Leaderboard

RIP Angelina Jolie's boobs.

Looks awesome bro. Im excited to see the evil in sealed as well.......

So you havnt pulled the subs out yet? How do you know its not just a wire loose inside the enclosure?

Zed > the rest

Front/rear doesn't matter. No reason to ever have 4 tweeters in a pickup. Hell no reason to have 4 in a Suburban.

No need for tweeters in the rear, actually no need for ANY speakers in the rear.

Nice! I love the country, and damn that thing looks like it is going to explode in the last video.

Looks great man! I love that Decaf video.

There is never a reason, ever to use CCA other than wanting to see a big ass diameter wire for a cheaper price. It is 100% gimmick, seriously. You can't make a blanket statement like 50 amps less, or pushing the wire to it's limits. The variables in comparing the wire vary much more than that. Aluminum wire of the same gauge as copper (CCA or just plain aluminum) is inferior in every way at every current level. It Is more brittle, more prone to connection interface loss, and greatly inferior as far as cooper loss (resistance). You can tie 00 welding cable in a knot smaller than your fist. If you ever do an install with a bending radius less than that, you are asking for trouble with any type of wire. Welding cable will also handle heat, abrasions and chemical wear better than ANY car audio power wire.

Nice!

CCA is a gimmick brought out by car audio companies. It is 100% not worth the money or time. People who will tell you otherwise do not understand how current flow through different metals works...

go for the death row 12, gives you a little more room then the Fi x 12. Also depending on the roll off on the 30hz crossover when close to 30hz above and below its going to lessen those frequencies also.

With sealed its a bit harder for a sub to fail mechanically, but thermally the sub will fail at the same power level from what I understand. If your sub sounds fine, then don't worry about it. Obviously I wouldn't turn it up till it starts smelling, find that sweet spot right before.

won the 7 foot sumbitchs at texas usaci finals with 2 SSA ZCONS

I bet it would do mullet hair trick. Maybe not a full out Crystal Gayle hair trick though.

Just because it might sound subjectively good now, doesn't mean it couldn't sound better I've got some other issues with the install. But I'm sure Randall is happy so I figured it wasn't worth the argument....

Hmm....I doubt it. Came out of Randal's mouth not, mine. "I'll have to talk to Ray about it".Just to put Randal's comments on phase compensation in perspective. The class in Physics you take after Classical Mechanics is Waves. Both follow exactly the same set of rules. Describing things in waves is obviously over the head of 99.9% of the public, so I'll move to a more simple and straightforward analogy from Classical Mechanics which I alluded to above. Gravity. Most people know it exists and at least have a rudimentary understanding of what it does. There are situations you can create to avoid gravity. Just google how they train astronauts. So the preface of not always having gravity 100% of the time is feasible. The same can be said about phase compensation. At a single frequency for a single point in space it isn't so hard. Change space or frequency and it becomes even more difficult than gravity correction. By Randal typing his truck is phase compensated it is exactly akin to saying I am able to defy gravity at ALL TIMES in ALL PLACES with my truck. Reality of the situation is that there is no place it will ever defy gravity. Same wih the phase. It will never be compensated at all points in space (flat out impossible) and at all frequencies (no processor available to my knowledge has that power). Of course, then by saying he'll have to bring it up with Ray I can assume the source. You can doubt what you want, but I guess we could clear this up by asking fo r the source although I don't care as either way it is flat out wrong, impossible and shouldn't be cited. Wherever it came from, whomever it came from is either an idiot or a manipulative ass that is trying to make $$ by confusing those that don't know. And please, ask ALL the frequency related questions you like. It is rather right up my alley. If something is unclear I'd be glad to explain it to you. Just because it might sound subjectively good now, doesn't mean it couldn't sound better I've got some other issues with the install. But I'm sure Randall is happy so I figured it wasn't worth the argument.... I know what you are saying.Several years ago when my supra was doing 440hp at the wheels it was pretty fast. I gave several people a ride and they couldn't believe how fast it was. Fastest car they have ever been in. That summer at a supra event my buddy in GA just finished his. Was doing 620hp on the dyno. I went for a ride and it was a different world. Got back in mine and it felt broke lol. Needless to say I upgraded mine soon after. That was around 2006. I think I'm on upgrade #4 and now its in pieces in the garage again. Exactly. And not unlike Impious I left out a ton of other obvious things that can help, but if my recommendation were followed it would benefit things GREATLY.And for those with the "just listen to it" comments. That is seriously laughable. I have listened to pretty much every driver in the Madisound, PE, Solen, and ... catalogs. Including tons that have never made it to market. All in environments way nicer than a car. So yes, not only do I understand scientifically what will happen but my ears have experienced it as well. Exactly why I will not be attending some simple car audio event. Compared to sitting in Ray Kimber's, Dave Wilson's, Jim Winey's, Orfield Lab's and other listening rooms I've been in there is not anything in car audio that will impress me. What baffles me is EVERYDAY I want to learn more, but the attitude of some of you that come on here with the high and holy this product is the shiznit is absurd. Install is everything and all Imp & I are doing is trying to help. Stop taking it personally and open your ears. The underlined above statement is the most important thing said in the last few pages.