GMC truck boasts "sound canceling frequency" ;/ Caught the ad this morning, wasn't sure I'd heard correctly. Just saw it again. My ears had not deceived me.
[HUMOR?] "Madison Ave" meets DSP
Started by ●April 22, 2016
Reply by ●April 22, 20162016-04-22
On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 10:38:07 PM UTC-5, Richard Owlett wrote:> GMC truck boasts "sound canceling frequency" ;That's to go along with their "light-canceling colors."
Reply by ●April 22, 20162016-04-22
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:38:03 -0500, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:>GMC truck boasts "sound canceling frequency" ;/ >Caught the ad this morning, wasn't sure I'd heard correctly. >Just saw it again. My ears had not deceived me.I suspect that's marketing-speak for ANC. Sounds expensive. ;)
Reply by ●April 22, 20162016-04-22
On 22.04.2016 15:38, Greg Berchin wrote:> On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 10:38:07 PM UTC-5, Richard Owlett wrote: >> GMC truck boasts "sound canceling frequency" ; > > That's to go along with their "light-canceling colors." >And their fire escape plans are just EXIT charts. Gene
Reply by ●April 22, 20162016-04-22
Richard Owlett wrote:> GMC truck boasts "sound canceling frequency" ;/ > Caught the ad this morning, wasn't sure I'd heard correctly. > Just saw it again. My ears had not deceived me.Then there's this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egUqBH2V4rI -- Les Cargill
Reply by ●April 22, 20162016-04-22
On 4/22/2016 10:52 AM, Eric Jacobsen wrote:> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:38:03 -0500, Richard Owlett > <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote: > >> GMC truck boasts "sound canceling frequency" ;/ >> Caught the ad this morning, wasn't sure I'd heard correctly. >> Just saw it again. My ears had not deceived me. > > I suspect that's marketing-speak for ANC.They called.it something-else elsewhere.> > Sounds expensive. ;)I'm not an audiophile, but they were touting the brand of microphones used so I suspect you're correct.> >
Reply by ●April 23, 20162016-04-23
On Friday, April 22, 2016 at 10:33:28 AM UTC-7, Richard Owlett wrote:> On 4/22/2016 10:52 AM, Eric Jacobsen wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:38:03 -0500, Richard Owlett > > <ro> wrote: > > > >> GMC truck boasts "sound canceling frequency" ;/ > >> Caught the ad this morning, wasn't sure I'd heard correctly. > >> Just saw it again. My ears had not deceived me. > > > > I suspect that's marketing-speak for ANC. > > They called.it something-else elsewhere. > > > > > Sounds expensive. ;) > > I'm not an audiophile, but they were touting the brand of > microphones used so I suspect you're correct. > > > > >Well if they make the AE (audiophile edition) of the truck, I hope it comes with oxygen free, silver platinum wiring and a record player mounted in the dash.
Reply by ●April 24, 20162016-04-24
The marketing department may have mangled the language, but generating anti-noise through the audio speakers is now common , even in low-end cars. It allows them to remove a lot of heavy sound-dampening materials, so they get slightly better mpg (and it's cheaper, the speakers are already there, you just need to add DSP mips ). Personally I'm uncomfortable knowing that if I cut my speaker wires, my car will sound like a tin can. Bob
Reply by ●April 24, 20162016-04-24
On 4/24/2016 6:07 AM, radams2000@gmail.com wrote:> The marketing department may have mangled the language, but generating anti-noise through the audio speakers is now common , even in low-end cars. It allows them to remove a lot of heavy sound-dampening materials, so they get slightly better mpg (and it's cheaper, the speakers are already there, you just need to add DSP mips ). > Personally I'm uncomfortable knowing that if I cut my speaker wires, my car will sound like a tin can. >I was sort-of aware of anti-noise. It was manner of mangling that hit my funny-bone.
Reply by ●April 24, 20162016-04-24
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 04:07:43 -0700 (PDT), radams2000@gmail.com wrote:>The marketing department may have mangled the language, but generating anti= >-noise through the audio speakers is now common , even in low-end cars. It = >allows them to remove a lot of heavy sound-dampening materials, so they get= > slightly better mpg (and it's cheaper, the speakers are already there, you= > just need to add DSP mips ).=20 >Personally I'm uncomfortable knowing that if I cut my speaker wires, my car= > will sound like a tin can.=20 > >BobBut that's good for diagnostics. You don't know if your brakes are about to fail or the transmission about to fall out if you can't hear the proper noises. Race cars are like that. We just had an event at a track that has pretty tight sound restrictions, so everybody had to install mufflers, etc. All of a sudden people need tons of suspension or drivetrain work because they could hear all the warning noises they couldn't hear before. I thought it was funny. ;)