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should have it done by late tonight. Hope you guys appreciate I am working all damn day on this. It's a bit of work.

The forum just got a major software upgrade, you should find it's running faster, smoother etc... I have not updated the current skins or anything, so you will see alot of visual bugs until that is complete. Please bare with us during this time.

Continuing to show why SSA is the ONLY online choice for Sundown needs.

I finally installed the 80PRS today. The installation went well, the factory radio was very easy to remove and the pioneer slid right in. The harness utilizes the two factory amplifiers so I am able to use the time alignment features. There is a popping noise when I turn the car on/off or switch sources. I believe this will go away once I install an aftermarket amplifier. Also the radio keys for the PRS would not click in right, so removing it is going to be a joy.

You cant fix stupid...... So I will just leave it alone and go back to being rich and immature.

looks good, i miss the option to see who "liked " or disliked" post... it came in handly when someone was giving you bad marks for personal reasons. and not post rating,.

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/topic/36245-ssa-forum-supporters-group/ Working great on my phone! Thanks for posting the link. This is exactly why this forum you can see the money going to constantly making it a better place.

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/topic/36245-ssa-forum-supporters-group/ Working great on my phone!

163 pages....

Looks too futuristic, need more buttons. It does look good in there.

You have fiber? I hate you now. It's all love bro. If I could send you some broadband, I would. HAHA. 1gb fiber is sick fast mane. I mean, I have Cox Internet's highest speed possible in my area, and I'm only 100 yards from the local hub so it's not bad. Just... Meh. lol Forum is much more pleasant to be on now.

I've never ordered from them, but as far as I can see they do EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLE CAN to get it out to you as fast as they can, without sacrificing quality.

I don't think we ever had who clicked 'dislike' visible, as before it was only the like button and who liked it. Now it is both. It seems to have more people voting on posts now.

kid, i told you a few weeks ago, you dont know shit about audio,. stop talking and read... your so caught up on what you learned on SMD that your making your self look like an ass here.. THIS IS NOT SMD. your SMD ways will NOT fit in here,.. AGAIN.. .if you want to learn READ. and stop being so quick to give your opnion nothing " rich" about his build.... its simply called being a GROWN MAN. you work hard you save and you play hard... i simply like to play in other ways then audio your so stuck on $ of woofer... but you have to think about it.... once you get into this game you start buying shit slowly.. and when you WANT BIGGER AND BETTER shit.. then you sell what you have and add a few bucks to it..... and BOOM you have high end shit.... its all in how you work your jelly, and i can tell you me and steve are alike in many ways, and were pretty good at working jam!

New forum looks good, like the dark skin.

If you'd stop wearing high heels perhaps the problem wouldn't occur

I guess the thing thats been pushing me is this board, i just save up until I can afford what i want. Sometimes that can take months or yrs. I saved 20$ every week when i was in highschool and saved 240$ or so and bought 2 RE Sexxx's Then saved a couple more months and bought a jbl 1200. Then had to save up for wire and box materials. Looking back i could buy all of that in 1 paycheck these days, but now I have more bills and other priorities. steve's got kids and a wife, i have niether and still cant understand wtf im doing with my money, so its all dependent upon how much you want to spend on your hobby not necessarily being rich or poor.

Yep, dont even have a plan. no designer on here feels confident enough to make me a design. so ill build the biggest enclosure i can and see what fits. I wish I was rich like you I just dont understand spending so much on woofers and wood but not buying a ram box design or something Its only $60 seriously? My wall far exceeded any expectations. Oh and RAM designs refused to design it because there was no way to make it fit right. If I was rich this would be a whole different animal. IMO two DC 7.5ks with 3 evils is rich a hifonics brz on some L7's is normal people oh Ram failed sorry I didnt know I cant tell from the last 3 pages of this thread or from your status updates what exactly happened 2 your camaro are you just getting a diff vehicle to fit everything in? Im confused why your selling your evils? No more car audio? (please no rage quit) I dont understand them not fitting cause theres mustangs out there with 4 18s in a wall When I first came to this forum I was like wtf is steve meade doing here lol If you base what being rich, normal or poor is by what car audio equipment someone has you must be very young and immature. Also you should expect more from yourself, lets say he has 10k wrapped up in equipment. Yeah thats alot, but do you feel that is enough money to be rich? What if he had bought a used 10k dollar car with 100k miles on it with that money instead and posted pictures of it on here. Would you look at a car and say "Man, I wish I was rich" Lmao, some of the things you young guys post is just comical.

I can help you design a box for it, perfect specs. Just give me 24 hours (I have school)

Love it!!

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Kate Upton is fucking amazing. If you disagree you might be gay.

Relief. Now we're looking good. Thanks.

Best part is it is self defeating on his part. The more he posts, the more this thread is on top. It's almost stickied just based on his absurd comments. He's proven more than once that he understands nothing about audio. After his last comment I am sure he needs a few days to research, think, ask for help before posting again.

Almost there guys...

Aside from the titties, I see no appeal.

