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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.

All info on the 12 inch Ethos will be located here. Still working on large signal parameters. For now here are the physical dimensions of the driver.

Well I have had the car for a few weeks now and I'm really missing the low end. I was discouraged after looking at the trunk because it looked much smaller than my I30 and I had just assumed that the enclosure that I had for the 15" Ethos would not fit. Turns out for once I got lucky and it fit in the trunk like it was made for it! Here is the car it will be going in sitting next to my other baby... And the enclosure that has been collecting dust for months that fit in perfectly... I should be getting everything in and running within a week or two, and finally get to hear this DSS Ethos in action! For now everything will remain stock except for the sub, b…

Klippel testing was performed to verify BL linearity. Testing came out good but I'm gonna try a 12 layer coil before I proceed with production. The current coil is 8 layer flat aluminum with 50mm winding width. This coil will work fine with the current soft parts limiting the driver to ~35mm xmax which will take ~2,500 watts rms to hit. However when I get my new soft parts made allowing ~50mm - 55mm one way xmax it will need ~3,500 watts to reach xmax and I'm not comfortable using the current coil with that much power. Below is the BL curve. It is prematurely cut off due to hitting suspension limits. It should remain nearly constant to 37.5mm. Still with the cu…

After some unplanned decisions(buying my Avalanche) and some other unexpected events. i finally paid off my subs. I am too excited for them to get here.(gonna be a long 3 weeks). I would like to sincerely thank Q for being awesome to deal with. Always replies to Questions, Helped me decide on the correct enclosure for my goals, and worked with me on the timeline. You sir, are top notch in my book.

Since my truck is still in the works I thought it would be cool to put the subs to good use, since there just collecting dust in my truck. I decided to ask a good buddy of mine to run them at a big Usaci show this weekend. Well the show turned out to be a bust on Saturday and after waiting in line for hours on Saturday, we called it off. He did do a little parking lot pimpin behind the show to help spread the word on the Ethos.he did some demos and showed them off well. Sounds like the Ethos didn't disappoint. He had swapped out some soundqubed hdc4s or whatever there called. Here's what he had to say. "I was givin the opportunity by Steve Mead to test out and break in …

ALL PRICING DOES NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING 15 inch Ethos drop in recone with centering ring for dust cap $73.95 12 inch Ethos drop in recone with centering ring for dust cap $TBA (expect to be a few bucks cheaper) 4 ounce CA glue plus 4 ounce accelerator for spider to basket and dust cap to cone joints (plenty to do two 15 inch recones) $24.95 4 ounce rubber glue for surround to basket joint (plenty for two recones) $14.95 No pics at the moment. Marky Mark will be using his skills in a few weeks to build a website and do a few professional shots of the recones and products for me.

I'm getting all of my stuff together to place orders for product to be in for the holidays this year but I am still undecided on which route to go on a 1,000 watt sub line. I have two options that I have priced, one is an MMAG driver and the other is an overhung driver just like the Ethos. Either route taken will end up with basically the same t/s parameters but they are pros to both designs. MMAG Primo pros 1.) Will have smaller coil (power handling still the same) which leads to less moving mass increasing efficiency which in turn will make it a tad louder. 2.) The smaller coil make inductance lower in turn creates less distortion (however would more than likely be…

4 CUBIC FEET NET TUNED TO 32 HERTZ. PORT 4.25 X 14.5 INCHES

so the abuse that i put the ethos is well stated in my topic... i over powered them.. clipped them, unloaded them.. got them stinky over and over and over again.......... so one is new and one is old...... can you tell what is what? i post this proving a point of how well made the coils are on these subs

My noob attempt at a new steamlined logo. something that can be recognizable.

While I work on my store, below are some parts I have to offer with pricing. Orders of $75 or more will receive FREE SHIPPING. Orders less than $75 will be quoted on a per order basis. ALL orders except orders containing cones will ship USPS. Gaskets will be folded to fit in flat rate shipping unless otherwise asked not to. GLUE KITS tba 12 SPOKE BASKETS 12 inch $26.8 15 inch $31.40 ALLEN HEAD MOTOR BOLTS 10mm long $.42 25mm long $.50 8 INCH PROGRESSIVE SPIDERS soft $4.5 medium $4.5 stiff $4.5 stiff w/ 100 amp leads $18 stiff …

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…

What are the prices now that the presale is over?

Ethos 15 recommended enclosures FOR REFERENCE THE WARM LARGE PARAMETERS ARE USED. THE GRAPHS CORRESPOND TO THESE PARAMETERS

Are you making or plan on making a 10 inch sub?

I will be branching out during 2014. NO I AM NOT LEAVING SSA. What other forums, venues, specific car shows, what have you, would you like DDS to show peesense. Give me a listing.

Since Santa Claus is right around the corner I'm setting up a payment plan for the Ethos. This starts RIGHT NOW and ends midnight January 15, 2014. All you have to do is make sure the full amount is paid up by January 15, 2014. Stipulations are. 1) Your order will NOT ship until the entire invoice is paid IN FULL. 2) You pay at your discretion as long as the installment payment is over $50 3) If you want to cancel no problem, I will refund all funds paid minus 10% of what you have paid. 4) If you have NOT paid the entire invoice in full by midnight central time January 15, 2014 I will automatically refund the funds you have paid minus 10%. 5) whenever you wa…

For those of you that want a driver specifically designed for fourth order bandpass enclosures I am looking at offering this option. As long as I don't have to add mass to the moving assembly to achieve desirable frequency response it will be a free of charge option. Details later today.

4 12 inch subs 7.25 cubic feet net 257 square inches of port area tuned to 32 hertz

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 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…

I'm waiting on pricing on the current iteration of a 1,000 watt line with 20mm xmax. The parameters on the sub will be very similar to the Ethos and will use the same exact high quality softparts. Mounting on the 12 inch version will be 5 7/8 inches and due to the motor venting machined at 45 degree angles in the backplate no spacing will be required between the backplate and enclosure for ventilation. As long as pricing is right the below iteration will be available around August.