liquid00meth
Senior Member
well I'm pretty into acoustics, and am into school for computer engineering (basically electrical engineering.) So heres what I conclude from what I know (and experiance).
Amps are all pretty much based off the same types of electrical theory, so it is VERY easy to produce a simple amp that lasts for 3 seconds and puts out 10000 watts. That is before it bursts into flames and retains no signal integrity.
Basically, cheap amps use cheap parts. They distort the audio signal through heat and poorly constructed electrical parts/assembly. It make make a loud noise, but that loud noise basically sounds like shit to anyone who knows what good audio sounds like. Not to mention the shitty amp won't be loud for very long at all, because will heat will destroy it's efficiency so quickly. Any piece of shit speaker/amp can be rigged to make a loud noise at a certain frequency. It really isn't hard. The QUALITY of that sound is what you pay for.
High end amps are constructed to deliver that same loud sound, with near perfection in signal integrity, and for an extended period of time (ie good parts and extremly efficient heat dispersal. This is what you pay for. And it's worth it, by far. Anyone with a brain would rather have 600watt near perfect bass for a 2 hour drive, than 1000watts of bass for 2 minutes.
As for the SPL thing, Much of it is just about speaker placement in the car and acoustics. Someone with a badass custom install and high end equipment, may just not have them in the right place and register a 100dB. Someone with some ghetto ass amp/sub setup who has them aimed perfectly will register 170. Thats just how it works
And as for personal experiance, I only have a Kicker ZR240 running my 2 kicker 12s. Most people aren't impressed at all when I tell them the wattage, they think "yea, i've got 2 1000w amps, your system sucks" But in reality, the ZR240 is actually like one of the best mid sized amps on the market. It repeatedly blows away it's wattage rating in test after test. It's just about the quality. The whole idea behind my system is quality. I have a Premier deck, my zr240 and 2 12s, and a 4 channel kicker amp running 4 Alpine SPA series surround speakers. The clarity is near perfect right to the max out on my deck. Somehow I find that more impressive that 170dB.
haha hope that was interesting in some way. Back to work for me.
Amps are all pretty much based off the same types of electrical theory, so it is VERY easy to produce a simple amp that lasts for 3 seconds and puts out 10000 watts. That is before it bursts into flames and retains no signal integrity.
Basically, cheap amps use cheap parts. They distort the audio signal through heat and poorly constructed electrical parts/assembly. It make make a loud noise, but that loud noise basically sounds like shit to anyone who knows what good audio sounds like. Not to mention the shitty amp won't be loud for very long at all, because will heat will destroy it's efficiency so quickly. Any piece of shit speaker/amp can be rigged to make a loud noise at a certain frequency. It really isn't hard. The QUALITY of that sound is what you pay for.
High end amps are constructed to deliver that same loud sound, with near perfection in signal integrity, and for an extended period of time (ie good parts and extremly efficient heat dispersal. This is what you pay for. And it's worth it, by far. Anyone with a brain would rather have 600watt near perfect bass for a 2 hour drive, than 1000watts of bass for 2 minutes.
As for the SPL thing, Much of it is just about speaker placement in the car and acoustics. Someone with a badass custom install and high end equipment, may just not have them in the right place and register a 100dB. Someone with some ghetto ass amp/sub setup who has them aimed perfectly will register 170. Thats just how it works
And as for personal experiance, I only have a Kicker ZR240 running my 2 kicker 12s. Most people aren't impressed at all when I tell them the wattage, they think "yea, i've got 2 1000w amps, your system sucks" But in reality, the ZR240 is actually like one of the best mid sized amps on the market. It repeatedly blows away it's wattage rating in test after test. It's just about the quality. The whole idea behind my system is quality. I have a Premier deck, my zr240 and 2 12s, and a 4 channel kicker amp running 4 Alpine SPA series surround speakers. The clarity is near perfect right to the max out on my deck. Somehow I find that more impressive that 170dB.
haha hope that was interesting in some way. Back to work for me.
