highest dbs rating????
Nov 10, 2003, 11:32 AM
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It's extremely easy to get up to about 148 or so... after that, increasing DB levels more is much harder. I heard somewhere a guy hit 172.4 db with 2 15" brahmas, but they require so much power to push em that hard.
Nov 10, 2003, 11:40 AM
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I guess they wanna get tickets for it. My old audiobahn system that I sold which consisted of 2x 12" Alum12Q's and a 1400 watt amp boasted a nice and loud 151.7 db. But, I wasnt in the car when it was measured because i dont need to lose what little is left of my hearing. I got about 9 noise pollution tickets in the 2 months i've had it. 
Nov 10, 2003, 11:49 AM
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I dont know how many dB's I'm makin.....but im runnin JL XR components up front and xr coaxils in the back, gettin pushed by a JL 300/4. I have 2 12w6v2's getting powered by a 1000/1. I know its loud and it hits hard! I'll have to get my dB's measured. Can anyone take a guess at what it is???????
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Nov 10, 2003, 11:59 AM
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FYI a humans threshold of feeling is 118 dB and for a long enough period of time will cause hearing loss, at 140 dB at any length of time exposed to hearing loss will occur
Nov 10, 2003, 12:03 PM
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i know, but around here kids love to do it, chances are that 90% of people out there wouldn't be able to sit there fo rmore than 3 minutes at 118 dB, just imagine being with 6 feet of a jet taking off the entire time 
Nov 10, 2003, 07:11 PM
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yeah i am hitin that hard my stsem consists of 2 earthquake 12s each are 1000 watts rms each 2000 watts peak and a 2000 watt autotek stealth amp, 2gauge wiring, power cap, dynomated trunk, eclipse speakers, 6400 pioneer deck t.v. in the future
Nov 10, 2003, 07:18 PM
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I hit 148.7 in my cavalier with a marathon 1600 watt amp. Running it at 1 ohm for a pair of 12" Aftershock subs. I now hit 156.8 with an Earthquake D12 amplifier running 2 ohm for a pair of Atomic subs. Not too shabby. My ears are ****ed up, but from when I was younger and used to bump all the time. Now I hardly ever even have system up even a quarter of the way up unless someone bugs me to show em.
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I find tweeters do more harm on the ears than subs, Ive had 3 15's in a 93 ford bronco puming close to 1700 watts. The worst sound was the tweeters, and yes I am a little deaf from all that pounding. 15's just move so much air .
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Originally posted by TURBOit
i know, but around here kids love to do it, chances are that 90% of people out there wouldn't be able to sit there fo rmore than 3 minutes at 118 dB, just imagine being with 6 feet of a jet taking off the entire time
i know, but around here kids love to do it, chances are that 90% of people out there wouldn't be able to sit there fo rmore than 3 minutes at 118 dB, just imagine being with 6 feet of a jet taking off the entire time
i guess to prove this without calculations or anything is that the threshold of pain for humans is around 120-130 decibals and in SPL comps u go well over that pretty easy..