Paducah Home Theater Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) http://www.nissanusa.com/trucks/2016-titan/?dcp=omd.123846123.&dcc=0.297375958&dcn=1 I think I found my next truck. Scroll down towards the bottom in the video section, watch the last one. They built an entire acoustic chamber around a truck trying to get it to be quiet. Check out the acoustic camera as well. Wow. Maybe this is the norm for every vehicle nowadays though? Edited December 10, 2015 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 All manufacturers work hard on NVH (noise vibration harshness). I'd be shocked to find out that a manufacturer didn't have one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Well said Carl. I'd go so far as to say "exceptionally" hard.....as in consuming the overwhelming majority of performance research. Making a noisy, harsh riding vehicle (or any machine for that matter) takes almost no thought at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercedesBerater Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Yes, to my knowledge all manufacture do this sort of testing. I don't know about the other mfg's... But I know our S-klassé is so quiet while driving, and so smooth- your heart rate and blood pressure are lowered. Granted. That's a $100k+ car.. But still, that research and technology trickles into everything else we make. There's some pretty cool tech that's used in R&D building cars these days. -- not all is published or known to the general public. Pretty cool to see that in a truck though, as they're inherently noisy and clumsy. Edited December 10, 2015 by MercedesBerater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 When I went to pick up our jeep 10 hours away in Oklahoma, I couldn't hear very well for several days afterwards. Much quieter than the old ones but still. I like quiet rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 There's some pretty cool tech that's used in R&D building cars these days. -- not all is published or known to the general public. Yeah I've never seen this kind of stuff in a truck before. I thought they just built whatever they wanted, coated the floorboards with thick liner, and called it good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Surprised at how many design cues are taken off of Ford. Look at 2:42. Looks just like a Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 When I went to pick up our jeep 10 hours away in Oklahoma, I couldn't hear very well for several days afterwards. Must have been a wrangler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Those 4/7 post shakers are fun to watch because they're visually stimulating, but the real magic happens on a K&C rig. https://www.mts.com/ucm/groups/public/documents/library/dev_002222.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Am I the only American left who likes to hear a glorious engine note while I drive? I admit I am extreme about it, I even enjoy the utilitarian sound of the air cooled VW Beetle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Isn't there any other music lover here who can tell that their engine is down a quart from full just by paying attention to how it sounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Am I the only American left who likes to hear a glorious engine note while I drive? Nope. Many manufacturers cars are so quiet, they pipe in engine sounds electronically through the speakers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Oh man. That's like listening to your stereo instead of live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Oh man. That's like listening to your stereo instead of live. Yep. I'm not 100% sure that it's actually your engine sounds they're piping in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 21st Century Schizoid Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Seems it's NOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Nothing he's got He really needs 21st century schizoid man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I guess some manufacturers use the actual engine's noise and some don't. I am iron man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Am I the only American left who likes to hear a glorious engine note while I drive? Nope. Many manufacturers cars are so quiet, they pipe in engine sounds electronically through the speakers. Yeah some Cadillac's do that. Subaru BRZ supposedly pipes in sound by routing the exhaust through some resonators on the firewall. Starts screaming at you when you hit 5,000 rpm. Edited December 10, 2015 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Am I the only American left who likes to hear a glorious engine note while I drive? Ever fly in the back seat of an MD-88? The full body sonic barrage of that pair of JT8 grinding away at full tilt just a few feet from your face....for a couple of hours straight. I'd safely wager that it's often quite easy for things to be too loud....even for the enthusiast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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