When is a system loud?

[icemayne696 10+ year member]

Im not 2 familiar with DB numbers, but around what number does a system start 2 get "loud". (in general)? Sorry if this is kind of broad.....

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[badm0f0 10+ year member]

140s?

 

[rippinitup7 10+ year member]

in my opinion if your above 140db consider yourself special //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[icemayne696 10+ year member]

Thanks for the replies

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

whenever u think its loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

On a side note, SPL to a mic is completely different than SPL to the ear. U may think one system is insanely loud, but to the mic it may meter that high.

 

[delvryboy 5,000+ posts]

hmm

when i did a 145, it was pretty darn loud. when i did a 147.1 it was plain sic. once you get over the 145 mark, it starts to get pretty crazy.

fyi - this is on the TL

 

[playa1 10+ year member]

When your ears start to bleed....And snot runs downs your face.....And you cant see striaght

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Honestly ~125db will sound pretty loud to the ear. Not brain-rattling, but loud enough to impress people not familiar with extremely high-output systems. Up to about 140db is where the //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/omg.gif.05aa02c3095d6ce9338996654eca0863.gif start coming in when people listen to it, and you'll probably be one of the loudest in your area. Get over ~140db, and your into "my ears are still ringing" territory.

Or atleast that what my experiences have been. As mentioned, loudest on the mic doesn't equal the loudes to the ear though.

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

Took an audiology class, and the human threshhold for hearing is right around 140dB. This means that most people's ears start to physically hurt when you hit about 138 or 140 dB, so I would say well below that would be considered loud - of course, not to a mic.

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

i'd be happy if my daily driver setup hit ~140. my music is starting to drown out and i believe i am only doing like ~130-135. squeak you talk to Chris Norris yet about using his TL?

 

[Underage Driver 10+ year member]

somewhere between 0-180db.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

When it starts to crack windows

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

i'd be happy if my daily driver setup hit ~140. my music is starting to drown out and i believe i am only doing like ~130-135. squeak you talk to Chris Norris yet about using his TL?

Nope...not yet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Norcalracer283 10+ year member]

Well, My sister died when she sat in my car...... i hit 173.2.....the pressure got so great she imploded and vaporized.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

LOL @ the smart ass remarks in this thread!