Ridiculously loud music with ridiculously powerful bass!

[toofarnorth]

15 hours ago, gimo said:

    Noise is my biggest dislike of Thailand ( I have  many more likes than dislikes ) . Whether it's booming music at concerts and festivals , incredibly loud volume speeches and announcements at schools and on planes , or the problem the OP has at the night market , there's nothing anyone can do about it --- especially not farangs .

I think the locals driving is my biggest dislike , certainly noise comes close. Sitting having a chat and coffee then talking stops as a horrid youth goes by on his Honda Wave with the loudest exhaust his money can buy.  My middle digit right hand goes up every time , if someone says it is rude to do this I say let that moron on the bike come and complain.

[SunsetT]

9 hours ago, sirineou said:

A couple of years ago we were at the dam about 50 klicks north of Khon Kaen. Very nice lake with bamboo huts lining one shore, and many vendors selling food. We go there often, a couple of cold beers, Some Tom, shrimps, etc, while the kids play in the water 

Nice place to visit when in the area. Nice an quiet, maybe some music from far away in the background, the sound of laughter from the kids.

   Nice most of the time. One time this selfish idiot, and his family backed their pickup truck a few huts away and proceeded blasting music so loud that we had to shout to each other to talk.

Needles to say,the day was ruined, and we packed up an left. 

Why the authorities or the vendors in the area would not say anything is beyond me.

Looks really nice and worth a day trip with the kids when we are in Udon. Can u be more precise about the location and/or give it a name so I can find it on google please?

[Saltire]

My brother in law who lives with us was a monk for 15 years and left the Wat about 3 years ago. We are in a small village and he was smart enough to see that the locals who hired out the equipment for weddings, funerals, new monk celebrations etc were a bit thin on the ground, so he invested in 2 sets of sound systems. One he calls big and one he calls small. Believe me the small is loud enough for any event, and the big is way too big. He has 4 speakers that take 4 people to load onto the pickup.  He is quite considerate and always starts off any music at an acceptable level, but tells me withing a minute or 2 the customer turns it up full blast. Fortunately there are only 3 potential customers within earshot of our house, so we never really hear him.

 

He also spends a fair bit of time maintaining his kit and I have to say the sound is good, not bass-heavy and minimal distortion. About once a month he checks everything in our yard but not at ridiculous hours of the day or night. Actually as a 70's rock fan, sometimes I plug in my phone just for fun, and give our neighbours a brief introduction to Motorhead and Black Sabbath. I don't think they like it much ????

[jackdd]

58 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

Looks really nice and worth a day trip with the kids when we are in Udon. Can u be more precise about the location and/or give it a name so I can find it on google please?

Ubolratana dam, it's quite big and there are several such places around the lake.

For example this one: https://goo.gl/maps/ojhmzWcXhXvSwnWK7

Or this one: https://goo.gl/maps/yoHKNbAuB41sLU6o7

I don't know at which exact location the previous poster was.

[SunsetT]

50 minutes ago, Saltire said:

My brother in law who lives with us was a monk for 15 years and left the Wat about 3 years ago. We are in a small village and he was smart enough to see that the locals who hired out the equipment for weddings, funerals, new monk celebrations etc were a bit thin on the ground, so he invested in 2 sets of sound systems. One he calls big and one he calls small. Believe me the small is loud enough for any event, and the big is way too big. He has 4 speakers that take 4 people to load onto the pickup.  He is quite considerate and always starts off any music at an acceptable level, but tells me withing a minute or 2 the customer turns it up full blast. Fortunately there are only 3 potential customers within earshot of our house, so we never really hear him.

 

He also spends a fair bit of time maintaining his kit and I have to say the sound is good, not bass-heavy and minimal distortion. About once a month he checks everything in our yard but not at ridiculous hours of the day or night. Actually as a 70's rock fan, sometimes I plug in my phone just for fun, and give our neighbours a brief introduction to Motorhead and Black Sabbath. I don't think they like it much ????

This reminds me of another issue regarding noise: The core practice of Theravada Buddhism is supposed to be meditation. So the fact that, with Wats and monks everywhere here, there is no official criticism or condemnation of noise and bass levels by The Buddhist head honchos, because it interferes with meditation, leads me to think that there is precious little meditation being practised at most Wats in Thailand. If there was an appeal to curb it coming from the Buddhist hierarchy, I think the superstitious Thai people (worrying about decreasing their karmic likelihood of winning the lottery) might actually respond and lower the volume and bass...????

Edited November 22, 2019 by SunsetT

[opalred]

we were having trouble years ago /she found out/ turn you speakers towards them on loud/i think she puts on record/ and it send noise back and distorts theirs 

[Vacuum]

20 hours ago, CharlieH said:

"Low Frequency Intrusion (LFI) is the involuntary exposure to loud low frequencies in people's personal environments, like their home or work place, inducing physical and mental distress. Evidence suggests that second-hand bass frequencies, most commonly generated by high-powered car or home audio systems, have a negative impact on the human body, mind and spirit."

http://www.lowfrequencyintrusion.com/?p=about

 

Studies have shown that there are direct links between noise and health.

