This article mainly wants to help everyone get rid of the five major misunderstandings about car audio modification and have a more comprehensive understanding of audio modification. Do not follow hearsay and follow the trend of blind modification, which will waste money and energy.
Myth 1: The audio system of a high-end car is naturally high-end.
Many people mistakenly believe that luxury cars must have good systems, but they don’t know the secrets inside. In this era of rapid technological development, no matter what kind of car we buy, what we buy is the overall performance or brand of the car. For example, users who like “driving excitement” will buy BMW, users who like “nobility and elegance” will buy Mercedes-Benz, users who like “high safety performance” will buy Volvo, so no matter which car the user likes, it cannot be said that the car itself The sound system has the same performance as its own.
Take the BMW 523Li as an example. Since it entered the Chinese market, the tweeter has been omitted and replaced by two plastic plates. The front bass is also replaced with a domestic one. The entire sound system does not have a tweeter or independent amplifier. This is still the car audio system of the BMW 5 Series, what about the others? I think it goes without saying!
Misunderstanding 2: There is no need to do sound insulation and noise reduction when modifying speakers.
Many users said: They don’t understand why sound insulation is required before installing speakers.
Anyone who has read the editor’s article should know that “sound insulation is one of the keys for a good set of speakers to produce good sound quality.”
In the same way, why does a set of speakers sound good in the sound test cabinet, but why does it completely change the taste after moving it into the car? This is because the car is a means of transportation on the road, and the uneven road surface will cause the car’s iron sheet to vibrate, resulting in poor sound insulation. The environment of the sound system will be damaged, the speaker will vibrate, and the sound will be defective, and the sound will not be full enough. Beautiful. Of course, the effect of the sound system is obviously different from that of the audition.
If you want “the music of nature without the noise of silk and bamboo”, four-door sound insulation is enough. Of course, some users have very high requirements for sound insulation treatment and will require the entire car to be soundproofed.
Misunderstanding 3: The more speakers in the car, the better and the better the sound effect.
More and more car enthusiasts believe that when modifying the sound system, the more speakers installed, the better the sound effect will be. Users who are new to audio modification may see many cases where many speakers are installed and wonder whether the more speakers installed, the better. Here I can tell you with certainty, NO! The number of speakers lies in the precision, not in the number. According to the environment in the car, in the front and rear sound fields, if each speaker unit is installed correctly, good sound quality will naturally be expressed. If you blindly follow the trend, installing speakers randomly will not only cost money, but also affect the overall sound quality.
Myth 4: Cables (power cables, speaker cables, audio cables) are not worth much.
Wires are like “blood vessels”, just like people, and the sound will start. The so-called “worthless” wire plays a very important role in determining the sound quality of the speaker.
You must know that without these cables, the entire sound system cannot be constructed at all. The quality of these wires also affects the quality of the music. Isn’t this just like a luxury sports car, if there is no good road, how can it run fast?
When it comes to cables that are worthless, everyone thinks that they are provided for free during refitting. Here I can say very clearly that a lot of wires belong to the audio package, which does not mean that they are worthless. On the power cord, the slightly better cords cost hundreds of dollars in bundles, and they are only 10 to 20 meters long. There are also speaker cables, audio cables, especially audio cables, the cheap ones are dozens of dollars, the good ones are hundreds of dollars, thousands of dollars, and tens of thousands of dollars.
Myth #5: Tuning is unimportant.
In fact, everyone knows that car audio tuning is to make the audio system perform better. But car owners don’t know that car audio modification and tuning is the most difficult skill to learn and master. How much time and energy does the tuner spend on this area to have this kind of skill?
Post time: Sep-05-2023