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This will be the first sub I will be building using the frames that I will tooling. It's an ongoing project and I'll update it as it progresses. I'm calling it "Trident" due to the three top plates as shown in the below density pic. What you are looking at is an assymetrical view of the motor with the pole being on the left and the outside of the magnets to the right. From top to bottom it goes. 1. top plate 2. magnet 3. top plate 4. magnet 5. frame (being the frame is sandwiched into the motor it acts as an effective radiator pulling heat from the gap) 6. top plate 7. magnet 8. bottom plate In all the motor is 270mm wide and 210mm tall This next pic is the B intensit…

Hello everyone. I was searching around and ran across the 15" ethos and it has really caught my eye. Looks like a great quality woofer and the fact that it likes small enclosures is awesome. I have been wanting a 15" but couldn't seem to find enough room for one because most seem to like 4 cu ft. Now on to my question. I was reading on the dss site that the recommended enclosure is a 3 cu ft tuned to 32 hz. What threw me off was the suggested port area of 75 in sq. I understand all woofers are different and require a different amount, but this seems like a lot. My question is would I be able to reduce the amount of port area by some without any negative effects on SQ and …

Some of you may know me from the forums or facebook. Long time bass head and have been into audio for 14 years.I do a little glass work and custom enclosures. I'm about to be in my 4th season of MECA, 2nd year with our own trunk classes(finally). I don't really post build logs as nothing stays the same long enough to be post worthy. But i figured id share a little of the last few years. Sbn 13 was the last show i ran the Maxima at, broke the first Trunk class 150 at 36hz. Was alot left in the build and car in general. Unfortunately it was instantly scrutinized due to the rear seat being non folding, a removable plate that sat behind the rear seat may or may not have b…

since all the kiddies like videos, here is the Ethos 15 on ~1,750 watts. Mind the jerry rigged set up. I don't currently have a large enough battery supply in my shop to run my power convertor on a large amount of power.

Spent a little time today on a possible 10" and 12" driver for the folks with limited mounting depth. Any possibility of building this driver will depend on the cost of manufacturing. It would use a 8 layer alluminum coil. Be around 600 watts rms. And has motor breaking on both the outward and inward stroke. By looking at the model you can see the motor does not have any outter assembly. No outside top plate or magnets. It uses the flux path of the inner neo magnets alone to create the flux gap that the coils rides in. This use of the magnets also creates the motor breaking. This allows me to put the entire motor inside the basket and attach the spider to the bo…

Just took the plunge and placed the ordered for my Ethos 18" dual 2 ohm. I can't give enough praise to Quentin. This man doesn't know me from anyone and has treated me like I was holding cash in front of him in a store. Customer service like this is rare nowadays (I'm a Regional Director for a restaurant company) and I was repeatedly blown away by his willingness to answer questions that I had and quick response time. I really appreciate his tactfulness and I look forward to seeing his business blow up over the next few months/years. Just superb service top to bottom...thanks again Quentin. Now...I eagerly await it's arrival -Josh

I didn't have much time to fool with it so I just took some quick pics with the iphone. For size reference, 18 inch basket and 10 inch basket Once I get it together and broke in I have to send it to Arizona to put on a Klippel analyzer to verify parameters and to do AES power rating on it.

A buddy of mine in Houston is heading this project. I think it's pretty sweet and wanted to share. Paul came to me several months ago looking for a source for subs for this project. I turned over his contacts to Quentin and the rest will be history. I'll update this thread as more videos come available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9a5kUpWGU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thanks to Alton below will be the new demo vehicle.

I'm always getting phone calls, PMs, and emails on "what to use for this" or "where did you get that contraption that you used on that". Well today I purchased the domain name "directspeakersupplies.com" Eventually it'll be a one stop shop for anything dealing with fabricating and installing audio. The first bit of stuff that I will be put on the site will be speaker parts, cones, spiders, terminals, coils, glue, dust caps, baskets, bolts, surrounds, ect. As time and capital allows (have to buy in large bulk to forward savings to customer) I will be adding more and more product. Things like carpet, fiberglass, resin, wire lugs, actuators, plexi, wiring, solder, route…

Been in the hospital from Monday till Thursday due to some complications from complex Migraines and some other stuff they are still looking at. The doctors said I can't drive for another two weeks and I'm getting a little bored laying in the bed so if you need any help with a box, drawing a sketch-up, a cut list, ect let me know.

