Your favorite sound? - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 09-01-13, 09:36 AM

My favorite sound?

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 09-01-13, 11:47 AM

Here's some of my faves.

Sopwith Pup with original engine

and the Bristol F.2b

FG-1D Corsair

and the good old Mossie!

Platapus · 09-01-13, 12:22 PM

A cat purring

Aktungbby · 09-01-13, 12:25 PM

One of the more satisfying sounds is the 290 fuel squeezer Cummins engine with exhaust turbo whining in a cabover sleeper Freightliner, with all 18 wheels whining harmoniously on the freeway asphalt at 0200 in the morning. Spotting a drowsy driver wavering ahead, possibly drunk but probably just falling fatally asleep, you maneuver to his six o'clock and blip the VERY LOUD thud of Jacob's compressor brake switch,(illegal in most small hamlets) restoring said malfeasant to instant wakefulness and a blip into the next rest area. A life possibly saved, you and the strawberries head on to the Big Apple... The air horn would work too but the Jacob's is just cooler.

Stealhead · 09-01-13, 03:20 PM

I suppose having worked around aircraft on a daily basis I really must disagree with the idea of enjoying jet engine sounds.But when you have to yell over them to get through their noise and through ear plugs and head phones so that someone else can hear you well you get a little tired of jet engine noises as you deal with that and also feeling them drone though your body for 12 hours a day.At least crew chiefs had mike system so they could talk right into the pilots ears.Flight line work is tough business especially on a fighter base and even more so on a carrier those guys have it the hardest many people would quit that job in hours.

In a way at least to me with the sounds that a machine produces you are actually enjoying the power and the engineering that the sound represents more so than the sound itself.

Jimbuna · 09-01-13, 03:24 PM

Another of mine would be the sound of the daughter coming out of the shower room....my turn...eventually.

em2nought · 09-01-13, 11:35 PM

The sound of air conditioning is a favorite!

Platapus · 09-02-13, 05:26 PM

The sound of a woman screaming my name in orgasmic bliss.... especially when I am not there with her.

WernherVonTrapp · 09-02-13, 07:46 PM

I long to hear no sound. Just peace & quiet, but an acute case of Tinnitus prevents this. All I hear is incessant ringing, all the time. Ironically, the quieter it is, the more pronounced the ringing becomes and it's been getting worse as the years pass. Doctor said it was due to nerve damage and when I was 36, a hearing test revealed I had a significant loss of this sense.
I can't remember what silence sounds like.

Wolferz · 09-02-13, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

One of the more satisfying sounds is the 290 fuel squeezer Cummins engine with exhaust turbo whining in a cabover sleeper Freightliner, with all 18 wheels whining harmoniously on the freeway asphalt at 0200 in the morning. Spotting a drowsy driver wavering ahead, possibly drunk but probably just falling fatally asleep, you maneuver to his six o'clock and blip the VERY LOUD thud of Jacob's compressor brake switch,(illegal in most small hamlets) restoring said malfeasant to instant wakefulness and a blip into the next rest area. A life possibly saved, you and the strawberries head on to the Big Apple... The air horn would work too but the Jacob's is just cooler.

The Jake Brake is only cool if you're running straight stacks with no mufflers. Then you can awaken those sleepy little bergs in the night and your co-driver too.

09-02-13, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I long to hear no sound. Just peace & quiet, but an acute case of Tinnitus prevents this. All I hear is incessant ringing, all the time. Ironically, the quieter it is, the more pronounced the ringing becomes and it's been getting worse as the years pass. Doctor said it was due to nerve damage and when I was 36, a hearing test revealed I had a significant loss of this sense.
I can't remember what silence sounds like.

I to live with this! I hear it even when the TV/radio is on.
I got it from being in Bands from age 13 to around age 25.
All I'd like to hear is the sound of my Wife breathing while asleep minus the ringing.

nikimcbee · 09-02-13, 11:48 PM

All three Packard marine engines on the PT boat starting up and idling.

This time of year, I love to hear Paul Allen say "Adrian is loose in the backfield!!!!"

09-01-13, 09:36 AM	#16
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	My favorite sound? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-01-13, 11:47 AM	#17
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Here's some of my faves. Sopwith Pup with original engine and the Bristol F.2b FG-1D Corsair and the good old Mossie! __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

09-01-13, 12:22 PM	#18
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	A cat purring __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-01-13, 12:25 PM	#19
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,016 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	One of the more satisfying sounds is the 290 fuel squeezer Cummins engine with exhaust turbo whining in a cabover sleeper Freightliner, with all 18 wheels whining harmoniously on the freeway asphalt at 0200 in the morning. Spotting a drowsy driver wavering ahead, possibly drunk but probably just falling fatally asleep, you maneuver to his six o'clock and blip the VERY LOUD thud of Jacob's compressor brake switch,(illegal in most small hamlets) restoring said malfeasant to instant wakefulness and a blip into the next rest area. A life possibly saved, you and the strawberries head on to the Big Apple... The air horn would work too but the Jacob's is just cooler. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

09-01-13, 03:24 PM	#21
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Another of mine would be the sound of the daughter coming out of the shower room....my turn...eventually. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-01-13, 03:20 PM	#20
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I suppose having worked around aircraft on a daily basis I really must disagree with the idea of enjoying jet engine sounds.But when you have to yell over them to get through their noise and through ear plugs and head phones so that someone else can hear you well you get a little tired of jet engine noises as you deal with that and also feeling them drone though your body for 12 hours a day.At least crew chiefs had mike system so they could talk right into the pilots ears.Flight line work is tough business especially on a fighter base and even more so on a carrier those guys have it the hardest many people would quit that job in hours. In a way at least to me with the sounds that a machine produces you are actually enjoying the power and the engineering that the sound represents more so than the sound itself.

09-01-13, 11:35 PM	#22
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The sound of air conditioning is a favorite! __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

09-02-13, 05:26 PM	#23
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The sound of a woman screaming my name in orgasmic bliss.... especially when I am not there with her. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-02-13, 07:46 PM	#24
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I long to hear no sound. Just peace & quiet, but an acute case of Tinnitus prevents this. All I hear is incessant ringing, all the time. Ironically, the quieter it is, the more pronounced the ringing becomes and it's been getting worse as the years pass. Doctor said it was due to nerve damage and when I was 36, a hearing test revealed I had a significant loss of this sense. I can't remember what silence sounds like. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

09-02-13, 11:48 PM	#27
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	All three Packard marine engines on the PT boat starting up and idling. This time of year, I love to hear Paul Allen say "Adrian is loose in the backfield!!!!" __________________