Problems related to noise include stress related illnesses, high blood pressure, speech interference, hearing loss, sleep disruption, and lost productivity.

 

Somwhere I read that loud base music makes some women horny, not sure if it's true though.

[spidermike007]

Many Thais I have encountered do not even seem to hear noise. Or it does not register as noise to them. Very bizarre. Further proof that Thailand is not a foreign country, but rather a distant planet. 

[rosst]

Don't go to the Philippines 

[wgdanson]

38 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Somwhere I read that loud base music makes some women horny, not sure if it's true though.

Must be the Good Vibrations !

[wgdanson]

24 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Many Thais I have encountered do not even seem to hear noise. Or it does not register as noise to them. Very bizarre. Further proof that Thailand is not a foreign country, but rather a distant planet. 

Quite similar to them not noticing rubbish in the street/ countryside.

[Deli]

It's only you. I enjoy the basses at a max.

[30la]

This is a Thai disease, they are already starting at school with these deafening noises, we continue to the temple and then, clearly after these good examples, you do it night and day in the car and at home.
I have no words for this obscene behavior, respect for others is a non-existent word in Thailand!

[CGW]

6 minutes ago, 30la said:

I have no words for this obscene behaviour, respect for others is a non-existent word in Thailand!

Very true, Thai's have Zero consideration for others, the me, me, me people! they bring up their kids the same way, then wonder why they have no self control, never had any need for it!

[sandrabbit]

18 hours ago, seajae said:

Every event with loud music in Thailand has full bass and no treble and turned up as loud as possible, the music is always distorted because of it, I am convinced many thais have no music sense what so ever so need the bass turned up full so they can feel the vibrations instead of listening to  well balance music

I agree, high end hi fi doesn't have tone controls. Bands like Pink Floyd used to spend a small fortune recording their music to perfection only for some idiot to turn up the bass, play it as it was meant to sound. As I keep saying to my wife I wouldn't mind the loud music so much if I could actually hear it instead of a Lancaster bomber going overhead. On the beach during holidays you will get a line of pickups parked and all of them blasting music all day, can't understand how the batteries don't discharge?

Edited November 22, 2019 by sandrabbit

[fittobethaied]

22 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Next time talk to them before you leave, then they could do something about it.

 

 

That comment made me laugh! When my mother-in-law passed away in her provincial village, the family arranged for the wake and hired a guy to come out with his big speakers and play the music while everyone sat around and ate and drank. The music was so loud that no one bothered to try to talk to each other. I asked my wife to tell the sound guy to turn the volume down to a reasonable level, so he did until my wife walked away, then he cranked it back up to suit himself....and we were the ones paying the idiot!!! These guys just don't care. They have an idea in their minds of what they think it's supposed to sound like, so it's almost like bad publicity for the guy if he doesn't do the music according to their tradition. It's completely insane. I might add that most are afraid to tell the guy to turn the music down. That one I just don't understand at all. 

[fantom]

I wonder at the hearing health of young children and babies exposed to these sound levels. It is very easy to permanently damage hearing at a young age apart from other problems.

 

Even a db app downloaded to ones smartphone tells us how high the sound levels can be.  I don't pretend they provide particularly accurate readings but can provide a good indication.

 

Another indication is if you experience ringing in the ears after exposure, that is indicative of actual damage being done.

[fittobethaied]

15 hours ago, sirineou said:

A couple of years ago we were at the dam about 50 klicks north of Khon Kaen. Very nice lake with bamboo huts lining one shore, and many vendors selling food. We go there often, a couple of cold beers, Some Tom, shrimps, etc, while the kids play in the water 

Nice place to visit when in the area. Nice an quiet, maybe some music from far away in the background, the sound of laughter from the kids.

   Nice most of the time. One time this selfish idiot, and his family backed their pickup truck a few huts away and proceeded blasting music so loud that we had to shout to each other to talk.

Needles to say,the day was ruined, and we packed up an left. 

Why the authorities or the vendors in the area would not say anything is beyond me.

 

This is a good place for me to say what nobody else will say on this topic. I think we can all agree that nobody likes the noise, but what we are all voicing here is not just frustration, but pure old simple "righteous indignation" that people who do such things are actually sinning against us. I think most of us were raised with some form of Christian values, and we are all familiar with the principles of "do until others as you would have them do unto you", "love your neighbor as yourself" or "put the interests of others before your own" just to mention a few. Those concepts just don't seem to be present in the hearts of most of the Thais. What we do see in Thailand is an abundance of SIN camouflaged as Thainess or tradition, and we are dealing with people who are by in large focused on "self" with little to no regard for the needs, desires and peace of others. One can see it every day in every facet of Thai life, from the corruption, the scams, the hideous driving, the lies and deceit that is rampant….and the list goes on and on. Thailand has evolved into a "ME FIRST" society, and that sort of thinking just goes against the grain of everything that most people from the West believe in. For us the priority is to exercise common decency and respect for others, and we recognize that our behavior should work for the common good of the community and not just for ourselves. Of course there are those even in the West who don't recognize these attributes, and they usually wind up behind bars. If those same standards were applied in Thailand, I'm afraid there wouldn't be enough prisons to hold all the lawbreakers. 

