All this talk about the Vehicle code got me thinking, How loud is 95db? Is there a comparable sound out there that I could relate to?

 

http://www.coolmath.com/decibels1.htm

 

dunno how accurate this is but most charts are like this.

http://www.temple.edu/CETP/temp/dcblevel.html

http://csgrad.cs.vt.edu/~chin/intensity.html


[Modified by yellow blur, 9:14 PM 8/22/2001]

 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

that was a 95 dB scream j/k, I'm bored

 

I think my car is roughly 105 wide open.

Here's a video:

http://www.curpiercompany.com/itrex.MPG

 

From the chart that Adam linked to:

"80 dB - Typical home stereo listening level or
Acoustic guitar, played with finger at 1 foot away"

If you play your guitar like that wouldn't it be closer to 0 dB?
Sorry, couldn't resist...

 

According to the charts from the links, the N1 exhaust is lower than 95db?
I dont think it is as loud as a Jackhammer.

 

Well if your stereo is 80db then every 6db (i think 6 or 8) increase is double the sound wave.

 

Not to get to technical, but a 10 dB increase is twice the volume. It is a logrithmic scale. A 3 dB increase is just noticeable. It is generally accepted that people cannot distinguish a difference less than 3 dB. You can buy a cheap Sound Pressure Level meter from RadioShack for under $30, I think...

-Floyd

 

Or a pair of earplugs for $1!!!!