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<blockquote data-quote="mlstrass" data-source="post: 5235666" data-attributes="member: 569126"><p>SHO,</p><p></p><p>My bad for coming off defensive as that wasn't my intention. Sometimes wording things can be tricky on a forum, but I was sincerely asking your opinion on things as I never pass up a chance to hear other's ideas/experiences. Chance to learn something new //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</p><p></p><p>I base accuracy on what my ears think an instrument sounds like which is probably very close to how a musician records it. Just that I don't bother using an RTA and setting things flat to get measureable results since I don't compete. Just need to make my ears happy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p><p></p><p>With that said I consider the HDC a daily driver SQ sub as it can play all instruments in the lower octaves very accurately. It's not muddy, bloated, over powering, boomy or any of the other terms used to describe bad sounding bass. Trust me I've heard PLENTY of set ups that are and mine is nothing like that.</p><p></p><p>I run 2 15's with a lot of power as sometimes I like to just crank up some metal and it takes a LOT of sub to get the kicks to pound you in the chest. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif</p><p></p><p>In the box tuned to 35Hz the peak was 147@ 31Hz, tuned to 38Hz it peaked at 149 @ 34Hz. Doing a sweep it was within around 1dB from 30-40Hz. Didn't test it any higher.</p><p></p><p>I can't tell you how they do down in the 20's as nothing I listen to plays that low, so you could be totally correct on that one. I save the LFE stuff for the HT //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p><p></p><p>I agree on noobies listening to rap having no idea what SQ is as they just want some boom in the trunk. I listen to everything but rap, so I have a lot of experience with the HDC's playing classic rock, jazz, blues, R&amp;B, metal, hell even classical.</p><p></p><p>DJ will tell you he designed the sub to sound good and then tries to over build it so kids won't blow them up feeding them 3x RMS. I think he did a **** good job and they just happen to take a lot of power and get very loud which is a bonus...</p><p></p><p>I've never heard a Mag (still waiting for someone close by to buy one so I can get a demo), but I've done plenty of Q set ups and heard one Icon install. None have impressed me like the HDC's do.</p><p></p><p>I plan to hit up some local SQ meets next Spring just to hear some true SQ cars and see if my ears are just made of stone //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mlstrass, post: 5235666, member: 569126"] SHO, My bad for coming off defensive as that wasn't my intention. Sometimes wording things can be tricky on a forum, but I was sincerely asking your opinion on things as I never pass up a chance to hear other's ideas/experiences. Chance to learn something new [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] I base accuracy on what my ears think an instrument sounds like which is probably very close to how a musician records it. Just that I don't bother using an RTA and setting things flat to get measureable results since I don't compete. Just need to make my ears happy [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] With that said I consider the HDC a daily driver SQ sub as it can play all instruments in the lower octaves very accurately. It's not muddy, bloated, over powering, boomy or any of the other terms used to describe bad sounding bass. Trust me I've heard PLENTY of set ups that are and mine is nothing like that. I run 2 15's with a lot of power as sometimes I like to just crank up some metal and it takes a LOT of sub to get the kicks to pound you in the chest. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif[/IMG] In the box tuned to 35Hz the peak was 147@ 31Hz, tuned to 38Hz it peaked at 149 @ 34Hz. Doing a sweep it was within around 1dB from 30-40Hz. Didn't test it any higher. I can't tell you how they do down in the 20's as nothing I listen to plays that low, so you could be totally correct on that one. I save the LFE stuff for the HT [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] I agree on noobies listening to rap having no idea what SQ is as they just want some boom in the trunk. I listen to everything but rap, so I have a lot of experience with the HDC's playing classic rock, jazz, blues, R&B, metal, hell even classical. DJ will tell you he designed the sub to sound good and then tries to over build it so kids won't blow them up feeding them 3x RMS. I think he did a **** good job and they just happen to take a lot of power and get very loud which is a bonus... I've never heard a Mag (still waiting for someone close by to buy one so I can get a demo), but I've done plenty of Q set ups and heard one Icon install. None have impressed me like the HDC's do. I plan to hit up some local SQ meets next Spring just to hear some true SQ cars and see if my ears are just made of stone [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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