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So... Ive been doin some searching and found this...

Decibel Level Comparison Chart

Commercial

Industrial

Residential

dB Level

Threshold For Hearing

0

Good Recording Studio

Breathing

10

Rustling Leaves

15

Whisper, Mosquito

20

Library

Living / Dining Room

30

Refrigerator Hum

Kitchen / Bathroom

40

Quiet Office

Power Lawn Mower

Home Office

50

Birds at 10'

55

Conversational Speech

60

Piano Practice

Electric Shaver

60

Business Office

Piano Practice

65

Noisy Restaurant

Inplant Office

Street Traffic

70

Chamber Music

Barking Dog

75

Classroom

Alarm Clock

75

Television / Dishwasher

75

Airplane at 1 mile

Manual Machines

Vacuum Cleaner

80

Reception / Lobby Area

Handsaw

Garbage Disposal

85

Motor Bus

Telephone Dial Tone

85

Applause in Auditorium

Lawn Mower

85

OSHA Required Hearing Protection in Factory

85

Teleconference Room

Train at 100'

90

Subway

Farm Tractor

Teenage Stereo

90

Sustained Exposure May Cause Hearing Loss

90

Music Practice Room

Electric Drill

Walkman at 5/10

94

French Horn

Average Factory Noise

Blender

100

Orchestra

Diesel Truck

Motorcycle

105

Computer Room

Printing Press

Train

105

Bass Drum

Heavy Truck

Power Saw

110

Dog Kennel

Power Mower

Baby Crying

110

Symphony Orchestra

Punch Press

Squeeky Toy to Ear

110

Pain Begins

120

Disco

Sandblasting

Shot Gun

120

Cymbal Crash

Pneumatic Clipper

Air Raid Siren

130

Dragcar Racing

Military Jet

Shotgun

140

Rock Concert

Aircraft Carrier Deck

Jet Takeoff

140

Chest Wall Begins to Vibrate

150

Ear Drum Breaks Instantly

160

Death of Hearing Tissue

180

Loudest Possible Sound

194

Its kinda scary cause i know exactly what that chest vibrating feels like.....150+ aint no joke....

Steve...Chickens caddy must be fuckin LOUD in person.. Good God thats scary

This dont mean i dont want louder... http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/01nocomment8so.gif

Just an interesting find

Sorry if its a repost

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def a repost...however they dont say at what frequency they are at......

and I still dont believe that sound can be measured accuratly enough... how do we actually KNOW that 160 dB on a TL is actually 160 dB?

I mean, sure, it can be a reliable device as far as all of the units giving out the same measurements...but i tell ya...sound is some tricky shit...

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And shotgun is mentioned at two different decibel levels...lol

And I kinda laughed at the 'teenage stereo'..lol

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like said above is a 160 on a TL actually higher, look at what we hit on AC mics back in the day.

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what about the guy that sat in bob perillo's van with bass mekanik blasting full tilt for 30 seconcs didnt go deaf? he walked out fine...this graph dont seem accurate.

i mean, how is a gas powered lawnmower quieter than a vacuum?

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krakatoa was 228db i think and is the loudest sound ever heard on earth, it was in one of my study books at school, said it was heard all the way to texas and its on the oppiset side of the earth? lol

http://www.earlham.edu/~bubbmi/krakatoa.htm

here's a link to my system 99 toyota tacoma , 2 mtx 8000 1504's in a sealed downfire , 1000w memphis amp

here's a link to my other system my 90 geo prizm test car

heres a thread i got of new songs u can dl that are legal = Some Good Bangage/you Can Dl These Free And Legit

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maybe no one is taking in the frequency's at what they are doing, maybe a mower is like 25 hz and the vacuum is like 45hz

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I just realized Steve has reach Voldemort status, over on JP's site he is the one who will not be named....."We dont speak his name over here, fearing it will destroy us" LOL not even in hush tones

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ya, and those fire alarms outside of a fire department(warning signal) is around 50htz or so and this will be an opinion but, i know lower tones carry a farther wave lingth, but a higher freq is more audioable to the ear than a lower tone, u can pick up a siren sometimes better than u can an airplane, like a jet flying low can be about 38htz tho, i unno, would be cool for somethin for mythbusters to do? go out and measure ish with a termlab, but ive always wondered this, how do we know a term lab is correct? i mean there has to be something better to set it by? then wouldn't we use that? what was the first db measureing device? and how accureate was it? and somethin can be more louder at a higher freq than it can at a lower one also, like a rock concert is louder due to higher freq's from the guitars(kinda why ur head hearts after listening to rock but not jeezy), but a sub playin 10-30htz just vibrates ish

here's a link to my system 99 toyota tacoma , 2 mtx 8000 1504's in a sealed downfire , 1000w memphis amp

here's a link to my other system my 90 geo prizm test car

heres a thread i got of new songs u can dl that are legal = Some Good Bangage/you Can Dl These Free And Legit

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