Topic: Subwoofers have ruined music

[eigenvector]

I'm sure this is just a matter of me being
1)  a homeowner
2)  older

But in my mind I think subwoofers have ruined music.  I don't mean by making it sound terrible when you're listening to it - I mean by ruining everyone else's environment by forcing them to listen to only your subwoofer.

There's really no way to block them out, the frequency is low enough to effectively penetrate any structure and in all honesty the person playing the music/game/tv probably doesn't even realize just how obnoxious his/her subwoofer sounds or how far the sound is traveling.  I think that last part is important, because they produce such a low frequency sound, you really do have to crank them up in order to hear their contribution.

I'll cease my ranting now.

[madmtnmotors]

I hear ya man (even over all those loud stereos)! I actually mounted a couple 12" subs w/voice coils (as full range speakers) hanging from the inside of the topper on my old Toyota pickup, driven by a 1000w Sony amp, just to "talk back" to any of those rap blasters at a stop light with some hard drivin' blues or rock-n-roll... 

[ekpent]

Love it when the trunk lid is playing its own music      

[cj750]

I used to live on a (normally) quiet residential street that just happened to be on the shortest route between a predominantly ethnic neighborhood and one of the main roads through town. I came to dread Friday and Saturday nights for the constant parade of booming, rattling hoopties rolling past. These cats were fully aware of how loud and far their sound could be heard, and considered it a feature, not a bug. Fortunately I've moved to an area where there are far fewer folks who think installing five grand worth of wheels and stereo on a $600.00 car is a good idea.

[toytuff]

I Fortunately I've moved to an area where there are far fewer folks who think installing five grand worth of wheels and stereo on a $600.00 car is a good idea.

You hit the "mentality" right on the head.

tt

[Retro Rocket]

I Fortunately I've moved to an area where there are far fewer folks who think installing five grand worth of wheels and stereo on a $600.00 car is a good idea.

You hit the "mentality" right on the head.

tt

Sums it up beautifully....

[72 yellow]

I live real close to a gas station.  They like to leave it on while inside the building.     A-holes.

[eigenvector]

I was really hoping that the whole 'bass' trend would die out - but this one just keeps going on and on.  It's actually very similar to the dang tuned exhaust - I mean coffee can muffler mod'ers.  Annoying trends that exist simply to annoy people.

[Retro Rocket]

I was really hoping that the whole 'bass' trend would die out - but this one just keeps going on and on.  It's actually very similar to the dang tuned exhaust - I mean coffee can muffler mod'ers.  Annoying trends that exist simply to annoy people.

The other side of the coin is that, by the time they are older and smarter {if that ever happens  }, they'll all be deaf, so they'll never have to put up with their own creation....kind of sad really....

[toytuff]

The other side of the coin is that, by the time they are older and smarter {if that ever happens  }, they'll all be deaf, so they'll never have to put up with their own creation....kind of sad really....


You forgot to add they will try to get some sort of "entitlement" out of it.

tt

[scrapvalue]

I keep a boat horn,( the small spray can looking ones), in my truck.
I have successfully discharged it in the open windows of idiots with those stupid loud stereos.
Yes, they get pissed. But I just tell them, if it's to loud your to old.

[ekpent]

I keep a boat horn,( the small spray can looking ones), in my truck.
I have successfully discharged it in the open windows of idiots with those stupid loud stereos.
Yes, they get pissed. But I just tell them, if it's to loud your to old.

Be a good way to possibly get shot, at least around here-- 

[cj750]

I keep a boat horn,( the small spray can looking ones), in my truck.
I have successfully discharged it in the open windows of idiots with those stupid loud stereos.
Yes, they get pissed. But I just tell them, if it's to loud your to old.

Be a good way to possibly get shot, at least around here-- 

Definitely the case in my old neighborhood. But if someone invented a "ray gun" that would allow me to stealthily fry their amps from a distance, I'd be all over it.

[Steve F]

I keep a boat horn,( the small spray can looking ones), in my truck.
I have successfully discharged it in the open windows of idiots with those stupid loud stereos.
Yes, they get pissed. But I just tell them, if it's to loud your to old.

Be a good way to possibly get shot, at least around here-- 

Definitely the case in my old neighborhood. But if someone invented a "ray gun" that would allow me to stealthily fry their amps from a distance, I'd be all over it.

Maybe something like this could be fun.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weapon

[cb650]

The one that gets me is the escalade with 22" inch wheels and 3 kids in the back with the #$%* blaring pulling out of the welfare office.

[Retro Rocket]

The other side of the coin is that, by the time they are older and smarter {if that ever happens  }, they'll all be deaf, so they'll never have to put up with their own creation....kind of sad really....


You forgot to add they will try to get some sort of "entitlement" out of it.

tt

Hearing aids....

[krusty]

In our state you can get a ticket playing them loud in your car while on the street. We call 'em Doof-Doofs

[Retro Rocket]

In our state you can get a ticket playing them loud in your car while on the street. We call 'em Doof-Doofs

Yep, doof doofs, i think thats Aussie for " loud irritating rubbish"....