On 9/27/2014 12:33 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:14:49 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:29:57 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote:

When Road & Track?s Jason Cammisa busted a fuse during a recent drive
of
the 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost, he discovered something odd. Both the
engine and the stereo went silent inside the car.

It appears that the vaunted Ford Mustang ? ?the original pony car,?
according to Jalopnik ? has succumbed to piping in enhanced engine
noise
through the speakers.

Autoblog investigated further, speaking to Ford engineer Shawn Carney
who revealed that the engine-sound augmenting system is called ?Active
Noise Control,? and that only the turbocharged four-cylinder Mustang
comes with it. The system both enhances noise and cancels out some
coarse noise.

?[The system] layer[s] in certain sound characteristics on top of
what?s
already there,? Carney told Autoblog. ?The intent is to be a natural
experience.?

http://dailydigestnews.com/2014/09/r...coboost-fakes-
some-engine-noise/

FWIW, I still remember the smooth rumble when I got on the gas of my
66 Ford Galaxy 500 with cherry bombs. It has been 40 years, but still a
fond memory!
Mikek