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I have a question for people who have heard 140 150 and 160 + db's in cars.
When you sit in a 140 dB car you have tingleing in your ears? Is around 145 dB when you find it difficult to breathe? How many dB's untill your vision is affected? When is it a good time to upgrade to plexi windows? 160 dB? I want to know what you guys think.
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i think vision can be affected around 135dB, it also depends on frequency too i believe...
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around 155 db at 50hz i have to pause the music to read street signs if i am looking for a road, cause i can't read them with it on. also some hearing loss in my right ear
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quote:Originally posted by OSTENTATIOUSJ: around 155 db at 50hz i have to pause the music to read street signs if i am looking for a road, cause i can't read them with it on. also some hearing loss in my right ear
wow..you are fawking nuts. i got the eye thing at around 145dbs. even then i was not all that comfortable driving. i guess you get used to it as your system gets louder.
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yeah, actually you do, although when night falls and it cools down high 70's low 80's it starts hurting more, dunno why, i guess cooler weather, is still will make me a little "drunk", use to all the time for the first month when i got it, i mean the disorienated feeling and everything seems weird, and light headed!, lol heck you should stand next to the car on lows in the door way, feels like it is trying to suck you into the car, that and about takes your shirt off you
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I have a car that does low to mid 150s with music, and I'd have to say that the effects are really frequency dependant. I get blurred vision with the higher material, like say 60 Hz, but the lows feel much louder. I also have a friend with a vehicle that does like 148 at 30-35 Hz (door open) and that feels just like a high powered fan is blowing on you, but doesn't hit you in the throat and blur your vision like the upper stuff does. Also, I don't think an upgrade in windows is very necessary unless you're competing in Extreme class, but I guess if you do something crazy, like 165+ with music, maybe plexi would be needed.
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<---used to cruise @ 155-160...god I miss the good old days
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157.8 daily driven. And I never thought that I'd have a system that was too loud, but this one is if I crank it. LOL And you can't breathe through your nose on bass hits. Any empty coke cans in the holder get launched from the vibration, and dont even think about trying to swallow or drink anythink on bass notes - you will incompletely swallow it and then choke. And as OSTENTATIOUSJ said, you cant read signs with it all the way up.
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yeah as bumpin says, breathing troubles, you can't swallow even your own salavia without a great effort, and heck i damn near launch full 32 ounce cups out of mine, lol actually if i have the lid off, it will splash water out, even if i only have a little in there! i can get a splash a good foot and a half high, remember, i have 39hz tuning, good ole lows, hey mike, tell us about shocker 3, he he he, i want to know i want to know
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oh yeah, forgot, in cooler weather with windows down i do high 156's
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p.s. I remember when i was in the mid 140's, people would sit in my car and say yeah i like that, anymore, when it hits the look for intense fear and pain on their face and they grabe the handle on the door and jump out of the car is amazing, it is just a look of pure terror and pain, and i get this all the time, even from the brothers, that is WAY too loud, Shop salesmen, that is TOO LOUD, installers, THAT IS TOO LOUD, lol. not for me, nobody believes me i listen to it full volume all the time, lol ok well thanks for listening
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4 15's, 4000watts, walled off in a Nissan Sentra. 'Nuff said.
High 150's w/ music, mid 60's burping. Can't breath, can't see, can't think, can't swallow, sounds like fun, huh? Goddam that focker was LOUD!!!
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big nick, you are probaly in the 130's, most systems are, cause 130-140 sound goes up 10 times, as it always does with 10 db, so majority fall in that 130-140 range, cause that is a pretty big range, them most competiers fall 140-150, we are talking about normal competetors, not crazy people like i, lol
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What is TOO LOUD? I don't think I know what this means. There's nothing that's too loud for me. I love 160+dB's. Feel great. And that's daily driven too.
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quote:Originally posted by Jay Gold: What is TOO LOUD? I don't think I know what this means. There's nothing that's too loud for me. I love 160+dB's. Feel great. And that's daily driven too.
WHAT??!!?!??!! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!
lol - thats going to be us in our old age
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quote:Originally posted by Jay Gold: What is TOO LOUD? I don't think I know what this means. There's nothing that's too loud for me. I love 160+dB's. Feel great. And that's daily driven too.
Man how is that possible. It must really hurt when it hits them low lows.
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well, i haven't loss much normal hearing, but low freq omg, like i can't hear below 145db that well of bass
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It's better to hum along at high SPL's around 30 to 35Hz just for the simple Fact of the CR factor. Some should know what the I'm talkin about. It's all about the CR FACTOR.
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what was that? I can't hear ya, lol Pretty loud eh, imagine this, I just popped 2 Shocker Xtremes on a D2 in my car, and guess how much louder it is right now? No disrespect to the W7 but I can not afford the 4000$ and up amplifier not yet anyhow. Its 2.2 db louder than the w7s on a D2, Can't wait till the next triple pointer to see how it does. I just hope I can get a nice certified score for finals... (if the mics are not LOW again!!!)Peace Out.
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