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IB3 wont work, but SSD would with the copper coil. Thanks, Scott

Send it on in to: Fi Car Audio Attn: Warranty 5450 Cameron St #104,103,102 Las Vegas NV 89118 Please be sure to include a sheet of paper with your name, address, phone and email. Is this the only BL you have? Thanks, Scott

Not a distinct difference on the lows. While I do tell people not to order it at times as its an extra expense that may not have a realized benefit for their specific application, no one seems to listen and they order it anyway. Unless you need a little extra thermal capacity (which the cooling adds significantly than the ring) I wouldnt worry about it. We do have some specific customers that absolutely do need it. A couple of them use them for pro sound applications where they want the drivers to play higher and will take any extra thermal capacity that they can take. Thanks, Scott

Not sure if people were sleeping or the economy was different when we had them there and people looked past them. All that bought them were exceedingly happy with the performance. Given how fast the last of the Xs went (and oversold due to a site glitch) we are pulling out the gen 2 version of the motor from the dustpile and getting those going for 2010. We will have options available for these and the motor looks like a mini-BTL. I was happy in testing the proto about a year and a half back... now with economy it seems a lower priced driver with solid performance makes sense. Thanks, Scott

Please send email to scott at ficaraudio dot com and I will send you via email a number to call to place the order. Definitely busy with a couple of key people gone for holidays and lots of orders and OEM stacking up at the end of the year. Thanks and happy holidays, Scott

Motors share no common parts, although I designed them to be similar in purpose and ability. Mayhem comes with full cooling and high xmax coil as standard. There are several differences between the two, but a similar common goal. Future models will be even further apart. Thanks, Scott

Waiting for trucking company confirmation... we want to get these things in and get going again. If they do arrive today we will be pulling extra shifts to get them done and as many out by end of today and before last UPS pickup tomorrow. Otherwise balance of subs will go out following week. Sorry I cant be more specific than that, but until magnets are in my hands its hard to say. Thanks, Scott

Please get the sub back to us to check out. Fi Car Audio Attn:Warranty 5450 Cameron St #104,103,102 Las Vegas NV 89118 Please be sure to include a sheet of paper with your name, address, phone, and email so we can have a tech contact you. MRDs or any amps with preset or no subsonic filter will allow for problems to arise with high excursion subs in ported applications. We always recommend an amp with an adjustable filter, or some other sort of processing with an adjustable filter. Makes things last MUCH longer. Thanks, Scott

DCPowerinc.com I swear by their alts. Also look to MissinglinkAudio.com for a control mod for your vehicle to boost voltage. I agree with most above... that much money for 3dB isnt justified to me for most daily applications. Id run what you have and focus on electrical before anything else. Thanks and happy holidays, Scott

Please send it in to: Fi Car Audio Attn: Warranty 5450 Cameron St #104,103,102 Las Vegas NV 89118 We will get it taken care of ASAP for you. Thanks, Scott

Steves been playing with the 4 18s in the Tahoe for a couple of days and is exceedingly happy with them. Looks good for CES and the Jan 1st drop date for the new line 22" will depend on sales through the first quarter 2010 for the 18" and 15". Same goes for the 12".

Steves been playing with the 4 18s in the Tahoe for a couple of days and is exceedingly happy with them. Looks good for CES and the Jan 1st drop date for the new line.

Plenty of chips machined off some steel. Like Nick said, dealers will be able to get them on the 1st of Jan (15" and 18"). Depending on how well they do the first quarter, more sizes will be available from there. Im sure Steve will post pics of the protos he is playing with soon enough. Couple of small differences between his and production... worst case scenarios for testing and no rear mounting stud. Thanks, Scott

That story brings a tear to my eye Some people simply have no sense... thank goodness for that. Thanks, Scott

What size PR? What was the enclosure tuned to? Im sure we can make something to work. Thanks, Scott

lt1jerome... its not a hard process if you are methodical and clean about things. What RE is it? Thanks, Scott

Second batch hit docks in LA today. Waiting for things to clear customs and should have them in on the 23rd. We are already set to run two 10hour machine shop shifts to get as many knocked out as possible. We will have normal night shift for assembly running as well so morning guys will have plenty to pack. We will try as hard as possible to get things knocked out before we close on the 24th at 3PM . We will get the balance done ASAP the following week. Thanks, Scott

Thanks for the kind words. We all definitely appreciate it. Keep us all posted as to the new setup and how it sounds when it has had time to break in. Thanks, Scott

Glad everything came in. Am was definitely worried about the time frame... definitely wasnt his fault with the alt being put on a slow boat, but we got it to you ASAP after that. Keep us all posted as to how the system turns out. Oh, and tell Am to hurry up and send my BMW over Thanks, Scott

Right on Always nice to see what people end up doing with the subs. Thanks, Scott

Normally we do not provide any sort of broken in TS params with subs/rebuilds. Im not sure exactly what was done to your sub as we do about 40 recones a week for various subs and brands, but a picture of things and it will point us in the right direction. Thanks, Scott

Not sure what was ordered or your name as we get a "few" orders every week. But, I can say that during Christmas we knuckle down and get things machined and going ASAP. Currently all subs ordered up until 3pm today are in some sort of state of build and we are trying to work within a 1-2 day build time right now to try and get as many of the late orders out and to the door before Christmas. If it was ordered at the beginning of the week there is a good chance its already gone. We will be working until 3PM Christmas Eve and then taking Christmas off. Thanks, Scott

What are you looking to do amp wise for the future? If anything. If adding a second 1500 or anything in the 2000-3000 W range, Id look to running 4 SSD10s with copper coils. (4) 10s have about 30% more cone area than a pair of 12s... equates to more output. Thanks, Scott

With that kind of power I would look to the SSD line. Standard versions with the copper coil option would work well. Space wise you are on the small end of things... but at 13.6 cuft before port and driver, I would think that a common chamber setup with subs and ports up (to keep guns and other stuff off of them) would work fine. Looking like subs in middle with port on either end measuring 22.5" X 2.5" wide and 17" long. While smaller than we normally recommend port area wise you should be fine if you radius the inner and outer edges of the port to reduce air flow noise. Set subsonic filters around 26-27Hz and it should play plenty deep/low yet still have solid impact on the upper end of things. Give the clays hell Thanks, Scott

07_zx10... Need to sort out what we want to print on the long sleeves. Thinking of offset logo on the bottom backside of the shirt and then printing the sleeve. We will get those sorted out next week sometime. As for hats... got a good portion of the coding done for those while out of town. Now that Im back home I need to get graphics done for the site. Hopefully find time later tonight to get that done and have them up. Thanks, Scott