I don't really think you have to give up SQ to get loud fullrange SPL...or visa versa.
Things change when you raise the volume, if you were doing your SQ judging at good volume, loud enough to attack, but not loud enough to get uncomfortable (subjective) you would most likely score better on imaging, LP, linearity (never experimented with height and width) than when you push it to its distortion limit. Focus gets lost, stage is in your lap, midbass and subbass begin to smear. Even if you made it linear at that volume, speaking strictly from an SQ standpoint, things start to fall apart.
I'll be sure to limit the volume to under 120 db when I make my iasca debut, and tell Harry it doesn't go any louder Posts: 2276 | From: East | Registered: Jan 2003
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quote:Originally posted by EastCoast: I'll be sure to limit the volume to under 120 db when I make my iasca debut, and tell Harry it doesn't go any louder
He will give you all 6's in linearity. He did it to a friend's vehicle that didn't play "reference" volume.
I always make my systems so they can play very loud, louder than I would ever listen to it. I believe in overkill. My van you could absolutely hammer on, but I couldn't imagine a judge listening to it that way....doesn't mean it won't happen though.
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My system sucks too much to mantain sounding anything even close to decent at loud volumes but long before it becomes an issue I just get uncomfortable with the content being that loud, it isn't natural.
Say you have a track with soft vocals and they are playing very loud, they don't have the voice effects of yelling but it is at a yelling volume, that bothers me because it seems unnatural past a certian threshold. To me I guess I start to reject the music and will start to focus on it being too loud to the point where I can't just enjoy the content.
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quote:Originally posted by winslow: You never heard Harry Kimura judge a car I guess...How far will the volume knob go? That's how far he turns it.
lol damn. which volume knob(s)? just the volume on the H/U? Can offset that with it all setup right anyway, yeah? Or would he go for the volume's on a pa2/xo3 as well?
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