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<blockquote data-quote="ciaonzo" data-source="post: 8554687" data-attributes="member: 607015">&quot;A DSP won&#039;t fix a bad install but it can make a driver do what it&#039;s needed to do.&quot; - DSP cannot improve the impulse response of a driver, neither can your install. In fact, you install is more likely to impact the impulse response in a negative way based on how the enclosure and fill are implemented. DSP cannot correct modes that travel within a cone, neither can your install. DSP cannot correct for irregular flux patterns in the motor that introduce nonlinearity purely linked to that physical relationship, neither can your install. I have more, but hopefully you are getting the point.&quot;Yes install and tune is everything.&quot; - It&#039;s just not, but I understand that you must maintain that line of thinking and will let the argument die.&quot;My advice to you. Get a RTA, learn how to use it.&quot; - I was using the old school Audiocontrol RTA in the 90&#039;s, lol. Horns under the dash, 10&#039;s in the doors, trio of 15W6 subs. I&#039;m well past the basics. It&#039;s an art form now. And I&#039;m actually very frugal. I love 10$ drivers and all that. You&#039;re trying to paint me into a corner, I&#039;m trying to broaden your view. Which one is more positive and productive? Ask a guy who might be running a pair of the Illuminator drivers and ask him to regress into a lesser quality driver. Not too likely. He&#039;s not going back to a cheaper driver unless he was never able to extract the full potential to begin with.You enjoy your self-imposed limitations if that&#039;s what&#039;s good for you. Luckily, you can&#039;t impose them on the rest of us because thankfully some of us have had different experiences and know differently.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ciaonzo, post: 8554687, member: 607015"] "A DSP won't fix a bad install but it can make a driver do what it's needed to do." - DSP cannot improve the impulse response of a driver, neither can your install. In fact, you install is more likely to impact the impulse response in a negative way based on how the enclosure and fill are implemented. DSP cannot correct modes that travel within a cone, neither can your install. DSP cannot correct for irregular flux patterns in the motor that introduce nonlinearity purely linked to that physical relationship, neither can your install. I have more, but hopefully you are getting the point. "Yes install and tune is everything." - It's just not, but I understand that you must maintain that line of thinking and will let the argument die. "My advice to you. Get a RTA, learn how to use it." - I was using the old school Audiocontrol RTA in the 90's, lol. Horns under the dash, 10's in the doors, trio of 15W6 subs. I'm well past the basics. It's an art form now. And I'm actually very frugal. I love 10$ drivers and all that. You're trying to paint me into a corner, I'm trying to broaden your view. Which one is more positive and productive? Ask a guy who might be running a pair of the Illuminator drivers and ask him to regress into a lesser quality driver. Not too likely. He's not going back to a cheaper driver unless he was never able to extract the full potential to begin with. You enjoy your self-imposed limitations if that's what's good for you. Luckily, you can't impose them on the rest of us because thankfully some of us have had different [B]experiences[/B] and know differently. [/QUOTE]

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