Play loud without pissing off the neighbours?

[Roland Rock]

"This Guy Invented a System That Lets You Play Music Really Loud Without Pissing Off Your Neighbours"
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/guy-invented-system-boost-volume-without-pissing-your-neighbours-off-101

Edited September 23, 2015 by Roland Rock

[discreet]

I won't believe it until I hear it. ...Or until I don't hear it, in fact.

[dincz]

If it increases perceived loudness for the audience, then why isn't it louder for the neighbours. There's either truth or important detail missing from the article.

[colgraff]

Intriguing. My physics is far too shaky to figure this out, but it sounds plausible.

[alyctes]

Placebo effect?

[Grangur]

If, says he says, hearing damage is done by high db, will this open the world to folk having damage caused by high db exposure while the sound is at a low perceived volume?

Surely high perceived volume, while at low db is the way to go?

Or maybe I missed the point and the principal. But then the whole article is telling you about the idea, but not the science.

[KiOgon]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1443028100' post='2871653']
"This Guy Invented a System That Lets You Play Music Really Loud Without Pissing Off Your Neighbours"
[url="http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/guy-invented-system-boost-volume-without-pissing-your-neighbours-off-101"]http://www.vice.com/...ghbours-off-101[/url]
[/quote][b]Xergio Córdoba - didn't he used to work for Volkswagen? [b] [b][b] [/b][/b][/b][/b]

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1443080771' post='2871942']
[b]Xergio Córdoba - didn't he used to work for Volkswagen? [b] [b][b] [/b][/b][/b][/b]
[/quote]

Yes, but for their Spanish subsidiary:

[r16ktx]

There's a bit more information in the link to the product
http://www.eternal-midnight.net/page.php?cat=masnlive&id=0&gallery=none

[Phil Starr]

Well there's no physics there at all and the claims aren't that big, twice the volume is probably 3dB. Twice the energy but only just noticeably louder.

My guess is that this is just multiband compression, he talks about mastering techniques in the studio applied to clubs. The peaks in bass output are being reduced and the average levels raised. There's nothing new there but the way it is being implemented may be improved. think AER Amp One or any PA with DSP