This looks to be a great application. I'll see if we have it in the budget of never ending forum expenses lol. Thanks for the suggestion. Hey no problem! I was unaware that it would cost you though. I'd be more than willing to donate a couple bucks to the cause lol I definitely appreciate it sir! Thanks! Well, the custom version does, and that would be the only way we would do it

Not that amazing of a face and her stomach/waistline is weird looking. Got some boobies on her though.

This looks to be a great application. I'll see if we have it in the budget of never ending forum expenses lol. Thanks for the suggestion.

Oh noes. I almost went blind when I came in here

the SSA Zcons took me to victory in the texas bass battles finals and a few videos but im really happy about this one. and i got a bail out on tape!!

got some work done today, big thanks to steve for a wicked birthday gift ! badged up with all my teams, ^^ some more testing and some bass head problems ready for texas bassbattles finals! lets see how it goes

when you have 4 different boxes for one sub when your girlfriend wakes you up at 3am because you're talking about 0 gauge in your sleep when you work at a battery store to get agms on the cheap when cops stop by your house to see what a good system sounds like rather than the prefabs everyone else has (true story) When your girlfriend thinks something is wrong, there is no porn on your computer, only car audio

When you have to call the Sheriff's department to determine if bracing the windshield with steel bracing is street legal so you can continue building your setup. (this does not involve my current setup) When the payload rating of your tires on a small hatchback equal that of a half ton truck. When u got more wood in your car than Larry Flynt ever had anywhere. When you have to special order glue from out of state because absolutely nothing local works under these pressures. When your build is done, the crash test rating of your car is higher than that of a Brinks truck. When going for the volume control causes your passengers to get an adrenaline rush.

Lmao, you know how car companies have different submodels for all of their vehicles I.E. SS, SL, SE, Limited etc etc Next thing you know, there will be a SPL submodel Just imagine it. Ford Explorer, SPL Package Or, Honda Civic, Walled SPL edition Or, Ford Excursion, One Seat SPL edition

when you know more specs about the limits of the vehicle than the car company has tested. when no matter what car you buy, they always have the following problems that need to be fixed- Windows need tinting Head unit needs replacing Sound deadener needs to be added, stock deadener isn't working. Needs more wiring under the hood Alternator needs replacing Needs more batteries to operate properly Suspension isn't strong enough Too many seats in vehicle Ah.. When will these car companies know how to build a vehicle right...

Pretty much addicted when both of my companies are 100% Car Audio Related . That and I bought a vehicle specifically for my new install. Music is my life and passion, and it was something about Car Audio that really grabbed me and sucked me in.

Due the last thread having serious loading issues and bogging down the server, we started this continuation of the original. Carry on....

