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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 …

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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…

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…

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

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

After a few days of break-in it'll be on its way to Redrock.

Will it work? stay tuned!!!

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!

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

So Ijust purchased a new to me 04 tahoe, and I'm planning my new system. I'm set on two 18 inch ethos what should I shoot for on the box and what are some good amp rec.? Basically it's gonna be a daily system bump on my way to work and back etc. Thanks in advance. p.s I was looking at the Soundqubed 3500

I'm at a standstill waiting on parts for my Matrix so I decided to start a small install in my Civic. I'm not sure what the entire system will be but the sub will be a 10 inch MMAG sample that is on it's way. It'll be mounted in the the rear deck in a .4 cubic foot sealed enclosure. Sub Parameters: Re 2.06 ohms Fo 34.77 hertz Qts .4755 Qes .5101 Qms 7 Vas 10.56 liters BL 17.2 T/M xmax 22.5mm (over hang method) Mms 333.6 grams Cms 62.8 uM/N SPL 81.25 1W @ 1M I'm starting off making a copy of the rear deck that will be modified to become the bottom of the enclosure. It'll be 6 layers of two ounce chopped strand mat by the time it's fi…

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.

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.

I was thinking navy blue or silver. What do you think?

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…

I am curious if all parts to build a complete 18" sub can be purchased through you, including motors? I was thinking it could help me with my over all build wait time. I've seen the thread with near everything short of the motor on 12's & 15's. Thanks Q, looking forward to 4-18's in my rebuild

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

We have been working on a middle line of drivers that will be called the Genisis series for a while now. The will come in 10, 12, and 15 inch sizes. These are xbl drivers and will be assembled in the US with US softparts aside form the spiders which are from an American company but are produced in Mexico with American textiles. All we are waiting on now are the spiders and final testing. We should have a preorder starting within the next month or so for around $175-$200 shipped. We also have a HIGH BL HIGH output line that is still in the design stage, which if it turn out in the real world as it does on paper will be called the Divine series. We all know the Adire B…

THE EQUIPMENT (6) IA LI 15'S (2) IA 20.1'S (2) DIEHARD PLATINUMS A LITTLE BIT OF 1/0 AMD SOME SPEAKER WIRE EVERYTHING WILL BE WRAPPED IN BLACK CARPET THE BOX THE TRUCK