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Technical papers

Skill Level	Car Audio:	date last updated
	Amplifiers:
Beginner	"Clipping:" What is it, and what causes it?	17-May-2010
Beginner	The anatomy of an amplifier	12-May-2010
Advanced	Car Audio Amplifier Fundamentals	05-May-2010
Intermediate	Amplifier Specs explained	28-July-2008
Advanced	Amplifier headroom: A brief explanation	12-May-2010
Beginner	How to set your amplifier input sensitivity (gain) with a DMM and a calculator	06-May-2010
Beginner	What exactly is the gain setting on an amplifier?	07-May-2010
Intermediate	The relationship of Power to Volume	12-May-2010
Beginner	How do I set my amplifier up? HELP!	20-May-2010
Beginner	What is a "subsonic" or "infrasonic" filter and why do I want one?	19-May-2010
Intermediate	Crossover setting fundamentals	22-May-2010
	Electrical:
Intermediate	Alternator ratings - What to know when shopping for High Output alternators	16-May-2010
Intermediate	Electrical charging Systems and Alternators	19-May-2010
Beginner	Stiffening Capacitors and what they do	05-May-2010
Intermediate	How to install a capacitor	16-May-2010
Intermediate	Why you don't need a capacitor.	06-May-2010
Beginner	What wire size do I need?	05-May-2010
Intermediate	The "Big 3" wiring upgrade. What it is, and how to do it.	05-May-2010
Intermediate	Battery Isoators: What are they? Do I want one?	21-May-2010
Beginner	Car Battery Types Explained	28-July-2008
Intermediate	How big of a battery does my stereo system need?	23-May-2010
	Subwoofers:
Advanced	An Unbiased Comparison of Linear BL Technologies	12-May-2010
Intermediate	Hoffman's Iron Law	12-May-2010
Intermediate	Thiele-Small parameters defined	05-May-2010
Intermediate	DUMAX and T/S parameters	05-May-2010
Advanced	Damping Factor by Richard Clark (external link)	20-May-2010
Intermediate	Subwoofer enclosure types	12-May-2010
Advanced	The A-to-Z of Aperiodic enclosures	16-May-2010
Advanced	Calculating Impedance Rise	07-May-2010
Advanced	How to calculate for a flared port	12-May-2010
Advanced	How to calculate frequency wavelength for tuning SPL and Quarter-wave enclosures.	12-May-2010
Beginner	Polyfill (Dacron): What it does, and how to use it properly.	12-May-2010
Intermediate	Which way should you aim your subwoofer box?	16-May-2010
Beginner	Why do I get more bass when my windows are down?	16-May-2010
Beginner	What will inverting my subwoofers do?	05-May-2010
Beginner	How do I wire my subs to my amps? I don't know this ohms stuff! (external link)	19-May-2010
Beginner	Can I port a sealed sub box?	23-May-2010
Beginner	Notes on speaker size	24-May-2010
	Speakers:
Beginner	Sound Quality (SQ), Sound Pressure Level (SPL), and Boom Cars. Which are you?	05-May-2010
Advanced	SQ system set-up and theory	16-May-2010
Advanced	Front Stage Speaker Fundamentals	08-May-2010
Intermediate	Imaging and Soundstage Fundamentals	16-May-2010
Advanced	Sound Quality tutorial: The right way to set up a SQ system.	17-May-2010
Advanced	Rear-Fill Speakers; Do I need them?	19-May-2010
Beginner	What size speaker wire do I need? [calculator] (external link)	16-May-2010
Intermediate	Horn Loaded Compression Drivers (wave guides)	05-May-2010
Beginner	What speaker "Power Handling" numbers mean.	23-May-2010
	Miscellaneous:
Intermediate	In Pursuit of a Noise-Free System: The Ten Commandments of Noise Prevention	16-May-2010
Advanced	Sound curve weighting	16-May-2010
Beginner	A quiet car cabin is a happy car cabin	16-May-2010
Advanced	Transfer Function and Cabin Gain	12-May-2010
Intermediate	What is "Sound Quality" and how is is judged? (external link)	16-May-2010
Beginner	A brief history of car audio	20-May-2010
Beginner	A lexicon of car audio terms (a dictionary)	07-May-2010
Beginner	Car Audio Links page	20-May-2010
Intermediate	Useful formulas for car audio applications	12-May-2010
Beginner	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: What brands are good?	20-May-2010
	Head Units:
Beginner	The truth about head unit power ratings	16-May-2010
Beginner	How do I wire multiple amplifiers with only 1 pair of pre-outs?	05-May-2010
Beginner	RCA level pre-out line voltages explained	21-May-2010
Intermediate	How to connect an aftermarket stereo system to a factory OEM head unit	23-May-2010
	Computers:	date last updated
Intermediate	Build a cat-5 crossover cable for connecting 2 PCs	28-July-2008
Intermediate	Jesus saves, but only Buddha makes Incremental Backups (external link)	28-July-2008