Whats the difference between an sql sub and a spl sub?

[Cgballin2002 10+ year member]

title says it all. whats the difference?

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[Eat Italian 10+ year member]

SQL - Sound Quality Level

SPL - Sound Pressure Level

Now you differentiate between the two.

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

SQL - Sound Quality Level
SPL - Sound Pressure Level

Now you differentiate between the two.

SMH.

SQL = Sound Quality League

SPL = Sound Pressure Leage

People use these terms too loosely & don't know what they mean. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

 

[Propimp 10+ year member]

pretty much one is just LOUD and the other is GREAT quality

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

I hate all of these terms, but SQL has to go. SQL is a database, SQ doesn't directly infer anything, and at least SPL makes some semblance of sense.

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

title says it all. whats the difference?

one is spl

the

other is sql

did that help??

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[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

people on here a while back used "SQL" to refer to "Sound Quality Loud".

THey wanted a sub that could get loud, while still sounding good.

 

[TypeR0149 10+ year member]

people on here a while back used "SQL" to refer to "Sound Quality Loud".
THey wanted a sub that could get loud, while still sounding good.

thats exactly what my friends and I mean when we say it. a few of my friends have held DB world records and are well kown installers in the south east.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

title says it all. whats the difference?

Your P's and Q's.

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[nauc 10+ year member]

sq = killer sound quality

spl = killer output

sql = an attempt to have both sq and spl

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

SQL = Structured Query Language

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sql

SPL = Sound Pressure Level

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

talkin bout LSQ?

 

[Trendkill 10+ year member]

I think a better question would be: Can you tell the difference between these types of subs by just looking at their stats? If so, which particular stats should you be looking for to determine this?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

if i were to say i would say that a sql sub wasn't nearly as peaky over a given freq range (say 40-80 Hz but still gets loud. where as a spl sub will get peaky on the rta-spl meter at 1 or a few frequencies

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Loudness is subjective. What some consider to be loud may not not be loud to others.

If SQL is to become a defacto term, what volume classifies as being loud?