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[///M5 2,833]

Went shopping all day hungover and didn't really buy anything.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Seriously considering putting a couple layers of butyl mat on the floorboards of Silver sometime this summer; extensive road trips seem to make the floors a bit toasty. Random Thought: Since sound deadner uses mass loading to transfer acoustic noise into heat, if I put two layers of <insertbutylmatnamehere> on the floorboards wouldn't that make the floors warmer? My knowledge of physics is limited to basic Newtonian concepts so I have NFI...

Managed to get an Terk passive FM antenna from the junk store. Along with the old bookshelf cd player system (circa 1994 Sony) I got from my uncle and some miscellaneous odds and ends I'll have about $10 invested into a ghetto-tastic computer speaker setup

And you are using the terk for what?

Radio reception, its a dual tape deck/5 CD changer/AM/FM all in one unit. Reception is about a bajillion times better versus the coat hanger set up I had going on

Edited March 30, 2008 by Penguin4x4

[///M5 2,833]

The aluminum backing really helps with the heat

<--didn't realize there was still FM radio

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

The aluminum backing really helps with the heat

<--didn't realize there was still FM radio

<-- still waiting for the whole Sirius/XM merger bullchit to get through before even considering satellite radio

Edited March 30, 2008 by Penguin4x4

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

The more I play with this bookshelf system the more I'm impressed with it. Each...monitor (I guess thats what they're called?)...weighs probably 10 lbs., the main unit itself about 25 or 30 pounds...solid...

[///M5 2,833]

The aluminum backing really helps with the heat

<--didn't realize there was still FM radio

<-- still waiting for the whole Sirius/XM merger bullchit to get through before even considering satellite radio

Ah, CD >> broadcast junk

[///M5 2,833]

So how is this for logic in picking out some low cost ambient drivers:

1) I want some low freq output

2) I prefer soft domes

3) My guess in the cheap domain that the simpler the response the better

No: Kevlar cone on an 8" in a 2 way doesn't seem logical, plus its spendy

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cf...tnumber=300-472

No: Aluminum tweet and cone 8" 2way scares me.

http://www.htd.com/in-wall-ceiling-speaker...finition/HD-R80

Maybe: Lack of details scare me

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cf...tnumber=300-366

Yes: Poly cone and silk tweet, reasonable looking crossover for a cheap pair

http://www.htd.com/in-wall-ceiling-speaker...ose/MP-R80#more

Obviously either of the last two options are available in 6.5's, which a big part of me thinks would be better. Even in a 6.5 I am not interested in the hard coned drivers, gotta stay with KISS...which of course is probably the 6.5 version of either of the last two.

Someone talk me into something. I should order tomorrow.

***obviously just for rooms that aren't friendly for putting speakers in: kitchen, dining room, master bathroom, master bedroom, workout room:: all real rooms will get something much nicer

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Ebay

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Yes: Poly cone and silk tweet, reasonable looking crossover for a cheap pair

http://www.htd.com/in-wall-ceiling-speaker...ose/MP-R80#more

Yes.

[///M5 2,833]

Ebay

The stuff on Ebay looks like real junk. 10 pair for $200 stuff, at least the crossovers on the HTD look like they have spent at least $5 on them unlike $5 on the whole dang thing.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

I seem to be getting an AM station out of Austin with the new antenna. Neato.

[///M5 2,833]

How far is Austin?

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Ebay

The stuff on Ebay looks like real junk. 10 pair for $200 stuff, at least the crossovers on the HTD look like they have spent at least $5 on them unlike $5 on the whole dang thing.

Some more options.

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/search.asp?k...mp;btnSubmit=GO

[///M5 2,833]

Cool, thanks Ryan. You heard any of them?

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

<Devil's Advocate>

About how many sq ft of butyl would it take to double layer a regular cab mini truck; A and B pillars, doors, floor and firewalls, headliner, the whole shebang. (Specifically its an '01 Ranger) Just looking at some ball park figures...

</Devil's Advocate>

How far is Austin?

~250 miles via higway, as the crow flies IDK

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Cool, thanks Ryan. You heard any of them?

No, sorry, but I had some MCM select in-wall drivers years ago and they did very well. I have also owned a couple of those 8" drivers they have that are very similar to the popular TB 8" drivers and loved them.

[Acidburn 10]

lol wow, just got the PM:

hey dude do you know about the FI sub??

[MKader17 332]

Yeah man, it go BOOM!!!

[Acidburn 10]

WTF?????

[topgun 262]

What.

The.

Fuck.

[mrray13 30]

What.

The.

Fuck.

lol, x2!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[///M5 2,833]

lol wow, just got the PM:

hey dude do you know about the FI sub??

Me too.

[///M5 2,833]

The name is dumass, oh lord.

[JimJ 11]

Got a ton of filling/sanding to do this weekend @ Dave's, but the BIB's are done...kinda

Ramos, what grits do you have for that Mouse thing?

<--didn't realize there was still FM radio

There's only one station here worth listening to, it's a shame too as there are some absolutely gorgeous tubed tuners out there, just nothing worth using them for anymore.

[JimJ 11]

I didn't get a PM, I guess I don't know about the Fi sub

I really should stay out of that section...