magnum 911! please help!

[mdma 10+ year member]

i agree, if of course u have dog ears.

huh? BTW, Can you plz send those pics of kate??

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

huh? BTW, Can you plz send those pics of kate??

what im saying is u think THD plays an effect when it really doesnt. anything below 3% is inaudible, unless u are unhuman or something and have some crazy hearing. what pics of kate? the link in the thread?

 

[mdma 10+ year member]

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) is the most common measurement of distortion. THD is a measurement of nonlinear distortion -- where amplifiers/transducers actually change the shape of the sound waves via new tones at the output signal not necessarily in the input signal. Acceptable THD for me (my audible limits) is

Sound to Noise Ratio (SNR) is the most common quantitative measurement of noise. It is simply the ratio of signal strength to noise level. Noise, both interfering signal and random noise, is an error that does not correlate with the input signal. With a SNR less than 40 dB, you will hear audible noise during most playback. When SNR is greater than 55 or 60 dB, then most noise will only be heard during quiet passages. Usually a SNR of 90 dB or higher is more than adequate. However, in very quiet car, some people can hear noise with a SNR as high as 96 dB. If this were true with jtmoney, he was hearing the Brutus's noise (the BX1500D has a SNR of 95db), not distortion.

Still, neither SNR or THD measure linear distortion, of which changes the frequency response (amplitude) and phase response (timing) of your music. Luckily, these can be compensated for (yet, IMO, shouldn't need to be) without buying new amps.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

While I want to stay away from the amplifer sonics side of it, I will mention that your speakers produce more distortion than the amp does.

 

[jtmoney 10+ year member]

well, i do have very sensitive hearing. so sensitive in fact that i find higher frequencies unbearable sometimes and can hear people walking up my alleyway next to my house.....i can also tell some types of car just by listening to it come up from behind me. im an odd fvcker, i know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif