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General => Car audio => Topic started by: Dizzie on 13 September 2004, 16:23

Title: SQ or SPL?
Post by: Dizzie on 13 September 2004, 16:23

Which do you prefer? Sound Quality or Sound Pressure Level (feccking loud)

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: tobz. on 13 September 2004, 16:26

SQ everytime!
Anybody can throw a really loud system together but who would want to listen to it if it sounds like sh!te.

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: davidhawkins_78 on 13 September 2004, 16:30

Get the right gear, and u can near enough have both !!  ;D

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: tobz. on 13 September 2004, 16:37

Yeah I came close last summer until some thieving gypsy decided they deserved my system more than me! Third time my system has been thieved, now just got a headunit running a shelf no amps, no sub  :(

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: davidhawkins_78 on 13 September 2004, 16:39

Doh !!!

How can u live with no sub though - that's just plain torture !!  :-[

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: Len on 13 September 2004, 16:58

Doesnt have to be that expensive - system i put together in my other car cost me bout ?600 and sounds crisp and clear to me.

Mainly Kenwood, which aint the best but its not bad.
12" sub
7 x 10's shelf
6 x 9's in doors
3" mid/tweets in dash (JBL's)
Jackson 4 ch amp (the weak link)
Kenwood h/u radio/cassette. 6 disc changer in boot.

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: tobz. on 13 September 2004, 17:13

Quote from: davidhawkins_78 on 13 September 2004, 16:39

Doh !!!

How can u live with no sub though - that's just plain torture !!? :-[

Yeah tell me about it! Especially when you've gone from running a 15" sub with a dedicated mono amp to then having no sub  >:(
The thing that hurt the most though was the loss of my alpine cda-9813 I'd only had it 6weeks and was only just getting used to all the features. I'll have it all again one day once I've found a permanent car and got the security sorted first.

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: Dizzie on 13 September 2004, 17:38

there were some really loud setup's at the cruise last night, but they sounded terrible. you could say they had a fuzzy sound to them lol. mine's crisp as now. just need to finish tidying it up.

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: Blue MK2 on 13 September 2004, 18:31

i have my top tend and mid range cranked to the top and the bass line very very loud and punchy.
SPL, CLEAR and CRISP for me
:)

cant go anywhere without tunes blasting from the Dub 8)

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 21 September 2004, 10:48

haha cheers for letting me know what sq and spl mean. and sound quality all the way!!!

alpine head unit
rockford fosgate 400a4 amp
lanzar 6x9's
phoenix gold 6.5" conponents in the front ;D

sounds awesome ;)

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: davidhawkins_78 on 21 September 2004, 14:54

Where's the sub veedub??

(hey u like ... ;D)

A sub will account for almost 60% of the total sound reproduction. So without one you're only listening to less than half the song !

Title: Re: SQ or SPL?
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 21 September 2004, 17:24

i know what you mean. i used to have a 10" rockford sub but it weighed too much so had to go!! its all about the speed  ;D