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I know DEAD HORSE.. but if you feel like it,.. Help me with Class A/B vs Class D.
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<blockquote data-quote="VWBobby" data-source="post: 8221216" data-attributes="member: 624844"><p>Glad to see we are in agreement. The tone of your post made it sound like anyone who 'can' hear a difference in SQ is either a nutcase or a delusional audiophile. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif I agree that the "install" will usually kill any audible difference in comparison from one amp to another. Most people run their speakers off-axis, out of phase, or with a ton of cancellation or "beaming" from reverberant sound. I HATE that. I sit in the divers seat and position my speakers aimed at my head, using temporary mounts and tweaking small adjustments until "correct". When the axis is to my liking, I mold MDF rings into fiberglass door panels. I have built at least 3-4 cars in this manner, in recent years, and have made some cheap installs (</p><p></p><p>I cannot stress enough the differences that can be heard on a loaded sound wall in a moderately dampened room. Using the same sets of speakers, head unit, and only A-B'ing amps back and forth.......now I'm sounding really geeky here, but you can hear a difference. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Reminds me of the old coat hanger verses monster cable..... Short runs of less than 1 foot? Sure, coat hanger will be fine. Try 20+ feet and tell me that some crappy pot metal solid wire, loaded with oxygen, is going to sound the same. (head explodes) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VWBobby, post: 8221216, member: 624844"] Glad to see we are in agreement. The tone of your post made it sound like anyone who 'can' hear a difference in SQ is either a nutcase or a delusional audiophile. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] I agree that the "install" will usually kill any audible difference in comparison from one amp to another. Most people run their speakers off-axis, out of phase, or with a ton of cancellation or "beaming" from reverberant sound. I HATE that. I sit in the divers seat and position my speakers aimed at my head, using temporary mounts and tweaking small adjustments until "correct". When the axis is to my liking, I mold MDF rings into fiberglass door panels. I have built at least 3-4 cars in this manner, in recent years, and have made some cheap installs ( I cannot stress enough the differences that can be heard on a loaded sound wall in a moderately dampened room. Using the same sets of speakers, head unit, and only A-B'ing amps back and forth.......now I'm sounding really geeky here, but you can hear a difference. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Reminds me of the old coat hanger verses monster cable..... Short runs of less than 1 foot? Sure, coat hanger will be fine. Try 20+ feet and tell me that some crappy pot metal solid wire, loaded with oxygen, is going to sound the same. (head explodes) [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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