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Distortion

13th Jul 2022Why Do All Car Audio Speakers Need To Be Auditioned Before Buying?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Coaxial Speakers, Component Speakers, Distortion, Speakers

Why Do All Car Audio Speakers Need To Be Auditioned Before Buying?

Picking new speakers for your home, a new set of headphones or upgrades for your car audio system should all involve the same auditioning process. Take two or three of your favorite songs on a memory stick to a local mobile enhancement retailer and audition the speakers under controlled conditions. We can’t count the number of times people have purchased speakers based on a Read more

20th Apr 2022Speaker Distortion Increases with Cone Excursion

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: BassBox Pro, Distortion, Horns, Speakers, Term-Pro

Speaker Distortion Increases with Cone Excursion

Few people in the car audio industry seem to grasp that speakers are typically the weakest link in audio systems, in terms of adding distortion to what we hear. Whether it’s a poor design with improper voice coil centering in the magnetic gap or poor magnetic or compliance linearity, speakers add significant amounts of unwanted information to what we hear. This article will Read more

30th Mar 2022Clearly I Haven’t Explained Audio Signal Distortion Properly

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Android, Digital Multimeter, Distortion, Intermodulation Distortion, Radios, SMD, Sony, Steve Meade

Clearly I Haven’t Explained Audio Signal Distortion Properly

Last week a friend of mine sent a link to a YouTube video by Steve Meade, who was experimenting with line output converters using an oscilloscope and an SMD DD-1+ distortion analyzer. Several statements in the video and the comments made it clear that people don’t understand the concept of audio signal distortion. That’s OK. It’s a complex subject and requires looking at Read more

26th Nov 2021Single Amplifier Distortion Specs Make No Sense

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, ANSI/CTA-2006-C, Class AB, Distortion, Speakers, Subwoofers

Single Amplifier Distortion Specs Make No Sense

Have you ever looked at something and thought you were only getting part of the story? Many previous articles have discussed amplifier distortion at length but haven’t delved into how power output levels and frequency affect distortion measurements. If you’re looking for the best amplifier for your car audio system, especially for midrange drivers and tweeters, this information Read more

12th Nov 2021A First Look at Car Audio Speaker Distortion

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Clio, Distortion, Intermodulation Distortion, Klippel, Speakers

A First Look at Car Audio Speaker Distortion

If you’ve been a reader of BestCarAudio.com, you know we’ve published a lot of articles about distortion. We include detailed measurements of harmonic and intermodulation distortion in our Test Drive Reviews to help show you the quality and performance differences between products. In this article, we’ll make a series of speaker distortion measurements using our new Clio audio Read more

21st Apr 2021Your Installer Can’t Tune Out Distortion with a DSP

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, CTA-2006-C, Digital Signal Processors, Distortion, Fisher-Price, JBL, Radios, Sony, Speakers, Subwoofers

Your Installer Can’t Tune Out Distortion with a DSP

No matter how hard he or she tries, the installer who’s calibrating your car audio system can’t use a digital signal processor to tune distortion out of your system. We aren’t talking about the harmonic distortion that happens when a signal overloads the processor or an amplifier’s input stage. Preventing clipping is a simple process and one that’s fundamental to completing an Read more

28th Jul 2016Everything You’ve Wanted To Know About Audio Distortion – Part 2

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, Distortion, Processors, Radios, Speakers, Subwoofers

Everything You’ve Wanted To Know About Audio Distortion – Part 2

If you were able to grasp the concepts outlined in the first article about audio distortion, then this one will be a piece of cake. If not, head back and have another read. It can be a bit complicated the first time around. Undistorted Audio Analysis When looking at the specifications for an audio component like an amplifier or processor, you should see a specification called Read more

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