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Due to the success of the Christmas Lay A Way I am going to keep this as a permanent method of payment. Terms are as followed: 1) ORDERS WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL PAID IN FULL 2) PAY AS YOU LIKE AS LONG AS THE PAYMENT IS A MINIMUM OF $50 3) YOU HAVE (4) FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE PAYMENTS STARTING FROM THE INITIAL PAYMENT 4) CANCELED ORDERS WILL BE CHARGED A (10) TEN PERCENT SERVICE CHARGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID 5) IF THE TOTAL INVOICE HAS NOT BEEN PAID WITH IN (4) MONTHS YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF COMPLETE REFUND MINUS (10) PERCENT OR IF POSSIBLE PRODUCT EQUIVALENT TO THE CURRENT AMOUNT PAID 6) TO ORDER OR MAKE A PAYMENT EMAIL: [email protected] To order…

so as alot of you know, i have ran sundown for many years in the lincoln, and recently the Zcons, and then back to the sundowns.. well after following the long coming of the ethos i decided to give them a shot....... i was very impressed with the packing, first off.. i have bought a lot of big subs.. but none were packed like these, .. they didn't move an inch in shipping, ill show you why!! gotta love wood ! and this idea i liked alot, it keeps the motor from moving, and of course wood on the bottom now lets look at the sub, first thing that caught my eye was the raised lettered dust cap, its classy and different, and the cone its self is nice …

I have received lots of emails asking how to join Team DSS so I am posting the stipulations to join below. DSS only wants dedicated team member that are highly involved in the industry. The below rules will insure this. 1) TEAM DSS IS BY INVITATION ONLY. (purchasing DSS product alone does NOT make you eligible for the team.) 2) INTERESTED COMPETITORS MUST HAVE ATTENDED AND RAN AT THE PREVIOUSLY YEARS FINALS. 3) THE MOST IMPORTANT STIPULATION. INTERESTED COMPETITORS MUST BE REFEREED BY CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS. MEANING IF A COMPETITOR IS INTERESTED A CURRENT TEAM MEMBER MUST CONTACT DDS AND PERSONALLY REFER THE COMPETITOR. 4) COMPETITORS THAT ARE ELIGIBL…

LENGTH OF WARRANTY · One (1) year form original purchase date · Three (3) years from original purchase date with Product Registration Card on file with Direct Sound Solutions (Product Registration Card must be filed within ninety (90) days of original purchase date) · All warranty services require original sales receipt and original packaging WHO IS COVERED · Warranty applies only to Direct Sound Solutions LLC products sold to the original purchaser of the product. Warranty is non-transferable WHAT IS COVERED · Direct Sound Solutions LLC will at its discretion, repair or replace any product that exhibi…

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FINALIZED PARAMETERS FOR THE 12 INCH AND 15 INCH DSS ETHOS TRANSDUCERS (NOTE: physical dimension will be added soon) 12 INCH DSS ETHOS re 3 ohms Le 2.94 mH Qms 5.91 Qes .54 Qts .49 Fs 28.24 hz Mms 326.15 grams Cms .1 mm/N BL 21.43 T/M Vas 33.1 liters spl 84.99 1w/1m sd 490.87 cm^2 xmax 32.5mm per 70% Bl rating recommended power 1,800 watts 15 INCH DSS ETHOS re 3 ohms Le 2.94 mH Qms 10.6 Qes .69 Qts .64 Fs 25.78 hz Mms 362.9 grams Cms .1 mm/N BL 21.43 T/M Vas 95.93 liters spl …

Would there be any interest for a 30 pound Ethos that was around $450 as an option in addition to the regular 65 pound Ethos?

Yanked everything out of my trunk and am awaiting recones and baskets to build my 15s to 12s. Cutting down on weight and going back to cap banks, 6 banks of 6 3000F Maxwells. Laid the floor in with 2 cans of foam and fastened it down. Going to wait a few days to see if i have and major buckling from the foam before i proceed with building the rest of it. Will all be built in trunk. Have a ton of Kreg jig tools to get the job done. Will still be running my Tara HD 8000 till and if the HD 10k comes then ill swap them out. Car tends to like a lower peak and it was brought down a tad lower after using another bulk back on my doors. So ill do some MECA with it this coming seas…

In the next few days I will open preorders for the Ethos. Pricing will be as followed. Pricing does NOT include shipping. ETHOS 10" retail $322.95 preorder $273.95 12" retail $329.95 preorder $279.95 15" retail $339.95 preorder $288.95 18" retail $359.95 preorder $305.95 TRIDENT preorder won't open for about 6 weeks but preliminary pricing looks like this. for those not in the know, the Trident is the first and only transducer ever developed with three air gaps. It uses a large 11" OD triple gap MMAG motor with 3 inch 8 layer coil. Box specs will look similar to the Ethos. Power recommendat…

Below is LPM or your typical small signal T/S parameters which I DO NOT use. (I'll get to that in a minute) ^ AS YOU CAN SEE THE CONE ONLY MOVED ABOUT .1MM THAT'S ONE TENTH OF A MILLIMETER! Large signal being uploaded now.

