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Wanna see a crazy car audio install???

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wow. that guy has one wicked car. its always impressive to see what combinations ppl come up with (resonant engineering is a wicked sub company).
 
Usually the point of said bone-crushing Stereo Systems of Doom is to draw attention.

Wouldn't you want to at least have a good car for the folk to look at? 😛

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: Quixfire
I don't understand why anybody needs a stereo system like that in any car.
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And I dont understand why anyone really need 3 ghrtz of CPU power, mutliple 160 gig drives and fast video cards. But, i see alot of people with those...... (Ok, i can understand fast video cards)

 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: Quixfire
I don't understand why anybody needs a stereo system like that in any car.
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And I dont understand why anyone really need 3 ghrtz of CPU power, mutliple 160 gig drives and fast video cards. But, i see alot of people with those...... (Ok, i can understand fast video cards)
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<Obie Trice> Gotta have Pr0n

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: Quixfire
I don't understand why anybody needs a stereo system like that in any car.
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And I dont understand why anyone really need 3 ghrtz of CPU power, mutliple 160 gig drives and fast video cards. But, i see alot of people with those...... (Ok, i can understand fast video cards)
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I don't have any of that either, well I do have a 9600 Pro. 😉

 
I've seen 18 15's in the back of an extended cab pickup before. Damn thing pounded so hard that it would set off car alarms of cars parked within 20 feet of where it parked. No joke. It set mine off before. I think he was running something close to 10k watts!!
 
Originally posted by: ness1469


No, the guy is distgusting, his car is a disgusting POS and somehow he felt the need to add a few thousand dollars of stereo equipment to it. If it were a car that was worth it, sure. But that's like adding a Terrabyte of Storage to an old 8080 computer, or having a surround sound stereo with a 13 inch TV.
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I don't know about that line of thinking....a file server doesn't need to have the best processor or monitor or video card but some do that too. I chalk them up as mentally moronic. I have a 14" with surround in my bedroom, nothing else fits as well there....a 32" is in my living room, I haven't felt the need to upgrade although I have looked at 48"+ ... just didn't think it would make a difference. Now that I am seeing more letterbox movies it may, but a video upgrade now is a little risky from changing techology + I may be moving out of the country.

To many the car is just a shell or transportation. They want a nice stereo because that is the entertainment part. I think that is a smart choice. It'd be like saying until you have a 7 figure mansion, why buy furniture? Just use a set of folding chairs or plastic stuff from WalMart.

&Aring;
 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe
Originally posted by: ness1469
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
wow that is pretty cool looking

everyone likes something, this is just what he finds his particular interest in. you guys making fun of him are so close minded its disgusting.
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No, the guy is distgusting, his car is a disgusting POS and somehow he felt the need to add a few thousand dollars of stereo equipment to it. If it were a car that was worth it, sure. But that's like adding a Terrabyte of Storage to an old 8080 computer, or having a surround sound stereo with a 13 inch TV.
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Ness, why do you care so much about what other people do to their cars? It was a project, that was the car he had on hand.. If you have a sh!tty house, does that mean you can't buy a damn good stereo for the house? That's what I thought. Go back to mommy.

Bill
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He's mad cause he cant afford to do anything more then put GAS in his POS car. And has to watch TV on a 13" on his counter, and only has a 14" monitor....
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No, it's because I'm entitled to my opinion, and I think it is stupid as hell to put that much money into a custom job on a car that looks like it has about 2 or 3 years left in its life.

your ASSumptions are clearly misguided. I have an amp and sub in my car, so it's not that I'm against being interested in this or that I'm close minded, it's that this is truly a waste to me.

So piss off
 
Originally posted by: ness1469


No, it's because I'm entitled to my opinion, and I think it is stupid as hell to put that much money into a custom job on a car that looks like it has about 2 or 3 years left in its life.

your ASSumptions are clearly misguided. I have an amp and sub in my car, so it's not that I'm against being interested in this or that I'm close minded, it's that this is truly a waste to me.

So piss off
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Well the install was not that expensive. They even mention they went with amps and 'stuff' back there that's not even worth a pic.

Also although it's capable of being loud, there is a reason for multi-subs and loudness is only one of those....

2-3years of life is your opinion and what would it take to extend that in a 91 cav...like $1k in a salvaged engine/trans and he'd have 3-4 years at least of life if not longer.

This is all subjective....many people say a 2 seater is a total waste of money.

The people that complain about basser's then ride their harley's up and down the road with loud as possible exhausts.

The list goes on.

&Aring;
 
Originally posted by: prvteye2003
I've seen 18 15's in the back of an extended cab pickup before. Damn thing pounded so hard that it would set off car alarms of cars parked within 20 feet of where it parked. No joke. It set mine off before. I think he was running something close to 10k watts!!
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hmm, 18 15's dont think thats gunna happen.

