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Over the past 18 years I have had countless audio systems. Most of them consisted of two 12" or two 15" and 500-1500w.

There is one particular system that a neighbor had that I will never forget. He had a simple system, two Orion XTR 12" with a small cheap Kenwood 500w amp. His car was a three door, possibly it was a Gulf idk. Why I remember this system is because when the bass hits and when I/he was talking it sounded like we were talking through a fan.

I have never been able to duplicate this effect. No matter how many subs or watts I had. Actually, I havent even sat in too many other cars that could either.

What causes your voice to sound like you are talking through a fan? +145db?

I think it depends on the content being played.

I don't remember any songs off hand, but I remember playing a few that would switch pitches / cut in and out, or some song that had helicopter blades in the background, I remember my throat tingling and our voices sounding like what your describing.

I'll go through some of my old music and see if I can find a song that does it.

Get hold of a cd with sine waves from 20-100hz for instance. Go up the tracks from the bottom and try to talk while playing. At a decent output you are most likely to get this effect somewhere up the frequency range.

It has more to do with material/music played than the actual system itself. Although it must put out a decent sound pressure level, but most systems with amps and subs should be able to get this to work :)

Any song that's between 25 and 40 hz makes it sound like I'm talking in a fan, and my nostrils move a goodbit when I breath in haha

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Any song that's between 25 and 40 hz makes it sound like I'm talking in a fan, and my nostrils move a goodbit when I breath in haha

My fiance says "my boobies jiggle and that hangy thing in my throat vibrates" lol.

Hmmm...

There is more involved than just a certain song. I could have played the same song in my car or my other buddy's car and we wouldnt have the same effect. I think it may have to do with wavelengths(actual length of a wavelength) at certain freqs. Which from car to car it would be different lengths from the speaker to the person.

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