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Originally Posted by anupmathur  To satisfy Glass' curiosity, I would recommend he should try out his TV bass unit driven from the HU.
For the record, Der Alte, could you please explain the following a bit more:
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With all due respect to one of the wisest men on TBHP:
1)
In what way is a car amp or speaker designed to overcome such noises? And what does 'different sound power output' mean? A car amp or speaker design is not meant to overcome such noises, but the overall system design is: one needs a system with a bit more punch in that band to be heard over the noise. This box falls squarely in that band - much of its audible power will be in the 60-200Hz range. Conversely, if the system
designed for a car were to be installed in a room, it would sound unnaturally bass-heavy.
3)
Without complicating the subject with low freq cut-offs, how would this box perform in the range it was designed for? One can safely assume that the original design was meant for a different surrounding and power level.
Would its performance in a car change so radically that it would make the car feel suicidal? Looks like the humor was lost on you! The performance wouldn't change inherently, it would just be insufficient for the application.
4)
This is pure conjecture. Having personally tried out 'domestic stereo speakers' in a car, I think it a bit extreme to say that one would have to hunt for the lows because their intensity would be so low! Apples v/s oranges comparison, no? Everything from Lajpatrai Market speakers to exotica would produce sound, but there is a general average understanding of what is "good" sound. Even without discussing frequencies, decibels and watts - maybe one can try listening to the lower organ or piano notes with such speakers that you describe, whether in the car or in the living room. Or even test tones in the 20-100Hz range? Music can be heard and appreciated even without those, but conversely one doesn't conventionally classify systems - where that range is absent - has high-fidelity systems
5)
Isn't the 'quality' and 'boominess' best decided by the user. Who knows that some users might find this quite acceptable. Very true. In fact, the number of
satisfied users of systems where the subwoofer or tweeter output dominates (especially the ones that don't stop 'ringing' till 3 notes beyond) the music and the surroundings for a 100m radius, FAR OUTNUMBER the users of systems which produce a balanced natural sound, the way it was originally intended to (fidelity)!