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MOTOBRICK.COM => The MBdotCOM Community Center => Topic started by: DRxBMW on August 09, 2012, 08:39:40 PM
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Anyone who's heard a Ferrari V-8 at full wail knows perfectly well that engines make music. But today, that vroom-vroom is getting harder to hear, thanks in equal parts to turbochargers that muffle the noise, increasingly insulated cabins, and government noise regulations.
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-rise-of-the-fake-engine-roar.html (http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-rise-of-the-fake-engine-roar.html)
The new BMW M5, which ditched the sonorous V-10 for a twin-turbo V-8, plays an engine soundtrack through the car's audio system. From a carmaker's perspective, these active sound generators have definite benefits over a sound pipe: There's no need to cut a hole in the firewall or package a separate tube in the already crowded engine bay. Plus, the active devices allow a far greater degree of tunability and can be used to mask unwanted noise.
(http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q9oUF.wM02w4rqkwudYXNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/290/2012/08/06/vw-soundaktor-jpg_184920.jpg)
It remains to be seen just how far automakers will take these systems, but in the future, you may be able to toggle a switch that makes your Prius howl like it's got a V-8.
Just imagine a bricK sounding like a Hog. :hehehe
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Just imagine a bricK sounding like a Hog. :hehehe
Now go wash your mouth out and remember no more swearing on this forum again we try to keep it clean :nono :giggles