sq?

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Printed Date: July 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Topic: sq?

Posted By: acura-maxima
Subject: sq?
Date Posted: September 02, 2003 at 8:18 PM

what does sq stand for?

im been readin alot of post referrin to sq?

ps. im in the market for a beginner hu?

what should i be looking for in a hu? im leaning toward a alpine9805 or 9807clarion dxz735 or a pioneer deh6400. the hu will have a amp added to in in the future, when i get extra funding. ill be listenin to hip hop and rap the majority of the time on cdr.

Replies:

Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: September 02, 2003 at 8:28 PM

Sq = Sound Quality

any of the headunits above are a good choice, but if i had to choose i would go with the Alpine or the Pioneer,

Posted By: crichols82
Date Posted: September 02, 2003 at 10:15 PM

like bberman1 said sq=sound quality.....i like Alpine the best they give better sq (sound quality) with the 4v preouts as opposed to the clarion which has 2v preouts....i dont have any experience with the pioneer though

Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: September 03, 2003 at 4:51 AM

If I remember right, the lower the #v of the preamp the harder the external amp has to work (meaning an amp would have to work harder with a headunit using 2v preouts vs 4v preouts).

Alpine gets my vote. I just got another Alpine (CDA-7995) and love it (but it has no internal amplifier so it wouldn't work in your scenereo). I should have never left the Alpine headunits in the first place, but we all live and learn I guess!

In case you're interested, SPL gets mentioned a lot too.
SPL = Sound Pressure Level

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