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  1. Posted

    Wow!!

     I think the shipping calculator got fed some incorrect information. 

    I was in the process of ordering several decals for my Grand Prix. I had added the SSAudio windshield banner, the Evil inside and speaker nerd decals all without any issues. Then I added the "Let the bass drop" decal and the shipping came back at over $21 for that one decal. 

    I'm not any sort of expert in anything but something tells me that something is a little off to be charging that much for a 5" x 5" vinyl sticker. Unless maybe it's an entire case of them or something, and if that was the situation I'd gladly pay it, lol. 

    So, right, wrong?  Something's fishy, right?

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  3. Posted

    12 hours ago, BiggJern said:

    Trying to have great output, great SQ, and minimal space used.

    Hoffmans iron law is going to force you to give up a little bit of one of those goals.

     

    The SSA ICON is definitely at the top of the list for recommendations, it's a proven solid performer for the goals you stated.   Measurements are going to be key before any real serious suggestions will be relavent though. Hopefully maybe you can measure the current enclosure which would get things in the ballpark at least. 

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  5. Posted

    11 minutes ago, ManzKea said:

    Move a lot of air?how big is your port and what are you tuned too? And that's crazy, 10's in the doors. :)

    It's definitely rare, though the forum has a member that started with 10's and switched up to 12's in the doors of a Honda, Civic I believe. The drivers were all Aura NS series woofers. 

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  6. Posted

    3 hours ago, nem said:

    I have a set in ported enclosures which Bill did listen to. Mine are tuned around 66-67 hz, I also have a set in my 4runner IB. Both applications sound very good.

    Also with a little top end eq the evil sounds very good full range to.

    I don't doubt it, it's got great extension on the top end. 

    How's the midbass in the enclosure?  I would imagine it murders the IB setup. 

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  7. Posted

    The Evil mids can already do decent midbass duty in IB. However, if they respond in a ported enclosure the same way the woofers for my Bravox CS603CF component set did then I would HIGHLY recommend it!

    Like the woofers in my component set the Evil mids are xmax limited. When I was testing mine I was able to move them into the realm of over excursion and heard the coil former lightly find the back plate on a few occasions. The ported enclosures are .5cuft and tuned to 65hz.  They allow the Bravox woofers to play very solid down to around 45hz (thanks to the DSP and the crossover controls available within) making it so every drum beat, bass guitar riff, and anything else that falls within its frequency range is felt every bit as much as heard. We ran it without a subwoofer for nearly a year because it didn't really need one on most material that we played. 

    I have plans to drop the Evils in the doors to see how they perform in that alignment but I've not been able to get around to that work just yet. I would still highly recommend at least building a quick temporary enclosure just to test them out and see how you/him like them in a ported enclosure. 

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  10. Posted

    On 3/8/2017 at 7:55 PM, Ernestgary said:

    How much weight did you end up using on each of your pr's

    Sorry, missed this in the recents list. 

    I honestly don't know for sure, I never measured it. It ended up using a two or two and a half inch long 3/8" bolt and about eight or ten 3/8" washers. 

    It doesn't really matter because I just added weight until I achieved the desired tuning. 

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  11. Posted

    7 hours ago, TheBrick1996 said:

    Honestly can't even remember where I first heard of SSA, word of mouth for sure. I've wanted evils for a long time but just now got around to ordering one.

    Welcome to the forum!

    That's a hell of a sub you chose!

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  16. Posted

    I sure wish I hadn't decided to delete Aaron's quote to me explaining the difference between the two when I asked the same question trying to decide what to get for my Jimmy. 

    Basically he said that the ICON can deliver lots of solid low end response, resulting in lots of smiles and that the XCON is similar but with a stronger more direct impact. He went on to describe them in terms of heavy artilery. The ICON being the shockwave you feel from the explosion and the XCON is the missile straight to the head. 

     

    Damnit I sure wish I still had that quote, the way he said it was awesome. 

