Installer’s Forza Toolbox
Audison Forza DSP amplifiers are packed full of digital tools. The tools enable an installer to deliver the end user the best sound possible. DSP is not new and is employed in the home, car, studio and on stage. Time alignment and comprehensive equalisation are traditional ways of fixing audio anomalies. The level they do this to is dictated by processing power and the depth of software available.
Audison Forza DSP is a package of the most comprehensive features available for a car. It is now joined with many tools to make your specialist installer’s job easier and more efficient. As factory standard audio equipment becomes more complicated, the potential for discovering new problems also increases.
Topline features include de-equalisation. We know that car companies fix a sound curve to their head units to make the cheap speakers they use sound as close to musical as possible, but mainly to protect them from destruction. Unfortunately, such jiggery-pokery can compromise the performance of some aftermarket equipment. As built-in to some of the new Audison Forza amplifiers, Forza DSP can undo such work and turn a highly coloured audio feed into a clean, flat one.
Car manufacturers also employ DSP to delay the signal to specific speakers (time alignment) and phase shifts. This establishes a perfect stereo image for everyone in the car. In some applications, this does help; however, in others, they would be better off giving up on stereo altogether and just providing mono audio. The DSP in Forza amplifiers can unscramble time alignment and correct any phase shifts. An installer can then make expert tweaks to give the customer what he/she wants. There is even a facility to reassign the wiring – effectively using DSP to correct possible speaker wiring faults.
Human perception of sound can be a tricky mistress. What sounds great to one person may sound not so great to another. For this reason, an installer will generally employ an RTA (Real Time Analyser) that shows graphically what is happening in your listening environment. An RTA used to be an expensive piece of stand-alone equipment that was always complicated to set up and use, and as a result, many installers working to tight budgets would skip this critical step. Forza DSP has an RTA on every channel. This makes the installer’s job much more straightforward. All that is required is a calibrated microphone to do the “listening”, and hey, presto!
These tools and a few more come as standard in the DSP-equipped Forza range, resulting in a far more efficient installation process and a better result for the end user.
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