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That is not bad at all. I have never gotten a warning. Only got let off when I told the cop that he was wrong about the speed limit to his face and pointed at the sign in front of my car (25 feet or so away). I have been pulled over, ticketed and paid for: 41 in a 25. 80 in a 55 (which I wasn't doing). 86 (written as 85) in a 65. 76 in a 55. The night that I got off from a ticket, it was thanksgiving and I was trying to get to a gas station, my car temp was fluctuating a lot and my car was smoking blue. Not 5 minutes later did the same cop call me a tow truck for my blown engine, after he pulled me over for doing 44 in a 45. (he thought it was a 30, must'a been a rookie). I was avoiding an accident once, ended up cutting off a cop car. I got a ticket for unsafe lane change *because I was trying to avoid an accident that occurred in front of me*.

8 inches. Small subs, lol. I think the TC sounds OEM's are taller. *hey if you still have yours, i'll take them, lol.*

The first time I ever went to Jersey, I had some mixed reactions to the high speeds (I was 18 and had 3 tickets in the previous year). I was following a friend who had his cruise set to 90mph. We were with the flow of traffic, and every time we passed a cop my heart dropped. The next year I went down following another friend (he was driving a 2005 Roush Stage 1 Mustang Convertible) We come up behind an m3 and ls1 Camaro. (I'm the slow one sitting in a turbo slush-box neon) So we all line up in the left lane and proceed through the entire state of NJ @ 105mph (with bursts higher) Around Atlantic City we passed a cop, his lights went on and he burnt out of his little spot. He was closing fast on my rear bumper. Caught up and turned his lights off. Another two cop cars show up and pass the group of us and get in front of the m3 and Camaro, slow us all down to 90 mph, turn their lights off and left. I thought I in my seat I was so freaked.

I'm willing to bet that your settings on your amp are messed up (ie crossovers). High pass lets the high frequencies through and low pass lets the low frequencies through. -I would turn all of the low pass x-overs all of the way clockwise (as high as they will go) and all of the high pass x-overs counter-clockwise (to the lowest frequency they will go). Your component set has passive crossovers. Next I would check the phasing. Take the left channel rca's and (while the system is off) swap (red and white, not with the right channel rca's) them and see if it gets louder. If none of this works, I would be looking for a new quality amp.

OK. First things first. Disconnect all of your wiring. The problems sound like you have phasing issues (ie some coils are wired wrong.) We need to know what the coil configuration is on the subs and the amp name/model so we know what impedances it can handle, than we can go from there.

Kind of an oxymoron... LOL! I know exactly what you mean though. I live on the windward side of Oahu in Hawaii, and we have days/weeks/months like that. ALOHA FROM HAWAII, SKY PS Jake if you ever do come to Oahu, we we'll definitely take you to our weekly watering hole, Lisa's House. A bunch of us car audio enthusiasts meet there every Wednesday night too "shoot the chit" about car audio. Seriously though, the rain in the spring/summer months in Florida is so regular you could set your watch by it.

It's budget sq. From what I remember the x-overs were horrible and the speakers weren't too bad. The tweets weren't the cleanest I have ever heard either. This is of course a few years ago for me. Best component sets I can think of around 200$ are: Morel Pulse Hertz Deici DD (can't remember the price but they aren't bad at all, tweeter is a little on the harsh side) Memphis SQ's Polk dB series ( I really loved my pair, they aren't SQ all the way but are great sounding) MB quart Discus

hellz yea it is.

good luck!

I agree, my first box was a mess.

As an owner of both Sundown and RF products, there is no clear winner, but Sundown is a better built amp IMO. Customer service and warranty also go to Sundown.

Welcome back tom. I was just thinking that my favorite form of cooking is Dutch oven, it's another form of slow cooking. I have made a turkey in a trashcan before. Nothing like the juiciest turkey in the world after being up cooking it for 24 hours+

That was generous, it is known to be at least 3dB regularly much more. I know Sean, I'm a generous person. I just don't know how the topic got from how does a sub play 10hz tones when tuned to 30+hz to "can you tell the difference between x amount of amplifier power and y amount".

true. but he keeps going all over the place. what's with the 70 vs 75 somehow going to 30 vs 50? did i miss something? wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Nope, he just pulled it out of his ass, completely proving his own ignorance and unwillingness to learn. I provided a very solid argument in either case, proving that the difference still wouldn't be very audible even with a 166% increase of power. (which isn't even completely true due to impedance rise and higher thermal waste.)

I said 2dB for the benefit of the doubt factor.

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I haven't heard them yet but are the Focal tweets ear screeching like infinity speakers or something? Not ear screeching, definitely fatiguing after a lot of listening. They don't blend too well either without a really steep x-over slope.

I think sqguyib can't understand the math and science I have bent over backwards to double check to just try to get him to see the light.

That is not what I said that wattage is backwards, the new Kicker is 4x70 CEA. Look at some of the V12 MRV Alpine amps they show both ratings, here is a section out of a manual: SPECIFICATIONS Power Output: RMS Continuous Power (at 12.0V, 20 Hz to 20 kHz) Per channel into 4 ohms MRV-F353 (CH-1

I was just thinking about it. For your 500$ price point, you could also get Hybrid Audio Clarus components and get in on the group sale deal.

If you ever want to share any sq secrets, I'm all ears. Hell i'll even take a vacation and come down and provide beer. lol

Welcome Paul, if you have ever seen Adrian-D's eclipse ea4000, make sure he takes good care of one of my sq baby amps.

I would pick up hertz space k6l components before either of those choices. It's just a better sounding set of speakers. I have never been a fan of Focal's tweets. Boston Acoustics have never really impressed me either, they have better tweets from experience, but the soundstage always sounds too close for my personal taste. That and solid female vocals tend to sound airy. I'm probably considered a hertz fanboy, but for the sub $600 price range and with passives, I can't think of a better sounding set of components.

I thought it was, I just couldn't remember, I was debating between Ryan and Kent in my head, lol. Mine's MJ

What do you guys think of http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcas...project=Tritrix The zdt3.5's would require a larger room than I'm willing to build.