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sqcomp · 02-26-2009, 10:34 PM

There are several characteristics that explain the idea of overall sound quality as it relates to car audio:

Staging, imaging, ambiance, definition, and clarity are a few important ones. You can also think of timbre and tonal accuracy.

Imaging includes individual and specific locations for instrunments in the recording, they should be well defined and easily locatable. When you kick in rear fill speakers you move the stereo signal BACK, when it should be in front of you. Think of when you go to a live performance. Are you hearing the performers like you're on the stage? No. The soundstage is a plane in front of you. Ideally the soundstage should project the audio image that it is on your dash out on your hood, horizontally beyond both of the a-pillars.

...something to add to that spades? Or am I wrong about imaging?

02-26-2009, 10:34 PM	#15
sqcomp Roadrunner Jr. View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Back at home Posts: 2,609	There are several characteristics that explain the idea of overall sound quality as it relates to car audio: Staging, imaging, ambiance, definition, and clarity are a few important ones. You can also think of timbre and tonal accuracy. Imaging includes individual and specific locations for instrunments in the recording, they should be well defined and easily locatable. When you kick in rear fill speakers you move the stereo signal BACK, when it should be in front of you. Think of when you go to a live performance. Are you hearing the performers like you're on the stage? No. The soundstage is a plane in front of you. Ideally the soundstage should project the audio image that it is on your dash out on your hood, horizontally beyond both of the a-pillars. ...something to add to that spades? Or am I wrong about imaging? __________________ “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” ― Thomas Paine

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