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I'm eyeing this amp for sub duty and I have seen a few people mention that it puts out closer to 1500 watts rather than the rated 2400 watts when bridged into 4 ohms. I've posted on home audio forums and searched the hell out of it, but can't find any real world data on this amp. As much as I would love to get a Crown CE4000, the EP2500 is very tempting because of the price. From what I have seen everyone seems very happy with them as well. Any thoughts?

SQ competitions are very political. I've heard some pretty eye opening stories, but I won't elaborate much as the people involved would prefer the info not to get out. Needless to say, the best car does not always win. I also think the install/appearance judging for SQ is bullshit. If I can drive up a $700 hoopty that can lay the smack down in sound quality on a $100k+ car, the hoopty should win hands down. It is a sound quality contest right, not a "what car looks best competition". I've always gotten the impression that SQ competitions have to do a large part with appearance.

I'm not sure if Nick has a picture of the BM yet, but here is a link to one of the MB Quart subs that uses the inverted surround so you can get an idea of what it looks like... http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseac...Product_ID=3415

A friend of mine used a bunch of different devices and said he preferred a steamer for a good deep cleaning. I think you can get small ones at most big stores (Target, Wal Mart, etc) for about $20. He had one of those $500 vacuum based cleaners like the one above as well for normal cleaning.

Damn, nice! What is the box tuned to?

Use lots of tweeters, I hear it sounds great...

Hahaha, I would love to rip into a few Barry Bonds style with bat.

200 watts per channel (8 ohms) 325 watts per channel (4 ohms) The GFA-555's can also be bridged. Here is more info on the amps... http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/678/ http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread...light=adcom+555

For amplifiers, take a peak at Adcom GFA-555's (versions I and II). I've got one and love it to death. They can be picked up in great condition for about $300-$400 on ebay and audiogon all the time. They are bulletproof solid state amps that can put out gobs of power. For the original design you posted up, I would seriously consider separating the subwoofers from the line arrays. You are going to want some flexibility with subwoofer placement and having them attached to the arrays will severely limit that. Looks like a fun project!

Son of a bitch, I went through that whole damn list of smilies and there isn't a boobies smilie. I'll put the code down anyways and pretend there is a boobie smilie. [boobies]

Any plans on offering something besides dual 2 ohm?

I'm trying to talk Nick into using 12" Mags as midbass drivers in the doors of his civic. Might need a bit of fiberglass work to make that happen though.

When I saw Dave Brooks' truck in Atlanta he was using a Denon DCT-1. Pretty sick headunit with optical outs, but supposedly pretty hard to get.

what kind of power can they handle?

Actually, some domain scalper jumped on it and the host did not protect it like they are supposed to. I believe he is still trying to get it back. Shit, that sucks. I hate those damn scalpers, they buy thousands of domains and do absolutely nothing with them. That reminds me, I've got a few I need to buy.

Did he forget to renew?

For a $100 budget I highly recommend the Sennheiser HD-555's. Amazon has them for $99 shipped right now. http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD555-HD-...s/dp/B0001FTVDQ They are comfortable as hell and sound amazing. For $99 these things are a steal.

http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/747/sound...closed-for-good Didn't see that one coming.

I know about the new Helix and Brax stuff, but their US distributor is taking forever to get me pricing info. To be honest their aren't a lot of audio news sites out there, you can still find a lot of stuff in different forums though.

http://www.zaphaudio.com/6.5test/

I've got dibs on a pair of the new 15" Mags for HT use, but the new BM's will be released quite a bit sooner I think.

Damnit! I've got to be in Denver for the Rocky Mountain Audiofest so I am missing this and the USF v UCF home game.

Just a heads up, we are giving away a 300GB HP Media Vault and $100 worth of downloads from MusicGiants. It is quick and painless to enter and I figured some of you guys might be interested. http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/641/

If you don't win, it is definitely Aaron's fault.