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The Clearwater factory manufactures hundreds of different varieties of speakers. The Miata is one of our first loves. Our founder’s Mother bought one of the first Miata’s in New York state. So the story goes…….She called him up after taking his advice on the Miata purchase. Although she loved the car….she did complain about the stereo. |
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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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