10kw, that nothing hehe.

they had some car audio vans up at the Cleveland Auto Rama, for a Monster Garage taping, the CPD forced them out, they had bolts, and stuff falling from the ceiling. One of the vans, is now parked at Summit Racing

btw, that dude, he designs SPL speakers, that was a project he wanted to do for fun.

MIKE
 
Heh,

That's an insane amount of subs. Doesn't compare to a Pontiac Firebird I was looking at a few months ago though. The guy didn't have that many subs in the car (IIRC he had about 6 subs total but each sub had 2200 watts going to them so 2200 x 6 = 13200 watts just for the subs. He had around 3000 watts going to the various component speakers throughout the car. This power was all at RMS too so no crappy peak power stats :Q In all, the car had about $100,000 invested into it!
 
Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
thats my kind of system!

wonder how many db's hes hitting. the loudest i ever sat in was 153db.

i biggest system i ever built myself was 4 10" eclipse's running off 2 older fosgate punch 200's and mb quarts for fronts & rears.

it was in a 73 porsche 930 turbo. those things hit lout and perfectly clear in that small car.

JB
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And how long did you sit in that 153db?

The accepted threshold of pain is 120-130db. Instant deafness can occur at 150db.....akin to standing behind an operating jet engine at 3m.


Decibel (dB)

(1) a logarithmic scale used to denote a change in the relative strength of an electric signal or acoustic wave. It is a standard unit for expressing the ratio between power and power level. Using the logarithmic relationship for power PdB = 10*log[Pout/Pin] , a doubling of electrical power only yields an increase of +3 dB. Increasing the power tenfold will yield an increase of +10 dB and is a doubling of perceived loudness. The decibel is not an absolute measurement, but indicates the relationship or ratio between two signal levels.

(2) SPL (sound pressure level) can be measured in dB. 0 dB represents the threshold of normal human hearing, 130 dB represents the threshold for pain, 140 dB causes irreparable hearing damage, and 150 dB can cause instant deafness, anything greater than about 192 dB can kill you.


Table B.1: Approximate dB-SPL level of common sounds. (Information from S. S. Stevens, F. Warshofsky, and the Editors of Time-Life Books, Sound and Hearing, Life Science Library, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1965, p. 173.)

Sound dB-SPL

Jet engine at 3m -- 140
Threshold of pain -- 130
Rock concert -- 120
Accelerating motorcycle at 5m -- 110
Pneumatic hammer at 2m -- 100
Noisy factory -- 90
Vacuum cleaner -- 80
Busy traffic -- 70
Quiet restaurant -- 50
Residential area at night -- 40
Empty movie house -- 30
Rustling of leaves -- 20
Human breathing (at 3m) -- 10
Threshold of hearing (good ears) -- 0


The soundoffs I've been to do not let participants sit in the cars because the db levels can peak over 150db, causing instant and irreparable hearing damage............only the db meter sits in the cars and the system is run by remote. I'd almost call BS on your statement.
 
it was at a stereo show. i had ear protection on. i did take one off a lil tho.

now a days cars hit over 160db at the shows. its crazy.

JB

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just really read your post C'DaleRider

trust me 130 dosent hurt. i owned a car that hit 143db and usually had it up all the time. you must have just been a spectator at the shows. when i go im either running someone car or truck or with someone running their car. and most shows the person can sit in the seat with ear protection on.

and i just double checked, the record now is 172.9db too

JB
 
Though high SPL levels aren't good for you, lower frequencies (such as bass) aren't as harmful as higher frequencies are.
120db for bass is nothing: 120db coming from your tweets makes people run for cover.

My system was between 135-140db, which isn't even that much.
 
Jet engine at 3m -- 140
Threshold of pain -- 130
Rock concert -- 120
Accelerating motorcycle at 5m -- 110
Pneumatic hammer at 2m -- 100
Noisy factory -- 90
Vacuum cleaner -- 80
Busy traffic -- 70
Quiet restaurant -- 50
Residential area at night -- 40
Empty movie house -- 30
Rustling of leaves -- 20
Human breathing (at 3m) -- 10
Threshold of hearing (good ears) -- 0
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You forgot to mention Harleys with drag pipes at about 180dB 😀


 
Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
thats my kind of system!

wonder how many db's hes hitting. the loudest i ever sat in was 153db.

i biggest system i ever built myself was 4 10" eclipse's running off 2 older fosgate punch 200's and mb quarts for fronts & rears.

it was in a 73 porsche 930 turbo. those things hit lout and perfectly clear in that small car.

JB
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Who had the freaking 153 you *sat* in?

You sure that was a 73? 930's first came out fall of 1974.

odd numbers above.
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
why the hell did you link to the 7th page?
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Because that is when the install begins. If you want to see the teardown of the old stuff, it is before that.
 
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