Highest Recorded Decibel Level????
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Bronze Member Username: Dz43893Chicago, Illinois United states Post Number: 72 Registered: Jun-05 | does any1 know the highest recorded decibel level |
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Bronze Member Username: LettoMilwaukee, WI Post Number: 26 Registered: Jun-05 | No, it is not true... the highest ever recorded SPL score was at the dB Drag Finals two years ago set by a team from Germany; they hit a whopping 177.7 dB! The loudest "thing" on earth, believe it or not, is a whale (if I remember correctly a blue whale), they have been known to hit decibel levels in excess of 180 dB with their "whale songs". But no one has achieved a level of over 180 dB with a sound system that I'm aware of, at least not in any sanctioned events,whether it be IdBL, dB Drag, USACi, MECA, SLAP or NSPL. Which is true, but when Team BS hit 177.7, it was on the old termlab. So now that the scale has been shifted, I would say that the scores are misleading. |
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Gold Member Username: Taylor17Kopperl, Texas Post Number: 2281 Registered: Jan-05 | Well, he's right, but I'm not sure about the whale part.. lol I believe the loudest thing is the space ship. It does over 180 DB's, because it has something to do with the fuels chemicals changing the atmosphere. The only way you can hit 180 db's in Car audio is port wars. People have hit 180 in port wars but thats the only way. |
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Silver Member Username: GeekbikePost Number: 227 Registered: Dec-04 | The rocket engines taking off reaches over 215dB's at the source. |
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Silver Member Username: DankmanSouth Bend, Indiana United States Post Number: 220 Registered: Jan-05 | This dude i know has 16 rockford P2 12's in his truck and it was way louder than this dude that hit 160 decibles with 4 DD 15's, never got to see what decibles the 16 12's hit but im sure it was in the high 160's, thats the most bass i've ever heard in person. |
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Gold Member Username: Taylor17Kopperl, Texas Post Number: 2285 Registered: Jan-05 | 215! I knew it was over 180, but sh1T! Thats loud. Lol, I've been in a truck that did in the mid 150's, and I couldn't really breathe, I couldn't imagine being in something that does in the 170's! |
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Bronze Member Username: Dz43893Chicago, Illinois United states Post Number: 74 Registered: Jun-05 | after how many db's r u cracken ur windows |
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Silver Member Username: CtxPost Number: 147 Registered: Jun-04 | nuclear bomb= 10000000000000db's |
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Bronze Member Username: DarkseidPost Number: 82 Registered: Feb-05 | according to nasa they claim they have produced the loudest noise possible at 210db, which they say can put holes through solid objects. |
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Bronze Member Username: MrcoddyTaber, Alberta Canada Post Number: 27 Registered: Mar-05 | i dont know if you would be able to sit in a vahhicle doing 170, unless your like 80 years old and already deaf lol |
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Gold Member Username: Taylor17Kopperl, Texas Post Number: 2298 Registered: Jan-05 | Lol, in the truck I sat in, it wasn't realy loud though, it felt more like someone was squeezing my lungs or something. I've asked the same question about breaking glass, and got a few different ansers. |
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Silver Member Username: GeekbikePost Number: 243 Registered: Dec-04 | Heh, I just read that the waves from Volcanos have been recorded at over 272dB. |
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Silver Member Username: ZacdavisBeloit, Wi Post Number: 129 Registered: Dec-03 | crack ah toe ah |
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Bronze Member Username: ScubasteveAnnapolis, MD Post Number: 55 Registered: May-05 | I was wondering if someone could help me out. I'm trying to put whales in my trunk but the biggest enclosure i can fit in my car is 20 gallons. Also, what would be louder...2 12" whales or one 15" whale???? |
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Silver Member Username: Iufan4lifeulLouisville, Kentucky Post Number: 175 Registered: May-05 | HAHAHAHA, nice one scuba steve, I prefer one 15" whale powered by the shrimp n' plankton amplifier. |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 3102 Registered: Jun-04 | LOL very funny ....cool scuba |
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Silver Member Username: SolacedagonyNew Jersey US Post Number: 520 Registered: Oct-04 | I read somewhere that the highest decibel level allowed without modifying the atmosphere is 180db or at least approximately. The reason the space shuttle is that high is because of the chemicals in the fuel modifying it, yea. I'm sure Jonathan or Glasswolf have a giant explanation on the entire thing, hehe. |
