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  1. Posted

    Things have really ramped up with more fixtures to do more parts at once. We are at about 7 days right now... and hoping to hold that, although we wont change the dates on the site until we can consistently do so.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  2. Posted

    Trying HARD to keep pricing the same. Lighter, more cooling options... just a progression of the line. Ill get some pics up in a week or two. Trying to figure faster ways of making them then the protos. Machining the deep and narrow pocket is a little less than fun at the speed we want to. Looking at making a 6 insert full circle carbide cutter that will mount to our spade mount (for drilling the 3.25" holes in the N series top plates). Should make short work of things, but will take a fair amount of time to make.

    Give me about 2 weeks and Ill have pics to post.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  3. Posted

    Finishing up coding for them. Be up in about 30 minutes.

    Not too pricey when you compare them to others for their intended use.

    They are designed for SPL use.... but I'm sure people will use them otherwise.

    Fair amount more motor force. TS params are based off of a 7 spider suspension too. Cooling for these (for death match or the like) consists of the heli-cool system with the addition of an aluminum sleeve for thermal dissipation, inductance, and increased cooling compression.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  5. Posted

    Break room? We are not that kind of company...lol

    Really people think we are bigger/cooler than we are. No show room, nothing fancy, just 6 shops (4 in a row and 2 in separate buildings... as we are slowly taking over this whole block of buildings). We have one with the 2 main offices in front and the machine shop in back. 10 lbs of beans in a 5lb sack with machines in that one. But the way the cells/machines are set up it works great. Next door is the test room and another room for clothing. Behind that in the warehouse is a room for screening shirts/stickers... then mezzanine for storage. Next building is build shop and coil/spider storage. Next shop is wood in back and sealed off up front for motor assembly. Other two outlaying shops are storage for parts and half of the other being the "toy" shop for projects rarely relating to car audio.

    As mentioned above, we have quite a bit of proprietary info going on at any given time and dont allow most people in period. Should you show up depending on what we are doing you might get a tour of all shops or none ;) We simply build all day, nothing glamorous or cool... But having this sort of mentality keeps the overhead and driver costs low and helps us forge a solid path through all the equally priced Chinese made stuff.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  6. Posted

    You are right, we are about options, but... we are about options that make a functional difference. I can't see offering things that dont "do" something for the performance of the sub at a cost to the customers. A carbon fiber dustcap is only marginally lighter than our current dustcap and costs several times more. Something that would be passed on. I have had samples of them for quite some time, but at the cost difference I never felt they were worth doing. Not too mention that the forced cooling we do is very tough on dustcaps. The full dished ones simply do not hold up to the pressure. In a full redesign of things we could make it work, but I don't feel its of enough benefit to warrant it. Also, we do try to differentiate the two brands and offering a similar "look" only blurs the lines more...

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  8. Posted

    Do not get the extra spider for sealed or SQ apps. Only for higher power daily ported applications where people need a little more durability.

    1 cuft after driver works well (around 1.2 cuft). After break in it smooths out and the low end becomes more pronounced as well. You can always tweak things a little with some poly fill (up to 1 lbs per cuft of enclosure) loosely fluffed.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  10. Posted

    Make that 6. I have a ZJ on 35s with long arms :)

    44s arent a bad way to go considering the R/P isnt too weak and you can stuff 60 axles in them. Jason Bunch (Tri County Gear) has done well over the years with 44s (and 60 guts) and even HP30s up front (with 44 guts) . Cant remember him blowing out R/P in comps. I have Rockwells (3 of them from the factory) under my other dirt rig ;)

    Not a fan of mud unless its in the way of getting to where we want to go. Otherwise I avoid it. With plenty of redrock in my "back yard" I have no reason to search for mud.

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  11. Posted

    I am lame... I have had belts for close to 2 years and havent popped them up on the site. Its been more of a freebie hookup thing than a product. I just ordered another 100 of them as we were about out and Ill actually get them up on the site.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  12. Posted

    We like to see higher order filters than 12dB, but can work with that if you are tuned 2-4 Hz above its cut off. Playing below tuning the box unloads and allows the speaker to flop out of phase, with no control, and with little output given the extreme excursion.

    We are working on a solution for all the don't have adjustable filters :)

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  13. Posted

    Coil has been pulled for the order and it will get going tomorrow. Possibly ship on Thurs depending on how BTL-N2s are going and who is waiting for who to get a process on the parts for the N2s done to keep rolling. In the spaces between, we do the random stuff :)

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  18. Posted

    Looking like we should be rolling at a better pace come Monday. We hope to have all orders filled and out before the end of next week. Looks like we have some of the molding issues sorted and will have a different batch of material in on Monday to work with. I appreciate everyones patience with us getting things sorted. Murphy's Law in full effect with mold issues and CNCs being down.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  20. Posted

    I had time to get things rolling, so the old style Xs are back up in D4 coil and 10" and 12" sizes.

    10" D4 $65 ea

    12" D4 $75 ea

    Starting with a cast aluminum basket for a rigid foundation, it uses a double stack motor with a 2” copper voice coil wound on a black anodized aluminum former. A poly cotton spider and curvilinear cone with multilayered foam surround keep things controlled under the toughest of conditions. Far from entry level, the Old School X Series provides deep, detailed, and powerful bass from both sealed and ported enclosures. 250W RMS and 16mm Xmax.

    Great subs in smaller systems or monsters in multiples for cheap :)

    Discounts of $5 per sub on orders of 2-3 drivers and $10 per sub on orders of 4 or more. Not sure how long this will stay active... so buy now!

    Happy Thanksgiving from all at Fi!

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  21. Posted

    Up on the site :) Finally with a partial day off I had time to get things sorted.

    Extra $50 per driver and currently only in the 12", 15" and 18" sizes.

    We will find time in the next 2-3 weeks to sample and test out a few 10" drivers to see if it is possible... not a fan of the 10" basket geometry so we may have to do a few things to get it to work to our liking, if at all.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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  23. Posted

    6th order is by far the way to go... although exceedingly more complex and intolerant of errors in design. AS the higher the order of enclosure goes, it seems the room for error becomes exponentially smaller.

    Everything "works", just how well is why we tend towards certain types of enclosures.

    Thanks,

    Scott

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