[NoshowJones]

20 hours ago, seajae said:

when I attended a party my wife organized at her work and the music was loaded with full bass and set as loud as it would go distorting it very badly I adjusted it so it was still very loud but with bass turned down a bit with more treble so it actually sounded good, lasted all of a couple of minutes before some idiot went and changed it back. Every event with loud music in Thailand has full bass and no treble and turned up as loud as possible, the music is always distorted because of it, I am convinced many thais have no music sense what so ever so need the bass turned up full so they can feel the vibrations instead of listening to  well balance music, maybe due to being brain dead, hard to tell at times with some of them. We are one street back from the local park so when they hold any events the windows in our house shake very badly due to the full bass and you cant hear each other talk unless you shout, thais have no idea what music should sound like, maybe thats why they like stuff that sounds like screaming cats

Ever heard Thai guys trying to sing? They even make Peltin Elton and Stevie Wonder sound good, when you

hear any of these two singing, you will be thankful for a loud heavy bass sound to drown them out. ????

[Knocker33]

What really pi$$e$ me off is when I visit my favourite quiet beach front bar. some inconsiderate braindead knOb turns up in a truck opens all the windows and belts out some cr@p bass music. Sometimes they are on there own and playing on their phone. Look at me, look at me. see what a tw@# I am.

[fishtank]

7 hours ago, SunsetT said:

Looks really nice and worth a day trip with the kids when we are in Udon. Can u be more precise about the location and/or give it a name so I can find it on google please?

It's on the reservoir. Baensaeng 2

On the opposite side is Pattaya 2

https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g2237434-d4539145-Reviews-Ubol_Ratana_Dam-Ubolratana_Khon_Kaen_Province.html

[fishtank]

3 hours ago, Deli said:

It's only you. I enjoy the basses at a max.

I doubt it.

[Stevemercer]

I guess the loud music is why so many elderly Thai have to shout at each other. Their ears have gone after decades of loud, amplified music.

 

I found it funny at a local Thai bar we sometimes went to which had a video music set up. If we played western music loudly, it was always turned down at the request of the Thai patrons.

 

Once the Thai music started it was turned up and up until it was just distorted noise.

[DUNROAMIN]

Simple, I've got a bigger wang than you, so I have bigger and better speakers, I had the same problem in a previous house the windows vibrated from speakers two soi's away. I don't attend Thai parties or weddings anymore, simply because they crank up the music so load nobody can hear anybody talking without yelling to each other. Thai mentality in most cases is something I find hard to comprehend. TIT

[fishtank]

1 hour ago, DUNROAMIN said:

Simple, I've got a bigger wang than you, so I have bigger and better speakers, I had the same problem in a previous house the windows vibrated from speakers two soi's away. I don't attend Thai parties or weddings anymore, simply because they crank up the music so load nobody can hear anybody talking without yelling to each other. Thai mentality in most cases is something I find hard to comprehend. TIT

Yep. Total tossas the lot of them.

Cannot disagree with that.

[smccolley]

My wife hates the loud noise too and in our community the police enforce the law that says no loud noises after 11pm. At 11pm my wife calls the police and they promptly come up and ask them to turn it down. It has worked every time so far.

[KhaoYai]

On 11/21/2019 at 10:14 AM, Beggar said:

Here in Pattaya I have noise of open air bars every night. In addition to big speakers they use very big sub woofers directed in my direction.

You live in Pattaya - party city, obviously fairly close to a bar area and you complain about noise?

[shy coconut]

On 11/21/2019 at 9:49 AM, richard_smith237 said:

More volume = more sanook....   That is the only way many will see the 'speaker' issue.

 

If foreigners are not comfortable with this situation then you may be accused of being 'jai-rai' or 'jai-raun' by some cackling bit of strumpet sporting some slapper ivory and a giveaway tattoo... I've digressed... 

 

In short - Farang no understand...  Its the mind-numbing banality of it all which makes many events worth avoiding !

 

 

 

 

 

Slapper ivory?

 

I've not heard that before, any chance of a translation which may pass inspection from

the moderators.

[Beggar]

9 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

You live in Pattaya - party city, obviously fairly close to a bar area and you complain about noise?

Always these stupid remarks. When I bought this condo there was not one bar in this area. And there is no guarantee at any location that there will not be noise in the future. 

[canthai55]

23 hours ago, sandrabbit said:

I agree, high end hi fi doesn't have tone controls.

How do you compensate for different room acoustics ?

With a frequency equalizer - a fancy tone control