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Speaker Specs Pandoras Box :(

Started by KickerCat, Jul 22 2005 05:11 PM

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#1 KickerCat

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Posted 22 July 2005 - 05:11 PM

I understand frequency response, and RMS, but I looked up the net trying to figure out what sensitivity, and the theile small paramaters mean when buying speakers, and seem to have confused myself. Should I be worried about the Qes, Qts etc of speakers? Which is more important. the fact it has a larger frequency range, or that it has a sensitivity of 92, as opposed to 87? Does anyone have any good links that could help me get my brain around this?

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Posted 22 July 2005 - 06:13 PM

http://www.bcae1.com/ go to 31. Speakers on the side menu
http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/theile.asp

Hope that helps.

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Posted 22 July 2005 - 08:32 PM

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Posted 22 July 2005 - 09:34 PM

pretty much what Damon said, listen to them! your the one who has to have them inthe car for however long and put up with them every day!

i never looked at one spec when designing my stereo, and i guess the trophys speak for themselves!
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#5 KickerCat

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Posted 23 July 2005 - 10:10 AM

Yeah that is a good point - I guess all the specs in the world arent gonna mean I like the sound. And thanks for the links donks, they helped :)

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#6 gooki

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Posted 23 July 2005 - 04:00 PM

THD at various power levels is an other spec worth looking for.
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