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  1. Gorgeous. If they perform like they look they should take the active audience by storm. With no a priori measurement details and only seeing the plot, I think Aaron's response is conservative. The response curve looks easily adaptable to both almost on and off axis response in car. Obviously nothing will beat a really small diaphragm for off axis response, but the flexibility of such a low Fs will more than counteract that in more than 90% of installs. The last thing I need is another set of tweeters...but pretty sure my curiosity won't be squelched until I own a pair.
  2. I think what everyone is refering to is the electrical resistance of cca -vs- ofc copper. Resistance is a restriction in amperage. Amperage is how fast the current flows. Voltage is the amount of current. So if there is a restriction or (resistance) you truely are robbing yourself of wattage in output. It may not sound like much, but if you cheat yourself out of one tenth of a volt or a few amps of current you in sense are cheating yourself out of potential. From the alternator through the battery into the amp out through the speaker, if there is any resistance it is energy wasted (usually in heat & thermal expansion) which either through math or meters can be measured. The actual loss can not be avoided due to physics. (nobody has the fund to use gold) With that being said, to actually use a cca wire to power a sensitive device such as an audio amplifier would not be disired unless you are willing to sacrifice not ony potential output but quality of the sound being amplified. Doubling wire actually creates more resistance. The internals of the amp & equipment are essential "bottlenecks" were the flow is restricted. This is where the quality of the material being used to carry the current comes into play. Less resistance per linear foot is far more efficient. In housing they use cca because the amperage into your house is rarely over 200 amps of one or two runs of 120 volts a/c. Since efficiency is never an concern to the people you actually pay your power bill to, they use cca wire.
  3. I will take that as you can't think for yourself and are trying to buy time so you can search for something to paraphrase wrong...and so will everyone reading.
  4. Who does the World Famous West Coast Customs call when they have a big heat issue and need to quiet down a huge build? Yep, that's right, Team Second Skin!!! Team Second Skin had an amazing MLK weekend in sunny Burbank, CA working with the world famous West Coast Customs build team on a huge build for their upcoming new season on Velocity Channel. We are excited for the episode to air featuring our newest product line Mega'Block Hydrophobic Melamine Foam Heat Shield, along with the high quality staples like Damplifier Pro, Luxury Liner Pro, Damp Rope, and Speaker Tweakers. When we say this build is huge, it is no understatement, this build is pushing 218 total sqft of raw metal that needed to be DEADENED and West Coast Customs reached out to us to take on this huge task. It was an honor to work with the crew of West Coast Customs and get our hands on such an amazing build. Unfortunately, we cannot disclose too much info on it, nor release any of our pics of the build until it airs the first time in March/April 2017!!! With all this time to wait, we will come up with a cool promo to run with the launch of this episode, so keep your eyes on our forums, social medias, and website to stay current with the episode time and promo info. As always, make sure to insist on nothing but the best American made high quality sound deadening products for your builds.....Second Skin For The Win!!!
  5. Im sure anyone on here would post pictures for you if you email or text them the pictures . . I would like to see it all installed. . Maybe a video to if your able to
  6. if you can not hear the difference between OFC and CCA ( speaker wire and RCA's) on good equiptment your tone deaf it makes a very noticeable difference in sound quality when using it with top end stuff.. with the head unit , amps and components on my front stage I would be downgrading SQ going to CCA over the OFC and as far as the power wire..... (for example) my Crown A3000gti could not get the current it needed with double runs of CCA where the pure OFC did just fine with a single run that damn thing clipped like a cheap piece of crap and would shut down when it didn't get proper current my new Mosconi ZERO ONE draws as much as the A3000.... I'd be stupid to use cheap assed CCA to power it... and you trying to explain anything about audio to me is like a monkey explaining to a squirrel how to open a walnut.... nice try
  7. Can a mod alter this thread so it doesn't show up in recent topics?
  8. There's nothing else to do lol but your right its nothing but fire being fed
  9. Why are yall even responding to this foolishness, you're just feeding the fire. Even if wrong he will argue, even when someone who knows better corrects him he doubles down. Stop feeding the trolls. CCA wire sucks plain and simple regardless how cheap you are or your system it sucks, there are countless test proving it. But what do we know, we dont know anything here.
  10. I use Welding Cable from my local welding supply shop. NEVER any problems.
  11. a preview of the box the pair of EVIL1 tweeters will come in.
  12. And yes that says 1,000 Degrees for the Heat Shield, that is not a miss print ;-) Second Skin For The Win!!!
  13. MegaZorbe Hydrophobic Melamine Foam Temperature Range: -300°F to +356°F, intermittent to +400°F The Heat Shield on the MegaBlock Hydrophobic Melamine Foam Temperature Range: -40°F to +1,000°F ** Upper temperature limit is reliant upon a finished part being larger than the surface area exposed to 1000°F and a minimum of 1” space between the heat shield and the heat source The high temp adhesive backing Temperature Range: -40°F to +450°F The MegaBlock Hydrophobic Melamine Heat Shield was designed specifically for our aerospace and military clients that have used our Thermal Block for the past 17 years, that is why the heat rating needed to be so high, as a vehicle would never reach temps even half that high. All specs and testing results are posted on the product pages. www.secondskinaudio.com

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