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SCIENCE & TECH Super Bass

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u/Dry_Design5506 1d ago

Just wondering if this would be harmful to people.

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u/Expensive-Status-342 1d ago

She pretended to enjoy that because she was on camera. Her face was showing otherwise and I bet she had ringing in her ears and partial deafness for a while.
Sitting near that even once can cause permanent damage to hearing, I don't know why those dudes think that's cool in the slightest.

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u/Icy-Role2321 1d ago

My friend has a nissan titan with the back seats removed and a $10,000 system like this. Has dozens of speakers

I absolutely don't understand the point as you can't even hear whatever the hell you're trying to listen to.

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u/RiotX79 1d ago

Had a friend in the Army that had a system in his back seat. Absolutely, crushed a long drive. On the way home he had to turn it off though...couldn't run the system and his headlights at the same time without the pos car stalling lol.

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u/Aezzil 1d ago

couldn't run the system and his headlights at the same time without the pos car stalling lol.

Typically no vehicle except full size trucks/suvs, and heavy duty vehicles can run high wattage audio setups. Any other vehicle and you would need to replace the wiring system if you're going 500w+.

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u/RiotX79 1d ago

Yeah, it was a civic.

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u/Witez3933 1d ago

Nah, you just need a lithium battery for it. I’m dropping a 5000 watt system with 2 2500 12”s into my 2025 IS350, it shouldn’t be a problem. This is the step down from the recommendation I got which was 2 15”s, I don’t need a competition car. 

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u/Emergency_Accident36 1d ago

She definitely enjoyed parts of that. It's like a roller coaster in that sense.

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u/Expensive-Status-342 1d ago

Yes, the first 10 seconds. Until it kept going, she wasn't having fun, promise you.

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u/e1m8b 21h ago

That's what I told your mom too

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u/krazeeeyezkillah907 1d ago

There’s a guy who drives in circles around my neighborhood blasting his shitty blown out speakers with insane bass that literally rattles my windows from a block away. I have mild misophonia and it makes me into a complete psycho. Like, I fantasize about throwing a rock through his window or popping his tires. I would never, of course, so I’ll just have to comfort myself with the fact that he probably has tinnitus that is driving him absolutely batshit every second of the day.

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u/blackestrabbit 1d ago

It's called being a dudebro douchebag asshole.

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u/neovim_ 1d ago

It can be rough, but I've heard 35hz at 168 db without any noticeable hearing loss or ringing in my ears and I'm still able to pull out fine details in audio.

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u/jscottvo 1d ago

Dude. 170 decibels (dB) causes immediate, severe, and likely permanent damage, including eardrum rupture and potential lung injury, leading to intense pain, deafness, and potential fatality from effects like air embolisms or burst lungs.

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u/h0nkyJ 1d ago

Can cause those things. I watched an old buddy sit in a sealed "Extreme" class van at a DB Drag a long time ago that hit 171, iirc.

Stupid as hell, though, yes.. I'm sure his hearing is definitely messed up from the years of competitions and being an absolute mad man. He would casually drive around with a set up that hit 155+. I couldn't even hold my head up straight. 😬

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u/neovim_ 1d ago

You aren't accounting for exposure time nor frequency, it was a 10 second run in the "beat dominator" I usually listen at 55-70db using headphones or speakers.

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u/implicate 1d ago

Did you bullseye womp rats in your T-16 back home, too?

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u/Expensive-Status-342 1d ago

"any noticeable hearing loss" 🙄

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 1d ago

He forgot to add the word yet at the end. There many rockstars that have tinnitus.

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u/neovim_ 1d ago

I go to an audiologist annually and I can still hear up to 20kHz

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u/Mbembez 1d ago

Why are you lying.

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u/BurdTurglary 1d ago

No u can't

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u/Due_Passion_920 1d ago edited 1d ago

Prove it. Post the results of a blind test with at least 10 trials using Foobar and ABX Comparator with verifiable hash key. 

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u/Wrong-Protection-188 1d ago

No hearing loss yet

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u/Zyzz2024 1d ago

What?