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The last of the SAZ-1000Ds sold out right before your order so there was a delay in shipping waiting for the next shipment.

Steel has been coated : Very high temp coating also done locally... about 10 miles from our shop.

What is your electrical setup like ?

Rating will be 400 RMS. Looking into S4 and D4.

If you have access to a scope you can more accurately set up the amp. If you have an above average impedance rise you may need a bit more voltage on the gain setting.

You may need to take it up around 1/8th turn or so after doing the gain setting depending on the recording level of your music.

Apparently my sample went for a trip in Europe, silly shipping companies... but it should be on it's way to me now.

It'll go out ASAP - the 1000s are coming in with the 2000s, so we'll start shipping items from that shipment on Friday and all pending orders should be out by Tuesday or so next week.

It accepts 4 awg wire.

We should start shipping on Friday in the order the pre-order was received. You will know yours has shipped when you get a tracking # @ your Paypal e-mail account or from the dealer you ordered from. Don't blow up my PMs and e-mails asking if your amp has shipped -- just wait to get tracking numbers.

A 2000D running at 1 ohm will not present a problem.

I have 4 or so.

Yes, this customer has an American Bass 1000.1 amplifier -- it is their 10,000 watt model which contains two 5,000 watt amps in one case. http://www.americanbassusa.com/front/showcontent.aspx?fileid=183 He plans to switch to Sundown amps soon because his 1000.1 will not go to a low impedance for burps.

We quit making the E8 -- this will be our smallest 8" for a while. But I am going to start on a bigger one AFTER these are full production and available to customers. T/S aren't released yet.

2.5" coil and motor is bigger in OD -- cone and surround are a bit different as well.

We didn't get to upload last night -- Derrick has the memory card from the camera so I will link when he uploads them.

My setup has four SA-12s and has done as much as 154.7 dB @ 47 hz with my 3500s wired down pretty low (around 0.3 DCR each) Paul's does 153.1 at 35 hz (that is -- we designed it for music playing at LOW frequencies. Also, his amps (The AB 1000.1 is two 500.1s in one case - we wired each separate) are seeing 1.3 DCR each (close to 2 ohms nominal) so the power is quite low per driver.

Paul Strouth's Jeep. Currently doing 153.1 dB @ 35 Hz sealed on the dash on the TL with an American Bass 1000.1 wired to 1.33 DCR per "side" (as it is two amps in one). Power not measured but the subs are moving maybe 1/2-3/4 inch P-P wired at that load. Derrick will be in shortly with more pictures and pictures of the TL screen Port is 288 in^2 tuned to around 44 Hz "on paper" but peaks at 35 hz in the vehicle. Roughly 20.4 cubes after port displacement for the box... so after sub displacement just a hair over 1.5 per sub. --- We tested it in an open warehouse section of the shop... and it did a number on my office : --- 153.1 @ 35 Hz run We'll get more up as soon as we can of music and whatnot.

I am not sure about this year -- probably 2010 or the end of 2009 at the earliest

Pictures from the factory : I will be going with a rubber gasket for production. Hoping to have this prototype soon... it's been delayed a few times.

You only THINK you don't need anything

I am debating on the rated RMS on the Monster... will depend on how stiff of a spider pack I decide to use on it. I'm not a big fan of ultra stiff but that is what everyone wants... to dump huge power on stuff - and that requires a fairly stiff suspension.

Brandon is not having any problems with his Monsters on the 4500s on 12 volts. I do not have a date for the Monster yet but I expect the 4500D at the end of October.

Find a big car if you can -- perhaps a Volvo Wagon if you cannot get a big truck or SUV in Italy.

You may do well with a 4th or 6th order band-pass... how much volume do you have (liters) ?