home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.car
- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!csus.edu!csusac!citrus!eddys
- From: eddys@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Steve Eddy )
- Subject: Re: Why so much power?
- References: <1992Dec22.194940.27109@csc.ti.com>
- Organization: Citrus Grove Public Access ( 916 ) 381-5822 Sacramento CA. USA
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:01:50 GMT
- X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
- Message-ID: <Bzq1z4.LGD@citrus.SAC.CA.US>
- Lines: 31
-
- ajones@dadd.ti.com (Alan Jones) writes:
- : I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I'll ask it anyway. I asked this question to a
- : salesman at a car audio store, and wasn't impressed by the answer he gave me.
- :
- : Anyway, why do cars require so much power to produce quality music? Most good
- : systems seem to include hundreds of watts of amplifier power. My home system
- : has only 45 watts, and it's so loud I never turn it up past 50%. The area
- : inside a car is so small - I'd expect that you wouldn't need much power to fill
- : it with quality music. What's the deal?
- :
- : By the way, where can I find the FAQ? I've been patiently waiting for it to
- : be posted but I haven't seen it.
- :
- : ADVthanxANCE!
- :
- : ---
- : sincerely,
- : Alan Jones / Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX / email=ajones@tiasic.csc.ti.com
- :
-
- The reason cars "require so much power" is that with more power, the
- greater vibrations looten and free up more testosterone from the owner's
- testicles. You see, car audio is really a visceral thing...
-
- se
-
- --
-
- # Where no man has gone before. eddys@citrus.SAC.CA.US
- # *default* .sig file csusac.ecs.csus.edu!citrus!eddys
- # The undiscovered land. /\../\
-