Idiots that THINK they know about car audio...
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Gold Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 1618 Registered: Jan-06 | Copper Went into Aarons yesterday to make a payment on my computer monitor. got to talking to a guy behind the counter about car audio. He said he used to have a 18000watt system in his car (ok, I know that is possible, so I believed that much of it)...but he said he ran it off a stock alt and 2 batteries hooked up back to back. He said "One battery I used for the car, and the other for the system, and the alternator kept them both charged (well that got me thinking BS already), then he said he was at a comp that took up 9 square blocks like this 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and he said he was in the bottom left corner of block 7 and the police dept was in the top right corner of block 3, and his system broke the windows in the police dept.. by then, my BS meter was going off big time. so I asked what kind of subs he was using... he said he couldn't really say because they were some Rockford Fosgates but they were some that they never sold, but just let him use for comps (BS meter was all the way up by now). So I finally asked him if he had been metered. He said yes, that he had won the competition, and that they said he broke the meter but it had registered at "point 3 decibels". I told him that "point 3 decibels" is extremely quiet, not extremely loud, but all he said was, "well thats what they told me"..I just walked away, thinking "What an idiot and a liar." |
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Gold Member Username: Nyyfan13Fi SSD USA Post Number: 2595 Registered: Jul-06 | hahahaha, point 3 dbs....that is awesome. |
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Gold Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 1619 Registered: Jan-06 | and wtf happened to my FACKING BIOTCH thread? |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveNj US Post Number: 2796 Registered: Jun-06 | Broke the meter??? Wow. That's some dope stuff right there. I would've asked him what color the sky is in his world...... |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 825 Registered: Dec-06 | I guess it was half-swearing! |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 826 Registered: Dec-06 | I guess you could break the meter, but it would take MASSIVE SPL to do that lol. |
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Gold Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 1620 Registered: Jan-06 | think of it this way, world record holder (180db)didnt break the meter |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 829 Registered: Dec-06 | Well at least someone broke 180dB! |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 830 Registered: Dec-06 | Maybe 200dB would break the meter lol |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 12453 Registered: Dec-03 | Yeah break the meter...sure! We've measured F-16 engines at full after burner at a little over 140-155 decibels...the meter never broke. And no crew was around during this evaluation...that noise level is very hazardous to your health. |
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Gold Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 1406 Registered: Apr-05 | His unlabled RF can break the meter if he threw them at it. lol |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86FTW Post Number: 9853 Registered: Aug-05 | you should have said, "well the world record is 180.x so you have a long way to go with your window shattering system." |
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Platinum Member Username: RovinNew sub : 1 ... Post Number: 10450 Registered: Jul-05 | now if only u had a a nice system in ur car u could have showed him up ... ... |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana DD 9515d~~]... Post Number: 4049 Registered: Mar-04 | *cough* dips#it *cough* I went to Ruston this past saturday to see if one of the shops would host a comp and let me set up in their parking lot. One of the guys at one of the smaller shops was at the show i held at Hooters last semester...He has 4 12's in a blazer. He did high 146 or low 147's on my TL outlaw...but when i talked to him at the shop he said "yea...i went to a comp in USACi 0-300stock and did 156's bout a month ago." I said, "dam, what did you change in your vehicle since the Hooters show".... he says "nothing"... me,"where the h3ll did you go to a USACi show that they offered 0-300w classes in the last month...the rules changed over 2 months ago to 0-600 as the lowest class" Him "no they didnt" me "...um...ok, what kinda power you got" him "2 memphis 1000d's" me "156's you say???" him "yep, your meter is wrong man" I left the shop... |
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Platinum Member Username: RovinNew sub : 1 ... Post Number: 10453 Registered: Jul-05 | actually what i hate more than anything else is a loud but distorted system that needs tuning & the proud owner stands next to it like he is expecting comments or he just won olypic gold well out of politeness i just nod & along & say 'yes it pounds' but if it really hurts my ears through dirty sounding i tell em outright ' man u seriously need to retune it since that distortion needs fixing!'..... |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderWest palm, Florida Post Number: 2833 Registered: Jan-06 | i swear man some people are so dumb |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86FTW Post Number: 9858 Registered: Aug-05 | i was at my bud's shop today and this kid camein and asked about getting 2 10's and he says-so i need 2 10's. and my friend says- how about some infinity 10's? and the kid says- well how do they compare to JLs??? friend - which JLs?????????????? kid- i dunno WTF... i started laughing and the kid looked at me with a stupid face. |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 12466 Registered: Dec-03 | At least the kid asked. You should educate, man, don't humiliate. You have the knowledge, learn the child and get respect and adulation in the process. Teach him the the intricacies of your hobby and you prevent him from being stupid. Dude, how would you feel if you were just starting out and you know nothing and you walk into a shop and get laughed at? Besides it's bad business. |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86FTW Post Number: 9863 Registered: Aug-05 | it wouldn't have bothered me if the kid hadn't come i with that cocky persona that all the kids around here have. like their shyte doesn't stink, and that they know it all when they aren't even sure what kind of amp they need to run a pair of subs. |
