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lol.. I hope one day you remember this post when your hearing starts to fail, and given your post... it will.. and long before its time.

PS.. if its loud... its loud.... and you will suffer permanent hearing loss, no one escapes

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That's about right Nyopa isn't it!

What monitors are they in your avatar Nyopa? Look pretty nice :)

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HI Lumpen

They are Yamaha MSP10 Studios, designed by the creator of the famour NS10... and a good pair of speaker too.

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In answer to the original question....Yes, I do get some unwanted "Doof Doof" from the sub with some music. I find the other speakers are ok, but the sub could do with some improvement.

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The premium sound is bloody awesome for what you pay for it. I have my bass about 2-3 notches below full and the treble is the same. Also have loud on and set on Studio. Have fade set 2 notches to front. Even the most demanding metal (soulfly, iced earth, Opeth, Fear Factory etc) with bass etc copes well to about 14-16. What do you expect from an 8" subby? The first thing I'd change is the subby, but for what it is, it does a remarkable job, especially when watching a Movie with heaps of explosions in the car. I know that it is capable of rattling the rear spoiler quite well. As far as australian factory car sound goes, premium is the best.

All that said, compared to my previous 135db+ setup in the pulsar, this system can't touch it. Why? because on the previous system, even the worst recorded albums sound brillient. With the premium sound if the recording is substandard, so is the sound output. My first step in upgrading the premium sound is to install the hypobaric twin 10" subby enclosure that the pulsar had (that's what produced 135db+ from a pissy 50watt, continueous, amp), into the xr. Then add a decent amp for the subbies. After that maybe add some better speaker+tweeters then further down the track amps for the rest of the speakers. If you want amazing sound, you'll have to pay more than the $950 that the premo sound costs.

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Agreed to some extent. I'm working on sub-bass first then install the new fronts and amp at a later date. Here's how the boot kinda looks now. Well the half built enclosure anyway

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HI Everyone, as promised I finally ran a few tests over the weekend on the system and came up with the following.

I tested 3 songs and measured the loudness using an "a" weighted scale. This approximates the human ear at around 40 phon.. any hoo har.. getting a litle technical there, its like what we really hear.

So when the stereo is cranked up to 25 with no EQ, compression or any other shaping (loudness etc) in the premium system I came up with the following figures.

Song 1 , Jamiroquai canned heat 107-112dB peaked @ 121dB

Song 2 , Anastacia I'm outta love 105-112dB peaked @ 122.2 dB

song 3, ACDC Back in Black, 99-107dB peaked @117dB

So you can see that its pretty loud. to put it in perspective, the following table shows how loud for how long till permanent hearing damage starts.

85 dB 8 hours

88 dB 4 hours

91 dB 2 hours

94 dB 1 hour

97 dB 30 minutes

100 dB 15 minutes

103 dB 7.5 minutes

106 dB < 4min

109 dB < 2min

112 dB ~1 min

115 dB ~30 sec

So as I suggested for all of those of you who like their music loud turn it down a bit.

It simply means that you will be able to listen to it for longer, not just in the short term, but for the rest of your lives.

Last thing (which surprised even me) was that at this incredible level there was no audible distortion coming from the system... and I reckon for $1000 that's pretty good.

anyway my 2 cents worth :flameman:

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HI rusht

Yes, all the EQ was at the "0" point in the middle, this should mean no cut or boost.

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