American High School Science teachers......

Foggy weather=Dense humid air=more air PSI=more air for the sub to move around=do i know what im saying?

 

[Vadude 10+ year member]

Hmm this may stupid but blame the American High School Science teachers......
Foggy weather=Dense humid air=more air PSI=more air for the sub to move around=do i know what im saying?

Sounds logical to me. You think sound traveling faster and farther in dense air (inside of a hatchback) had any additional effect on the loudness itself?

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

maybe it wasnt fog and it was smoke? from weed? and you were high? just a thought.lol

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

well the denser the medium that the sound is traveling in...the louder and more preasure you can create. Example...You would be able to achive a much higher SPL score if you were to fill your vehicle with water. (i think, If my memory serves me right)

 

[Vadude 10+ year member]

maybe it wasnt fog and it was smoke? from weed? and you were high? just a thought.lol

lol

Nah man, I dont mess with the stuff.................................anymore //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

At least not today anyways //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

I dont want towely here....Im instating a Towely-ban

 

[Vadude 10+ year member]

I dont want towely here....Im instating a Towely-ban

awww man

 

[JL12W7INAGS300 10+ year member]

I dont want towely here....Im instating a Towely-ban

hahahahAHAhahahha

 

[JL12W7INAGS300 10+ year member]

Sounds logical to me. You think sound traveling faster and farther in dense air (inside of a hatchback) had any additional effect on the loudness itself?

Sound travels the fastes through air. Have you ever hit one of those five gallon ozark jugs with water? they rattle for 30-45seconds, empty its a lot less. I am no scientest (I'm in 10th grade chemistry right now) but I think that the dense humid air could have some affect on how fast the sound waves travel. Normal air (70 degrez that kind of weather) the sound waves probably disspate a lot faster then they would if it was humid air...

again this is probably all wrong, I just pulled it out of logic, remeber kids logic isn't science.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blush.gif.99bc659ee2012b7d826165e26fb5eebe.gif :blush:

 

[JL12W7INAGS300 10+ year member]

sorry for the typos, 2 hours of homework is gettin to my head