# Best Sounds in the World **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676 "2016-05-13T14:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/1 "2016-05-13T14:06:37Z")
Wind chimes, but not the tinny tinkly ones. The big wooden ones. [The full throated belly laugh of a baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc), who thinks whatever you do is hysterical, even if it’s just ripping up junk mail. The doctor telling you, “The tumor is benign.” ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/2 "2016-05-13T15:09:39Z")
A crackling fire. A well-tuned violin. Sizzling bacon. Rain on the windows when you’re falling asleep. ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/3 "2016-05-13T15:17:23Z")
Rain period. Perhaps the only non-musical sound I enjoy. Maybe the sound of hitting/catching a baseball… ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/4 "2016-05-13T15:23:26Z")
You’re not going to like the sound of this, but [we just did this a year ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=753932) > [@ivylass](#): > > The full throated belly laugh of a baby, who thinks whatever you do is hysterical, even if it’s just ripping up junk mail. As a consolation prize, I’ll give you [the synchronized laughter of quadruplets.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUulGkLu4I) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/5 "2016-05-13T15:55:06Z")
Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby giggles, attractive person laughing at something you said, soft rain, whatever. The real best sound is the person on the other team who’s covering you saying “oh crap!” Unbelievably, it appears nobody in this or the other thread has mentioned the psst of a beer bottle opening or the musical sound of a cork being pulled. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/6 "2016-05-13T16:34:34Z")
The sound of a really satisfying dump hitting the toilet water. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/7 "2016-05-13T16:47:52Z")
I like the sounds of my dogs eating their dog food. Dogs eating = healthy and happy dogs. When dogs stop eating that means vet bills, and/or worse… ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/8 "2016-05-13T16:58:37Z")
[A 12 cylinder Ferrari on the dyno.](https://youtu.be/DOQFKgvA9AU) ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/9 "2016-05-13T17:00:48Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > [A 12 cylinder Ferrari on the dyno.](https://youtu.be/DOQFKgvA9AU) Erm, or if a 12 cylinder Ferrari isn’t available, an 8 cylinder one like I linked to is a good substitute. :o ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/10 "2016-05-13T17:18:42Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > Erm, or if a 12 cylinder Ferrari isn’t available, an 8 cylinder one like I linked to is a good substitute. :o Howzabout a [Renault Formula One V10 engine instead?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-9Io41bt8) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/11 "2016-05-13T17:26:37Z")
The last sigh when my dog settles down for a nap. The startup chime on a Macintosh. The sound of hummingbird wings. Ice cubes falling into a glass on a blazing hot summer day. The beep beep beep of the treadmill saying that I’m done. The tick tick tick of my bicycle chain. The clink of heavy dumbbells at the end of a hard rep. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/12 "2016-05-13T17:33:01Z")
The ping of the puck hitting the goal frame ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/13 "2016-05-13T17:37:08Z")
Fuzz guitar. Slap bass. Jazz ride. Melody Gardot. [Melody Gardot - Lover Undercover - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNzMxhyDWU) Snowfall. Thunderstorms. Trees rustling in a breeze. The “Thooomp!” that an M203 makes. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/14 "2016-05-13T17:49:42Z")
Other than Kesha songs, the answer is water from melting snow running down the storm drains when spring arrives. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/15 "2016-05-13T18:03:23Z")
I love railroad sounds, in particular, the sound of a diesel locomotive revving up. (Too bad about the wind noise, that was the best I could find.,) ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/16 "2016-05-13T23:48:31Z")
the sound of a crowd cheering at a concert. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/17 "2016-05-14T00:00:44Z")
My daughter’s voice. Rain A wood fire Hearing the choir and congregation sing Adeste Fideles on Christmas Eve ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/18 "2016-05-14T00:44:07Z")
I like it when we stay by the ocean, I like to open the windows and listen to the sound of the surf. Songbirds sounding happy. Cat purrs. Voices of loved ones. The sound of a marching band off in the distance on a crisp fall night. Distant thunder. ETA: Those little snorty puppy noises they make when they’re snuggling in. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/19 "2016-05-14T00:52:31Z")
Bagpipes. (Someone joked in another thread that bagpipes sound better at a distance…and the greater the distance, all the better yet. Twenty miles away is close to optimum.) But, yeah, seriously: bagpipes, at a little distance. Same with freight-train whistles. Right up close, too painful, but at, say, half-a-mile: lovely! Same with the chunk-chunk-chunk of a train rolling down the rails: a lovely, heavy, rhythmic sound. [Hammer dulcimer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alcRdeJ5kks) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676/20 "2016-05-14T04:30:32Z")
Big round aircraft engines starting up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounds-in-the-world/754676.md?page=2)