Please excuse the dumb ol' timer question: what is "SQL"?

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

Is that some funky way of crossing sound pressure level and sound quality?
Just wanna get hip to the new jive. Dig?

[HUGE RANT]

Basically how newbies are describing what they want their subs to sound like, 99% of whom dont have a clue how to listen to a sub or what SQ is (or SPL for that matter.) They are in denial and think they like SQ, but then I hear their system and it sounds like total trash and even my SPL setup sounds better....

That is what I've noticed around here in my locale anyhow...on the forum, who knows, perhaps they do have a decent system, but whenever I read "SQL" I cant help but roll my eyes....such a trite and meaningless word. Its like saying you want a 10 second car that gets 40mpg. If it has 4 wheels it aint gonna happen.

SQ is diametrically opposite of SPL people. You can't have the best of both worlds. Any sub that does both will never sound as good as a dedicated SQ sub or be as loud as a dedicated SPL sub... While a lot boils down to the install, that is a Fact of life of car audio. The w7 will never hold any SPL records in dB drag, just as the 9915 will never hold any world record in SQ....

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[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

The term SQL is not a exact melding of the two SQ and SPL.

Take the XXX. It is not a dedicated SPL or SQ woofer. It will not get as loud as an MT. The term SQL is just a woofer that melds both together. Being able to get very loud(not as loud as a dedicated SPL driver) and retain SQ(not as much as a dedicated SQ driver)

Basically you recieve an in the middle rating.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

SQL: Structured Query Language

A database sublanguage used in querying, updating, and managing relational databases; the de facto standard for database products.

Or alternatively used to a describe a system or subwoofer than can get loud with sacrificing too much sound quality. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Its like saying you want a 10 second car that gets 40mpg. If it has 4 wheels it aint gonna happen.

You could, too! It would helluva skateboard. =)

 

[Bumpin' Yota 10+ year member]

SQL: Structured Query LanguageA database sublanguage used in querying, updating, and managing relational databases; the de facto standard for database products.

Or alternatively used to a describe a system or subwoofer than can get loud with sacrificing too much sound quality. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

You could, too! It would helluva skateboard. =)

HAHAHAHAHAA DUUDE YOU ROCK!!

someone give this guy a cookie or a beer!!

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

yeah it seems like most "SQL" setups on this board consist of a supersub 12 ported and a pair of CDT speakers with no rear fill

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

As far as I knew, it was the manufacturers who coined the phrase "SQL" to describe the new line of 'supersubs' on the market. Everyone seems to understand the terminology fairly well, I really dont see the reason to get too upset over it.

SQ and SPL do not have to be opposing. Only if you decide they do. At one end of the spectrum is raw pure SPL competition, its all about the pressure level, nothing more. On the other end of the spectrum is the SQ purist. He couldn't care less if it gets loud (beyond approx 126db if he competes). But then there's the rest of us, the 99%. We want a little of both, and we wanted our own little catch phrase ****it! Hence... SQL. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif