Tirefryr

Red rocket in his BACK pocket.

A steed INdeed.

Obviously the night in shining armor wasn't enough.

F you and the horse that rode in on you.

Obviously the guy was not a Colts fan. Might have saved his life.

No, where do you have the drivers placed? Are they in the door, enclosure, etc. . .

YEEHAW! Ride em cowboy. Big rod, little hole. 1HP=746(or is it 764)watts so now we can say that low wattage can kill. I wonder if it's strappable? Pun intended.

Squeak, I don't know if you've seen it or not, but there are technical links to the current draw of the amps with both musical and sine waves and voltages. They also list the size, so I would think you could use that to come to some form of conclusion on your own.

Drug of choice? Ecstacy!!

Thanks for the info. Ill set the attenuation to -3 and hopefully that corrects the treble issue. But I still cant figure out for the life of me why my driver lacks bass. Off my head unit and while amped. id like to utilize more midbass instead of my woofer doing all the work. Ive spent hours messing around with settings even turning up the bass levels on the parametric eq to end up in the same place. Ive heard that mb quarts are weak in the midbass field. What's you application for the drivers?

The horse's owner is going to sue someone because of this now. "Emotional Trauma has caused my horse the loss of it's breeding ability. I ask that the family be held responsible in the amount of $5,000,000." And he'll win.

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Maybe. But you're presuming that they are correct on their estimate for when they will get them in. Might not happen until mid to lat August. You never know. i hope its ontime cuz im waitin on them so i can put a system in and i wanna put it all in at the same time. so im just sitting here waitin on it My experience when dealing with things of this nature; be prepared for delays. Nick may have the drivers here tomorrow for all we know, BUT, you have to factor in testing time and shipping turn-arounds, and the fact that hurricanes seem to love Florida nowadays, so if you're there, you'll probably get screwed.

Sure, the 0dB setting is flat. The -3 and -6dB settings will attentuate or lower the level of the tweeters 3dBs or 6dBs. This is commonly used for your situation if you find the tweeters overbearing. Think of it as an equalizer how you can boost or cut frequencies. Say you have a peak at whatever, you want to cut that out to make it even or flat with the rest of the spectrum. The crossover provides you with this feature. You could also look at it as halving power. Cut the power in half and you have a theoretical 3dB loss. This can also be done by using a higher impedance driver which will effecticely lower the power output of the amp, but be careful when doing this as even though the driver is getting less power, it may perhaps be more efficient than the other one. Explanation: You have driverA and driverB. DriverA is an 8ohm driver with a sensitivity of 96dB @ 2.83V. DriverB is the same driver, yet it is a 4ohm driver with a sensitivity of [email protected] volts. Now you have an amp rated at 100watts @4ohms. So theoretically, the amp will put out 50 watts @8ohms. Now you're thinking, hmm, the 8 ohm driver won't be as loud because it's getting half the power. On the contrary. The 8 ohm driver is exactly 3dBs more sensitive than the 4 ohm driver so it will be just as loud with half the power. Neat how that works huh? You can have a lower power system and still have the same output potential. Now, there is a lot more science behind this and this is not ideally how it will always be, but it can be used as a great tool for matching components when designing from scratch.

Ebay! Great place to pick up hard to find(read expensive) types of cloth and matt. I like to go with a FINELY woven cloth inbetween layers of matt and let me tell you, the aeronautics industry has the best glass available. I find this stuff on Ebay in bulk, cheap!

Hmm, semen and warts?????

I Prefer to always have more than I need. However, in the case of aftermarket interchangability, I'd stick with whatever case you have now. It's just less of a hassle and makes for switching back to stock if things go wrong or resale that much easier. What do you do if your custom alt fails on you and your custom bracketry will no longer work with the stock alt. More down time and a possible tow fee. Yes, I am an anal bastard who carries a spare alt with me.

Why not try making what you currently have better. THe lack of midbass could very well be, and probably is, due to the application. The Quart's are awesome and they don't BS on crossover design. You can guarantee it's spot on. You also have tweeter attentuation capability with the crossover itself. I suggest trying this if the tweets are too harsh for your tastes.

Nope, I had to call Crutchfield the other day and complain. They told me it was on backorder because they sold out their stock in less than a week... I find that hard to believe, but the damn thing was only 50% of MSRP. We'll see. They've got another week because I hate money just sitting out there not being able to be put to good use.

Gimme $120, a vehicle, and 3 hours and it'll be enroute to your current location.

Steve, wonderful story and I admire your courage! I would have accidentally opened the door and nudged her out on my way to the hospital though.

Generally, the smaller the space, the more the gain, but not always, and every vehicle's tranfer function is different. My standard cab GMC is very picky on subwoofer placement. ONE inch too far one way and cancellation will OWN my ass.

Damn, that '59 is SWEET!

Sorry, I should have put some sort of sarcastic smiley behind that.