A Mini RE Audio XXX 15 Review Ok well i have been lucky enough to have the chance to play with an origional RE Audio XXX 15. I once had this in the boot and passed on the opportunity to buy this exact driver and i now regret that but ill come back to that. First a little bit about the driver. This particular model dates back to 2005 and is radically different in design to the current generation of RE Audio XXX's. The current design uses a split coil while the first generation were a XBL motor design. While it is hard to find information on these drivers the first generation used an XBL^2 motor design. Following a fall out between RE Audio and Dan Wiggins (owner to the Patent of XBL^2) RE Audio redesigned the XXX. This is the first generation of RE XXX's which had an XBL^2 motor . It seems that these original XXX's are fairly sought after drivers and they are hard to come by. What is XBL and why is it beneficial? XBL^2 is a traditional underhung motor design. The design gives a very flat BL curve over the drivers intended frequency range which translates into excellent motor control of cone movement throughout the operating range of the speaker. XBL^2 motors are extremely good for SQ, even at high excursion, which makes it a good """"SQL"""" speaker motor design. I have not experimented with this driver ported, only sealed. And to be honest i see no point in building a ported box for this driver. In a sealed box you can achieve a very linear sounding response that is capable of very respectable musical output. I started with a test enclosure that was roughly 2 cubes. This was not ideal. Very tight but the extension seemed limited. Despite being a recommended sealed enclosure prior experience has taught me that very few 15 inch drivers will perform well in 2 cubes, its simply too small. The Driver: 2005 RE Audio XBL^2 15 inch driver. The motor is double slugs with a large chrome top plate. The basket is a standard 12 spoke basket that is common to lots of drivers. Medium foam surround. Dual 2ohm coils with felt pads on the back side of the cone to stop tinsel lead slapping at high excursion. The 2 cubes test box, very rough enclosure but that's the point of a test box. This was some time ago hence the Hertz HP1KD amplifier for power. Next enclosure was roughly 3 cubes, i was much happier with the drivers performance in this box. Last but not least properly installed in a carpeted 3 cube sealed enclosure with light polyfill stuffing. The driver is mounted inverted to highlight the chrome bottom plate and allow for extra motor cooling at higher output levels. The amplifier is a Digital Designs M3a wired at 1ohms. Now onto Listening impressions Morning Glow by Mayuko Aoki (Final Fantasy 12 Vocal Collection) This is an interesting track with a very prominent and hotly mixed bass line that incorporates low notes with tighter bass hits. It is actually a hard track to get sounding good as its very easy for it to become muddy sounding or the bass hits lose some of their punch and tautness. Its also a good indicator of sub bass gain as systems with slightly hot sub bass end up sounding like street beat systems playing this song. The RE Audio XXX had no problem with this song, the lows were accurately produced without sounding overblown. I was highly impressed with this track, not quite headphone perfect but the closest i have heard this track from a car substage. Urban Uppercut (Blood on the Asphalt [street Fighter II Rearrangements]) There are some seriously low drops throughout this track, hard to guess but id say into non audible range (sub 15Hz). You can only just hear them but it is more of a sensation. Tracks like this is where 30mm Xmax become very noticeable due to the air being displaced. Once again no drama's at all with the XXX. Not only can you hear the drops but you can feel the wave inside the car. Other drivers i have listened to a lot such as the Mach5 IXL10 have been able to reproduce such content but not with such authority. The best way to describe it is effortlessly and without strain. Black Coffee by Liz Tobias (A beautiful Friendship) A smooth jazz track with some beautiful female vocals from a local Adelaide jazz artist Liz Tobias. A good track to gauge double bass and kick drum. Not overly hard content for a driver to reproduce, ie not overly dynamic or low yet more often than not a driver will fail to sound musical and articulate. Its hard to describe but the sound is just not right. Again no complaints for the XXX. Musical articulate sub bass that integrated nicely with the mid bass drivers and added just the right amount of depth to kick drum and double bass. The thing that comes to mind when listening to such music with the XXX is that of an Iron fist in a velvet glove. It really is surprising that such a large brute of a driver is able to reproduce the finer delicate detail in a lot of music so convincingly. Angel by Massive Attack (Massive Attack Collected) An eerie and almost disturbing track. I think its best to describe the bass line as a pulsating foundation to the track with a slow bass guitar introduction followed by a deep kick drum and a very full body electronic bass. Yet again the XXX surprised me with good extensions and dynamics. Kaleidscope by Harmonic 33 (Extraordinary People) I remember using this track and naming it specifically in my review of the IXL10. And i will quote from that review "For all the ground pounder guys who are sick of chopped and screwed bass CD's go hunt down this song, the bass line comes from nowhere 48 seconds into the song. The lows are very prominent and dig very deep, you not going to reproduce such lows with budget subwoofer or ported enclosures tuned in the traditional 35-40Hz range. Reproducing the low notes with reasonable volume is difficult but the real challenge comes from doing so while remaining clean and tight with low group delay. To be honest this song is probably the song that made me begin to really appreciate what the IXL10 is capable of. Without a doubt the best reproduction of this track I have yet experienced in my car" The XXX is as good as i remember the IXL10 being. The difference however is that the IXL10 would play cleanly to about 130db before sounding strained while the XXX will just keeping going as the volume is turned clockwise. I could keep listing different songs but i think the theme will be the same and that is that i cannot fault this driver. Its not perfectly integrated with the mid bass but in my car that's a limitation of the mid bass drivers and a lack of processing. Even when it comes to output its very impressive for a sealed driver in a boot that is almost sealed from the old SPL days (ie sealed up parcel tray). im not going to speculate on a DB level as i have not measured it but its certainly loud enough to outrun the fronts without breaking a sweat. I think its also a good example to highlight the age old car audio myth that larger drivers (15s & 18s) are not as capable of tight or fast bass due to the weight of the cones as being false. If i had to list the cons of this driver it would be weight and power handling. I think you really need an amplifier rated at 1000 watts as a starting point for this driver and the larger the amplifier the better. This comes at a cost in terms of partnering equipment. Pros: - Output capability - Linearity - Detail - Extension Cons: - Physical size & Weight - Large sealed enclosure requirements - You will need a good electrical system & amplifier to make the most of this driver So to summarise. This is a beautiful driver. Im disappointed that i passed on the opportunity to buy this driver when i did. The build quality is high, the glue joins are neat. The cone is tasteful as is the XXX logo. The chrome motor looks amazing and its an XBL^2 motor design. Its certainly not a driver for everyone and it requires a powerful amplifier and in turn a solid electrical system. Its heavy and large. But providing you make these concessions i doubt anyone would be disappointed with its performance. I could not fault its performance and it managed to play loud while remaining musical without distortion or physical limitation. Having said this i do think its overkill for a daily music system. Im sure there are other drivers out there that are as musical without being as large or needing as much power but when the volume levels get high they are not going to be able to match the clean output that the XXX is capable off...

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uh, this doesn't sound like a good setup.

I don't think we ever had who clicked 'dislike' visible, as before it was only the like button and who liked it. Now it is both. It seems to have more people voting on posts now.After you recently turned the "dislike" back on you could see who liked/disliked each of your posts. Awesome job though on the update! It seems to be running great guys. Thanks Aaron and Mark! I was not able to see that, and I should see everything. Weird.

Does anybody like Stetsom Amps or their service?

This is the model that has the 3 40 amp blade fuses on it. I was wondering if this amp will do it's rated power of 2000 rms @ a 1 ohm load. Of course I know this is at 14..4 volts just wondering if this amp will do it or not??? I mean the amp does take 1/0 gauge wire and I'm thinking it will draw at least 180 amps em I wrong to think this is true??? Thanks for information in advance and the help... Hawk