hey all,

i was talking to a bloke the other day, and he reckons that if you dont have a like branded setup ( ie. all audison LRx ) amps and speakers ( ie focal polyglass) that each amp ( if different) would screw round with the sq of a system due to each amps different responses at a given volume.

is this correct?!?

cheers

greiggy

if he can genuinely hear a difference, he's far better than most.

sure, there are subtle difference between some amps and particularly speakers. but the car acoustics, the installation, tuning, etc, are going to confer MORE change to the sound than the speakers/amps will. you could have the exact same gear in 2 different cars, and they will sound different.

every componet in my car is a different brand yet still works very good

people often have an opinion on things,without any understanding or knowledge of the issues.

His argument is silly since ALL amplifiers have flat FR thesedays

same style of amps look great next to each other in a fancy boot install

thats about it really

if you dont care about looks then use different amps thats fine...and i think more fun to use lots of different brands

This reminds me of the time I was after a new amp and speakers. The store guy asks me what H/U I had. I tell him it's 'brand-X', and he says, "Oh well then you'll need a 'brand-X' amp and 'brand-X' speakers. It's best to keep them the same."

I don't suppose this had anything to do with the fact he was a 'brand-X' stockist ??

Regards,
Harrow.

The only aspect you may wish to considder running the same brand is the intergration for some of the perlipheral features that same brand products offer, i.e. remote amp monitors, processors linking in with headunit and remotes etc...

My system consists of
Morel Tweeters
Focal mid and midbass
Customs Brand Sub
Earthquake Sub amp
Phoenix Gold other amps
Pioneer Headunit & Processor

and i still managed to get along alright last year.

More of a home audio argument, and usually to do with speakers more than anything else. If you can spot the tonal variations between your front and rear speakers, and isolate them to being caused by brand differences, You're going to have to spend a lot of cash to satisfy your car audio cravings......

i cant see how different brands could make a difference in SQ. IMO often, most companies are excellent in one or 2 areas and reasonably good -> good with the rest. of course there are brands who take alot of time testing and producing all of thier products to a high standard, but i think that some of the best results can be yielded from mixing and matching components fir thier individual quality, rather than just going with one brand. the only thing i can think of that would make you want to go all one brand is a showcar/looks, or piece of mind.

just my 2 cents.

chris

Say i have two same subs and i run them with two different brand amp, that wouldn't make any difference??

I've run a dual voice coil sub with 2 completely different amplifiers before, so long as their fairly close in power and have similar filters it'll work.

Different question, actually.

Yes there could be a difference, the power levels between them would differ at the different volumes, so you'd have some difficulty keeping the two amps at the same volume comparatively at all times, even with careful gains adjustment.

Maybe there needs to be some clarification:

If you use one amp running your left splits, and a different brand/model to the other amp running the right splits, there will be a noticeable difference in volume/sound.

However, using one amp for fronts, one amp for rears, won't be noticeable.

"Vertical" amplifier differences are unnoticable (viewing the car from the top down), but "Horizontal" amplifier differences are likely to be noticeable.


EDIT: Running one sub with two amps won't be able to be heard (as above), but the sub could sound muddy. It's different if you're running two separate subs (same type) off different amps.

what about 3 ways and a sub for 4 brands. it is still doing good though. it make absolute non sence statement that U can't mix different brands to make a good system. So I think it isn't a problem. I have 10+ brands in a single system

one thing i would recommened is that you run the exact same amp on each coil of a sub. WIth that being said i would go so far as to recommend the master slave setup to match the amps gain for each voice coil and match the x-over/ sub sonic filter settings

Exactly, as long as you had the same woofer on each side, same tweeter on each side, all your components could be different

wot about running a "x" brand speaker, through a "y" brand crossover then?