so I have a ford f150 single cab.. I have nothing for room.. I had to sundown sa 10's in it and it just wasnt enough for me.. So I ordered the 12's DSS Ethos I really want a car so my friend is gonna trade me his 1994 buick roadmaster it had only 120,000 miles and it already has all the wires ran I need for this new setup and he has 2 10's beyma loudspeakers with a old skool autotek amp from the early 90's.. So thats pretty sweet.. Anyways the car is huge.. So I will have more then enough room for what im getting... so I think it would be a great idea to get the DSS Ethos 15's instead of the 12's I ordered... What do u guys think? Should I go with the 15's.. Hopfully I …

I had a sample of this driver sent along with the Ethos production run. I don't have pics of the actual motor yet. When Nick slows down a bit he will send some to me with some group shots off all the motors I had made. This driver offers 22.5mm xmax per overhang method. It will be ~27mm per the typical 70% BL rating. The entire stoke of the coil is covered in aluminum faraday rings. All the way from the bottom plate up to about 20mm above the top plate. As long as prices stay the same I plan on releasing the Beta version which uses open tooled soft parts for $375 shipped for the 12 inch. RMS rating should be in the 1,000 watt range and enclosure recommendatio…

I'll try to put this in Laymen's terms as much as possible. I will not go into hand calculating as it is tedious and the tables are too much to copy here. To hand calculate purchase a copy of the Loudspeaker Cookbook. I use the calculator on Car Stereo's site as it is close to doing it by hand. http://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=27 The reference for the following in formation: Vance Dickason, "Loudspeaker Design Cookbook 7th Edition," Audio Amateur Press,2006. DEFINITIONS. A sealed rear chamber bandpass enclosure is basically a closed-box system with the addition of an acoustic filter in series with the front radiation of the driver. TERMS. fb = tun…

Q- you still planning the 18" ethos? I saw in the 10" thread the you stated late this yr, but also mentioned that the 10 would be a different line.

Two new drivers coming this fall. 1) Trident. The first transducer ever brought to market with three gaps. With an Re or 1.6 and a BL of 20.75 it will be one of the stoutest 3 inch non neo driver on the market. Coupled with a moving mass about 25% less than the competition the efficiency rating will be fantastic. Plus due to the fact it is MMAG it will regain nearly all its BL all the way to 35mm one way xmax it will has less power compression that just about any driver on the market. 2) The Encore, aka the Ethos's little brother, 1,000 watt 20mm one way xmax. And I know everyone wanted the Primo to be available this fall. Well that's not gonna happen. After…

Had a great day yesterday at the Meca TN State finals yesterday. Me and Senchez both won our class. I came home with.. 1st place Mod 3 TN state final New TN state record 155.4 @ 33hz at the headrest on 190 amps of fusing Highest SPL score of the day SPL Best of show (combined highest scores) 3rd place DB 5 (130.4) 6ft away Phat truck award Sencheezy took home the Mod 4 state title Thanks to DSS and Ampere Audio for the support and amazing products, I'm looking forward to World Finals and I see big things coming next year....

Being the season is at its end I am offering incredible discounts on the Ethos drivers. This discount will last until January 15th 2014 and will also be available for the Lay A Way plan. There are a few stipulations for the pricing: FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU MUST BE A MEMBER ON SSA. Don't worry you don't have to be a SSA veteran. SSA noobies are allowed. Just think of it as another perk. You get to join the number one site on the web for knowledgeable car audio and you as a seasoned competitor can bring your knowledge to help make SSA even better. 1) You must like us on face book to see pricing. 2) You must have competed during 2012 and/or 2013. 3)You must be …

I'm think of running some Ethos subs in my truck. I have about 8~ cu ft to play with and an SAZ-3500v2 for power. Would running 4 12s on that amount of power be a waste versus just running 2 15s or would there be anything to gain?

The 12 as recieved via FedEx from the build house. Each package has the sub's serial number on it. And the model of sub, size, and ohm load. No need to worry about theft during shipping. ALL orders are shipped direct signature. You must sign for it for FedEx to drop it off. On top is the warranty card. This must be filled out and mailed back to me for your THREE YEAR WARRANTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we have a little wood Foam to keep the sub from shifting plastic bag to keep it nice and pretty box attached to the inside of the packaging to keep motor from shifting. Had an issue with scrat…

2 DSS 15" Ethos on an American Bass 1100.1

Yeah, that was a pretty bad Topic Title. He he. My bad. Any ways, I took advantage of the DSS deal, picking up a few woofers, and man are my arms tired..... Enough with the bad jokes, here are some pics. I was a little worried about that one box, but everything checked out good. All lined up and ready for action. A couple of motor shots. Not my best work, but still and impressive sight. This will be the first time I run four subs in a single setup. Stay tuned for a build log coming to a forum near you. These subs look great. A+ build quality. All the glue joints look solid with no excess glue. No weak spots were revealed when pushing up from the ba…