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\u275d If you live in certain parts of New York, this is all too familiar. It is the sound of bachata, dembow and merengue t\u00edpico infiltrating every city crevice on the weekends until the cops try to shut the music down, and an after-hours game of cat and mouse commences. It is a secret world of pleasure and protest, made blaringly public. \u275e<\/p>\n

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\u275d Carlos is a music\u00f3logo; enthusiasts like him own cars with customized sound systems, and at meets and shows, they are like D.J.s and live engineers, selecting songs and mixing levels for maximum effect. Some prefer clean sound: high-quality audio that allows them to hear the texture of drum kicks and the metal scrapes of the g\u00fcira in merengue t\u00edpico. Others simply go for volume, the kind that suffocates their challengers and makes your eyeballs vibrate out of their sockets. \u201cIf you don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s strangling you, then it\u2019s no good,\u201d Carlos said with a chuckle. \u275e *<\/a><\/p>\n

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