sq and gobs of bass

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

This is something I've been wondering for a while. Why do a lot of SQ installs have huges amounts of bass? 2 or 3 15s with like 1500+wrms? Is it to look flashy or does it follow the thought that speakers can produce a more dynamic sound if fed with a lot of power to replicate the sounds that took a lot of power to create in the first place (snare drum hits come to mind)?

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[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

sq installs dont, most installs only hit in the 130's tops...

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

In true SQ comp vehicles The Substage isnt large. The judges dont like it\

damit Custel beat me to it

 

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

Spl is part of your SQ score when you compete

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

I think it used to be, is the rules to still test SPL??

 

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

I think it used to be, is the rules to still test SPL??

I'm pretty sure they are.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Yeah but I think you max out in points at like 140...

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

I remember reading a thread (icix maybe? posted at ECA for sure) that someone... was tying to get isca to get spl to be counted only as a tie breaker. I don't know why I didn't remember this before...

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

The installs you've been looking at must not have been TRUE SQ installs then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif...

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[req 5,000+ posts]

my sq install, i have two 15's, but they are fed with meerly 600w of power. they are IB with a very smooth accurate sound. i can attenuate them to each type of music im listening to, and i usually have it on ~2 of 15 wich is quite moderate. i like the ability to have a good amount of bass, but remember - my frontstage is VERY efficent, so i need somthing that can keep up at louder levels.

i believe i will only score about a 135~140 on the TL to be quite honest. and i dont think SPL should be part of SQ juding, but i think you need to make a 135 sealed on the dash iirc - thats what i heard at least. and quite frankly, for me that is more than enough and can be done with a single 10" in a sealed box.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Lots of information being thrown out there, but do we know what sanctioning body the OP is thinking about competing in? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

In MECA, they don't care what your metered score is. It's SQ, and you'll get points taken off if your substage is overbearing.

I don't have personal experience with either USACi or IASCA, so I can't comment on those, but the rules are posted on their respective websites if you want to see for yourself.