everyone around you?

Got this nice ass klipsch (sp?) system and had the fight scene in Heat and the last Harry Potter BLASTING.

Got up to -10. Receiver goes to +11.5.

Now all the apartments around me are being loud to counteract my loudness.

6/23/2008 7:48:22 PM

damn niggers

6/23/2008 7:48:57 PM

Nah I usually don't do that. Doing it just to be a dick is inviting somebody to try to come over and murder me.

6/23/2008 7:49:47 PM

HAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHA i'm listening to my massive paradigm system with the order of the phoenix blasting as we speak

6/23/2008 7:50:21 PM

Next time you have a party this will be their valid reason for not hesitating to call the po-po on ya.

6/23/2008 7:50:51 PM

That last sequence is fucking FANTASTIC audio man.

people are PISSED

6/23/2008 7:50:59 PM

I am moving out of this bitch in like 2 weeks. FUCK EM!

6/23/2008 7:51:22 PM

Quote :

"Ever jack up your big ass speakers to piss off everyone around you?"

no, i try really hard not to be a dick

6/23/2008 7:51:42 PM

I'm doing it to piss off my roomate...

6/23/2008 7:53:00 PM

these people have been really loud around me before.

I never do this. But man I was laughing my ass off when I realized how loud it was. <3 my speakers

http://www.klipsch.com/products/details/f-3.aspx

got the 3 version of center, floors, rears, but I dont have that big ass bass. I think I am gonna get it cause I get employee accommodations at teh BBY

6/23/2008 7:54:14 PM

that's why I bought a house....

6/23/2008 7:55:33 PM

Only to crank this shit up at 8am on Saturday morning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwRv_W2G6qU

6/23/2008 8:05:48 PM

when people are being loud next door, i sometimes turn up my AC30 and play AC/DC riffs

6/23/2008 8:10:18 PM

What are some good sequences for sound?

6/23/2008 8:17:10 PM

Quote :

"Got up to -10. Receiver goes to +11.5."

HOLY SHIT

oh wait, -10 what?

6/23/2008 8:19:24 PM

psst units dont mean anything here joe

6/23/2008 8:19:50 PM

mine goes up to 12!

6/23/2008 8:20:24 PM

units are "dB"

so 11.5 dB

6/23/2008 8:22:30 PM

-10dB sounds weak

i mean isn't a whisper considered like 10dB?

6/23/2008 8:24:38 PM

lol

11.5dB OMG



[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 8:26 PM. Reason : ^yes, it is]

6/23/2008 8:25:44 PM

-33 dB is about what you'd listen to TV at with normal volume. At least it is for me.

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 8:26 PM. Reason : We're talking about the scale used on nice audio equipment, not absolute scale.]

6/23/2008 8:26:15 PM

6/23/2008 8:26:28 PM

when i lived in wood hall i used to thump my subwoofer playing shit like "HOOOOOOOOOOO... YOU'ZE A HOOOOOOOOOOOOO... I SAID THAT YOU'ZE A HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

it would rattle the other building across the courtyard

6/23/2008 8:27:03 PM

Quote :

"HAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHA i'm listening to my massive paradigm system with the order of the phoenix blasting as we speak "

You don't have the fake paradigm speakers do you?
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=18917

6/23/2008 8:27:41 PM

The dB is just what the speaker says on the display.

but whatever it converts to as far as what I hear, -10dB is really fucking loud.

6/23/2008 8:45:42 PM

SUB CHECK

game i loved to play on brent road

download some dj magic mike

6/23/2008 8:46:56 PM

so much misconception in this thread...

your -10dB on a power scale from the maximum rated output at the full rated distortion or something along those lines... the +11dB probably is with a side of extra distortion...

receivers have specific dynamic ranges, they are typically designed with a very wide gain profile so that you can hook up a vast array of input devices to them. As far as I know there's not really a solid standard on output levels from audio devices... theres just kinda a general accepted level. Various receivers will make full rated power at 0dBm with some known specific input like 1VAC. So some devices are going to output .25VAC and will require an additional 6dB to compensate for the lack and still make full power, whereas something are going to output 4V and -6dB will be full rated power... so it's entirely easy to go to 0dBm if your running out of your weak ass computer headphone jacks...