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Gold Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 1625 Registered: Jan-06 | called Suncoast today(I love messing with them, since they dont know a lot about car audio) , the guy I talked to never heard of RE. and when I told him someone was selling me a box and 2 8's, he told me I should get one 10 that it would be louder than 2 8's... anyway, it wasn't till later that i realized that i should have asked him how he figured that out,when 2 8's have 16 inches of surface area and one 10 only has 10. |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 12468 Registered: Dec-03 | I guess that comes with the territory...but a lot of kids get that attitude to feel like the vendor won't be able to take advantage of him. I see this cockiness all the time. Specially PJ candidates. I'd say 95% of all our candidates have a cocky attitude, thinking that they are the hottest shyte the DoD has to offer just because they made it through the selection process. We don't laugh at them or mock them no matter how cocky they seem, we show them how it is and the humiliation they go through once they fail. They humiliate themselves, we don't do that for them, they do it on their own. Once we do that, we lower ourselves a notch. But don't think it doesn't bother us...it does, but we talk about that offline. |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86FTW Post Number: 9868 Registered: Aug-05 | lol good point Berny. |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Use a simple... Post Number: 8802 Registered: Dec-04 | agreed Berny I had a kid tell me at a bar one night he hit 153 with 2 alpine type E 12's and that his would desimate my AA avalanche sub because he has never heard of it. I went along with it and was like damn man I want to hear yours so we went outside and I was like wow man thats nice come check mine out, and destroyed his, seriously DESTROYED it lol he was like WTF. |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveNj US Post Number: 2831 Registered: Jun-06 | LOL. Learning can sometimes be "painful". |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Use a simple... Post Number: 8804 Registered: Dec-04 | yup |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 12482 Registered: Dec-03 | Pain and failure is a good educator! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 5425 Registered: Dec-04 | And all this time I paid for pain and failure at Helga's house of Pain. Rats. |
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Bronze Member Username: ThecryptLawrence, Kansas Post Number: 97 Registered: Dec-06 | "Idiots that THINK they know about car audio..." That'd be me. |
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Silver Member Username: Motomattic3Post Number: 459 Registered: Oct-06 | this is just stupid http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_5091.html read the last review |
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Silver Member Username: Livin_loud18 of Love Fi Audio Post Number: 883 Registered: Jan-06 | ^^^ thats not that bad. i've seen people say L7's have great sq  |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86FTW Post Number: 9882 Registered: Aug-05 | so........i hate it when people bang their systems through neighborhoods at night. |
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Silver Member Username: PitbullguyChicago, Illinois I Eats Beats... Post Number: 445 Registered: Oct-06 | i agree, in 25 mph/stop sign on every corner areas, keep it down...if you're on a busier street moving 35+ and not stopping all the time, then okay turn it up a lil |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Use a simple... Post Number: 8814 Registered: Dec-04 | I hate that^^ |
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Gold Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 1427 Registered: Apr-05 | I was at the mall a few months back and as we were walking between shops, a car drove by with a pretty loud system. It was loud enough to flex the windows of the stores, and set off a lot of car alarms along the way. The whole car was rattling, lol. The trunk lid, license plate, and all kinds of stuff inside too, lol. The people we were with made a few "oh my God" comments as if that was such an impressive achievement. Then they turned at me as if to ask for my approval. I just replied, "I'm not impressed" |
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Gold Member Username: Basshead86FTW Post Number: 9901 Registered: Aug-05 | fuc_ing stupid people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Silver Member Username: Motomattic3Post Number: 468 Registered: Oct-06 | I turn my system up when im either stopped or its a favorite song, but other than that not so much, I drive a manual and I need to hear the motor to shift not sure why but thats how I've always done it so.... |
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Gold Member Username: Nyyfan13Fi SSD USA Post Number: 2664 Registered: Jul-06 | some kid tried to tell me its impossible to run a sub with 1000rms in a car...i laughed at him and taught him about steve meade and some others...it was funny |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Use a simple... Post Number: 8837 Registered: Dec-04 | dont you have a RPM guage Kyle? |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 12493 Registered: Dec-03 | Better yet, get a shift light for the tachometer. |
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Silver Member Username: Motomattic3Post Number: 470 Registered: Oct-06 | shift lights are for wimps and ya I got a rpm gauge but how the fu<k am i suposed to be lookin at the road when im lookin at my gauge, its not a problem for me to listin to the motor I've been doing it since i was like 12 ridding quads and all, they don't have rpm guages so its all by feel and the rev. |
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Gold Member Username: James1115Use a simple... Post Number: 8860 Registered: Dec-04 | until you get in a new car and you cant feel the rev or hear the motor then your screwed, its like navigating a airplane or ship you may be good by sight for a while but what happens when the fog rolls in and you dont know how to use your instruments. My old truck I had when I was 16 didnt have a taco but I knew by the speed when to shift. You must not have a loud stereo to be able to hear the engine at all times. It just seems crazy to me, I also rode bikes and quads my whole life so I get your point there but in a car you are not sitting on the motor(less engine feel) and you dont have a stereo cranked. |
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Silver Member Username: Motomattic3Post Number: 471 Registered: Oct-06 | ya i know, but i got an after market exhaust so its pretty loud i turn it up to about 35-40 (stereo) and it maxes at 62 I only really need to hear it on take off when letting out the clutch. but i can shift better just by hearing the rev and acceleration. |
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Silver Member Username: TanmanfoshoFi SSD15 Wangers Post Number: 733 Registered: Nov-06 | thats how i do it kyle. feel the car...be the car. kid at my school wants to battle me when i get my sub in because since he hasnt heard of fi he thinks his 2 12 insignias can beat me... hmmm and my friends cousin has 2 12 inch SSI's which are respectable. problem is he's only give 800 watts between the both of him. so we'll see how that goes |