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After the first test I had pretty much concluded this wire is worthless. Of course, I have been a skeptic all along and the subwoofer test just helped. BUT (Nick this is the second time you've done this to me) HOLY CRAP! I am still kind of in shock. It just baffles me. I don't know. You just have to hear it. On to the details. Test 2: Eclipse 5303 (oldschool SQ deck), Alpine 3552 (oldschool SQ amp-4 channel), small bookshelf speaker consisiting of a 6" Dynavox and Morel MDT33s(you know you want them). The crossover is a custom one from an unnamed source I cannot reveal, and the wiring from the crossovers is some Canare stuff. I didn't make it, so I didn't care. Anyways. I listened to the setup wity my homemade speaker cable which consists of multistranded 14guage SIS twisted together in a vise with the drill. Sounds great, yadda yadda. Hooked one side up with the Tara Labs wire. I about $hit. Immediately I could distinguish a "clearer" sound. The highs seemed brighter, the midrange was more detailed, and they seemed to have quite a bit more distinguishable punch. I had to go get the rest of my family They could all distinguish a difference between the sides. Not to be outdone, I simply switched the cabling to the other side, and pretty much the same results as with the previous. It seemed to lack a little in comparison to the other side, but I attributed this to the recording of the material I was playing. The particular CD has always had a bias to the right side. I'm pleasantly surprised so far. Test 3: Sony ES HT 5.1 receiver (don't know the model number or care to look right now) running stereo to a pair of old Yamaha floor standers. The cabinets contain a 12" woofer, 5" mid, and 3" tweet. I have always loved these cumbersome units, but they could use some updated drivers and some better crossovers. Pretty much the same results as in the last test, although I did some foolery with my brother on these. He could not distinguish a difference in sound in the first two tests I performed for him (that's because I didn't switch the cable yet). Wanted to establish a baseline. Hooked up the right side with the Tara Labs cable, but I put it in the left speaker. Again, this is relating to the right bias of the recording. Pushed play on the cd player and began to listen. Immediately the left side (right output of the receiver) was noticeably more detailed than the right (left side of the receiver). My brother agreed. Switched cable left to right, the detail is now in the right speaker. Hmm. Test4: Pioneer Premier DEH-P440; Deck power running stock drivers in my winter beater as of now. This was more for humor than anything. I didn't notice any difference what-so-ever. Is this attributed to the internal amp on the headunit, the crappy drivers, or the fact that I am spliced into the factory wiring from the Pio's harness? No idea, but Tara Labs had ZERO effect in this test. Overall impressions: My skepticism has always been a great quality for me. It helps to never get my expectations up when testing new products or ideas. Surely, as with everyone else, there was no way simple cable could produce a distinct "difference" in sound reproduction. It now seems to me as if it can. WHY? No idea. Psycho-acoustics, could be, but it's tough to challenge when your ear signals to your brain that something has changed, and for the better. I'll reserve 100% judgement for now, as I'm more of the car audio nut that the home audio guru, and it didn't do much for the meager vehicular setup I currently have. I may just spend some money with MR. Lemmons and use this as a tepping stone for my Cobra. If it truly can improve upon a solid foundation, such as I had for the testing purposes outside the actual car environment, then I think it's money well spent. These are my opinions only and take them as that.

I just got mine finished last week. Glass bead+ stick-on stencils= sweetness!

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Was just about to suggest that. Out of all the drivers YOU listed, I think the ONLY ones I would use in an IB application would be the Extremis or Morel.

Sweet!!! I want detailed photos of the entire Bimmer too!

Got it today. Test 1: 10" KLH powered subwoofer. Let me say, it's a biatch to desolder the factory wire from the plate amp. Resoldering was easy and to my surprise, this wire takes to soldering quite well. Results: No detectable difference in sound to me. I even hooked it up both ways. Sounded the same as the wire from the factory. On to do some more testing.

Peace out!

Hopefully tomorrow is a slow day at work so I can get my alt built. It sucks just staring at the pieces in a box, but then again, what's the point when the car's not really driveable. . . .

FINALLY got my damn car running. Was checking for a bad ground or possible open circuit when it dawned on me to check for voltage at the ECM's input. Busted out the meter, popped the fuse cover and blam! Blown fuse. It's always the simple things you overlook. Still running rough though. Throwing codes for low mass air signal and no reading from the AIC sensor. Hopefully a thorough cleaning will cure my problems. Wish me luck.

Let's dance Biatch!!! I could really stand to beat some ass, or get my ass beat. Either way. I warn you though, I fight dirty. Keep it street.

Damn dude, the "I need some space," line. . . That one never has a good ending. Well, at least if you're in love. If not, go party and screw!

Can't wait for more details and reviews!

Directional like a diode? OR directional in that to get the "ultimate" in sound you have to have it going one way? My tests will be simply swapping the wire out for what I have now on one side only and possibly some subwoofer duty.

Nighty Nite.

I know your situation, but the point I was trying to convey is you should not put up with it atall. If you can't pull this $hit, she can't either. And if you don't do anything about it, it will continue. When I start dating a chick, I just lay everything out there. If she does something I don't like, she knows about it right then and there. If it continues, I just don't put up with it. Likewise for her. I WANT to know when I do something wrong or piss her off. My current girlfriend is much like me and so far (1.5 years) it's worked out great.

$hit like that doesn't happen to me. I just lay down the line with my women. So far it's worked. If I get any BS, I just find another. It's gotta be 50/50 for me, or nothing at all. Stand your ground from the get-go and NEVER back down. It's the only way they'll learn.

MotherEffer! I get on Termpro and some guy has my avatar image. I know damn well I am the only person with that. That kinda ticks me off.

Wonderful craftsmanship!

I love my Snap-On man. He gave me some free stuff today! That is so out of the ordinary. He's such a bastard most of the time and won't even give me any deals. I have a huge printout of their catalog from the net so I can cross-reference prices and he always tries to screw me.

Power handling will be dependant upon the enclosure. Daily, I wouldn't put more than the RMS (950watts) in a big box. That's just me though. I hate recommending power levels because I don't truly know the other person's competence. Please don't take that the wrong way. The "correct" person who probably through pretty much anything they wanted through the driver and still have it live, while the "wrong" person could blow it with very little power.

Poor guy.

I wouldn't go that far. We all know just because it's larger doesn't MEAN it WILL be louder. May have more POTENTIAL for increased displacement, but that doesn't always add up to loudness. Then again, given a correct application, it could also excel in the sound quality department. Now, the Mag is a very capable driver in both aspects. It is an excellent all around driver. It will sound great and can easily get loud or vice-versa. It is a very durable driver as long as you don't abuse it. That is the case with anything though. Don't go throwing it in a 5 cubic foot vented enclosure tuned to 40 Hz and throwing 20Hz tones on it all day at full power. Practice caution and you'll be golden at quite a few power levels. With your particular ride and the sheer size of the drivers in question, I really don't see any foreseeable problems getting absurdly loud even with lower power levels. For the performance at it's price level, I haven't been able to find another driver to satisfy me like a Mag. Hell, I got rid of an XXX, Brahma, and W7 for mine.

When running IB, you virtually have no resistance on the cone for cone control as you would in an enclosure. Therefore, you are at the mercy of the driver's suspension and it's limits in concerns to power handling.

Stupid cars. I hate them.