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Loudest Sound Ever?

I really like this guy's YouTube channel and I thought several (maybe a few?) of
you guys would enjoy wasting(?) six minutes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W5-ZJ-TJTY

Actually does a good job of quickly explaining SPL. 
Its 10 o'clock...do you know what your SPL is?

Regards,
barts
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jasonbourne52
2,863 posts
 
The explosion of the French munitions ship SS Mont Blanc in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Dec. 6, 1917. Over 2000 dead and 9000 injured. Blast equivalent to 2..9 kilo tons of TNT. This was the largest man-made explosion at that time!
sunkenpirate
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The Who
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jwillox
174 posts
 
Lumen Field (Centurylink Field), Seahawks home games: sustained SPLs 125+ dB. 
I’ll watch at home thank you. 
Once in my youth I fired a 357 Magnum, having forgotten to put on ear protection - took two days to hear correctly, and likely did some long-term damage. 
dizbuster
40 posts
 
1969. South Vietnam. B52 strike about a mile too close to a F0 I happened to be occupying. "Shook me all night loooooong. "  Diz
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