mrogowski

Already contacted him about some of that sentence, hehe. But of course he's a slacker so I'm still in the "waiting room". You've just been escorted from the waiting room to the "hallway of pessimism". Kinda like our healthcare

Evolution Parts has agreed to take on the Mach 5 product line to become an exclusive distributor for Mach 5 products in the United States. Evolution Parts is the North American distributor of SounDigital amplifiers and has an established dealer network for Beyma pro audio loudspeakers. This is an exciting time for Mach 5, as it helps to raise the bar by offering the general public a higher level of product quality at a *much* lower price model than comparative brands.

Ok, let me know which one you want. We will be doing up an order in the coming days. PM me with your requests... m

Send me flow and you will get it (eventually...)

So things are taking a bit longer than anticipated - sorry about this. SD is introducing some new models so pricing is getting hammered out. I'll keep everyone in the loop once I get updated... Best, Mark

Now that's potential...

I've honestly never heard of that before either. Begs for further testing...

Probably by Wednesday...

I should have some pricing up by the end of this weekend..

The reason I did that was on account that he told me he would be driving them *hard*...

So Dave did some painting at home - it turned out *really* well! Interesting choice of colour too

Good. Let us get some of the finer details ironed out and I'll update you.

We shall see... EDIT: I recall hearing about these amps being Class B, H or a combination of both. This might explain why you see such low fuse ratings on the amps.

And you'll get it.

Yeah, that's the site. Pricing will be a *bit* different from what you see there though.

A guy named Murilo has been posting about this brand on CanadianCarAudio forums Yup, he be the man. Right now you know it as a name.

Soon. Very soon. Just met with the main guy. Gotta work out some final details, but he understands the "profit margin" of how Mach 5 operates and is willing to work with me. The SD amps are pretty serious. That's all I can say.

Big power, small footprint. Yup, these are serious amps. More info coming.

Check out Solen as well for amps...

That's pretty good for R's...

So Steve did a bit of cleanup with his deck and controls: The deck install looks much cleaner this way

Here's some shots of the DVD trim and screen: A shot with the screen in

Here's some shots and a little writeup from Dave on the amplifier canopy he built for this install: Canopy steel frame- 40 pounds of ceiling amps are bolted into welded nuts, attached to a 1 1/4 steel angle frame, that HANGS from the Factory Tethered seat belt bolt mounts at the front; spans to the rear of the cab where the 1.5" flat bar extends over the back of the 1.5 inch ply rear wall (thus- hanging again- for additional support. Mechanically - the amps can not fall). From the top of the canopy, the horizontal amps are mounted to a 1" sq steel tubing skeleton, which ties the top, amp pods and rear wall together - hanging from the top steel mounted frame as well as the shear support on the rear wall. This skeleton also mounts the DVD screens on each side. The 3/4" angle steel, center floating amp rack is bolted with 1/2" bolts, through the 3 layers of 3/4 ply (into T-nuts) AND supported underneath from the sub box structure. In the sub box build pics- you will see a 4x9" 'platform' in the center of the box - tying the 2 front and top speaker baffles together, anchored into the center divider of the sub box and fiberglassed from the top and underneath, making the entire structure, interdependent, from floor to ceiling. The back 1.5" ply wall is anchored into the back of the truck cab, at the factory seat belt mount locations, and the upper shoulder belts and bottom factory bench seat mount locations also. From this wall, the canopy is bolted with 8x1/2" bolts, and HUNG from the tethered seat belt locations. So the amps themselves don't rely on the wood structure for support, but rather the steel structure, attached to the factory belt mount locations - strongest points in the truck cab. The wood basically is cosmetic and used to attach the trims and fiberglass components. This design SHOULD be durable enough to withstand the vibrations from bass, off-road travel, stiff suspension speed bump jolts and MOST IMPORTANTLY - in the unfortunate event of a crash or rollover, everything will maintain its attachment to the truck cab. Can't have 40 pounds of amps over head and 40 pounds behind your head that become projectile missiles! This is the best way I could determine to anchor all the components for safety!!!! MUST be anchored into truck steel rather than wood. This is the MAJOR difference between why its taking months to build - rather than a shop, 'screwing' pieces together and sending you on your way! This MUST be structurally safe in case of a front end crash or other mishap!

Here's the work done on the door pods: This really sucks - you can see how the door moldings are not the same Work done on the rear of the pods The finished product

More shots of the sides - looks like the assembly of them: