Worst Car audio fad or product?

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

Those weldingsupply gloves and the pictures that came with them..

???

pics?

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

LMAO, at the responses at this thread, all of which are so true...

CA wise, I got to give it to the cap, period, even though its been other stuff that gets on my nerves.

Those cheap horn tweeters that use to cost what 5 bucks apeice and sound like crap. Ive seen guys with a ton of them in there car, SMH.

 

[L7Fiend]

My vote is for MTX, lol. No really, I vote for Road Gear!

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

Not CA related...but why does everyone try to remind me of the date their family member died with a huge sticker on their car window? I dont care who died, and if all I get "in loving memory" is a shitty sticker on your car window... fuck you anyway.

i agree. its a nice thought that you are trying to remember someone, but perhaps find another outlet. people who see it arent going to know what you are talking about, arent going to care enough to ask a question, and arent going to notice more than a glance and the thought "hm, weird".

SPL competition.

on the flip side of the coin, i will say SQ competition. who does critical listening while going 40mph down the road? man up and buy a home stereo, and get something practical for driving.

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

caps by far, but i remember in the late 80s seeing alot of people with home woofers box and all in thier trunk, i always hated that.

Also to this day My brother in law swears his 1600watt each kenwoods are providing him with 3200 watts of POWER

 

[90accordman 5,000+ posts]

i agree. its a nice thought that you are trying to remember someone, but perhaps find another outlet. people who see it arent going to know what you are talking about, arent going to care enough to ask a question, and arent going to notice more than a glance and the thought "hm, weird".

on the flip side of the coin, i will say SQ competition. who does critical listening while going 40mph down the road? man up and buy a home stereo, and get something practical for driving.

i actually do im a loser like that, if i hear a piece of the music missing or not correctly there, then it bugs the living hell out of me

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

well, it doesnt take the best equipment possible to properly reproduce music... and like i said, i would challenge you to correctly identify the flaws in a musical reproduction while driving down the road...

 

[MTXman 10+ year member]

Yeah, right when I read the thread title I thought of capacitors, gotta be in the top 5.

 

[1320n12 10+ year member]

Riced out cars of any make or model. You know, the ones that are lowered that still have stock wheels, a 7" exhaust tip , a huge wing, some kind of shitty paint job, and a stock motor thats 100hp, and they think its a race car.

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

those old school Us amps that had a small board and but were in a huge caase whith weights on the ends

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

surprised no one said the plexiglass enclosed bandpass boxes, prefab that is.

Why? Someone already did.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

hot pink ( or any hot color) equipment.. purple amps, 90's color's... mexican's and there chrome accented EVERYTHING!!.... fadeing tint.. tint with stupid designs... vehicle graphics... sony dream system hahaha!!! sirius sportster replay!....underbody neons... relay packs! perm's and jerry curl's

 

[elite08 10+ year member]

Road Master

 

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

1) MECP certification. Not so much the test itself (though given how many who are MECP certified lack basic knowledge of audio/acoustics, I'd have to say their test and/or material is in need of a serious overhaul), but moreso the implications people draw from it. Many who are MECP certified think it gives them a trump card in any discussion, and they think it means they absolutely must know more than anyone who is not MECP certified.
2) People who claim to be from the "old school" days. As above, they for some reason seem to think this is a trump card in a discussion, or think it means they must know more than someone from a younger generation. And generally it seems these "OG" enthusiasts are the most misguided and continue to believe in audio myths and magic pixie dust.

Yes.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

well, it doesnt take the best equipment possible to properly reproduce music... and like i said, i would challenge you to correctly identify the flaws in a musical reproduction while driving down the road...

in a car with no defined soundstage with bass 15 decibels higher than the rest of the music, yeah I can pick those flaws out going 100, with the windows down, lol. Like it or not that's 99% of the "SQL" style cars, SPL cars are even worse, 1 note wonders...