Hay what up Q I email you just a head's up

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 …

Title should read "How does this "Blow-Thru" type box look? 2 12" Ethos. So I wasn't sure if I just wanted to take my rear seat out and do like a half wall with more cone area or not. I came across this idea though before I would do that. I wanna take out the 40 back part of the seat of the 40/60 seats that fold down and then have a long external port from my box come through there and then lay down a board to block the open area so it's sealed off from the trunk. If you don't understand I have pics below to show what I mean. Would this work good though? It would be like porting through the ski-hole armrest in the back seat, but just a larger opening. The external par…

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…

I have a 99 yukon denali (aka tahoe) that I want to upgrage to 4 dss ethos 18s. I currently have 6 xfl 12s on 7k in a 12.2 cube net box. I have about 7 inches of space between the port and the back door. Do you think I can get 4 18s in this space or should I stick with going 4 15s? Currently I have my batteries and 2 amps behind the back seats as well.

Orders are now closed for all Ethos drivers. Estimated time of arrival on the orders purchased through the preorder is scheduled in towards the end of October. We will update customers as we get more up to date information from our suppliers. We are working on getting all soft parts assembled so we will only have to drop in the soft parts once the motors arrive. This will minimize build time greatly. All pre-order sales are final. No refunds will be issued for pre-orders. The arrival time is an estimated timeframe only. The drivers could arrive earlier or later than expected. Due to unexpectedly high sales volume we have sold 90 percent of the Ethos motors ordered…

So my setup consists of 2 Ethos 15s on a HD-8000 in a 03 impala. First try at the setup was a 6 cube street box with external ports tuned to 39hz. Musically fierce but with a flat response from the lower 40s to 50hz. With a slight peak at 47hz. I metered at 48 sealed on the dash in this round of testing. Typically i run MECA and my car has seemed to favor being open to meter in the past. For a daily guy i could see it doing much better with a low 30-32hz tuning for some good daily listening. Now to try something different i pulled my ports off and made some plate covers. Just wanted to see if i could get a better low end response. It did pick up alot more low end with…

Went thru many amplifier changes before the build was even complete.Went from a Atomic 5k to a DD M4 to a Tara HD8000. Used my burp box in another vehicle and built a street box for the Etho 15s. Have had minimal playtime with them but the initial results were good. Tight accurate response. Did have a small hiccup that has had a band-aid put on just to get some testing in and show them off at a little local show tomorrow. So far ive done a 148 flat with them sealed on the dash from 44-47hz which is close to my vehicles peak. Have not done any meca style metering yet but in the past thats where it has typically shined. Going to play around with some more enclosures once i …

Im going to be taking my subs out and putting them in a different box...is it hard to make them direct leads with SHCA ofc 8gauge wire...would that mess up my warranty...what all would I have to do...not sure if I want to do it or not Just thinking about it

This will be the place for eveything 18 inch Ethos. Re 3 Le 2.94 mH Qms 6.19 Qes .845 Qts .74 Fs 23.75 hz Mms 448.6 grams Cms .1 mm/N BL 21.43 Vas 181.85 SPL 88.26 1m/1w power 1800 watts Sd 1,134 cm^2

Hey Q, just as an heads up. I'm not really sure if this is because of the first batch of spiders you've received or not. I just know it's kind of been an common thing now, at least between the subs I've owned, along with others I've communicated with. When you move the spiders in an up and down rotation, one at a time, you hear this funny noise. It's not audible during play, and it's not with every subwoofer. I know you've always taken good care of everyone, and don't mean this thread to come across negative. Just informative, as it could be something to look out for in regards for the October shipment. Defective DSS Ethos Spiders: http://youtu.be/MrFsxtiQwys

It's time to start working on amps for future availability so I need to figure out what features that need to go into the product so I can have samples developed. The amp part is easy, it just needs to amplify input signal. We are gonna let a DSP do all the hard work. This means NO crossover networks in my amps. Only a knob for gain matching. But the question is what features do we really need in the DSP? NOTE: I HAVE A NDA WITH MY SUPPLIER. I CAN NOT AND WILL NOT DUE TO LEGAL PURPOSES GIVE ANY HINT TO WHAT SUPPLIER WILL BUILD MY DSP. DO NOT ASK So, below are a few features I think it needs. Give your input let me know what else would be necessary or benef…

Are there any designs that have been posted for a single 12 ported enclosure? I have no clue as to how to design one. I'm sure I could try myself but would rather trust someone who actually knows what they're doing. Thanks!

Only 24 Ethos left for presale. Once these are sold the next batch of Ethos will not be available until the beginning of February 2015.