Time Alignment vs. Phase Shift

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

I tend to eq left and right seperately. Looking at each side individually mine looks fubared beyond belief. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

I tend to eq left and right seperately. Looking at each side individually mine looks fubared beyond belief. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Do you pick a point in the drivers side headrest and measure to that point for each speaker and use the equation?

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Nope , I built my car so there is a 1.5" pld between both sides. Ta useage in my car isn't about getting it centered. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Don't get me wrong, there is use of ta, (delay is a better term for it) in my car. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Delay is essentially what TA is and does. You delay the other speakers to correspond to the furthest speaker so that the sound gets to your ears at the same time from all of the speakers. Its obviously not that simple, but the basic idea.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

yeah , there are a few other factors. But that is the basic idea //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Nope , I built my car so there is a 1.5" pld between both sides. Ta useage in my car isn't about getting it centered. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Thats how you do it that way when you tune and do any T/A its sounds open and airy and not like a deformed teepee or shoe box. Heard many cars sound great until you turn your head or sloutch while sitting or are just flat out shorter or taller than the guy who tuned it/owns it.

 

[cablguy184 10+ year member]

Do you pick a point in the drivers side headrest and measure to that point for each speaker and use the equation?

every day driver vehicles or do you guys compete in SQ somewhere ??

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

My car is my daily driver, but I compete in MECA every now and then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[cablguy184 10+ year member]

My car is my daily driver, but I compete in MECA every now and then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I want to compete MECA, but none close to Mississippi. This is my 2nd year (with this truck) with USACI.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

every day driver vehicles or do you guys compete in SQ somewhere ??

Daily Driver, grocery getter, station wagon. Id like to compete, but Im still finishing college and dont have the funds to pursue it seriously.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

I have a few team mates that compete in USACI. I'm in the same boat as you are with meca though when it comes to USACI. No shows within 500 miles except for an occasional SPL show //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[cablguy184 10+ year member]

Daily Driver, grocery getter, station wagon. Id like to compete, but Im still finishing college and dont have the funds to pursue it seriously.

Once you start ... Its an addictive drug/hobby !!!

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

It is only as expensive as you want to make it. Your install can make up for what you do not have in pricey gear, was that way when they had the wider span in rules where they counted everything + install and needed crazy things to get bonus now you can be graded on just sq on a more simplifed scoring system. A good speaker installed very well will usually out perform a better more expensive speaker that is thrown into a stock location for simplicity reasons and would need for less tuning.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Car audio is the anti drug. By the time you get your setup to the point you think your happy with it. You have no money left for drugs even if you wanted them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif