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  1. ramteid

    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    Since it is not technically my vehicle, i cannot do that... Yet anyways
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    I could also do what you suggested and use two ports and plug one up, which could drop the tuning to where i want for daily and still get plenty loud and i could unplug the extra port and have it tuned way higher to mess around and get numbers.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    Meh, the response for the new enclosure is somewhat similar. I figured out how my car responds with the subs in that position so i would like the response to have not much more than a db peak from 30~55. I like my response a lot better now but still could be better but i dont have the room to tune my sub any lower or make the enclosure bigger.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    Yes it is and still on the sundown 3kCool I have a 2009 Jeep liberty with a 12" zcon on 1500 watts rms.It gets Very loud! Yeah i love my zcon but im not sure what i want to do for my next setup. I was thinking 2 zcon 12s or 4 xcon 10s on a crescendo 5500 but its hard to get the response i want in winisd with those, so im not sure.I would love to do two zcon 12's on a better amp. If I could fit the box in the space I have.I may try the zcon 12s but im not sure yet. Im gonna have to do some modeling in winisd to see if i can get a response that i want. I think i can get the response i want with two xcon 12s but im not sure i i want to run a 5500 on them.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    Yes it is and still on the sundown 3kCool I have a 2009 Jeep liberty with a 12" zcon on 1500 watts rms.It gets Very loud! Yeah i love my zcon but im not sure what i want to do for my next setup. I was thinking 2 zcon 12s or 4 xcon 10s on a crescendo 5500 but its hard to get the response i want in winisd with those, so im not sure.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    Hahaha, its not all that bad. I have had a few minor issues with it. The catalytic converter went out on it but luckily ot was still under the warranty, i just change all the brakes, new tires, and new front struts all in the last 3 months. Other than that its an alright car, nit the greatest but it gets me 29 mpg even with the weight in the back.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    Yes it is and still on the sundown 3k
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    the box is not done yet but i got tired of messing around and wanted to hear it, so i will end up finishing it later. right now it is right around ~6.5 cubes net tuned to 33~34 with two 6 inch aero ports. The ports are 4 inches away from the bottom of the enclosure, so when we get some time we are going to trim the ports down another inch and see what we can get. we have not done much testing, but 42 hz seems to be my peak down in the kick.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    my first enclosure sucked, obviously, since there was only around 4.5 cubes net with only 70 square inches of port, so i decided to finally get around to building a new enclosure.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    got an SSA plate from toolmaker and decided to try some plasti dip on my car.
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    '08 Dodge Caliber build

    i guess i will start posting updates on here since i have been changing a lot of it in the last year. bought me a ZED Ra a year ago, i love this thing.
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    Our Ghost Just Opened A Door For My Wife

    When i was little i had an "imaginary" friend but he always came and went as he pleased and it was always as if i was talking to another person and i had no control over what he said.My mom always thought it was a spirit, i didnt care because it gave me someone to play with. Once we moved i never saw him again, i tried to imagine him but no luck.
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    Our Ghost Just Opened A Door For My Wife

    In a sense, that is a good thing that there is no sign of him. What i think of as a ghost is a spirit who is somehwat stuck here and/or has not moved on.
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    FI Sp4 On Fire.. Warranty?

    Your information is incorrect.No, your information is incorrect. He gave the sub too much power and we all know that. For that reason its a customer abuse issue, not warranty.We all know why he blew it up but your explanation is still incorrect. If you would go through the topic, from the link you posted, you would see that one person had it correct when he said "I frequently load music files in adobe audition which monitors db levels of the signal. MOST songs I have looked at reach 0db at some point, and some exceed that (clip) frequently, although the average dB level of the entire song is often -10db or less."
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    FI Sp4 On Fire.. Warranty?

    Your information is incorrect.
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    FI Sp4 On Fire.. Warranty?

    I looked at your very first post and you mentioned that you had set your gains with a scope and had no clipping. By setting your amp with a -6 db tone, you are asking your amp to produce 4x its output. By doing that, that actually does mean that you are clipping during the peaks unfortunately. I hate to say this, but you have actually over powered your sub. Your sub sould be powered with 7500 watts RMS so that way you can properly reach your peaks wthout the amps going into clipping. By using a -6 db tone, you have accually tried to give your sub 12,000 watts RMS at its highest peak while it should be powered with only 7500 watts RMS at its highest peak. What I mean is is that by setting that 3000 watt amp at -6, you tried to output 12,000 watts RMS which is too much power. You should have actually had the amp set closer to - 3 or -4 db and then the amp would have been properly set for how the sub is rated. At -3 db we should get double the output which is roughly 6000 watts RMS at its highest peak which is pretty close to the target of 7500 watts RMS. Hope this makes sense. The gain was just turned a tad too high and thats why the sub blew.By the way, to find the max power of your sub during its peak, you want to take its RMS power which is 3000 watts and multiply that by 2.5 which is roughly how much higher a peak is compared to the non peak. By taking 3000 x 2.5 is how I got 7500 which should be the max power applied to the sub in order to fully power it. Why do you think that using a -6db tone is asking the amp to produce 4x its power?I don't "think" that its causing the amp to put out 4x of its power, but I know for a fact that it does because 6db equals 4x. If you set a 1000 watt RMS amp at -6 db, it will try to put out 4000 watts RMS at its highest peak. Its not what I think, thats just how amps work. If you set a 1000 watt amp at -3 db it will try to put out 2000 watts. For every 3 db of increase power doubles. You start at 3000, and it goes to 6000 at 3db. At 6 db we double once again which brings 6000 to 12,000. Just how it works my friend. Just because a song has a peak a -1 does not mean that the average or "rms" of the song is -1, it will usually be -7 to -12 usually, while the average of that -6 tone is most likely -9. It all depends on how much compression and etc... I have songs that peak higher than others but are not allowed. Anyway, go try out what shizzon posted.
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    FI Sp4 On Fire.. Warranty?

    I looked at your very first post and you mentioned that you had set your gains with a scope and had no clipping. By setting your amp with a -6 db tone, you are asking your amp to produce 4x its output. By doing that, that actually does mean that you are clipping during the peaks unfortunately. I hate to say this, but you have actually over powered your sub. Your sub sould be powered with 7500 watts RMS so that way you can properly reach your peaks wthout the amps going into clipping. By using a -6 db tone, you have accually tried to give your sub 12,000 watts RMS at its highest peak while it should be powered with only 7500 watts RMS at its highest peak. What I mean is is that by setting that 3000 watt amp at -6, you tried to output 12,000 watts RMS which is too much power. You should have actually had the amp set closer to - 3 or -4 db and then the amp would have been properly set for how the sub is rated. At -3 db we should get double the output which is roughly 6000 watts RMS at its highest peak which is pretty close to the target of 7500 watts RMS. Hope this makes sense. The gain was just turned a tad too high and thats why the sub blew.By the way, to find the max power of your sub during its peak, you want to take its RMS power which is 3000 watts and multiply that by 2.5 which is roughly how much higher a peak is compared to the non peak. By taking 3000 x 2.5 is how I got 7500 which should be the max power applied to the sub in order to fully power it. Why do you think that using a -6db tone is asking the amp to produce 4x its power?
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    Flatline Audio Amplifier Testing Results.

    Wonder what that statement means. You will most likely find out soon if you do not know.
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    New SSA License Plates by ToolMaker

    I had him make me one a few months ago but i like this one better.
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    FJ Demo

    About time he got those 32s on there.
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    Im not to happy right now.....

    I saw this on facebook. That guy you sold them to was also complaining that the d4 coils read 3 ohm and not 4.
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    smd dd1

    all im saying is by ear can get u close but no way it can be set dead on .There are no tools you can use to set it "dead on" either. Music dynamics, Hell even power supply dynamics are enough to never have the ability to be constantly level matched. This is the basic fundamental flaw of the dd1.True, but i like to know where my amp is set up and even if it is not perfect it gets me close to the point that i want. I like to mess with music and edit the bass lines and i know that a lot of the music i listened to would do just fine with a -10 tone so thats what i used. I didnt have any issues with the songs except for a few that happened to be louder, then i had some clipping issues but i realized it and always turned the volume down on those songs. I also ended up buying a zed ra and set the compressor up around the tones level and now i never have any issues.
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    is my box design OK?

    There are also threads on here that talk about port area and there are some links to some calculators to help determine the port area you need.
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    Y'all Alright, Okies?

    I had to turn the news off. I cant watch that kind of stuff.Took the car to the dealership for a safety recall and they had CNN on in the waiting room. I couldn't stand 5 minutes of it and had to leave; those reporters are like pucking jackals. Yeah, i understand that they are just doing their jobs in all, but i wouldnt be able to just stand their and report, i would rather help.
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    Y'all Alright, Okies?

    I had to turn the news off. I cant watch that kind of stuff.
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