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Just gave that advice to my friend when I saw that, he had his on-axis in the pillars too. We are in the midst of EQing but already sounds more pleasing to the ear.

It's not fair..... I want that box!!!! AC did a great job on that.

Yeah I was wanting to keep what I had, just needed to hear it lol. Those XS batts look so tempting though!!! Wish I had the budget...

Why steer clear of AQ? They have many respected products for the price. Judging by your statement you were suggesting it is bad quality. I mean I have my unexplainable biases as well :: , but AQ should not be thrown out without a reason. Although, I agree with the Fi BL, great sub for the price and it gets loud with a properly built box (extremely important in your case, a 15 in the right ported box pounds!!!). I would at least try a lower model before stepping up to a BTL, it is a beast of a sub. There are plenty of other subs too, I wouldn't get stuck on one particular one like you seem to be with the BTL. Research into DC Sound Labs Level 4 and the XL, good subs for the money. There are also Ascendant Audio and SSA subs, and they really get loud without sacrificing SQ. I know you say you want loud, but it is good to have some experience before you go for the gold. With the right amp and enclosure these will get plenty LOUD, without sounding like poo. As for amps, the AQ 1200d, SAE-1200d v2, Elemental Designs NINe.1, Nakamichi 1200d (on sale at woofersetc), and many more, just check around the forum and see what people are using.

I am planning on buying some XS Power batteries to replace my Deka Intimidators. I have a g34 as a starting battery and 2 g31s in the back as of now, so I guess the first question would be if I need to upgrade them at all. I will be running 2 crescendo 3kwds at .5 ohms each, a MB Quart DSC4125 bridged at 4 ohms, and a MB Quart DSC480 bridged at 8 ohms. I am rebuilding an alternator to give me more idling current, so I think it will end up being around 275 or 260 max. I am going to run an extra run of 2/0 gauge through the truck and my big three is done in 0 gauge. If I were need to upgrade and change my batteries what would be a safe amount to maintain my voltage? I want to spend as little as possible but I don't want to flake and not have enough reserve power. I have read some about how secondary batteries have a more optimized pressure, therefore provide more power when using a starting battery. Is the power of each battery also increased when linking multiple secondary batteries? If so does anyone have some sort of formula to calculate the gain from that? Thanks.

Yea the alpine mrp2000 is looking like a win with those d2s

I run ED equipment and I don't even really trust rd products lol, like the alpha v2 though. I will be sure to email him about that, thanks.

The new Z v.2 are basically the replacement for the Nightshade v.1 and the new Nightshade v.2 are based off Sundowns "Monster" motor design and will be rated at 2500 watts rms! The new Z v.2 is highly customizable to your needs. sweeet. I think I found a winner. Are they out? Price and t/s?

Are the zv.2s and nightshades different drivers?

Newtons 4th law- Kicker sucks. I mean the proof is in the pudding. Of course this pudding is a mixture of sarcasm and just kidding puddings. Clarification, I was joking now that's the way it should be done!

What do the dc level 5 or 4 xls and the AA mayhems run for? Just a ballpark figure, or I could call after work, but I'm here for another 7 hours today

Haha probably a little bit more than my budget will let me spend too, patience is a virtue I guess

Audiopipe is another alternative, but I also like the idea of strapping the hifonics amps. Still think he should maybe consider a new set up. Then again I am biased against kicker, just a personal choice no one jump on me haha.

I'm guessing dual 2s then, you need to say that, we can't assume that 2 ohm L7s means dvc 2, unless you mean d 1s wired in series/parallel. If d 1s, I still suggest an AQ2200d, if d2s, maybe an alpine mrp-2000? I think they are 2000 rms at 2 ohms and run about 400 if I'm not mistaken. If you haven't bought the second sub, have you considered a completely different set up? There might be a cheaper and better alternative for your goals.

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Don't purchase amplifiers based on supposed "sound quality". More information about how these amplifiers will be used would be helpful. Just off hand I can't say any one of those would be extremely high on my "to buy" list primarily due to the limited power output capabilities compared to my preferences.....but I'm a big fan of headroom. Also, must it be a single 4-channel, or are you open to the idea of two 2-channel amplifiers? Yeah, headroom makes everything better! Do you have 2 ohm speakers or something? Otherwise you could bridge 2 4 channels, or 2 2 channels as impious is suggesting. Even a 6 channel, send more power to your front components if you are set on having both front and rear speakers.

Gains don't control the amount of wattage. Its used to set when the desired output of the amplifier is used, guess it's dependent on what volume level and what preout V you have, they are limited factors. I know I didn't word that well at all... Sorry, someone try and clear that up, just nit picking though . But yeah, 2000 would be fine all in all...

That would have to be some intense caulking haha. Maybe expansion joint caulking, I never have used that in a box, only 15+ story buildings. Of course I don't think outside the box, well inside... (sweet almost pun)

Good to hear you love it, I got that and the DSC 480 coming in hopefully tomorrow. Should be enough for my front stage :: 500 a side for midbass and the other bridged on horns haha.

Haha, I actually randomly saw him at Cook-Out or McDonalds here in Durham, can't remember which one. He let me hear it in person and it sounded real clean. I am looking for a good bit louder though, I am at 147.8 at about 32 Hz right now, but those 13Av.2s are not very efficient, I have to run my amp at .5 ohm to do that.

The zapco FTW out of those amps. There are plenty more that will do that power with decent SQ. What is it for? I just bought a couple MB Quart DSC amps off caraudiodeals.com for $260 combined, shipped. Pretty sweet deal and they are used by a lot of people. Sundown 50.4, ED Nine.4, and some ARC Audio FD series (really clean, woofersetc has the FD 2100 for $99 so two of those would set you right) are good choices as well. I would say the Zapco, sundown, ED, and ARC amps are all underrated too.

New jackhammer is a square 24 inch.... Yea, i would like to see it too. But i think it's quite annoying to Scott and Nick to see threads where people ask for the 12,420st time when they are about to come out. Maybe next time they won't show any proto-pics, because of all the hassle. I'm sure it's quite annoying when people comment on how others "might" think, instead of realizing people take interest in some of their favorite companie's future projects and might not have read all of the threads in the entire forum. But thats just me

Have you gotten your's metered? I could do 4 15s and maybe a larger amp, AQ3500d or something, that would keep me within my budget... almost haha.

I wish it would be like 22.5, then no one would be allowed to bring up the jackhammer again haha.

AQ2200d used, if they are dual one ohm coils, see them for 300 shipped all the time.