Comments on: The automobile as beat box

By: CGHill

CGHill — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:40:33 +0000

The danger with “Boléro,” I think, is that if you turn it up loud enough to hear at the beginning, it will be at aircraft-hangar levels of loudness at the end. Then again, this is also true of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit,” which owes a lot to “Boléro,” if you ask me.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:24:44 +0000

Well, I know I would complain if someone played “Bolero” at high volume, but that’s largely because it’s one piece I hate.

By: sya

sya — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:50:00 +0000

There was one time when I was living in a dorm when some passerby told me to turn my classical music down, so I think yes, there is a possibility that you could get busted for playing Ravel.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:48:49 +0000

...no one is going to be busted for playing Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte at high volume.

Sounds like a challenge.

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:41:15 +0000

Colorado uses dB meters to enforce their muffler requirements for big trucks when using compression (Jake) brakes, so I expect if Florida really wants to enforce that idea, they’ll have to tie the noise level into something more concrete rather than as subjective as it is.

I guess its a sign of getting older, but the stock stereos in most new vehicles sound pretty good as they are to me – they pull in FM better, and sound better than what I grew up with. Considering that was some sort of 8-track with Kraco speakers, it’s not much of a leap.

But, we tried to put our money into improving performance. Any earth shaking going on wasn’t from massive subwoofers – it was from pavement wrinkling torque. Fart cans, spoilers and massive amps just wouldn’t have cut it.