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hey Just curious how business has been recently. I'm still rockin my double 15" rl-p subs though i think its time to put them in a ported enclosure. They've been running hard in a sealed box for over a year. Wasn't too sure if they'd last this long but i'm still happy with them after all this time. Before SS, i used an adire audio brahma that i loved, but some of you may know, adire went tits up a ways back. Just curious how things at SS have been going, and if my subs ever need to be reconed or something, i can have it done. There are so many people makin subs now days its hard to pick one and beleive your choice was a sound one. I picked adire audio from recommendation on the net and i spose that was a mistake. My 15" brahma needed a recone for 2 years, until i found some dumb kid with $275 and sold it to him . Then i went with Soundsplinter from more recommendation from the net. Damn bandwagon brands . The newest bandwagon brand seems to be Fi. I'm happy with my subs though. Noticed the prices went up also. I got 2 15" subs for $500 even, now they're a bit more. A fine product however.

I hear that TC produces subs for Eclipse. Assuming this is true, what similarities do TC and SS subs have with eclipse? The motors look somewhat similar. Just curious, thats all. My brother has installed a few eclipse and noticed the similar packaging that my rlp subs were shipped in. Does TC produce any other brand names? btw http://www.tcsounds.com/ is not working

Driving around for three hours just to get some listen time. Trying to break them in. After that i might not turn them up as much. My ears are sore. Not so much from the subs but the highs. Boston pro's are very bright. Especially playing the ACDC - Live Collector's Edition, which the subs have no trouble playing. Somewhat monotone beats on the album but they play them very well. Driving from dust till dark forced me to turn the headlights on. The stock alternator likes this setup way more than a single 15" brahma. Much less light dimming for the sound output. After listening at moderate to high volume levels, the coils were slightly warm. The cones were a little bit warm to the touch. Nowhere near damage however. The Spooks volume 1 album sounds far too good. Having high quality speakers really shows you some music is mixed really bad, and some is mixed really well. The spooks tracks have weak basstrack it seems, but at high volumes its incredibly detailed. If you can stand Ming Xai's voice...Tracks 3, 7, 9 and 11 are good, the rest is crap... Two of these subs in a sealed enclosure will play any track from any genere of music. After a few days of listening these subs have gone beyond my expectations. Somewhat blown away by the performance, actually. It almost sounds distorted because they'll play the sharpest note, and return to neutral state leaving the interior shaking. Maybe someone somewhere will read this thread and decide to buy some subs Is polyfil reccomended? I didnt bother with any, not sure if they need it i was just curious. Oh, the subs have 2.235ft^3 each. I was going to add some bracing but didnt, so there is a little more airspace on each side. .1 is not enough to make much difference though

Holy crap. Interesting test drive, complete with near head on collision. The front tire, plus some inches, in my lane on a sweeping blind right hand corner up a hill on a country road miles away from town. Preoccupied with how good the woofers sound i instinctively threw the wheel onto the nonexistant shoulder....The inches i created between the oncoming lane prevented a terrible collision with a 2005+ ford f150. Nice truck but im not a ford man Damn people...Interesting feeling you get after such an occurance. Anyhow... I cant get these subs to sound bad. Incredibly efficient for a sealed enclosure. "Loud enough" is maybe half of what they're capable of. The perfect compliment for a set of boston acoustics pro60s in kick panels. The speakers have an orion 4002 amplifier and the subs are getting fed cheap power from a generation XI hifonics amp. Sounds good for what it is. I need to devise better mounting. The sinch strap just isnt cutting it. Much glad the weeks i spent researching geared me toward soundsplinter. It was a tossup between these and ascendent audio(which i recently hear have encountered growth problems...Shutting down their forums and such.) These subs in a sealed enclosure gives any type of music a clean detailed response. I listen to a bit of everything. The Matishyahu albums sound very clean. No complaints there. Obie trice cheers is a bit much for the ears, but is very deep, distinct notes that will leave you deaf in about ten minutes. No signs of struggle or stress from the subs. The dumb and dumber opening theme song is marvelous. I cannot get these things to fart out any note. Rather musical i'd say. Sounding like a broken record, but clean, clear, deep, detailed sounds coming from these. I can tell they're already "getting good". Its hard not to turn up the volume. Is break-in time reccomended? I feel like an A-hole for whining about the minor dents in the cone. This is the best $500 i've ever spent though. Hopefully SS will stay true to itself, offering kickass support for time to come. Just how big is soundsplinter, how many units get moved in a month? Is responding to customer queries a full time job for mike? I wish to know more about this terrific company. One more happy customer here.

Initial tests conclude what i had expected. Clean, clear, deep and plenty loud. I feel transients would benefit from a huge ported box but for all intended purposes, the small sealed is sufficient. Rather tight sounding. I love it. Its only day 1. I forgot to take the camera but here is the finished product. Very crisp, neutral sound. It's evident the subs need some time to loosen up a bit. At uncomortable volumes the subs are moving a CH over 1/4" or so. These are a quality product, and mike is a stand up dude to deal with. A small dent in one of the woofer cones was worth a $70 credit for me. Very pleased with my decision to put faith into soundsplinter. I'm sure these will last a good long time. The box almost received downfiring woofers but for simplicity sake, we mounted them regularly. Damn 4guage varmit ran amuck in my neatly routed wires. If you excuse me i have to go turn the gain up on my amp I wish i had taken better pictures of the build but i just wanted to get it done real fast. It took a good six hours to build wire and mount. Take teh seat out, remove the obsolete subwoofer and box. It'll probably stay unfinished for a long time. If it does get finished, it'll be with gray or tan carpet. Something simple. Who cares what it looks like. It's just a beater. Note the boat antenna clamp and sinch strap mounting system... P s is what part of the alphabet would look like if q and r were missing

I've reserved free use of a table saw down at a local shop tomorrow. It'll be a simple common chamber, sealed enclosure for 2 15" rlp. Internal dimensions of 19"H 15"W1 17"W2 30"L. Woofer displacement is .42 and that leaves me .2 for box bracing. Internal space for the woofers is the reccomended 2.1. I'd call it a simple, fail-safe enclosure, right? Any ideas? Subs will be facing forward, although i'd like them to downfire. I suppose it'll be built tomorrow...

It'll be a while before i get the chance to build a box and install these. Hard to find time when you work over 50 hrs/week.

I'll have to agree with you on that one. I got off work a short while ago and noticed, a $70 credit from paypal. $70 is more than adequate compensation for a small ding. Absolutely no hesitation on your part to make things right either. This rates high in my book! Thanks again. If you check your email you'll find a short message of gratitude.

edit: I have received a $70 credit as compensation. Very cool. The 2 15" rlp subs i ordered arrived today. The first thing i noticed was an outward dent in one of the subwoofers cones. Both have imperfections but this is the most noticeable. The other sub has minor blemish dents just around the logo. Hard to capture with camera and hard to notice. Not that big of a deal. This dent has somewhat bothered me about the order. It sucks having buyers remorse, it sucks having to ship products back for replacement also. Its hard to see how this would have been caused during shipping, without puncturing the cardboard container. An email has been sent to mike, i was just curious what you guys have to say about the matter

The vas for a 15" rl-p D4 is 5.225ft^3 yet the reccomended box volume is 2.1 sealed. Should i try to make the sealed volume closer to the actual vas or should this spec be completely ignored? I was thinking more like 2/3 of vas which would be 3.1ft^3. Has anyone questioned this before?