i need help tuning my car
06-23-2004, 06:22 PM
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where can i get my car audio adjusted to better sound quality in toronto area?? or the area nearby? i wanna get a RTA test result, help me plz, i have a genesis dual mono with 165V and i think my sound is not too good....... anyone? any shop recommended?
06-24-2004, 03:40 AM
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RTA does little to make your car sound good but it does teach you what flat sounds like, it teaches you what you have to change to fix a problem area, it tells you if you have a problem area. Granted flat sounds lousy it is important to teach yourself how to self adjust specific sonic areas (I would rather do it myself, and so would you but you need training to do that). I just bought a Behringer RTA very nice and quite inexpensive ($220 US with Microphone and 30' mic cord)
06-24-2004, 09:47 PM
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an rta is very helpful tool in the beginning stages stages of tuning your stereo, it by no means tells you that you stereo will sound good or bad but can be very helpful in teaching your ears what a particular band of frequencies sounds like when not properly tuned, some people have very good ears and can pick out problem areas almost immediately, other not, but with alot of experience, aka hours of listening and tuning, most can learn to be good at it, some people are just tone deaf and will never get it, what you have to make sure you have is a very good reference system, to guage your car against, i recommend a very good set of headphones to get you started with learning the tonality of the tracks you are trying tune your ride to, tuning is an art some people can do it easily, some takes time, but by asking the question you did means youn are willing to learn a fine art, make sure you find a good teacher
06-28-2004, 08:23 PM
#7
Originally posted by Westec:
RTA curve of flat sounds like ***....
RTA curve of flat sounds like ***....
Tune to ear, but remember, what you like, isn't always what a Judge is going to like.
Or if your not going to compete, tune to how you like it.
06-28-2004, 10:21 PM
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...and how many people here have actually heard a totally flat car?
Back to the topic at hand:
Yan is looking for a Shop/Store in the Toronto area to help tune his car. Is there a shop willing to step up to the plate?
Good luck Yan!
Adam
Back to the topic at hand:
Yan is looking for a Shop/Store in the Toronto area to help tune his car. Is there a shop willing to step up to the plate?
Good luck Yan!
Adam
06-28-2004, 11:36 PM
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Brandon once again you speak with the expertise only a total lack of experience on the topic will give you...
IMHO there will never be ANY judge who will think a totally flat curve sounds great...because it just never does...and I mean never. So once again Brandon I really don't know where you come up with this BS.
On the other hand, a judge would probably like to see smooth transitions from octave to octave declining SMOOTHLY and in a LINEAR fashion from bass to treble, perhaps smoothly rising at the upper spectrum, without any sudden dips or peaks....and as it happens, usually that kind of curve ends up sounding infinitely better than a flat curve, and can still score perfect as long as the octave to octave transitions are within the guidelines.
IMHO there will never be ANY judge who will think a totally flat curve sounds great...because it just never does...and I mean never. So once again Brandon I really don't know where you come up with this BS.
On the other hand, a judge would probably like to see smooth transitions from octave to octave declining SMOOTHLY and in a LINEAR fashion from bass to treble, perhaps smoothly rising at the upper spectrum, without any sudden dips or peaks....and as it happens, usually that kind of curve ends up sounding infinitely better than a flat curve, and can still score perfect as long as the octave to octave transitions are within the guidelines.
