Hell-Razor

Shizz -- For setting a SSF through "mechanical means using test tones". What is the best way to do this? What do you listen / watch for?

I have been searching around now for a good 30 minutes on how to figure out the bass in a song. I know you use some program and play the song through it. You then select a little bit of the audio stream and analyze it somehow and it will show how low the bass gets... (I am trying to figure out the bass line in song. When it drops to the second lowest, I have never heard my car rattle so much nor my woofer get so loud. The first bass "hit" is at 34.5 seconds. And the bass hit at 37.5 seconds I need to filter out. I see the speaker move for it but cant hear anything)

What do you mean by "you hope my subs/amps are under warranty". You're the first person that I have ever heard talking about "cabin frequency". And how the sound plays in my cabin, how would that effect the wear and tear on my woofer? If I put something in my back seat, that would change the tuning (adding something). If I have a friend in the car, that would change the tuning. If I had my windows half / quarter up or down. that would change the frequency. As far as what I know cabin frequency only matters for when you do competitions to get that extra tenth of a db. I don't remember the exact number but I think below 20hz your ear cannot hear, so why bother tuning THAT low? Its way way way too low. Most guys on here are from 30-38hz.

i have no idea what my cabin frequency is... my box is tuned to 31.5hz 2003 VW Passat sedan

alright

ah HA! thank you! with that help i found Bass Hz analyzer program?? - SSA Car Audio Forum it says that the song peaks at 31hz... which is where my box is tuned at. But to my ear when I play " " on that same album, which also hits 31hz, it doesnt seem to hit nearly as hard. I wonder why that is...

Alright I shall try that. May be more expensive but ill see. Right now I am throwing a 3500D at it. EDIT: I was thinking of keeping the box a bit smaller (4 cuFt) and strapping another 3500D to it. Not sure yet though.

Hey guys, Just wondering if anybody has gotten to test out the new SMD woofer. I was thinking of selling my current lvl 5 15" dc woofer and getting a SMD 15. As of right now my trunk is pressed for space and I cannot give the level 5 the room it needs. Well I can but then I run into other problems. Looking at the SMD 15" specs it looks like it recommends a 2-4 cuFt box. As of right now, my level 5 is in a 3.5cuFt box and I was told to rebuild it to at least a 4.5 cuFt box. Well I can split the difference and probably get louder with this new sub. Also, building a box the biggest recommended space makes it better in spl competitions (which I want to do really bad). Just looking for some input and this is just an idea I may do later in the summer...

Hell man I woud love to come and bang with you but I sitll need moer work done in my car and at the rate im going I wont be done until next year. I want to re build my box and put some sort of tuning slider in there. I also need help cleaning up the wiring in the trunk and make it somewhat sexy. Only problem is is my experience is damn near zero with building systems and fitting 50 pounds work of shit in a 20 pound bag (or in this case a 4cuFt box in a trunk and still be able to toss shit back there).

I have noticed over the past year and a half that the stock lights on a 2003 vw passat are TERRIBLE. So after looking around the best headlight I can get (what I am told) are the HID lights 1200K lights (kind of a blue tint). I think those lights with the little blue of a tink would be pretty nice and would be a huge improvement. Anyway I was just looking to see if anybody has any experience with these lights and how it worked out. I wentt to the dealer and got a quote of 600/per light + labor. I was like yeah right and moved on. I called up a company that polishes lights and he said he could probably get them for around 300/per light if I knew somebody that would install them. Now I was googling around and I found this website. I havent bothered to call them but I am just curious if this is all what I need. The second thing that pops into my mind is that this is a huge difference (200 TOTAL + shipping) than what two other people gave me. I was reading that there are true and nontue HID lights and I am thinking these may be the untrue ones. Any suggestions? comments? ideas of where else to look? Thanks in advanced...

I only see the golf version of the vw and not the passat.. I will keep on looking around though.

from owning a DC, i would say DC.

FINALLY I cleaned it up a little but wiring is still a mess. Heres a post to my woofer at about 1/3 - 1/2 volume. Sorry for the shitty video was taken by my blackberry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h3uut5cE18

Well I would like to say thanks for everybody that helped me out. Anyway I am trying to get a list of good songs to play on my system. The front end can actually keep up with the woofer for the most part. Here is a list of songs that seems to hit the "sweet" spot on my system. Its a 3.5 cuFt box tuned to about 31.5hz (I am actually think now I tuned too low. Maybe this summer I will fix it). Any suggestions of songs to try would be awesome! Flow Rida - Finally Here - Jump - Gotta Get It - Shone - ROOTS Slim Thug - Boss of all Bosses Durrough - - <- Probably the loudest I can get my system to is this song - - - <- SUUUPER low.Anyway, suggestions? I will be getting a movie put up as soon as I can.

yeah man that 50.4 is treating me very well. I don't believe it but the speakers I have can keep up (somewhat) with my woofer. I still haven't tried to push my woofer yet though because I don't know how much is too much. I have been having other problems lately with work and whatnot so I have not been able to really dial the amp(s) to what they can really do. Maybe sometime next week? And a video? not sue but I don't want to promise something and not be able to get it done. Also, does anybody know a easy way to see how low the bass is in a song?

So what do you guys think? I will try and post a video later. Also, I have the subsonic filter set at 28hz and my box is tuned to 31.5. Is that too low?

ALRIGHT! here we go. I just have been suuuper busy lately working and finals are here (i hate college). I know its a wiring mess right now but things will be fixed probably this weekend! Angle from drivers side back door. Better angle. Small amp FINALLY mounted to back of seats (had to use a screw for metal and a self tapping one for that matter) Picture of the wiring mess from the passenger side back door. EDIT: 1) The amp is not just sitting there (just realized it looks that way). It is mounted to the frame of the car. 2) The white around the edges of the woofer is silicone, Ill cut it off when I repaint 3) I just realized I didn't get a good shot of the port.

Well a few questions here. Would you guys mount your amps to the back of your seats if you could? Why or why not? Second -- I tried mounting my small amp to the back of my seat but its at least 3/4 inch metal. We tried using a metal bit but it ended up wrecking it. Both my friend and I tried for a few minutes trying to trill one hole but couldn't get it to drill through.

Trunk will be sealed off soon, battery is in. I just upped the amp gain a little bit (only at about 1/3 now). the subsonic filter i would say is set around 28hz, but not sure. I didn't really play with the other knobs yet. I also turned the volume up a fair amount to hear what it could do... did very nice on the lows. Head unit settings (as in bass boost?) none of that is enabled. loudness is off. i have the high pass filter on the headunit set at like 80hz (only thing it lets me set it at). Alty is not in yet. hopefully Monday when my mechanic gets time

alright my shits in and its BANGIN. but the only thing is is i don't think i wired it correctly. I did positive and positive on the subs (both terminals) to the positive on the amp. then the same with the negatives. i also changed the box around a little bit. made it 3.75 cubs tuned to 32.5hz port firing forward. Ill run down tomorrow after i wake up and toss some pictures up. its a wiring mess right now so i warn you i wont have time to fix it until later.

Yup

lol, yeah.

No cutting fluid -- the carpet will soak that up and it will stink for weeks. And the bits were bought not less than an hour before.

The drill bit simply just kept on spinning and spinning. I have drilled through hundreds of metal plates in the past for construction and I am positive I am drilling correctly. One drill bit was almost ruined and the second we gave up on after about seven or eight minutes. Maybe the back of the seat is made out of titanium? Or some super super super dense metal? Im going to go look for a diamond tip later and if that doesnt do it then I guess im sol.

That is what I thought. I turned the knob about halfway for giggles and the knob still does nothing. The gain is pretty low now.