My friend just came over with a decible meter.....my 2 Kenwood 12's with a 300 watt amp hit 114 decibles. It was a lil distoted cuz i need a bigger amp...but i was happy cuz my friend has 2 Pioneer IMPP 12's with a 600 watt amp and his only hit 119 dec.
So how many decibles are yalls systems if u have checked it with a meter???

Well, I hit 138 db's in competition with the mic on the dash. It would probably be louder if I got to move it around.

not sure what the dbs are but all i know i just got a fusion sub and it is awsome! it sounds alot louder then JLs if you get a good price for a fusion sub DEF go for it

1 15" Eclipse aluminum sub with about 2000 watts to it, in a small sealed box, hitting about 144+ db's. In my old grand prix, i had 2 of these subs and at db drag comps was hitting 150+ db's. I used an audiocontrol spl meter to measure..I am planning on building a nice ported box for the 15, should give me a few more db's, but I'm gettin more into being fast instead of going deaf!!

You know when you're too loud when your hair is blowing inside your car.

i hit a 137 dbs with two kenwood 12" subs and a kenwood 600 watt amp

Originally posted by XtremeRS
1 15" Eclipse aluminum sub with about 2000 watts to it, in a small sealed box, hitting about 144+ db's.

Holy shit, I have that same sub! It can really hit 144+?! Although I decided to save some weight and move it to my home theater system with a beefy 12 volt power supply and a 15 farad cap. The amp is weak, just a little JL 250/1.

Just to let you know the dB system is a exponential function. Once you start to get much higher than 100 dB (not sure of exact point) the actually loudness versus dB gets weird. Like you double the loudness and only gain 1 dB this would happen at very high dB ratings but you get the point. So the difference between 114 dB and 119 dB is larger than the linear relationship you are figuring it to be.

my system can be as lound as you can take it.. but probably not lound enough for some of you experienced fellas.. but i bet it could get lound enough to cause headaches.. :-)

2 XTR Pro DVC 12's mounted isobarrically, one HCCA 2100 bridged to 1/2 OHM....SPL 153.7!!!!!!!

I haven't put a meter to it, but i can't see out of the rear or side views with it up and my poor radar detector bounces off the windshield.

RF 1 HX2 12
RF bd500.1 = 678 watts continues into 1 channel @ 2 ohms.
3.2 cubic foot box ported to 35hz facing the back glass.

At last years iasca sound off, i put out a 148.2, alomost won me first place until some little fucker hit a 149.



1998 Eclipse GS

AEM Intake
Freedom designs strut bar
Eibach pro kit
Greddy cat back exhaust
High flow cat
APC indiglo gauges
Indiglo hvac gauges
GTS Solarwing painted
APC clear side markers
PIAA superwhite lights

Stereo:
Kenwood cd player
kenwood excelon 6.5" components in doors and rear panels
diamond audio tweeters in dash
Dual 12W3 JL Audio H.O. box
kenwood ps 300 amp for subs
eclipse 4 channel amp for mids and highs
2 .5 farat monster caps and monster cable wiring

I hit a 139.7 at the audio express show last april. check out my website for pics or my sound system. make sure u sign my guest book!

Andrew B.
98 Eclipse Spyder
www.geocities.com/eclipsespyder2000

I've got 2 Fosgate Punch Power 15" dvc's and a Phoenix Gold XS 2500. I don't know the actual loudness but its pretty loud. I just need a bigger amp(or 2).

I have never had mine checked, but i have 3 10inch kicker comp vr's in my car now pushed buy 1000 watt alpine v-12 amp and it just pounds. it recently destroyed my altenator and i now have to replace that, but oh well

i think its every 3 dB's is double... 133dB is twice as loud as 130dB.

i'm in the high 140's with my two 8" Olympus Subs riding of the head unit.

just kidding, i have a couple Hx2's from RF and a punch500a2 from RF.

