Ok, I need an honest, no BS assessment on how a Samsung q990d system will compare to a cheap 5.1 (or 7.1 etc) system.

I can get a q990d for $1400aud which includes rear speakers and a sub. Will connest with the samsung tv and its all just ready to go out of the box.

Surround sound setups range from free to $40,000… of course a well thought out setup will be better but I just want to hear the cars overtaking me when I watch Ford Vs Ferarri.

For the “sub 2k” price bracket. As a novice, how much am I leaving on the table really?

  • Delphia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    Yeah, a lot of modern DBW cars have fun tricks and quirks like the first 10% of the throttle or so over the first 25% of the pedal travel. So you use a lot less throttle setting off or once your cruising at a certain speed reducing the pedals responsiveness making it easier to hold speed. I want that shit GONE, 100% linear response please.

      • Delphia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        11·
        1 month ago

        Linear response in 25% of pedal travel being 25% throttle opening, or as close as I can realistically get.

    • IMALlama@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      So many thoughts on throttle feel and response as a fellow car guy:

      • Tip in, tip out, and engine braking on manual cars were done in due to a mix of emissions and NVH
      • Dual mass flywheels are fine on smaller engines but I’ve yet to encounter one on a larger displacement engine
      • The vast majority of engine tuning has been using a torque requested engine control model, which tends to again be optimized for NVH
      • less throttle restriction while in low load situations is a matter of diminishing returns and a past a certain point don’t matter, but I completely agree with the “don’t care, this is what I want”
      • Delphia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Yeah I just want 25% throttle to be 25% throttle. Ive only ever fooled with ETCs on Automatics that i either fitted aftermarket trans controllers or couldnt get one. Never had one on a manual, even then Id always be under the hood making sure that I was really getting WOT with my foot to the floor and monkeying with the clutch and putting in a short shifter.

        The only time I like to assume that the car knows better than me is with safety on my road cars.