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Happy Father's Day to every father on here!

i would do it as a side job and stay in college. make that your first priority and the jdm stuff your secondary that way if it falls on its face you'll have a fall back. you'll have nothing to loose that way, but if you make that store your first priority then look at everything you could potentially loose.

Did I miss something? Taking the Hccas's over the zcons?

I got the set installed yesterday with the final mids in my VW Golf -- sounds fantastic. Much less fatigue than the prior prototype set -- I had it up to my max listening level all the way back from the shop (15 mins or so) with very minimal listening fatigue. I am very pleased with how the set is working out. Both the mid and tweeter are much smoother than the prior set... the prior set sounded good but I found it fatiguing at high levels over long periods of time. The prior set being what I was working on April of 2011 (which I don't think I posted pictures of)... that set used a woven fiberglass cone and a bit different tweeter design. I did post a shallow set that was very similar which we put in Nick's CRX; but I had a "standard" depth set in my VW. Little more on my setup... I run them in stock locations with a handful of Audio Technix dampening material on the door (it's already solid unlike most doors so no holes to seal up). I'll get some photos up when I get back to work too... I have an SAX-200.4 on the comp set and my 3x SA-8 v.2 woofers -- so PLENTY of juice on tap. With a correctly configured HPF I do not see any problems running a nice, powerful amp on them like I am doing -- but our official rating will be much more conservative as it has to be flexible enough for inexperienced users. As of now I have zero EQ work done and I am very pleased; but I do plan to run an RTA and see how the response looks and maybe apply a bit of EQ if I see any major trouble spots due to the vehicle itself (the set itself is super flat out-of-car). In summary... I am pretty much 100% happy with the performance at the price these are coming in at. I anticipate the price being right at $199 from a dealer even with the mid upgrades we did (so I hit my under $200 target) -- at this price range I think they will be hard to beat if you are looking for a set with a very smooth response with low fatigue.

Thanks guys! My buddies and I ended up hand sanding it (was a fun and hilarious experience) got the sub to fit flush.

I can say this. If you like music as much as I do, then NOTHING on head unit power will satisfy you. Seriously. And a HU at 8 ohms....will not sound good, sorry. I don't mean to tear you down, but what you're asking for just screams "buy an external amplifier!"

Loud Geo demoing his 4 15" SSA Prototypes on 2 Crescendo BC3500Ds on a 16 volt system with Shuriken 16V batteries.

well damn, Thats alot of beef you got there. I will take one off your hands to help you out. LOL Looks great

Nice amps!

Nice amps!

Alright, so I'm at work, that means none of these will be in any paticular order nor will they have any description. Just a few shots of what came in the mail today And thats all folks lol. This is what I plan on running for the next few years. The two bc5500s, either at 16v or 12v, and the ZED L3. I hope you guys enjoy the pics, sadly, these will not be installed for the next few months, maybe, MAYBE I will put one on the Zcon for burps, but as far as permantel install, it will be some time. Only reason why I grabbed these so early, was to help a fello friend get the amp hes been wanting, at the same time, get a great price on the puppies. So stay tuned!

Don't worry about any ratio BS. Just build the enclosure. I will take a sealed enclosure over any other any day of the weak. People think vented is so much better and/or louder, but only at certain peaks and well, you need to read the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook.

ding ding ding. Does it do it at low volumes, ever? What modes does it do it on? radio? cd? ipod?

No, your settings might have to be turned up or down depending. If you're only turning that high for your speakers, you should invest in door speakers and amplifier for them for an almost 140 db system

Sounds like you don't have good door speakers, and you need to get some new ones or have them amped at least. Decks should never be past 3/4 30+ is way too high.