our sq shows are judged by a unique set of rules......its out of 100 points.....5 for install, 50 for tonality and 45 for imaging and staging.....this format ensures the best sounding car wins, not the prettiest or the one with an amazing install......we always have best in show install at our shows so that the pretty one that sounds bad can still leave with some hardware......some of the nicest sounding cars i judged last year had very basic installs and some of the worst had far more elaborate and prettier installs.......im really looking forward to our shows this year.....i know a few people are building some great cars and cant wait to see and hear them

 

by criteria do you mean what music do i use for judging

 

if so its as follows
paul brown-moondance
focal 6-night mist blues
kim mitchell-crossroads
the cowboy junkies-misguided angel
sheffield drive cd-will i go around in circles
aaron neville-thats the way she love
south park chef-chocolate salty *****

 

tonailty plays the biggest role(half the points)....im looking for the instruments to sound proper....piano a piano and so on, imo opinion this is the hardest thing to achieve in car audio which is why it gets the most points....for instance in crossroads i listen fot the drums to sound proper, i play the drums so i am very familiar with the way they should sound......image and stage i listen for specific cues and placement is the various songs.....i have listened to all of these songs on many great reference systems......i have seen a ton of live acoustic shows and am lucky enough to have a music store just a few doors away so it easy to refresh a reference of a piano and horn instruments.....reference is important....the most important

 

i listen to lateralus by tool more for fun than anything, its not a part of points for judging, although i have thought of adding 10 points as a "fun" section.....if the stereo is fun to listen to then it gets good points......some systems just arent very fun to listen too....the reason i havent is because i think it would take away from the overall idea of the best sounding car winning.......i have changed a couple tracks from 2 years ago but thats normal.....if it stayed the same for ever it would become stale.......