Comments on: The best car for the car test? http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/08/08/the-best-car-for-the-car-test/ Mon, 20 May 2013 18:44:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Distorted Memory http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/08/08/the-best-car-for-the-car-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5227 Distorted Memory Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:29:21 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=3416#comment-5227 I never used to test in mono, but currently I'm routing my two pairs of monitors through a Mackie Big Knob which has a mono switch on it so it makes checking the mono signal very quick and easy....however more than once i've opened a project and been very confused as to why it sounds different than i remember it sounding, or why spacial effects arn't working right, until i realise i've left the mono monitoring selected :O I never used to test in mono, but currently I’m routing my two pairs of monitors through a Mackie Big Knob which has a mono switch on it so it makes checking the mono signal very quick and easy….however more than once i’ve opened a project and been very confused as to why it sounds different than i remember it sounding, or why spacial effects arn’t working right, until i realise i’ve left the mono monitoring selected :O

]]> By: Raytrace http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/08/08/the-best-car-for-the-car-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5222 Raytrace Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:51:38 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=3416#comment-5222 yes mono is very important and tbh - I always forget it :o I try to make sure my bass is always in check by using OtiumFX Basslane at least though... I was thinking what would be cool would be to test it on radio by using one of those semi-illegal small range iPod to radio broadcast thingies that people used before cables were common for connecting the iPod. Id love to do that as I have a lovely Tivoli Audio radio which is mono and I could check stuff on that... I also check on my PCs BOSE 2.1 system, whose sound I really like, but is definitely overly round/warm in the bass frequencies, I figure if I can get any form of bass detail on them, I'm doing ok :D yes mono is very important and tbh – I always forget it :o

I try to make sure my bass is always in check by using OtiumFX Basslane at least though…

I was thinking what would be cool would be to test it on radio by using one of those semi-illegal small range iPod to radio broadcast thingies that people used before cables were common for connecting the iPod. Id love to do that as I have a lovely Tivoli Audio radio which is mono and I could check stuff on that…

I also check on my PCs BOSE 2.1 system, whose sound I really like, but is definitely overly round/warm in the bass frequencies, I figure if I can get any form of bass detail on them, I’m doing ok :D

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/08/08/the-best-car-for-the-car-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5221 Oliver Chesler Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:33:28 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=3416#comment-5221 Mono! Woops... yes VERY important to test in mono. Mono! Woops… yes VERY important to test in mono.

]]> By: DIstorted Memory http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/08/08/the-best-car-for-the-car-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5219 DIstorted Memory Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:50:34 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=3416#comment-5219 Mine goes like this: Yamaha HS10s (With, then without BX105 SUB on) Alesis MK2s Yamaha DJM1000 Headphones Back to the Yamaha's but in mono playback Car test in my 2004 F150 Macbook speaker test i'm surprised no one has mentioned a mono playback test...or is it just assumed? Mine goes like this:

Yamaha HS10s (With, then without BX105 SUB on)
Alesis MK2s
Yamaha DJM1000 Headphones
Back to the Yamaha’s but in mono playback
Car test in my 2004 F150
Macbook speaker test

i’m surprised no one has mentioned a mono playback test…or is it just assumed?

]]> By: Raytrace http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/08/08/the-best-car-for-the-car-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5218 Raytrace Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:00:45 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=3416#comment-5218 I cant remember where I read that about Beetles tbh, I think it was an interview with Mark Levinson or something about designing speaker systems for Lexus' (Lexi?). Yeah I definitely love listening to music in cars, they're perfect for blaring it as loud as you want. I would say maybe the Beetle was singled out because its one of the few remaining pre-war curvey shapes around to this day. Also maybe the fact that the engine is behind the back wheels means better sound for the driver and front passenger :) - although in fairness air-cooled boxer engines arent known for their quietness :D. My checklist of stuff I get to check my noises on are: KRK Rokit R6 (through KRK Ergo) BeyerDynamics DT-770 Pro (cans) System Audio 1530 floorstanders through ARCAM (Solo) Amp (I test a burnt 16-bit 44,100hz WAV CD on this) I'm now going to add this to my checklist- Streaming 320kps 48khz LAME MP3 to both 360 and PS3 (out through the ARCAM amp and SA1530s) I cant remember where I read that about Beetles tbh, I think it was an interview with Mark Levinson or something about designing speaker systems for Lexus’ (Lexi?). Yeah I definitely love listening to music in cars, they’re perfect for blaring it as loud as you want. I would say maybe the Beetle was singled out because its one of the few remaining pre-war curvey shapes around to this day. Also maybe the fact that the engine is behind the back wheels means better sound for the driver and front passenger :) – although in fairness air-cooled boxer engines arent known for their quietness :D.
My checklist of stuff I get to check my noises on are:
KRK Rokit R6 (through KRK Ergo)
BeyerDynamics DT-770 Pro (cans)
System Audio 1530 floorstanders through ARCAM (Solo) Amp (I test a burnt 16-bit 44,100hz WAV CD on this)

I’m now going to add this to my checklist-

Streaming 320kps 48khz LAME MP3 to both 360 and PS3 (out through the ARCAM amp and SA1530s)

]]> By: kleer001 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/08/08/the-best-car-for-the-car-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5214 kleer001 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:51:50 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=3416#comment-5214 My listening environments for songs in progress: laptop speakers 20$ headphones a car with blown out speakers an old tube television a phone's speakers And if, through all that it still sounds good? It's gold. My listening environments for songs in progress:

laptop speakers
20$ headphones
a car with blown out speakers
an old tube television
a phone’s speakers

And if, through all that it still sounds good? It’s gold.

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