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  1. Kyle Richardson

    Acoustic Visions????

    Yep, they pretty much summed it up but I'm still around on a personal level.
  2. Kyle Richardson

    does anyone snowmobile???

    03 Polaris 800 151". Will hopefully be upgrading to a Dragon this fall.
  3. Kyle Richardson

    Saying Goodbye

    Well guys, as you have probaby noticed I havent been around much here lately (or anywhere on the net). Six months ago I took a promotion and helped start up a new division with the company I work for and it's been hectic to say the least. Well, it continues to be busy and I cannot devote the time to Acoustic Visions that it needs and with great sadness I'm giving everybody here a heads up that I'll be closing shop in a month when it comes time to renew my URL. I've been in business since early 2001 so it's been a good run and I've loved every minute of it and I want to thank you guys for everything you've done. My heart just isnt in to it any longer and I'm too tired after work to give customers my full support and they deserve better. It's been a great time and I appreciate everybody for your support and the many friendships that I've made over the years. I started out just hoping that AV would give me a little spending money to help feed my audio adiction. It took off and for several years I did well enough that I considered doing it full time but I could never make the leap of faith it required so I kept its growth at a pace that I could live with while still working full time and it worked well for quite some time. I'll be honest, with the demise of Adire, Acoustic Visions also started to head down hill. By that time I was starting to lose interest and motivation to change gears to keep AV alive. I'm positive I could have done it with the right amount of motivation but it was too late at that point. With the new promotion at work I was working more and more and AV was about the last thing I wanted to do after getting home so it finally came time to make the tough decision about what to do and as you can see I have decided to close the doors. Acoustic Visions is something I'm proud of and I hope it has helped many of you in the past. It was a great chapter in my life and a great learning experience as well since I have never had any business or financial classes to help prepare me for owning my own business. Thats the great thing about life, we learn from experience and apply it to the next chapter in our life so we can become well rounded individuals. And so begins the next chapter..... Thanks, Kyle Richardson Acoustic Visions
  4. Kyle Richardson

    Music mixing software

    Sonic Foundry would be cool.
  5. Kyle Richardson

    Music mixing software

    Cool, I'll check out Audacity and Reaper.
  6. I'm buying my 13 year old daughter a keyboard for Christmas and I think she would enjoy hooking it up to her computer and mixing/composing some music with it as well. What INEXPENSIVE (well under $100) would you suggest for her? I need something that would be easy to learn and use but powerful enough that she wont get bored with it in a month.
  7. Kyle Richardson

    2 Tempests

    There are links to the .pdf's for both the Shiva and Tempest in post #5 in this thread. Dont be too concerned when it says "automotive use" or "home theater use" at the beginning of various applications in the .pdf because they are merely guidelines. As with any DIY driver you can experiment and find out what will work best for your application by running various simulations. Again, these are merely guidelines to possibly start from...
  8. Kyle Richardson

    2 Tempests

    If you have enough room to accommodate a ported enclosure then they are great.
  9. Kyle Richardson

    2 Tempests

    In addition to what the other guys have said, take a look at the Shiva Applications and the Tempest Applications. They will give you a good idea as to what enclosure sizes they need for both ported and sealed applications.
  10. Kyle Richardson

    12" and 15" subwoofer blowout

    No, thats too small for them but the 12's are not available any longer anyway. Check out the Shiva-X for an alternative selection. Basically the same driver but with slightly different specs to make it a bit more user friendly.
  11. Kyle Richardson

    mpyre 6.5 components

    Mpyre products are not available and that is why the link does not work. Sorry.
  12. Kyle Richardson

    Shiva-x and shiva questions

    With 250 watts on hand I'd say you are probably fine.
  13. Kyle Richardson

    New Exodus Drivers!

    I wouldnt put anything over 600 watts to it continuously. I'm not sure if you are thinking about a pair but these are dual 8 ohm drivers so you can only wire as low as 4 ohm with a single driver (2 ohm for a pair).
  14. Kyle Richardson

    Shiva-x and shiva questions

    That may be the easiest route to take right now. If you dont have a lot of power pushing the new driver (you didnt mention how much your original sub has) or if you dont push it extremely hard then it may work out great for you. If you find that you are bottoming out the PR then you know that you are at its limits and you either need to turn it down or redesign the enclosure. Here is a link to the Shiva box applications if you havent seen them yet.
  15. Kyle Richardson

    Shiva-x and shiva questions

    If it was the EBS design then if I remember correctly it was 142 liters. The new Shiva-X will do VERY well in that size enclosure but I worry about the capability of the PR. If you used the original Adire PR-15 then it was fine with the original Shiva but the new Shiva-X has quite a bit more capability and the PR may not be up to the task. I said "may" in the prior sentence because it all depends on how hard you run the sub. If you arent pushing the limits of the driver then the PR will be fine but if you are running it hard then you have the ability of damaging the PR since it will not provide enough resistance for the new driver. With that being said, you can always try it and see how well it works for you. If you find the PR isnt up to the task then you can always build a new enclosure for the new driver. Yep, I'm the same old Kyle thats been around for a few years now.
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