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I don't think I've seen yours yet. PM me with your address and I'll let you know for sure.

While this is great for advanced users, many people are adding amps to setups with an LOC or setups with really basic head-units.

There are quite a few... should be around for at least a few more weeks.

Two "B-Stock" SAX-100.4 units added.

Jim, Very true... forgot all about horns! He could run the SD-1 10s for midbass to 100 Hz and run the PHL 8" up to meet the horns. I have a pair of ID CD1E Mini Body's, how do you think they would work? Very well... those things are mean and would be able to keep up with those PHL midranges. That would be an awesome match... talk about a loud front stage Cool How does a the sd-1 10's wired down to 4 ohms per channel on a 100.2 and the phl mids and id horns running off an 100.4? This should be a fun build.Corey Corey, My vote goes to MORE POWER... three 100.4s bridged

Jim, Very true... forgot all about horns! He could run the SD-1 10s for midbass to 100 Hz and run the PHL 8" up to meet the horns. I have a pair of ID CD1E Mini Body's, how do you think they would work? Very well... those things are mean and would be able to keep up with those PHL midranges. That would be an awesome match... talk about a loud front stage

Jim, Very true... forgot all about horns! He could run the SD-1 10s for midbass to 100 Hz and run the PHL 8" up to meet the horns.

I am a little late to this thread, so what would the mounting depth of a 10 or 12 of the v3 design be then? I would love to have 1 killer 10 or 12 in my truck. The 10" will come in at 7" depth, 12" a bit deeper Well that definitely won't work for the titan bummer! Guess I will just stick with the CDT for now. I am working on subs with less depth, no worries. The SD-1 v.2 10" model will be 5.25" deep... and it will go LOW sealed Stay tuned for that one. Now that sounds interesting, I guess I could have all SD across the back like I currently have with eD. The CDT doesn't look like it will work either, if I build a box for a current SD-1 will the v.2 be able to drop in its place? I am actually pretty content with my dual SQ10s right now but I am trying something different since I needed a bigger amp to power my new front stage. The SD-1 v.2 10" will need about 0.75 ft^3 sealed w/ a pound of polyfill. If your box is larger, no problem, they'll be fine with more... and fine with a tad less with more polyfill.

A 15" model will come later on, I am going to produce the 12" model by itself at first. I am going to test them to see how they will be rated by my method of rating a speaker. With the changes I have made they will handle as much power as most speakers rated for well over 1000 watts RMS... it will likely receive a 1000 watt rating.

I am a little late to this thread, so what would the mounting depth of a 10 or 12 of the v3 design be then? I would love to have 1 killer 10 or 12 in my truck. The 10" will come in at 7" depth, 12" a bit deeper Well that definitely won't work for the titan bummer! Guess I will just stick with the CDT for now. I am working on subs with less depth, no worries. The SD-1 v.2 10" model will be 5.25" deep... and it will go LOW sealed Stay tuned for that one.

Elemental Designs is a dealer for DLS if it comes down to it. Or you could try to find them used... DIYMA is a good place to look. I have a pair, but I could never sell them

Eeeeeeeexcellent.

I am a little late to this thread, so what would the mounting depth of a 10 or 12 of the v3 design be then? I would love to have 1 killer 10 or 12 in my truck. The 10" will come in at 7" depth, 12" a bit deeper

I would do the pair of 10s... the 10s have an F3 of 60Hz IB, and that is as low as you will run them You'll have higher efficiency and more output potential, as well as a 4 ohm load per side for midbass.

Ricky, These are not being made in the USA. Several other designs that I am working on are to be made in the USA, but not these. Although, I will likely use USA voice coils in this model to get higher temperature grade adhesives.

Corey, Lets try a four way setup, shall we? Why not a 12" SD-1 per door for midbass? They throw down IB with the moderately high Qts and low Fs... cross them over at 60 Hz and they will have ridiculous amounts of output. We would run these up to 100 Hz. Two per door if you can fit them... even two of the 10s if that is more practical... seriously! There is no beating a LARGE midbass driver for realism. --- PHL for midrange... try their 8" model from 100 - 2500 Hz. These are some of the best high efficiency lower-midrange drivers available: http://estore.websitepros.com/1736754/Detail.bok?no=50 You won't need more than one per side... due to the efficiency the rest of the system will be playing keep up. --- Then... how about a pair of Dayton 2" Aluminum dome midranges per side from 2500 - 5000 Hz. These have been compared to the best of the best midrange drivers on the market: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cf...tnumber=285-020 --- And... the DLS Iridium tweeter is my favorite of all time... keep that, please You may need a pair per side to "keep up" with the other components. --- Don't buy any batteries or alternators yet... wait until I make some calls.

I almost crapped when I saw that... What I would do with the mids is this -- use eight of them for midbass and four for midrange! Or... step up to a single 10" or 12" midbass per door. Also... may I suggest PowerMaster D3100 batteries? D3100 > Kinetik 2400.

Okay... here is the deal. I got an estimate on what the new v.3 version would cost me to build. It is 225% more expensive to make than the v.1 prototypes... yes, seriously. This is what would be gained: * Double the linear excursion of the v.1 prototype * Going from a two layer to a four layer spider * 150% longer voice coil than the v.1 prototype * Switching to a flat-wound coil * 1" deeper motor structure, impossible to bottom out the spider or the coil * WAY more power handling... chances are the new design would handle double the power of the v.2 prototype * Lower Distortion This means... at my current best estimate... that MSRP pricing would be around $349 - 399 for this speaker. This is MSRP price... pre-orders and actual street price would be lower. I need some feedback before I continue. Keep in mind this speaker is leagues ahead of the pictured protos in every way. It's bigger, has more x-max, has more motor force, is more durable, AND will have less distortion.

I sell refurbished amps from time to time. I'm not sure how other companies do it... but I load them down as hard as I can and test them after repairs to make sure they perform up to spec. If they are tested in this manner they should work very well for you

That guy is my hero. Wow...

Since the v.2 protos were not as I had hoped... and I have to get new protos anyway... I'm going to step the design up a notch. Stay tuned... should have v.3 protos in a month or so, they will be visually different @ over 1" more depth. I specify visually different since I made 5 changes to the motor in v.2 compared to v.1 and the naked eye couldn't tell any difference on the outside (unless you can spot a 2mm increase in depth). Will likely bring them up a notch in price, but they will be worth it

Thread cleaned up again. The listed items above, still for sale.

The sale is still going on, there are more SD-1s to go.

No idea... X12 design is not even finalized yet and I don't have any CVXs here to test.

Being that the Nightshade design is not even final I can't make much comparison... but it is in the same "genre" I suppose, in that it is intended to be a loud, high power handling sub that you can still listen to.