DSS Tridents and Twisted Sounds S-10. Road to 166dBs

[stevemead08 752]

Oh how I love thee.....

[95Honda 486]

God, that sucks!

[The enD 467]

What brand is that? Did heat from the sun cause this?

[stevemead08 752]

I peeled off some Fatmat brand. Who knows what all was up there. Most of the foil backing was already removed. What you see is the way I found it.

[swift 501]

Cant wait to see your results and thoughts on this new venture. Good luck hitting your goals man! These small cab trucks are the way to go when getting loud. 

[stevemead08 752]

Thanks. I have high hopes, but we all know how that goes.

Better hit high 59s though.

[stevemead08 752]

Well it's looking like the new amps will be optimal at 15.5v, not 18v like originally projected. Now I'll have to rebuild my cap bank to maximize capacitance.

Ooh fun.

Actually works out greatly in my favor.

[Lee Carter 150]

so you'll be removing 1 cap off each bank?

[Jay-C76 333]

Looks like fun!

[stevemead08 752]

so you'll be removing 1 cap off each bank?

yes and in turn I can make 3 more banks of 15v.

The good thing here is that every cap you add in series divides your capacitance. So by dropping 1 cap of of each bank will increase the capacitance of each individual bank. Thid will also give me 15 more caps to make more banks with. I have a few spares to make up the difference as well.

[95Honda 486]

I thought you were running 16+V?

[stevemead08 752]

See last post. Amp different than originally expected.

[95Honda 486]

Got it, missed that...  More capacity now!

[stevemead08 752]

Got it, missed that...  More capacity now!

precisely

[stevemead08 752]

Well that looks like a better surface to work with.

[stevemead08 752]

Oh you have stout deadener?

Just over 1/8" thick.

once heated with a heat gun, it turns hard as concrete.

Oh and I have these for the more contoured areas.

[Sencheezy 689]

awesome

[Julian 641]

Oh you have stout deadener?

Just over 1/8" thick.

once heated with a heat gun, it turns hard as concrete.

Oh and I have these for the more contoured areas.

is that the tantric stuff?

[jonbearsmt 919]

Edited February 19, 2014 by bigjon

[stevemead08 752]

It's stuff from overseas. Very heavy and very expensive. I do believe Murphy at tantric had some fir sale. Not sure that he's calling it his own though. Although I don't follow his products much, except what I see on Facebook.

[stevemead08 752]

First layer done. What a PITA. This stuff if definitely hard to deal with. Solid as a rock though.

[tantric sounds 8]

yes that is the vibraflex from overseas and yes we sell it

[stevemead08 752]

yes that is the vibraflex from overseas and yes we sell it

I emailed Alan tonight to see about getting some from you.

[bknights 0]

Well it's looking like the new amps will be optimal at 15.5v, not 18v like originally projected. Now I'll have to rebuild my cap bank to maximize capacitance.

Ooh fun.

Actually works out greatly in my favor.

 

Now you can have both buss bars up top. It should be easier to work with. So how many banks does it total out to now?

[stevemead08 752]

Well it's looking like the new amps will be optimal at 15.5v, not 18v like originally projected. Now I'll have to rebuild my cap bank to maximize capacitance.

Ooh fun.

Actually works out greatly in my favor.

 

Now you can have both buss bars up top. It should be easier to work with. So how many banks does it total out to now?

indeed. So much easier. 18 banks total. I have room for 20 but I just gained a huge amount of reserve so I think I'll just leave it for now. Going to try to do the reconfiguration this weekend.