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eproduction in the vehicle. The DA1 bit is a plug and play device which is able to accept the ‘MOST’ signals from the on-board audio, flatten any factory sound curves and send this flat signal optically to a further processor called the bit Ten D where the signals can be adjusted and time-aligned to give a fantastic listening experience with separate presets for different musical tastes and genre. The boxes are secured to the existing stack of hide away boxes behind a removable panel in the luggage compartment. A small controller is mounted up-front, which allows listeners to select different sound presets and make on-thefly adjustments. This is fitted neatly to the centre console in front of the gear change in a redundant coin tray. As with all good installs, the car has received a good deal of Skinz sound treatment and all signal and power cables are from the high-grade Connection range. Chris has cleverly installed the equipment so that it can be shown in all of its glory or completely hidden away to keep it from damage when carrying equipment and stock around and also for added security. In practice, the system is used a lot! Chris travels 40-50K miles per year and demonstrates his hi-fi to everyone he meets. But, more importantly, he listens to music most of the time and although a self-confessed bass addict, he does have surprisingly eclectic tastes. Our thanks go to FOUR MASTER Sextons, Wandsworth (www.sextonslondon.co.uk) who allowed us to use their well-equipped and spotless workshop for photography Music for driving recommended by Chris 1 Katie Meluah Piece by Piece 2 Norah Jones Come away with me 3 AC/DC Iron Man compilation 4 Faithless Forever Faithless 5 Ellie Goulding Bright Lights Top: Front end of the original Audi equipment is left untouched except for the addition of the Audison bit 10D controller Left: Audison bit 10D and DA1 bit are attached to exisiting OEM equipment and wired directly into the factory connectors Equipment List Hertz HX380D Dual coil subwoofer Custom box with an internal volume of 2.2 cubic feet Hertz HDP 5 amplifier Hertz Hi-Energy HSK 163 Hertz Hi-Energy coaxial speakers, HCX165 Audison DA1 bit Audison bit Ten D Skinz sound treatment Connection Cables and Accessories Approximate cost of entire install including labour: £3500.00 42 Driving Sounds www.drivingsounds.co.uk Tel: 0800 652 5125
ass plays an extremely important part in music. It is used to colour orchestral music and add drama. In dance and rock music it is used to increase the heartbeat and therefore sense of excitement of the listener. It excites us because of its links with nature but is extremely difficult to reproduce. Bass Meant Thunder, huge waves crashing against rocks, the roar of a gale through trees, the eruption of a volcano are examples of natural occurrences that produce lots of bass. Just like the colour red in the light spectrum, bass in the audio spectrum carries suggestions of danger and warning. These emotional triggers are prevalent in all forms of entertainment as they cause excitement and thrills in the audience. In a car, physical space and a noisy environment make it particularly hard to generate meaningful bass tones without specialised equipment and a lot of effort and cost in terms of vehicle design. We have therefore, come to accept that the thin and weedy sound that emanates from your factory installed entertainment system is the best we can hope for. But much more is possible and the benefits to listening pleasure are always worth the extra effort. When it comes to car audio, we normally speak of bass in terms of audible frequencies below 80 Hertz otherwise known as sub bass. Such frequencies require specially designed speakers and amplifiers as described in our product features elsewhere in this publication. For In musical terms just a few acoustic rock, instruments produce sub bass frequencies. pop These include some brass instruments, and dance double bass, timpani and piano and very music, bass is few others. In electronic or amplified music, used a lot more the bass guitar and bass synthesizer are the manner to provide driving most common sub frequency generators of acoustic energy to the music to and are much more heavily used. and electronic make you tap your feet or even Composers of orchestral works tend to use instruments. This can help dance which is why traditionally, listeners bass very sparingly to boost its impact and listeners to tune a system to suit their tastes of these genres have been much keener maintain its dramatic effect and this can but bass needs to be expertly balanced so in their efforts to reinforce bass content leave many lovers of such music feeling it that it doesn’t overpower or detract from in their cars. However, adding bass to isn’t worth all the effort. This could not what is happening at higher frequencies. small speakers will only result in distortion be further from the truth. An orchestral Fortunately, FOUR MASTERS are at hand that will destroy listening pleasure and work with its bass content removed will to help advise and balance your system to eventually, the speakers! sound flat and lifeless. You may be able to your tastes. appreciate a virtuoso violin performance Most subwoofers will reproduce Find out more about how bass can but the accompaniment will be lacking all frequencies beyond sub bass. Some dramatically affect your listening pleasure the drama the composer worked so hard reaching as high as 200Hz at which point and how to introduce some into your car by to add. we reach the lower tones generated by all contacting a FOUR MASTER. Tel: 0800 652 5125 www.drivingsounds.co.uk Driving Sounds 43 PRODUCT FEATURE
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