Actually the equation goes like this....say your pushing 142 with a 1000 watts behind it, to get a 3dB bump you effectively have to double your power.....or do some serious engineering changes to your enclosure.....but that's the standard guidline, 3dB= a double in power...... Best bet if you have the cash is to find a damn good installer....my boy that designed my box spent about a month working numbers together to get max efficiency out of it, he took everything including the vloume of air on the car into account, it was a pain, but in the long run it worked out. One thing if you not worried about weight to badly is definitely Dynamat, it kills the standing waves and things of that nature that will have an adverse effect on your sound.

All I gotta say about mine is, I love watching the arrow turn signals bounce, I love the air rushing through my car and moving my hair, and I love watching cigarrete smoke bounce inside the car. Its great. :) I put almost 2g in to mine just for amp, deck, subs, and alarm.

No, dB is a measure of pressure...not power through the amp. dzavenge was right. every 3 dB gain is double the "volume level"(pressure) not double the power.

Originally posted by mkerley
No, dB is a measure of pressure...not power through the amp. dzavenge was right. every 3 dB gain is double the "volume level"(pressure) not double the power.

well to get that 3 db gain it takes either double the power or double the speakers to get that.

Originally posted by Sorry_i_Win

Originally posted by mkerley No, dB is a measure of pressure...not power through the amp. dzavenge was right. every 3 dB gain is double the "volume level"(pressure) not double the power.

well to get that 3 db gain it takes either double the power or double the speakers to get that.

werd i hear that. its hard as hell to get a system loud as balls with out lots of space and money.

2 Digital Design 9012s in a 4 cu ft. sealed box

US Amps USA-2000

153.2 dB's with mic on dash

i hit 478DB at a recent comp, many people did not make it out, i feel bad.

>i hit 478DB at a recent comp, many people did not make it
>out, i feel bad.

dork :)

HAHAH i got you all beat i hit 167 db's with 2 kicker solo baric L7's in a sealed box pushed by a rockford fostgate power series t10001bd amp running 1000 watts rms in my 01 eclipse. im in the process of planning demensions for a slot ported dual box for them to hit even louder with the space im working with and another 1000 watts. if any ones interested in this system its for sale hit me up.

Originally posted by RacingEclipse
HAHAH i got you all beat i hit 167 db's with 2 kicker solo baric L7's in a sealed box pushed by a rockford fostgate power series t10001bd amp running 1000 watts rms in my 01 eclipse. im in the process of planning demensions for a slot ported dual box for them to hit even louder with the space im working with and another 1000 watts. if any ones interested in this system its for sale hit me up.

......167db?

with a sealed box?
only 1,000 watts?

No. must have been a shitty meter. that system would struggle to hit over 140.

I got metered just yesterday with my new deck, one 12" Elemental Designs 12K.44 (their bottom end model) in a custom slot ported box at 143dB. picked up just under 2dB with a new deck, but the biggest news was under 40Hz I got an extra 6. for one $100 12" sound quality sub, I am pleased with the results.

ask a stereo place what my system should hit i have two diferent papers stating what decibal i hit clearly. wasnt a shitty cheaker and my systems not junk i just got it like that and know my shit and how to make it work good. just 1 of my subs should easily hit 155db's under powered in a sealed box. ill look for my papers and see if i still have them they were in my car when it was totaled but hopefuly i have them and ill post them.

Sorry man, Rockfords been garbage since 1999 and Kicker has made a good solobaric since they were sound. Your system is not good, and I think I already know what meter you were on... the same one that thinks an Eclipse 15" off 4,000 watts in a crewcab truck is good for 176dB

what the hell are you talkin about? rockford fostgate are good amps if you get power series punch series fuckin sucks ill agree on that. adn 1 15" hitting what ever u said in a crew cab whats that got to do wit me? im tellin you what i hit multiple times by different places and differnt meters. i dont really care if you believe me or not i knw what i have and what it hits and im more than pleased with it i only heard one system that was louder than mine and it wasnt by much it was a wall in a ford explore of 4 12" DD's.

a walled explorer....


with four 12" digital designs subs....


only slightly louder, then an Eclipse, with a sealed box, running two L7 15s off 1,000 watts? you've got a serious case of internet hyperbole syndrome

"i hit 478DB at a recent comp, many people did not make it out, i feel bad."




ur a duech u never hit that db or any where near it learn your stereo shit. ud be the world leader in the system game srigh now if u didn and i know ur not its an old lady who ownes a building buisness andevery year wins the comp even when she gets beat she comes back and wins it again. the loudest any one has ever hit wasnt over 200db's with a ture decibal bass test. i beliebe it wasnt even over 190 it was inthe 180's. your a fucktard go stick ur head in the toilet and see if the answer comes to you that ur a dumb ass.

i hit 145 back in the day with two audiobahn ultra excursion 12's and a mmats 1700 rms mono block amp.

