EMMA – The Classes Part 1 – Sound Quality

To continue our EMMA week on The Audiozine we thought we would bring you some more information on the competition classes.

EMMA Entry
EMMA Entry is the way to get acquainted with car audio competition and is meant for anybody interested in getting a qualified opinion about his/her in-car mobile media system. The EMMA-judges will give the competitor feedback about the performance and installation of the mobile media system in a clear and simple way. The competitor will get the chance to listen to other cars and talk to other people interested in car audio. He/she can get inspired by other cars, installations or sound and will be able to buy an official EMMA Rulebook and CD to get an even better result next time around. Perhaps even more important, he/she will be able to meet people of all sorts and nationalities, make friends, get support from other competitors and in general have as much fun as possible.

A competitor is allowed to compete in this category if he/she meets all of the following criteria:

• The vehicle and/or competitor has never competed in any EMMA Sound Quality competition in any other category then EMMA Entry
• The vehicle and/or competitor has never won first place in the category EMMA Entry
• The competitor is not an active or retired judge in any car audio organisation
• The competitor is not related to, employed by, or otherwise affiliated with, and/or has not received financial support or other compensation from any manufacturer of mobile audio equipment, or publisher of auto sound related material, retail dealer or other representative of the mobile electronics industry and magazines (also auto sound organising or sanctioning body)
• He/she has neither received, nor expects to receive, financial support or other compensation for promotional consideration from any industry-related person or company for participation in any EMMA Event or promotion
• The mobile electronics system that he/she is entering to the competition should have been purchased through retail channels or used. If requested by an Event official, proof of purchase (i.e. numbered sales receipt) should be available for verification.

EMMA Experienced
EMMA Experienced is the next step up from Emma Entry, and the first category with competitions on a national and international level. The judging on Sound and Installation consists of criteria only concerning safety (installation) and simple sound judging. In this category a competitor with a decent sounding and installed car will feel at home. As only a
couple of things will be judged in Installation, no extensive installation is expected in the car. Sound will be judged with a couple of tracks of the official EMMA-CD. Of course if, through the qualified advice from the judges and other competitors, the Installation and Sound improve, it will be time to make the next step up, the advanced category. As there will be finals (the national and European kind) in this category, it will be the first step to learn why EMMA is special – it’s the feeling of belonging to a community of people who have the same
hobby on an international scale, where being there is more important than winning.

A competitor is entitled to compete in this category if he/she meets all of the following criteria:

• The vehicle and/or competitor have never competed in any EMMA Sound Quality competition in any other category then EMMA Entry or EMMA Experienced / Rookie.
• The vehicle and/or competitor has never won first, second or third place in the category EMMA Experienced / Rookie on a national or international championship
• The competitor is no active or retired judge in any car audio organisation
• The competitor is not related to, employed by, or otherwise affiliated with, and/or has not received financial support or other compensation from any manufacturer of mobile audio equipment, or publisher of auto sound related material, retail dealer or other representative of the mobile electronics industry and magazines (also auto sound organising or sanctioning body)
• He/she has neither received, nor expects to receive, financial support or other compensation for promotional consideration from any industry-related person or company for participation in any EMMA Event or promotion
• The mobile electronics system that he/she is entering to the competition should have been purchased through retail channels or second-hand. If requested by an Event official, proof of purchase (i.e. numbered sales receipt) should be available for verification.

EMMA Advanced
Almost the full Sound-judging will be done by two judges and the Installation will be judged on more points than safety alone. Unlike the Entry- and Experienced categories, there will be no automatic promotion to the next level.
This category is open to anyone who wants to compete in an EMMA-competition

EMMA Master
We are now entering the category where a sophisticated sounding (and built) system is expected and the judging and competition will be tough. The competitors in this category are supposed to set an example for the other competitors how to be an exemplary EMMA-competitor – as well in a competition as in the community.
This category is open to anyone!

EMMA Expert Unlimited
There is no higher level possible in EMMA Sound Quality Competitions. The competitors in this category should have the ultimate in sound and installation in their cars. To be certain that this is true, this class is only open to those competitors who took a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in EMMA Amateur, PRO or Expert on a Eurofinal of the former seasons or in EMMA Advanced or Master. Furthermore, the winner of the national title in the above mentioned categories in the former seasons is qualified. It is the responsibility of the national organisations to guaranty that the level of the competing cars in this category is the highest available in the country.

As is true for every installation and sound-setup, there will always be room for improvement, so the judges in this class also will give a qualified feedback to the competitors to improve the sound and installation in the future. To keep the balance between the Installation and the Sound Quality points the scoring for tonal accuracy will be doubled from max. 30 Points to max. 60 Points.

More on the Multimedia and ESPL in our next insert.

Source : www.emmanet.com