Methinks summbuddy takes this a seriously.Actually I was mostly just making a joke.
It's like golfers that insist their putters are polished.
Methinks summbuddy takes this a seriously.Actually I was mostly just making a joke.
Methinks people are saying things in this thread multiple times now with having zero knowledge of the topic....and this then leads to spreading misinformation. Too many examples from 41 posts to quote on how much BS has been in this thread.Methinks summbuddy takes this a seriously.
It's like golfers that insist their putters are polished.
The CC is automatically generated by YouTube. Although hearing-impaired individuals may not be the target group of a video on car audio, providing accessibility to a broad range of people is probably one of the best aspects of the internet.Was closed captioning really necessary?
You speak English as God intended.
Did the installation double the value of your Honda?
It was a totally custom system, 4way + center channel + subwoofer (without DSP, at the time there were not good enough DPSs for the job) and yes, multiamp, active xover + passive cells + EQ all over the place. The system was invisible from the outside unless carefully looking in selected places. Perhaps I still have some photos of the building somewhere...Was that system available as a part of some regular equipment package? Was it in all Audi 80 Coupès of the 1998 or any following year?
1) 19 speakersIMHO: "Hi-End Car Audio" is an oxymoron!
QED:
1)"How many speakers did you say it had?"
2)"Internal volume (LxWxH) don't matter!"
3)"Glass is not reflective!"
4)"When did "center stage" become 'left' stage?"
5)"Sounds so much different when I open the windows!"
6)"How do I rotate my ears so that they are facing...Wait! Wait! ... How many speakers did you say it had?"
Exciting. That system would have been fun to listen to!!1) 19 speakers
2) false, everything had been adjusted in order to tune the rear and front volumes
3) ofcourse this need to be taken in consideration (and exploited as well)
4) we had a quite decent soundstage , just a bit out of focus in the center. By center, I mean the singer was just below the rear mirror, both from driver and passenger seats
5) unfortunately that's true. A bit open influences the bass response, more open also the mid-highs. But at that point you have noise from the outside, so...
6) we optimized everything for a 1.70/1.80m tall driver and passenger in the natural position. The headrest is to be considered part of the system (absorbs rear reflections)
Is it possible that your musician friends are referring to factory car stereos is the true way to test how a recording will sound since it likely represents the environment where most consumers will listen to it (or it's of the quality and tonal balance of the typical playback system?)Then, out of the blue, I was confronted with the idea that the sound in cars (the factory set up) is the go to listening session for determining quality of sound. And this was quite a robust opinion among my musician friends. Nothing to substantially back it up, but quite robust.
Thanks to all, once again.
But let me insist; have you ever heard of such a thing? Did it reach you in any form? And I stress; before DSP. Did anyone here ever heard of the idea that the car stereo will reveal most minute shortcomings of your music? That, after playing it in studio, on monitors, you should take it into your car for the final test and that this will reveal some things you can't hear in your studio...
This is precisely the idea I cam across and wanted to double-check my understanding. I don't think there's any truth to it, but I still wanted to make sure.
I throw my 2 cents in about car audio. Its not worth investing hundreds of dollars into car audio. I know, the whole old debate about "if car radios are distracting". I understand people want good audio in there cars but do you really want to focus on hearing every singers breath while watching the road?
Now this gonna go definitely cause more car crashes: https://professional.dolby.com/music/dolby-atmos-for-cars/
To be honest, I was making a prediction/hypothesis.Is there evidence to support that better quality car audio can lead to more car accidents?
That is an "advantage": A dear friend totally enjoyed constructing wood 'stuff' but he was not a "detail" person.Disadvantage. It looks too ugly, from a purely aesthetic perspective.
I believe your understanding is flawed. The received wisdom is not "car stereo will reveal most minute shortcomings" but, rather, "car stereo, cheap earbuds, and bluetooth speakers are how most people listen to music, so we better check our work on those."Thanks to all, once again.
But let me insist; have you ever heard of such a thing? Did it reach you in any form? And I stress; before DSP. Did anyone here ever heard of the idea that the car stereo will reveal most minute shortcomings of your music? That, after playing it in studio, on monitors, you should take it into your car for the final test and that this will reveal some things you can't hear in your studio...
This is precisely the idea I cam across and wanted to double-check my understanding. I don't think there's any truth to it, but I still wanted to make sure.