old school soundstream

[jmack]

im new to car audio but my brother has been around it forerver,he has a certificate on is wall stating that he did 154db the system consisted of (1-old school soundstream 10.0,4 old school soundstream spl 15, an eclipse head unit walled up in a 87 chevy blazer)how is this possible? my friend has a kicker 2500.1,4 solo baric l7 walled up in a 96 chevy blazer he claims that he has never even came close to 154db.so whats up?are old school amps ans subs that much more powerful.

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[IbSlamn 10+ year member]

because he was probably metered on a piece of crap meter that is nowhere close to correct

 

[Korn4Life 5,000+ posts]

He was prob metered on the old TL... I think its like 4-6db off from the current one... So if your buddy is hitting 149 he is about the same as your brother

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

old school was metered with audiocontrol meters...new ones on term lab meters...the old audio control meters coukld vary 5dbs from show to show...and read about 3 dbs higher than term lab all the time...i've done 155's with 4 DD 1508's on an audio control meter on the dash in my CRX