Car audio Myths for noobs!

[leonsv 10+ year member]

so i've been looking around the forum lately and i thought this would help some people out.

http://www.theaudiocritic.com/downloads/article_1.pdf

Click to read more...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

That article keeps coming up, and it's as inaccurate, biased and false as it was when it first came out.

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

not reallly related to ca

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

i say we make our own myth thread then if we dont already have one. and have jimj sticky it

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

The Vacume Tube comment hurts Jims feelings.

 

[leonsv 10+ year member]

lol, some hurt feelings i see lol

anyways, i'm all for a ca.com myth forum. I know if i knew some of the myths when i first began, i wouldn't have made some stupid choices...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Here's a myth...capacitors don't work.

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[leonsv 10+ year member]

Here's a myth...capacitors don't work.
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lol

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Here's a myth...capacitors don't work.
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[MTXman 10+ year member]

Another Myth- Sony Xplode > Fi BTL

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[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

capacitors do work... for what they are intended for... starting electrical motors primarily.... they are a scam in the car audio industry however.

:edit:-- a capacitor provides up to 3 times the amperage for extreme draws... like starting a multi-wound Electrical Motor, a 1/2 hp motor may run constantly at 6.5 - 8 amps under light to moderate loads, but in order to get it started it may require 21 amps or more... it cannot and does not increase the voltage... voltage in = voltage out..period.

so, in the car audio industry if you dont have the battery power FIRST, then whats the reason for a cap? A battery, by nature, has it's own natural capacitance. please correct me if I am wrong... (oh, and ya gotta prove it-- lol!)

(we are talking about the larger .5 + caps that people put in their trunks to "give the sytem that extra KICK."... not the components used internaly in an amplifier-- those are usually in Micro farads )

This article was written for the home audiophiole..not car audio... even tho it was referenced a few times, the basic concepts are arguable at best. some are truthfull... but overall, hearing, like opinions, are subjective...

 

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

sealed = only for SQ

ported - only for SPL/SQL

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

me and Jim were being sarcastic...I am fully aware that Capacitors have their use...and They even have their use in Car audio...maybe not the blinged out hyper ferrets (lol, thats what the wiggas around hear call Farads) but Caps, have their place in Car audio.

 

[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

and 6x9's are better than a 6" round speaker

 

[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

me and Jim were being sarcastic...I am fully aware that Capacitors have their use...and They even have their use in Car audio...maybe not the blinged out hyper ferrets (lol, thats what the wiggas around hear call Farads) but Caps, have their place in Car audio.

where? in the garbage can with the oval speakers??? (see above edit-- we are talking about the larger .5 and 1+ Farad Capacitors)

or, or..... extra weight in the wintertime for driving on snow! LOL!

-----------clearly the shit is gonna get deep in this one! any bets on the number of pages?