SQ comp?...

[yourmomonacid 10+ year member]

from what i hear they have SQ comps is this true. ive never seen one and was wondering how they meashure SQ can they meashure it or is is all judged by ear?

thanks.

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[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

http://www.iasca.com

http://www.soundoff.org/usaci.htm

Those are the two main SQ competition formats.

MECA (http://www.mecacaraudio.com/sqrules.php) has SQ competitions as well.

They are judged by ear for things like soundstaging, imaging, tonality and the like against a set of guidelines of how a vehicle should sound. They are also judged for things like installation integrity, creativity, a portion of the judging is SPL, they are RTA'd, etc.

SQ comps aren't very popular and are quickly dying //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Naxis2k1 10+ year member]

http://www.iasca.comhttp://www.soundoff.org/usaci.htm

Those are the two main SQ competition formats.

MECA (http://www.mecacaraudio.com/sqrules.php) has SQ competitions as well.

They are judged by ear for things like soundstaging, imaging, tonality and the like against a set of guidelines of how a vehicle should sound. They are also judged for things like installation integrity, creativity, a portion of the judging is SPL, they are RTA'd, etc.

SQ comps aren't very popular and are quickly dying //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

that really ***** too hear.

 

[mattj 5,000+ posts]

I beg to differ. Alot of it is measured by RTA for laser flat frequency response - or at least thats the goal. It gets very tough getting that response and you are also judged on installation cleanliness and are racked up on a point system. Usaci is the more popular organization on Sound Quality. Slap would be tied with iasca and even though MECA says they do SQ, I havent seen it yet where they actually have, even at the SQ sanctioned events.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

the rta in most sq events is a tie breaker. a flat response sounds like arse. 1 reson why sq is dying is because very few people know how to do it, then when they get judged they get p/oed. with spl they get a metered score. so people lean to the less subjective side. plus db drags move along where sq can get boring. sq shows are still around but most shows (like to a 10-1 ratio) are db drag only.