DevilDriver

You should like the Q's a lot better than the P3's in every respect.

In the house, it's more durable than vinyl. I'll give you that. But I enjoy vinyl for it's sonic qualities (whether they really exist or not) and the feel-good nostalgia you get. When I'm on the move, I'd rather carry music in digital form because I can store way, way more music for a given footprint. It's not that I necessarily have anything against CD's: I think for 99% of the people who listen to music, it's a tremendous format; we were lucky to stumble upon it. It just doesn't hold much value for me personally.

I replaced the important stuff with vinyl and have the rest as digital. I don't particularly care for the compact disc, to be honest.

Nick: Hope things are well. Ramos: Pictures........now Beat_Dominator: I got rid of my album collection about 5 years ago. I still have it all digitally, thank goodness. Scott: Not sure what you guys have for music stuff up there, but there should be lots of used places where you can get stuff really cheap. eBay is a good option as well, especially if you buy a bunch from the same seller. My hands are really aching from too much typing and I'm not sure I'll get much of a reprieve this weekend.

Budget?

Definitely. I actually have a dash in my truck right now that I glassed and painted, but it won't work too well for SQ competitions. Thanks to all who have contributed ideas so far.

Precision Econowind They sound quite interesting, Jacob. I look forward to hearing more.

I hate cats. Give me a dog any day of the week, but none of those little bitchy dogs: I like a dog that could kill me if it wanted to, but enjoys playing games instead.

Interior is kind of a greyish tan colour, but I intend to re-do it to match whatever colour(s) I end up going with on the dash. It's going to be dark colour, no matter what.

Aaron: Ouch for the Orioles today. Game 1 was a bit of a doozy.

IB it....ya know you want to. edit: Wow....that does look good!

Wow. Do you think he's married/still married?

Without even modelling things up, you can make pretty good guesses based on what most 12" drivers work best in. Expect .8-1.5 sealed and 1.8-2.5 ported, tuned 28-33 Hz. Something along those lines. As far as port size goes, go with 12-16 square inches per cubic foot, so if you do 2.5 cubes ported tuned to 30 Hz (a very good starting point), you should have at least 30 square inches of port area. I don't have the time to calculate port length from there, but it's pretty easy to do so.

I'm sure that will take you far, Jim.

Glad you're liking it. Imagine what will happen when you put them in a more suitable enclosure that won't limit output.

And you disappeared into a website that doesn't exist.

I sneak in my posts like I sneak in my engineers. How I stole you from RE, I'll never know.

If you must know the truth, I am the majority owner of Fi.

Get some pictures up ASAP. Glad you're digging it. About 30 minutes after I shipped mine, I regretted it. Maybe I'll get another again on Thursday....who knows? Any tracks worth mentioning in particular?

http://oink.cd/details.php?id=757378 http://oink.cd/details.php?id=838534 http://oink.cd/details.php?id=1324831 http://oink.cd/details.php?id=1324838 http://oink.cd/details.php?id=1266069 http://oink.cd/details.php?id=1056776 http://oink.cd/details.php?id=757190 The first two are an absolute must. Absolutely.

Sound that good, Scott?

An NDA is a Non-Disclosure Agreement. It's quite typical that an OEM agrees to not discuss any specifics of their agreement with their clients. As for what Circuit City brands have XBL^2, I couldn't tell you, and I'm not totally sure how factual that is. If you have a few thousand dollars, let's go down there together and we'll cut some motors open.

Haha. These are definitely considerations I had made, but I was hoping someone would surprise me with a cheap, viable, and attractive solution that no one had ever heard of. Dream a little dream.

My dash is pretty much completed. It's built to be very flat from a-pillar to a-pillar with no erratic or uncontrollable reflections. I have some ensolite ready to apply but need to consider an aesthetically pleasing way of covering it. I have considered a few different materials.... Vinyl - I would love to wrap it in vinyl, but that would do nothing as far as taming reflections. Suede - Not bad for managing reflections and certain kinds are permeable, but good suede is expensive and looks like crap as soon as it's touched. Tweed - Permeable and manages reflections well, but ugly as all sin, in my opinion. Any thoughts on a good covering material?

Have you confirmed my invitation to OiNK that I sent you?