Norcal Colby

hello, i just recieved a ssa icon 12 from a car shop that paid for it and shipped it to me because i was a give away winner. however, in the package came two additional small bots with nuts and lock washers. not quite sure what these are for... they serve no purpose on the terminals, mounting holes, or the little holes that i assume you can run speaker wire through on the edges of the basket.. could you shed some insight on this? kinda making me wonder a bit as if im forgetting something silly

haha im thinking maybe they were stuck to the magnet when they shipped the sub.... lol. it wasnt an original shipping box from ssa so it was shipped from their shop off the shelf i think

My name is Colby. I go by either Colby, NC, Norcal or zccolby (youtube). I am new to the forum, but not new to audio. I have minimal hands on expereince due to lack of funds, however I have dedicated much of my time to research. I spend hours each day designing, reading, or watching videos on topics related to audio. I am working my way through the Loud Speaker Design Cookbook and have been through plenty of advanced math and physics courses. I live in Sacramento, CA, but went to college in San Luis Obispo, CA. I am all about having a community, so you will find me helping people whenever I can. I might have a minor single sub build coming up shortly so if that goes well I will post the documentry videos. I might even make a few how-to's on my youtube. have a nice day. NC out

thanks

would vote to do something like this in a trunk car but might run into breathing issues considering the trunk will effectivly become an enclosure do to the size of effective cone area :/

has there not been any bstock for a long while or am i just having trouble finding the right thread?

Hey guys. Looking to do my first bandpass 4th order. The reason for this enclosure would be to push all pressure into the cabin of a car through a ski port behind the center rear seat. I understand how vented and sealed enclosures are designed, however bandpass 4ths seem to confuse me a bit. I have searched and found many sources, but I get strange or mixed answers. Please help me clear up some things. I am looking for a transient response with good output. Hoping to get the lows in my passed frequency without sacraficing too much of the 60-80hz range. I have heared that the sealed portion will mainly control the Low Pass and the ported portion will mainly control the High Pass. So if I have an SSA Icon 12 and use, lets just go simple here, a recomended 1.25cu' sealed enclosure and play into a, again simple, 2.25cu' vented enclosure tuned high, would that sound right? I have had no luck with my calculator because for me to design I feel like I first need to understand. So please, what controls the Low Pass and High Pass and how should I design the volume of each chamber (I have been told to use recommended specs for the sealed and vented but just use a different tuning frequency). if you know of good links i will appreciate those aswell

wow, thanks for all the responses guys. i like to model so i can see how my subwoofer will like the enclosure. i know that once placed in the car, to the ear it will always sound diffent and in some bigger builds the car itself will act as almost part of the enclosure. i have heard of some pretty musical 4th order bandpasses before so ill keep seeing what i can do. as far as tweeking goes ill probably be doing a removable top using weather stripping and screws to seal the gap so i can test, pull off play with port and stuffing, putt back on, test... ect. i do not have access to any spl meters or term labs, but hopefully if i land a shop job soon i would have some equipment at my disposal

thanks man. and yeah, they are friggin beast, especially the sports edition. really fun to drive

Hey guys, I didnt read every post in here but check this out!! it is an electro podcast. pretty sick stuff. check it all out. also check out my own mixes: http://soundcloud.com/norcal-colby

thanks man. ill keep that that in mind

i have, but my main goal is to keep the pressure in the cabin so the lows dont have to travel through the seats and also to keep trunk flex down a bit. if i dont go with this enclosure then i def will go with a low tuned vented box

sorry this enclosure is not for me. it is for my brothers lexus gs 300. i am going to instal it for him. i also won him the subwoofer through bryan on modified

1. How old are you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------21 2. When did you get into car audio? ----------------------------------------------------2008 3. How did you first get into car audio? My brother had an infinity 10 and an audiobahn 12 and I wanted something loud too 4. Whats your favorite color---------------------------------------------------------------Green 5. Male or female?---------------------------------------------------------------------------Male 6. Your first Car?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------2005 Dodge Ram 1500 8. How did you find out about this site?--------------------------------------------------Just looking for Sundown product 9. What was your first system?--------------------------------------------------------Two Pioneer shallow 12s on 120 watts each 11. Were do you live?-----------------------------------------------------------------------Sacramento 12. Whats you favorite car audio brand?-----------------------------------------------Sundown, Pioneer 15. Who is your hero in the car audio industry?----------------------------------------Abusiveben 16. Whats your dream system?------------------------------------------------------------Something similar to hanks 28 sa-10s 17. Whats your dream car?-----------------------------------------------------------------Dodge Viper (hennesy venom 1000) 18. Whats the fastest car you have driven/ridden in?---------------------------------My family's 2008 Infinity M45s or my homies 1995 Gen 1 Ford Lightning +1.5L supercharger 19. Were do you buy most of your car audio products?------------------------------Ebay 20. What is your job?------------------------------------------------------------------------Student, however should be getting a shop job soon 21. Whats your favorite saying?-----------------------------------------------------------Nutt up or Puck up (Longboard freeriding phrase of mine) 24. Whats your favorite brand of cars?--------------------------------------------------Dodge, GMC 29. Whats is the most recent thing you have purchased?---------------------------Burger King ....... 31. Who do you think is the most knowledgeable person on SSA?-----------------We shall see 32. What is your personal best on the TL? and with what equipment?-------------Never tapped into a meter 33. SQ or SPL? why?------------------------------------------------------------------------""SQL"" but if i had to choose i would go with SQ, becaues in the long run i want something i enjoy listening to all day, not the passerbys.

I thought I would stay in and see if my opinion changes. so far so good I might be rolling up on a SSA Icon here in a sec. We shall see. I figured if I had an Icon it would be wise to be apart of a forum that knows a bit more about that particular sub. If I get it, you will see me in the forum about starting a simple build

Also, I have my resume building and will be looking for a shop job with month to gain more hands on time with equipment.

dang guys.. i just joined a few days ago. ive never felt so much hostility in a forum before. ill see my way out.

Why would you guys go this far just to be dicks?? What did Bill ever do to you? If you don't like his videos, just stop watching..