Does the Tubi Exhaust sound anything like this one?

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Hi everyone. I've had a GT parallel exhaust for about a month now. (Thanks Chris, at SOS for your help)
THe exhaust sounds much nicer than stock (2001 NSX-T). Now everyone is all hyped about the Tubi exhaust. The sound clips I found via SEARCH were not terrible good. I found a TUBI sound clip on a Ferrari, and was wondering if this was close to what it sound like on the NSX. (Of course, we have a few less cylinders and other 'minor' differences, but I was wondering about the overall tone.)
Incidentally, that Ferrari looks absolutely amazing. Any takers?

http://www.naplesmotorsports.com/99_360_tit.htm
 
This is really hard to tell without having the cars side by side in person, or without much higher quality samples on a better sound system, but I'll give it a shot... keep in mind my Tubi is new and not broken in yet, so the sound may change a bit.

Startup/idle sounds similar. The Tubi has the same loud grumble sound. You know how you can hear the valves on the NSX? That sound now seems to be reflected in a lower octave in the Tubi, you can really hear each cylinder at idle. I think this is what others have been referring to as a gurgle sound.

Reving sounds different to me, the 360 seems more gravely and coarse at least through the lower revs, and more "immediate" sounding. That may be the extra cylinders I'm hearing. The Tubi on the NSX seems deeper and smoother from the drivers seat. Not sure what it sounds like from outside yet.

The Tubi on the NSX from the driver seat sounds like a much bigger engine with a deeper tone. The Ferrari-ish part may be more apparent to people outside the car, but it is definitely there when you're in a tunnel. Not as shrill as a F355, more of the older deep, smooth sound. I really need to just take a sample for people to hear. I find myself looking for large underpasses to drive under now. The only time the Tubi drones too much IMO is lugging it between 2K and 3K in a high gear. The downside being that if you're trying to be quiet, like when passing a cop, it is pretty hard now. That said, I've passed ~5 cops and have not been stopped. My SO says it is pretty calm when driving beind me until I gun it. Give it gas and you *will* be noticed.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to get high quality sound samples from both inside and outside the car so people have more to go on. Any suggestions? Anyone want to stand in a tunnel and have me buzz them? :-)
 
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