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“OK” she said, “ You are
supposed to be the audio guy….remember all I did for you to help you
through school?” Well….what else could he say to Mom other than,
“I’ll fix it”.
He searched all of
California for a rental agency who would rent him a Miata for the week.
After finally finding one and posting
a bond…..the car was outfitted with all sorts of high-tech measuring
gear.
Microphones
were placed everywhere to measure all sorts of wind noise and vibration
devices measured low frequency pulses from the drive-shaft and
transmission. The car was driven over a variety of different roads. Then
multiple measurements of the factory speaker system were taken to judge
a starting point. Many measurements were made of the frequency response
of the speakers relative to the drivers ear, this is really all that
matters in a car. Literally hundreds of designs were evaluated on
computer simulations and dozens of versions were installed in our
prototype car.
Finally, a
unanimous decision was made on a final design and a few samples were
built. Mom of course loved them and that was that. Or so we thought. Her
friends heard them and wanted a pair. And so the story goes, so did many
other "friends".
When you visit a
large car audio shop, chances are you get to listen to a few speakers
mounted in a wall with many other speakers in a small room. The customer
usually picks out the one that “sounds the best”. Often this is the
one that sounds the “loudest” to him or her as this is human nature.
This choice is usually made with the best of intent but without
the proper information. How are you to know what this speaker is going
to sound like in your car? You don’t. That is why Clearwater
loudspeakers are expressly designed for each individual car.
We hope to soon
bring that same Clearwater magic to some of these other great cars that
people love so much to drive.
Contact us by
phone at (916) 852-1423
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