Thread: Super loud automobile sound systems and the urge to kill

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Hi bulldog, I accept that you weren't referring to me personally. Thanks for the clarification. Glad you posted this as I may not have been clear myself. I don't mean anyone who owns a powerful stereo system. Only those who own one and play it at excessive volumes with no consideration of other peoples 'space'. Matter of fact I have one heck of a system in the house that I can't play to anywhere near it's potential unless I know the neighbors aren't home. It isn't having it that I object to, it is imposing it on others for selfish enjoyment.

I'm glad. I would hate to make an enemy. Especially here. Since my discharge from the army this is the only other place I even half way feel like I belong.

I used to have a very nice system in my house as well. The wife can't stand surround sound though so I gave it to my Dad. He needs it more than I do as he is damn near def(carpenter who refuses to wear hearing protection). I can still hear somewhat(machine gun fire over the course of three years and no hearing protection).

By the way, what kind of set up do you have in the house? Curiosity always gets the better of me.

Originally Posted by bulldog

By the way, what kind of set up do you have in the house? Curiosity always gets the better of me.

I've got a set of old ..... big... Klipsch KSF 5 speakers with a Klipsch 200W sub woofer and the rest of the dolby surround speaker system, also klipsch with a Yamaha DSP A1 that could blow the walls down at 110 watts. I got all this stuff ten or more years ago and have never turned it all the way up. Still works though and sounds pretty good to my ears through the tinnitus.

The quite ones are the people that annoy me. You know the ones with head nodding, looking down, and you pull up next to them and you find they have the i-pod ear phones in, and texting on their mobile. They may not be the centre of the universe but they are surely in their own little world.
Basically doing everything but concerntrating on driving.

Jimmy, man, the old speakers are the best ones. They were made when these companies had something to prove. It seems like now that they have a reputation established they're cutting corners to save money and still charging premium prices. My dad had a pioneer system that he bought in the early 90's and it was wicked. He sold it to a family member who still has it and it sounds just as good as it did new. Now it seems like you buy something that sounds amazing for the first couple of years but as time goes on the quality diminishes but it happens slowly so you don't really notice. I'd love to have that pioneer system I mentioned.

Aussie, I agree. I don't know how many times I've had to pull some kind of evasive maneuver to avoid a wreck. I don't know if it's a national thing yet or not, but in Tennessee, if you are caught texting while driving, it's a pretty heavy fine. I may be mistaken but I think on the third offense it can land you in jail. They're trying to ban cell phone use all together unless you have a hands free device. I personally think you should have to pull over to talk. It's not a matter of having both hands free in most cases. It's that people are paying more attention to the conversation than they are on the road.