I'm sure it's plenty loud... I'm just saying "-10 on my receiver" doesn't really mean all that much... combined with your expression that "it's loud" and that your playing out off a DVD player then sure... It's a more worthwhile statement to simply say the title of the thread then going into the ignorance of stating the output level of a receiver... (I metered 127dB in my living room )

6/23/2008 9:13:31 PM

whoa, a harry potter badass

6/23/2008 9:16:23 PM

jesus, this whole thread is full of fail

6/23/2008 9:17:58 PM

^^^ YOU WANT TO PLAY HARDBALL? FINE!

I WILL FUCKING GET A dB METER AND FUCKING GET 127.5 MOTHER FUCKER!

NOW WHERE THE HELL DO I GET A METER!

COME ON, I AM WAITING..... LETS DO THIS!


[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 9:22 PM. Reason : ITS FUCKING ON]

6/23/2008 9:21:30 PM

id trust gofigure on this stuff btw (dont you work with brad, i'd trust him haha)

i need it more dumDed down though, im not an audiophile by any means.... just got my little AL setuo.... doesnt the -10 to +10 stuff we see something liek within the.... EQ spectrum or whatever??? and certain ends are multiplied? ill try to find a pic of my winamp EQ... but for now:



all i know is i have this for my desktop and 2.1 and its all i need for in this room and it sounds great, and it was 50 bucks like 4 years ago, so its like 20 now i bet

http://reviews.cnet.com/pc-speakers/altec-lansing-vs2121-pc/1995-3179_7-30826052.html

actually not even made it looks like... hahaha -- i chose these over a model twice as expensive, no regrets

6/23/2008 9:52:04 PM

Quote :

"Got up to -10. Receiver goes to +11.5"

HAHAHA.....fail

gg goFigure

6/23/2008 9:59:23 PM

ps if anyone wants v5 winamp pro

i have v5.531 Pro, 13mb and i can crack you a key, its my first cracking project, but it works... holla

6/23/2008 10:02:01 PM

stopdropnrol was there when I metered my house... I had just got done metering his H2 a while back... 127dB in a living room is pretty mind numbing...

I'm in Boston for the summer, but I'll be glad to meter your house as long as your somewhere around campus for a beer or something...

I was just pointing out misconceptions people often use in the audio world and explaining how audio amplifiers are typically setup... I didn't say that yours wasn't loud and I'm not trying to pick a fight. I have a masters degree in circuit design... trust me on this stuff... I admit to blurring the power/voltage dB scale a little when I was talking about inputs, however it's correct in context...

To jacklegs question... the + on an equalizer is above and below the current relative level... I used to work at Northrop but Brad and I never worked together... never even introduced ourselves really... I'm back at NCSU doing my masters and probably PhD

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 10:20 PM. Reason : equalizer question]

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 10:22 PM. Reason : attempt at grammar... probably still sucks]

6/23/2008 10:08:20 PM

I will refraine from talking about the numbers on the front of my receiver.

6/24/2008 8:06:19 AM

I have this nice Bose system that I usually use to blast STUPID shit out of my room to piss off any roommates. (And it actually worked, this one is moving out today.)
Like, lately it's been 'Still Alive' the ending song from Portal, or Disney shit. Last week I put the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical Soundtrack on repeat at obscene volume, while playing Starcraft.
"Going through the motions..."
"CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS"

6/24/2008 8:27:50 AM

Quote :

"your -10dB on a power scale from the maximum rated output at the full rated distortion or something along those lines... the +11dB probably is with a side of extra distortion"

makes sense. I've always wondered why they use such a "useless" scale like that.

LOL@10dB!

6/24/2008 9:03:09 AM