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My 21 year old son just bought a used Nissan Sentra with a music system
containing some kind of power booster in the trunk along with what
looks like an 18 inch subwoofer in box. He was playing the usual young
people's bass heavy music, shaking the car and disturbing the whole
neighbourhood. I came outside and told him when he was through, I would
play a cd in his car that would test the system to its limits, and we
would see if it could REALLY handle deep bass. I got my above captioned
cd and told him to crank up his bass to the level that he usually
played it.

Well, on the opening cut "Time" the whole car rattled uncontrollably,
the subwoofer would not stop on the heart beat thumps making them sound
like a jack hammer. When we brought the sound down to a "normal"
listening level, it was obvious that the bass could only manage the
same thump no matter what the bass note actually was. Smug and
gloating, I told him that this cd was handled with ease on my AR LST
system, never mind my Quad ESL 63/Gradient system. Now he is
dissatisfied with the car system and wants something that would produce
deeper, cleaner bass and overall more refined sound.

Just thought I would share the triumph of a 60 year old foggy over a
brash young 'un.


ESTG/
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[jeffc]

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Just thought I would share the triumph of a 60 year old foggy over a
brash young 'un.

Go man go. Yeah, young people growing up in an age of MP3s, computer and
surround sound subwoofers, and fake rap bass don't know what real bass
sounds like. And I'm not saying that in a "ya know when we were kids we had
to get up in the middle of our albums to flip them over" kind of way. I
mean they really just don't get reality.

[Eeyore]

paul packer wrote:

On 15 Oct 2006 13:14:18 -0700, wrote:

My 21 year old son just bought a used Nissan Sentra with a music system
containing some kind of power booster in the trunk along with what
looks like an 18 inch subwoofer in box. He was playing the usual young
people's bass heavy music, shaking the car and disturbing the whole
neighbourhood. I came outside and told him when he was through, I would
play a cd in his car that would test the system to its limits, and we
would see if it could REALLY handle deep bass. I got my above captioned
cd and told him to crank up his bass to the level that he usually
played it.

Have the neighbours thanked you yet for setting a better example?

I was hoping he might have bust the lousy sub and spared the local residents
years of aural abuse.

Graham

[TT]

"paul packer" wrote in message
...
: On 15 Oct 2006 13:14:18 -0700, wrote:
:
: My 21 year old son just bought a used Nissan Sentra with
a music system
: containing some kind of power booster in the trunk along
with what
: looks like an 18 inch subwoofer in box. He was playing
the usual young
: people's bass heavy music, shaking the car and disturbing
the whole
: neighbourhood. I came outside and told him when he was
through, I would
: play a cd in his car that would test the system to its
limits, and we
: would see if it could REALLY handle deep bass. I got my
above captioned
: cd and told him to crank up his bass to the level that he
usually
: played it.
:
:
: Have the neighbours thanked you yet for setting a better
example?

Be thankful he is not into dB drag racing ;-) see below for
the links and bear in mind the current World leader is at
179.5dB!!!!!!!!!!! From a car!!!!!!!!!

http://www.dbdrag.com/dbdrag/

Maximum SPL: 179.5 dB

Average SPL: 2006 140 dB

http://www.teamgates.org/ to give you an idea of what they
look like.

http://www.teamgates.org/images/Bronco_2004_009.jpg I like
this one. Count how many alternaters you can see?

Cheers TT

[Bertie the Bunyip]

Eeyore wrote in
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paul packer wrote:

On 15 Oct 2006 13:14:18 -0700, wrote:

My 21 year old son just bought a used Nissan Sentra with a music
system containing some kind of power booster in the trunk along with
what looks like an 18 inch subwoofer in box. He was playing the
usual young people's bass heavy music, shaking the car and
disturbing the whole neighbourhood. I came outside and told him when
he was through, I would play a cd in his car that would test the
system to its limits, and we would see if it could REALLY handle
deep bass. I got my above captioned cd and told him to crank up his
bass to the level that he usually played it.

Have the neighbours thanked you yet for setting a better example?

I was hoping he might have bust the lousy sub and spared the local
residents years of aural abuse.



dfjukkwit netkkkkoping wannavbe piece of ****

Bertie

[Bertie the Bunyip]

Eeyore wrote in
:



wrote:

My 21 year old son just bought a used Nissan Sentra with a music
system containing some kind of power booster in the trunk along with
what looks like an 18 inch subwoofer in box. He was playing the usual
young people's bass heavy music, shaking the car and disturbing the
whole neighbourhood. I came outside and told him when he was through,
I would play a cd in his car that would test the system to its
limits, and we would see if it could REALLY handle deep bass. I got
my above captioned cd and told him to crank up his bass to the level
that he usually played it.

Well, on the opening cut "Time" the whole car rattled
uncontrollably, the subwoofer would not stop on the heart beat thumps
making them sound like a jack hammer. When we brought the sound down
to a "normal" listening level, it was obvious that the bass could
only manage the same thump no matter what the bass note actually was.
Smug and gloating, I told him that this cd was handled with ease on
my AR LST system, never mind my Quad ESL 63/Gradient system. Now he
is dissatisfied with the car system and wants something that would
produce deeper, cleaner bass and overall more refined sound.

Just thought I would share the triumph of a 60 year old foggy over a
brash young 'un.

Good for you !

They simply don't know what music is these days. ;~)

Oh - btw. I used to run a 'PA rig'. One day shortly after The Wall had
come out we used that for a test. After playing the track with the
helicopter on it at something like full whack, one of my 'roadies'
who'd been on carriers said "that's exactly what they sound like".

Graham



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