Re: Exhaust/Engine noise cancellation [somewhat offtopic]

["Khan M. Klatt" <kmk@pacificrim.net>]

At 9:23 AM -0800 2/20/98, Greg Wright wrote:
>Bunmar@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> I like that idea.  Better yet, let's record a Ferrari F50 and drive around
>> listening to that monster!
>>
>[SNIP!]
>> >
>
>I saw a science program, like Beyond 2000 or something, on noise cancellation
>technology. The company they were talking about has a product that installs
>into the engine compartment of your vehicle and cancels out most of the engine
>noise via speakers that broadcast the exact opposite sound that the engine is
>making. Anyway, regardless of how they do it( I heard it work ) they have an
>option that not only cancels out the noise but can replace it with any of
>about four different famous cars. Yes, the Ferrari was one of them. It was
>very strange going down the road in tiny little import, flipping a switch,
>and then hearing yourself in a Ferrari.

I saw this too--

I'd seriously consider buying one. I'm as much a music afficionado as a car
afficionado, hence I like to hear my music without all that engine and road
noise. It would be cool to be inside a car that is practically whisper
quiet and crank up those tunes. :)

Just a few more weeks until Van Halen III, and I'm taking a nice road trip
somewhere in Washington state, cranking Eddie up on my stereo on the way.
I'll make it a Van Halen six pack weekend-- six CD's of VH loaded in the
changer! :)

- -K