http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/07/02/popsci.stereo.kill/index.html
But he can at least sit in his driveway and listen to music, yes? Actually, no. Irving’s audio system can’t play music. It’s designed to play a single frequency—74 Hz—very loud. Irving, you see, is a dB drag racer.
I played with car stereo systems a bit when I was younger, and for a short time worked at a retailer where such systems were installed. I “get” putting in a nice system to crank up the music you love - even if I don’t generally like the music that normally gets played through these systems ( for some reason, guys who spend thousands of dollars on car audio all seem to like rap).
But a system so big and heavy that it renders the car useless? And all designed to generate a single frequency? So you’ve spent a bunch of money to create a rolling tone generator?
Yeah, that’s impressive.
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