2 into 2 VS 2 into 1 exhaust
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Here's something you may want to consider that nobody seems to adress when it comes to sound. Where both your pipes openings are in relation to one another determines how "Harley" your pipes sound, which is why I don't care much for the current crop of "trendy" pipes like like Big Radius,Longshots,etc. If the openings of both your pipes are right next to each other, your bike is not going to sound as authenticly "Harley" than if your openings are far away from each other, as in staggered duals like traditional pipes,which are the best sounding 'cause the openings are like 2 feet away from each other.
I learned this from being a musician--when I play guitar or pedal steel, I run a stereo delay with 2 amps placed a couple feet from each other;dry signal going to the main amp & delayed signal going to the 2nd. The distance the amps are from each other determines how "deep" an echo effect I get. Same with pipes--the farther apart, the more traditionally "Harley" they are gonna sound, 'cause back in the day, almost all pipes were staggered duals of some sort. What you're hearing is the delay between the 2 openings,which gives it a sort of "echo" effect.
BTW the best sounding pipes I have heard lately are my buddies staggerd dual Rhinehart slip-ons on his Dyna.
I learned this from being a musician--when I play guitar or pedal steel, I run a stereo delay with 2 amps placed a couple feet from each other;dry signal going to the main amp & delayed signal going to the 2nd. The distance the amps are from each other determines how "deep" an echo effect I get. Same with pipes--the farther apart, the more traditionally "Harley" they are gonna sound, 'cause back in the day, almost all pipes were staggered duals of some sort. What you're hearing is the delay between the 2 openings,which gives it a sort of "echo" effect.
BTW the best sounding pipes I have heard lately are my buddies staggerd dual Rhinehart slip-ons on his Dyna.
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Here's something you may want to consider that nobody seems to adress when it comes to sound. Where both your pipes openings are in relation to one another determines how "Harley" your pipes sound, which is why I don't care much for the current crop of "trendy" pipes like like Big Radius,Longshots,etc. If the openings of both your pipes are right next to each other, your bike is not going to sound as authenticly "Harley" than if your openings are far away from each other, as in staggered duals like traditional pipes,which are the best sounding 'cause the openings are like 2 feet away from each other.
I learned this from being a musician--when I play guitar or pedal steel, I run a stereo delay with 2 amps placed a couple feet from each other;dry signal going to the main amp & delayed signal going to the 2nd. The distance the amps are from each other determines how "deep" an echo effect I get. Same with pipes--the farther apart, the more traditionally "Harley" they are gonna sound, 'cause back in the day, almost all pipes were staggered duals of some sort. What you're hearing is the delay between the 2 openings,which gives it a sort of "echo" effect.
BTW the best sounding pipes I have heard lately are my buddies staggerd dual Rhinehart slip-ons on his Dyna.
I learned this from being a musician--when I play guitar or pedal steel, I run a stereo delay with 2 amps placed a couple feet from each other;dry signal going to the main amp & delayed signal going to the 2nd. The distance the amps are from each other determines how "deep" an echo effect I get. Same with pipes--the farther apart, the more traditionally "Harley" they are gonna sound, 'cause back in the day, almost all pipes were staggered duals of some sort. What you're hearing is the delay between the 2 openings,which gives it a sort of "echo" effect.
BTW the best sounding pipes I have heard lately are my buddies staggerd dual Rhinehart slip-ons on his Dyna.
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