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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…

All the video I've come across of my vehicle. Will upload as more come.

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 …

(2) 15's, 2 cft net per driver

2 DSS 15" Ethos on an American Bass 1100.1

I know you won't be able to handle all of the pure awesomeness that is the Magnetar at one time so I'm going to ease you into it. The sample SPL coils have be meticulously inspected, packed, and shipped to the build house for assembly. If you feel any small tremors in the coming weeks just keep calm its just the guys at the build house charging all of the magnets housed in the 96 POUND motor. For your viewing entertainment a few pics and maybe even a few videos down the road will be view-able. For now here are the coils: The itty bitty coil is the Ethos which is 4 layers has windings that are ~2 3/8 inches tall and uses 19 gauge alluminum wire and is rated for 1…

Will it work? stay tuned!!!

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…

Thanks to Alton below will be the new demo vehicle.

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DSS HOMEPAGE

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All current orders will go out as normal. New orders form here forward will be delayed for about two or so weeks. I am in the process of having all my motors and more than enough parts shipped to my shop so I can minimize lead time. The goal is to get far enough ahead that drivers will ship next day. Please excuse the wait while I make the transition. Also I am working with a local company to come up with a custom package solution so no damages will occur during shipping.

First let me start by saying my enclosure was not built for doing big numbers in mind, its a music box that plays damn near like a HT setup. This is strictly for fun and because the Ethos had to come out because I'm selling it to offset cost of the bigger build. My friend let me use his SP4 that is less than a year old until I pull it all out. The enclosure 3.65cu net tuned at 29hz with 44sqin of port. The amp and power Crescendo BC2000, 225amp alt and two group 34 batteries. Ethos 15 Dual 2ohm (wired at 1ohm) only pulling a max 60 amps of current according to the fluke clamp. SP4 fully loaded Dual 1ohm (wired at .5 ohm) pulling a max 83 amps of current I installed my E…

My first impression, was holy shit these are heavy! I had help, but carrying four of those bastards up to the apartment on the second floor was extremely heavy on the back Lmao. The suspension seems very stiff right now, not 300 pound man can sit on it stiff, but pretty stiff. The assembly seems very well built. No excessive glue, all magnets are aligned, the packaging omg the packaging! Definitely check all corners on that. Coil looks nice and shiny, and the leads seem to be also in top notch shape as well. All in all, everything seems great as far as visual is concerned.

I've received several emails and PM's on how I create my spider packs. I needed to make some more jigs to keep up with production so I figured I'll show how I do it. The spiders I use do NOT lay flat they must be pressed. This is how they look stacked. This is the bottom portion of the jig. It has cut outs for the spider to lay into along with cut outs for the leads. I put a bead of glue around the outside and the inside diameter of the spider. It doesn't take much just a small bead. Then they are stacked on top of each other. In this case 4. Note that NO accelerator is used ONLY CA glue. Then the top goes on and is tightened down with the bolt and…

This is the place for any Ethos enclosure designs and specs

I will be giving shirts to competitors that will be running DSS product. Since y'all will be wearing them I want to make sure y'all approve. I know some of y'all are pretty big guys, will 4x suffice? I am thinking something along the lines of the below pic. The red would be blue, DSS logo will be on the back and front pocket and if you like your name would be embroidered on the front.

Just a few subs we have laying around the shop. Thought it would be fun to snap a few "vs" lol Let's make this a little fun, You name the sub's in comparison lol

I am working on an install for my buddy. I am looking at enclosure options for two Ethos 12" powered by a Crescendo BC2000D. The goals of the sub system is to sound good and be loud, should be easy Will 3 cubes net tuned to 32hz with a 6" aero port work well with two Ethos 12" powered by a BC2000D? BTW this is going in a late model Civic.