HOLY BRING THE POST BACK FROM THE DEAD BATMAN!

this post has been touched by the hoooolllyyyyy sspppiiiirrrriitt my son. stayed toned for more post right after this brief comercial...

does any body know any roofers or is a roofer? i need to get some of the thick rubber matting used in place of dynamate.

i didn't do it.

I have pretty much the same system in my eclipse as i did in my explorer and I hit 143.8 at a car show. this was with 2 audiobahn 15"s, a jbl 1200.1 two optima batteries and 1 ga wire. Oh and the back seats were folded down lol.

"Legal" on the dash 153.3 off 2 JL 12W3-D2's in a sealed box facing the hatch glass powered by 2 SoundStream Class A 5.0's (Yes theyre old school)
One SoundStream per sub each running 1 ohm mono, roughly 650 watts per sub.

well lets all jump on a dead post since someone went to the
trouble to dig it up... im currently pushing a kenwood
exceleon h/u, eclipse audio 8 band parametric eq (5v out), and
a 1200 watt sony amp, streetwires wiring all thru a pair of
12" alpine typeR's wired in parrallel in a ported
enclosure....loud as hell...and thats for low end duty...

142.5 dbl with 2 pheonix gold 12 inchers and 800W pheonix gold amp all in a proted box that takes out my trunk. :-) can listen like that all the time though, rearview mirror will constantly not stay up.

Any reason why we brought this post back from the dead.

Originally posted by EclipseTenzoR
Any reason why we brought this post back from the dead.

no. just cuz. lol

I ran mine for the first time at an SPL contest last weekend, after beiong peer pressured. What else is knew? The system was at half power (amp gain at half and deck volume up halfway, and no bass boost(s). plus i unhooked my other amp for the speakers so I wouldnt blw them up.)

149.1

I almost died. Literally. I was in the car, as soon at it hit, it knocked the breath right outta me. Sure I've heard louder but I've never sat INSIDE the car at that high of a db level. I ended up walking away with 3rd place SPL in my class. LOL

My car didn't even come with a radio when it was new. I went to have my shitty old Lanzar 12s installed with my old school Pioneer Premier flip down face deck (this was back in 1996, kids) and the car turned out to have speakers in it from the factory, even if you didn't get a radio. Sweet.

The system was stolen. It was replaced. The new system was stolen as well. No longer see the point. I don't like buying fucking thieves new equipment. :shrug I've got a box full of random 6x9s, 5.5s, 5.25s and tweets for the dash from Pioneer, Clarion and Alpine. They just collect dust on top of my parts car in the garage for now. Oh well.

Arguing over who's stereo system is the loudest, and doing so without spelling half the words you type correctly, is really weak. That's the sort of thing that keeps really smart people from wanting to participate.

Originally posted by DR1665
Arguing over who's stereo system is the loudest, and doing so without spelling half the words you type correctly, is really weak. That's the sort of thing that keeps really smart people from wanting to participate.

Originally posted by DR1665
Arguing over who's stereo system is the loudest, and doing so without spelling half the words you type correctly, is really weak. That's the sort of thing that keeps really smart people from wanting to participate.

you know whats even weaker?



































































being a dumbshit like me :)

Originally posted by chronicshit

Originally posted by DR1665 Arguing over who's stereo system is the loudest, and doing so without spelling half the words you type correctly, is really weak. That's the sort of thing that keeps really smart people from wanting to participate.

you know whats even weaker? being a fatass like yourself :)

dude.... what?

Originally posted by BumpinTalon
dude.... what?

I know, right?

Fixed on both accounts.