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  19. Posted

    There's a good chance you won't need the relay. Most DSP units have the remote wire to them first to delay the amps turning on to eliminate turn on pop/bump. So far the ones I've seen that have the feature power the remote out from the supplied constant 12v powering them and have higher current capacity than the HU remote. 

    I don't know much about your particular unit so I would suggest double checking the manual or emailing the manufacturer to be certain in your case. 

    If it doesn't have that feature then the relay is a great way to get it done. 

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  20. Posted

    1 hour ago, Billy Jack said:

    Yes I caught that to, estimated build time 21+ days is a little misleading in my opinion. The plus is right, but why even include 21 when the subs are still in the development phase, and you know they ain't coming for months. Or maybe they are coming sooner but didn't sound like it anyways. I spoke to a couple of guys who waited 6+ months for their orders. And they where not to happy with the take your money first, quote 21+ days then don't deliver for 6 months. To me it sounds like they just offer up pre-orders, and when they have collected enough capital to build a batch, they build and ship them. I'm thinking when they give the excuse "there stuck in the port" they just haven't sold enough pre-orders to have a batch built and your stuck, you either take a partial refund or wait. I can understand a new company doing this, but when you been in business for a decade, and don't have enough capital, or credit to keep at least some stock on hand something's wrong. Margins are to low or mismanagement or any slew of problems. I face a similar situation everyday, we run a small business 14 employees, 8 being full time and sometimes we have a small problem filling the demand but we have zero room to grow we are at maximum capacity so we just have to hang in there until demand lightens up. Maybe 1-2 times a year we have to take the phone off the hook and stop accepting orders for a hour or so until we can catch up and fill them promptly. We would rather not take a order we can't fill then to leave the customer hanging with there money in are pocket. And if it does happen that way we offer them a full refund and the product for free to earn back there future business and it's kept us on top for 40 years. 

    You're making WAY too many assumptions about how things are done at SSA or Fi and quite frankly I'm tired of seeing the misinformation and slander that you keep spewing on the subject.

    There are absolutely never any "pre-orders" with either company. There is no "stuck in port" excuse because each and every motor for each and every sub that is produced is machined from scratch from blank steel on site in Las Vegas Nevada. Then the drivers are hand built to order (custom ordered in the case of Fi) and the motors charged and tested before being packed and shipped out. The Fi build house OEMs for several companies, SSA and Crossfire included, along with the brick and mortar brand Ascendant Audio and those are just the ones that have been made public. They also have their hands in some industrial applications that I have almost no details on as it was only mentioned in passing during a chat conversation I had with Scott years ago. 

    Things do occasionally get slow, they definitely do get backed up, but you are wrong about how they conduct their business, and you are really wrong about anything that is currently being sold still being "in the development phase". They do not pull the same bull that other companies do to try to get the capital together to make an order from some Chinese build house. 

    There are (or at least used to be before the forum software got messed up and some old archived topics got lost) pictures of part of the process of how the build house builds the drivers. From how the blank steel becomes motor halves, to how the pole pieces are machined from raw steel rod, and so on. Nothing horribly detailed but enough to see and get a picture of the process in your mind. Those of us who've been here for awhile really do KNOW what it takes to build these drivers, not just the hearsay found on some random forum, which is why we state that the wait is worth it and why folks like me defend the brands when someone is misrepresenting them. 

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  21. Posted

    Sorry to hear about the breakup, even when they go well they still suck. 

    I am glad that you still have the subs but it sucks that you never got to use them. 

    I hope you can get something rolling too, no one should be bassless, lol. 

    On another note, I'm working in Evansville now so I might be able to help out with some things. 

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  25. Posted

    I have a Zapco Studio Digital series ST-4D running the Bravox CS603CF bridged in the Traverse. It's a strong little amp that sounds very open and airy. I love the little thing and it doesn't seem to have all the limitations I hear people talking about that didn't like the sound of full range digital amps. 

    Sure wish you lived closer, I'd be glad to demo these VE and Zapco amps for you. 

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