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Bronze Member Username: Racer501ND USA Post Number: 45 Registered: Jun-05 | how many people here thought of the sonic boom when u break the speed of sound? have they ever gotten a mesurment of the db lvl of one of those? i know our one teacher said that itll shatter glass if ther to low when they do break the speed of sound |
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Silver Member Username: Mikechec9Chicago/atlanta Post Number: 325 Registered: May-05 | scott owens, team pioneer, hit 179db 2005 SBN IdBL |
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Bronze Member Username: ScubasteveAnnapolis, MD Post Number: 65 Registered: May-05 | I remember reading an article somewhere years ago about some scientists supposedly making the loudest possible noise...but it was in a box of some type and you couldn't hear anything from the outside...wow, i really don't remember much about that article. |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 3115 Registered: Jun-04 | you sure it wasnt those whales scuba???? LOL |
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Bronze Member Username: ScubasteveAnnapolis, MD Post Number: 69 Registered: May-05 | damn, that must have been it...there was a whale inside the box.  |
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New member Username: Big_osoPost Number: 9 Registered: Jun-05 | if you were sitting in the vehicle when it hit 177 db it would kill you point blank period no human body can withstand that loud of a noise |
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Gold Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 2947 Registered: Aug-04 | At 177 decibels you would more than likely rupture organs. The main cause of death would be a heart attack though, and yes it does happen. |
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Anonymous | The call of the blue whale reaches levels up to 188 decibels. This extraordinarily loud whistle can be heard for hundreds of miles underwater. Theoretical calculations by Roger Payne and Douglas Webb (from the 1970's) predicted that the loudest whale sounds might be transmitted across an entire ocean. The blue whale is much louder than a jet, which reaches only 140 decibels! Human shouting is 70 decibels; sounds over 120 decibels are painful to human ears. The second-loudest animal on Earth is the howler monkey (Alouatta) from the jungles of Central and South America. |
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Gold Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 2954 Registered: Aug-04 | It's all true. |
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Gold Member Username: Jonathan_fGA USA Post Number: 4205 Registered: May-04 | Underwater acoustics are totally different. Underseas you can hit in the high 200 decibel range because water has so much more pressure compared to air. Above ground, remember that you are compressing air, meaning that if the power of the subwoofer (or sound device) surpasses the pressure of the atmosphere, then you will not be compressing anymore, making it VERY hard to get any louder. That's also why SPL will vary due to altitude, since air pressure changes with elevation. Maximum capable db level at sea level is 194 db. |
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Bronze Member Username: Matt12490Post Number: 60 Registered: May-05 | Wait lets back it up... how do you fit 16 12" subwoofers and a person in a trunk???? please tell me |
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Silver Member Username: DankmanSouth Bend, Indiana United States Post Number: 222 Registered: Jan-05 | They are all behind his front row seats 4 rows of 4 12's all right behind you in a truck, 16 rockford p2's |
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somethingredicolousihavetomakeup Unregistered guest | so like a whale above water would produce higher or lower db levels |
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somethingredicolousihavetomakeup Unregistered guest | so like a whale above water would produce higher or lower db levels |
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Gold Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 2965 Registered: Aug-04 | Lower. Sound travels better through water than through air. |
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Silver Member Username: 54danny54Post Number: 503 Registered: Nov-04 | i let out a f@rt once that was like 100-110 dB's lol |
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Silver Member Username: 54danny54Post Number: 504 Registered: Nov-04 | i let out a f@rt once that was like 100-110 dB's lol |
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Silver Member Username: Mike_anthesCanton, SD USA Post Number: 109 Registered: Aug-04 | does any body know at an approximate db when someone cant survive...i thought it was like 165ish...maybe not... |
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