Quentin Jarrell

This AFTER crashing less than a year ago. He's out his damn mind.

No, the rms rating isn't a thermal rating it is the recommended power for the driver to reach xmax in their recommended enclosure. The enclosure you need to be well over 3 cubic feet tuned extremely low to hit xmax with half power. I'd love to make more money off you with the 4 12's but I honestly think the 2 15's would be better in your situation.

The Ethos motor is specifically designed for the weight of the 15 inch cone. The cone of the 12 is weighted, we actually have BB's encapsulated with CA glue under the dust cap to compensate for the less weight of the 12 inch cone. And the spider pack is tighter on the 12 for the recommended ~1.5 tuned to 32 hertz box. So, don't expect more output from less power compression by going with the smaller drivers. Power compression was around 2.25-2.5 db by the time the coil reached normal operating conditions. For reference this is pinned in the Klippel results. Being you only have a 3,500 I'd go with the 2 15's

This is a prime example why this is needed. Nic Watts destroyed the competition with SSA. Now I'm sure Nic is somewhere on the interweb but not seen here.

Even though I have been in this industry for nearly 12 years I am a competition NOOB!!! I'd like to see some type of competition section. I easily view this site twice an hour daily! However I find myself going to other sites to find info on comp rules, ect. I'm sure it would be very beneficial to a lot of people here. Maybe Mark and Aaron could even get with the owners of the leagues and get them to set up league sections here to help inspiring competitors. I'm sure it would help greatly with traffic on the site as well.

Much Much appreciated

Don't forget that this applies to competitor pricing as well. http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/topic/60661-deep-deep-competitor-discounts/

Can be a little funny especially when Jon gets all hot and bothered and starts putting up drunken posts.

Below is BigJon's quote from the other day. I guarantee you will not find another driver of this caliber at this price anywhere. rest assured he did.... you may have to be of a certien age to understand im about im to say .. maybe not... but IMO ... for the price to performance and quality of the sub.. you can till hes not doing it for money... but rather the love of the product...... ill elaborate imo. any other company would charge ALOT more for this sub .. alot. and they would get it.. no problem... and they wouldn't even have spend the 2 years DSS did researching, planing, tweaking and modeling that DSS has..... only a man that has a deep passion spends as much time and focus on something only to damn near give it away truly has a deep passion and love for the hobby we all love. im truly shocked and surprised out of the performance these subs are giving, im telling you guys im beating the shit out of them.. im doing everything you should not do to a sub if you want it to last.... and its taking it..... the few that know me can tell you .. i dont lie, and i dont sugar coat shit.... these subs are rated at 1800 i think... im running a NS1 on them DIRTY AS SHIT!!!! my gain is almost all the way up, with a touch of bass boost... and my head unit is plus 2 on my sub stage.. im not only clipping the piss out the subs.. but im over powering them too... if thats not enough im also unloading them about once a day..... i play them until they get stinky, and when i touch them they are so hot the dust cap is soft!.... and they keep trucking.... im very impressed. and i have ran plenty of high end woofers.... im talking double or more the price per woofer now keep in mind im in no way telling you to buy them and do what im doing to them, i straight up told DSS that i will need re cones before i ever installed the subs.. because what i planed to put them thru im doing to this so yall can rest assure that your buying a good product ... i know what its like taking that leap of faith on a new or un heard of/ un proven company..... but i like doing it... know that i also bought the first run of subwoofers sundown ever had... shit was scary.. but i was glad i did.. and i still have them. i can say this... i have ran the almighty BTL N2 ... and i prefer the ethos over them.

PM sent. I don't want anyone left out. I don't have a personal Facebook either. If this is the case just PM me for pricing Let's get this liked and shared. The more people we get involved the quicker I'll be able to bring other even more less expensive offerings that are on the drawing board.

Haaaaapppppppppyyyyyyyy. Bbbbttthhday

Also I plan on being VERY active next season. I already have plans on a few vehicles. One that I might complete with. SOmething that I can actually drive to shows and back. A small body pick up maybe a tacoma or s10 with (4) 12's on a blow through or in the extended cab below the window line on Incriminator Audio amps.

I'll make up for it in the future on recones and any other service that I can provide. I come from old school audio and I believe competitors should not have to pay for product that they are representing. However rules are in place that would make competitors that receive product for free in a higher class. Also This is a very new adventure and I have to keep capital on a budget so that I am able to continue to purchase more stock as these run out. But rest assured that any competitor that runs my product will get the the most of my knowledge and help when it comes to reconing and any technical advise that may be helpful during the install process. And if it is something that is over my head I have a great group of guys that are the best in the industry when it comes to transducer design as well as access to people that have years of competition experience that I can lean on if any questions arise.

Spent about 5 years studying photography and developing photos during gifted visual arts classes and I don't remember 99.99999999% of it.

At this price, averaging shipping charges, I am making less than $5 dollar profit. This sale is all about getting them in the hands of people active in the community and hopefully have them have as good as an experience with them as Jon has.

Being the season is at its end I am offering incredible discounts on the Ethos drivers. This discount will last until January 15th 2014 and will also be available for the Lay A Way plan. There are a few stipulations for the pricing: FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU MUST BE A MEMBER ON SSA. Don't worry you don't have to be a SSA veteran. SSA noobies are allowed. Just think of it as another perk. You get to join the number one site on the web for knowledgeable car audio and you as a seasoned competitor can bring your knowledge to help make SSA even better. 1) You must like us on face book to see pricing. 2) You must have competed during 2012 and/or 2013. 3)You must be able to show proof of competing. For example be listed on termpro.com 4)To purchase at competitor pricing email at [email protected] or PM me here with following information -name used on forum sites -real name -product currently using -rank during competition season -if possible link to proof of competing - list number, size and ohm load of subwoofers you are wanting to purchase 5) after I have confirmed that you are indeed a competitor I will send a PayPal invoice to your paypal address for the full amount or if you desire set you up for the lay a way plan FaceBook is "Direct Speaker Supplies" https://www.facebook.com/pages/Direct-Speaker-Supplies/235478963277472 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DONT HAVE FACEBOOK, PRICING IS: $245 SHIPPED FOR THE 12 $255 SHIPPED FOR THE 15

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I'm gonna have to remember that. May be a future special edition.

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SPL will suffer due to lower Xmax Take a look at the pinned Ethos parameters thread you will see that recommended enclosures will play into the twenties. I won't go into everything that I have going on as that might change but as of now the DSS stuff will be like the Ethos. Only thing will change is Xmax and power handling. Besides that I have the Magnetar sample that has a retarded amount of motor force used in an SPL application and still very stout motor force for daily.

Yep broke for me too. Mark and Aaron must be having a private meeting.

JL uses some crazy dimensions on their stuff. Id need to know motor dimensions for coils. frame size ect.