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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 132972" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Crest Pro-Lite Questions&nbsp; - Two 3.0 bridged or one 7.5 for a pair of Danley TH118I was talking about a number of audio products in general-not a type specifically.I will stand by my &quot;believe&quot; statement.I run into people all the time that quote specs that are COMPLETELY WRONG-sometimes as much as 10-15dB off.Now that may be &quot;close enough&quot; in some peoples books-but not mine.&nbsp; Or maybe not the actual spec (as often the product will produce the particular spec WITHIN a very specific set of test parameters), but it is VERY misleading as to what the customer actually &quot;thinks&quot; it will do.And customers will quote these misleading numbers as a reason to buy a particular product over another.&nbsp; Even though the later will actually outperform the one with the misleading specs.All to often the customer either will not look further or is not smart enough to do a little bit of &quot;figuring&quot; to see if the specs make sense.But that requires a little bit of thought and knowledge-which far eludes many in our industry.&nbsp; They just want to be handed a &quot;simple number&quot; and &quot;believe&quot; that it represents everything about the product.&nbsp; This includes things like SPL output-coverage pattern-freq response etc.As with all other things-you have to look a bit deeper to get the truth.&nbsp; Just look at political ads for example.&nbsp; They don&#039;t tell the whole story-just the part they want you to believe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 132972, member: 30"] Re: Crest Pro-Lite Questions - Two 3.0 bridged or one 7.5 for a pair of Danley TH118 I was talking about a number of audio products in general-not a type specifically. I will stand by my "believe" statement. I run into people all the time that quote specs that are COMPLETELY WRONG-sometimes as much as 10-15dB off. Now that may be "close enough" in some peoples books-but not mine. Or maybe not the actual spec (as often the product will produce the particular spec WITHIN a very specific set of test parameters), but it is VERY misleading as to what the customer actually "thinks" it will do. And customers will quote these misleading numbers as a reason to buy a particular product over another. Even though the later will actually outperform the one with the misleading specs. All to often the customer either will not look further or is not smart enough to do a little bit of "figuring" to see if the specs make sense. But that requires a little bit of thought and knowledge-which far eludes many in our industry. They just want to be handed a "simple number" and "believe" that it represents everything about the product. This includes things like SPL output-coverage pattern-freq response etc. As with all other things-you have to look a bit deeper to get the truth. Just look at political ads for example. They don't tell the whole story-just the part they want you to believe. [/QUOTE]

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