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You're making WAY too many assumptions about how things are done at SSA or Fi and quite frankly I'm tired of seeing the misinformation and slander that you keep spewing on the subject. There are absolutely never any "pre-orders" with either company. There is no "stuck in port" excuse because each and every motor for each and every sub that is produced is machined from scratch from blank steel on site in Las Vegas Nevada. Then the drivers are hand built to order (custom ordered in the case of Fi) and the motors charged and tested before being packed and shipped out. The Fi build house OEMs for several companies, SSA and Crossfire included, along with the brick and mortar brand Ascendant Audio and those are just the ones that have been made public. They also have their hands in some industrial applications that I have almost no details on as it was only mentioned in passing during a chat conversation I had with Scott years ago. Things do occasionally get slow, they definitely do get backed up, but you are wrong about how they conduct their business, and you are really wrong about anything that is currently being sold still being "in the development phase". They do not pull the same bull that other companies do to try to get the capital together to make an order from some Chinese build house. There are (or at least used to be before the forum software got messed up and some old archived topics got lost) pictures of part of the process of how the build house builds the drivers. From how the blank steel becomes motor halves, to how the pole pieces are machined from raw steel rod, and so on. Nothing horribly detailed but enough to see and get a picture of the process in your mind. Those of us who've been here for awhile really do KNOW what it takes to build these drivers, not just the hearsay found on some random forum, which is why we state that the wait is worth it and why folks like me defend the brands when someone is misrepresenting them.

If you truly were trying to say that you didn't time align anything for either person when I typed this: All you had to do was ignore it or just say something like, "yep, was for the center not the passenger or the driver". Both would have yielded no further response. The clarfication I posted wasn't for your dumb ass, but for the OP. Stop thinking threads are for you or me or entertainment, but instead think of how the OP reads them.

It is just to prevent backfeeding voltage. I've never seen a h/u or 12v device fail because one wasn't there...but am sure now that I type that I will. Easy enough to add a diode.

There's a good chance you won't need the relay. Most DSP units have the remote wire to them first to delay the amps turning on to eliminate turn on pop/bump. So far the ones I've seen that have the feature power the remote out from the supplied constant 12v powering them and have higher current capacity than the HU remote. I don't know much about your particular unit so I would suggest double checking the manual or emailing the manufacturer to be certain in your case. If it doesn't have that feature then the relay is a great way to get it done.

You shouldn't make assumptions like that, makes you look even less educated. Are you just looking to further embarrass yourself? Would be a pointless waste of my time, I have nothing to prove to you.

Stop crying like a baby, everytime I respond you name call or curse. So get out of the kitchen if you cant stand the heat. Naive, are we.

Thread necro. Check the timestamps. Double check and verify your sources before adding misleading information please, especially when it's derailing another topic.

This^^^ ... I've never been on pre-order with either SSA or Fi in my times since back on '09... Now wait times yes and def longer is there are specials or high demand but honestly only time I really see the longest is when these companies are upgrading/updating their driver specs just my $00.01

Thanks for sharing man. Bottom line is dolla signs and looks like you're seeing em from all different angles.

Hell of a life story there billy lol i ordered from fi last year in January and they took about a month I believe. Also did order some other times and they took about 3 weeks. ssa took under/ about 3 weeks on my evil , zcon , and xcon

The wait time isn't accurate to the indicated info? I see like 21 days or so for dispatch

Believing you know something you don't understand won't get you very far in anything. Obvious you have that difficulty, stop rationalizing it and instead try to learn.

I didn't change anything, this is verbatim what you said: I am changing nothing, you said, "If both passengers leaned to the middle on the arm rest the time alignment was almost right" And that is absolutely absurd. It wasn't almost right, not even close. Worse that you surely implied to the OP that it was right. This is the problem. That is terrible "advice" and when I pointed that out you blew a fucking gasket. Rather obvious you are trying to extend an argument from before versus understanding what it actually means.

Man that 2k doesn't look that big , looks good

I didn't change anything. Read the quotes above in my quote. You can't be that reading challenged. I can summarize if it helps: BJ "I set the time alignment for 2 seats at once" M5 "You cannot set time alignment for 2 seats" BJ "You can and I did" Nigel "You were not setting it for 2 seats, you set it for the center" BJ "Yes sir, what I said all along" You are arguing with yourself and it seems only because I replied. The problem is your first statement can lead a poster to believe something is possible when it isn't. Then you try to soften your statement by arguing and changing the direction of the thread. This is thread dumping. You are so eager to argue with whatever I type that you rarely make sense. This needs to stop and now. Argue with me all you like that isn't the problem, but keeping it on topic so that you don't ruin every thread you post in is required.

The pods are stationary, I popped off the cover took out the factory tweet and replaced it with the JBL. I might have just enough room to fabricate a mounting ring so I can play with angles. The roll bar is good for passengers and volume, but it destroys the sound stage. I've read there is no stereo separation below 250 Hz, but I don't posses the skills necessary to get get a good sound stage AND mount mid bass behind me. I'd love to have mastered the secret of the USD Grand National that ran 12"s in the rear for mid bass! I'm going to hang on the Mikro just in case, it's such a cool little amp and the only Mantz designed amp I have. I did find this no so little gem on Offer Up for $50.

If you ever decided to sell the Mikro IV, let me know. Do those tweeter pods come apart? God is that mid/woofer location terrible.

Try and paste the direct link here. It should work just fine.

Woah, looks awesome!