Winisd accurate in SPL measurment?

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

I have been using winisd for quite awhile, and i recently noticed that it has a little tab for SPL, which I assume is trying to give people an idea of how loud one speaker is relative to another. Can this feature be trusted? Is it based only on driver efficiency(spl number), or other factors?

Thanks!

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[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

No. It only uses the sensitivity parameter you input and that will not determine max output.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

No. It only uses the sensitivity parameter you input and that will not determine max output.

That, along with a ton of other factors that cannot be quantified or modeled is why WinISD sucks for modeling

 

[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

it might not be as good as LEAP, but if you at least model your box in WinISD, you're doing better than about 99.99% of the people in car audio so i saw mroe power to you! More people SHOULD model the boxes... most manufacture recommend stuff is a vague!