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Wicked pictures mang. The MA wall is kicking.

Problem is, this is a publicly viewable forum. So people in this thread may respect the the hard work and proprietary skill involved, but -guest- viewers could use the info for commercial gain. Some wicked work on that box mang, I believe you should leave it a trade secret and keep making that cash. Just keep showing us more pictures of the work.

We must always remember, that when things like this happen, it is very devastating at first to the person/people it happened to. Nobody though, can fully defeat the laws of biology/psychology. The predators who carried out this act, will forever be living a life of fear. They will get initial kicks out of it now, but every time they see a cop cruiser roll by, or people walk by them, they will always be watching their back. This will carry on until they admit to someone what they have done. Basically, they will become prisoners of their own mind. The fact is, you had the skills and backing, to start up a proper company, with propriatary products, people want. You're still the same person with the same skills and ability and people behind you. Those predators will never have the ability to stand on their own, as they are genetically lacking in essential life skills. This is not a -hope you feel better-, or -things will get better- type up. This is to remind that people who choose the road to getting big, off the labour of others, will crash at the end of that road. Keep cruising at the same speed of life and remember, you've got the ability they don't and you can always make things happen.

That's some high flash value mang. The girls should be there in a second.

Crispy, clean install mang.

It's all about the 15's

No such thing as too many pictures. I like the look of the box and colour scheme. The MTX woofers look good in there. I would say a melamine face.

The hardest part of buildiing the enclosure I find, is the straight cuts and circles. Your idea is right on point, it's a can't miss idea, because it even comes with instructions. The fact that you will also include sealant and screws is wicked. If people can put puzzle pieces together, they can surely get this.

No less than A+ on that job. I would like to see someone with a negative comment for that work, that would be good comedy.

Man that other 12 looks like child's play compared. The Voice coil on it alone looks like it's not even there.

Stereo Integrity, Adire audio etc. do not need to hear from more people. The words are already being spoken by sales of products these internet companies are seeing. Your online companies are basically exposing the serious mark-up job going on by the commercial companies. The materials and specs offered by companies like SI and AO, for the price, a far ahead value and performance wise, compared to commercial. Never knocking commercial, but having RF as my first serious sub, then trying an internet brand, there is no going back to commercial companies, for subs atleast. When I see prices for commercial subs and then look at what you get for it compared to internet brand, it's a wonder to me that they can keep doing it.

What's not to like. That's some wicked style formation there, crafted work.

D.I.Y. fo life. Liking the clean carpet job and the vented enclosure looks to do some damage.

Bottom line, that sub you made is sellable. Professional.

Just like how I understand how to wire up to an electrical socket, a speakon would be easy to do. So that is a good idea. The reason I like sockets, is because you just screw down the heavy gauge bare wire, without needing a quick connect. From the link, the pictures of the connects from the side seem to show you still need to add quick connects, to attach the wire. The setup is in the basement, there is not much way the upper levels could handle it.

Clean rides, I'm liking the look of the 2 RF's in that box. Which ride is the RF's going in and what size is they.

Just like what I see alot of the serious people saying about playing responsibly from their rides, I already do the same from home. My old place was more a matter of the neighbors had a personal vendetta against me and used the music as a crutch (they played music too, just as I did) to get at me with the landlord and it worked. That won't be a problem at the new area. I'm glad to admit I'm wrong. Think about it, I'm hitting hard at 23Hz at the same volume level I use to hit hard at 40Hz. All because you people stuck to your guns, which made me want to give it a try.

It goes down like this. I had the Cerwin Vega AT-15, as my first serious set up, mid 90's (before I knew the internet). I noticed that songs I played on my setup up, seemed to have more low frequency content when I heard them in wicked car systems. I noticed too, that if I was further away from the speakers, I could hear lower content. I decided to take the components out of the box and leave the 15's in. I put both boxes in a corner, further away. Sure enough, I heard the lower content. Now I needed a dedicated sub box, so I built it at school. I still knew that my Cerwin woofers were not the most amazing drivers compared to car subs and always wondered what the true differences were. I realized that there is no such thing as car or home sub. The fact was, home amps use to be only able to handle 8 ohms and car subs were nominal 4 ohms. So they can be used anywhere, as long as the amp can handle the lower ohms (Plus there is basically no raw sub-driver market for home). Just getting into the internet at the time, I started seeing car subs and understanding specs. I wanted to try one and see if it would better than the Cerwin. The first "car" sub I went with, based on popularity/commercialized availability, was the RF2215. Put them in and they killed. They went lower and were louder. Through all this time I never knew anything about box volumes and port tuning. The AT-15 box, just had a short tube in it and I figured that was what venting is all about. Just a cut-out and your done. Because I never actually listened to a properly tuned vented, my non-calculated style sounded good to me. Since coming to forums, is how I learned about port tuning and volumes and all else. I just figured all that stuff was just for people who are just extra serious and liked to do all sorts of calculations for no reason and SPL players. This is why I stuck to my ways all the time. I just decided this time, since I've made so many boxes, with cut outs, I might as well see what people are talking about. All I can basically say now is, I must mentally erase all the comments I ever made about formulas not meaning anything. My current enclosure actually almost scared me, when I did the tone tests. When I said before that I would get a low frequency response in the low 20's, it was because I had the volume turned half-way up (35 out of 90 on the dial, my listening level, Rotel RSP-1066). At 10 I would hit at around 40-50 but needed 35 to get say 26hz. Thats why when people said my box is tuned to 50Hz, I thought they were just being their usaual selves and trying to be funny. Now, with my dial at 10 (cause I'm not that serious to use a mic and such, it's just home audio), It hits hard at 23Hz (same decible output as I use to get at 40Hz), truly unbelieveable to me, with the formula. This goes to show, when someone like me hasn't experienced side 2 of a given situation, you'll always believe that side 1 is the only way. I'm just glad that all the forums I've been to, everyone stayed with the "formula" ideology, because thats what made me decide to try it. Now I won't go against the formula for box making again. It's funny to me now, how I defended my way so well, only to see that it was very inefficient. Now I know that the other forums only saw how wasteful my designs were and was just trying to show me. Fact is, they still went way off the deep-end though and I'm still done with them, but I see the light now. Fact is, I never exposed my self to DIY audio back them and was just going of my Cerwin design, thinking one size fits all. All of you were right and I'm glad I caught on now.

Nothing like D.I.Y. That's a true statement, you get a better perception of bass, the futher back you are. The waves open up by then.

Rockford Fosgate- Because of their RFD2215's, they hit low and are loud. (I generally won't buy commercial name brand subs anymore though) Adire Audio- For the money, you get some true monsters. Peavey Electronics- Power amps that can run just about anything, with authority. Bryston- Power amps built like a tank and with a 20 year warranty, not bad. Cerwin Vega- Some the wickedest home speakers made, that didn't cost 10g's. Tascam- Full featured Digital Audio Tape deck and properly accepts DDS-2 tapes.

What's the progress now. How's the setup sounding to you.

You got the frequency right on mang. I tested with Frequency Generator and the system hits at 23-24Hz. The plugs are sealed off.

See if someone can tell the tuning frequency of this setup.

Wired.

On the rear side.