Aaron Clinton

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Welcome to SSA, nice forum upgrade.

Welcome to SSA.

Welcome to SSA. Am I assuming correctly when I say North Carolina? If so, we have a strong member base from that area.

Welcome to SSA. It is awesome how international we are becoming.

Welcome to SSA, we have a good number of Canadian members.

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Which voice coil did you get? If it is a dual 2, the Sundown 125.2 would be a perfect choice as it is $200 and will do at least 500 watts at 4 ohm mono.

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Maybe now with the competition season here, more people will snatch up the new one.

Do you have the manual? If not, it is just like every other amp, there are a few gain setting topics around. LPF = Low Pass Filter, where you set it at depends on the settings of the mid's and highs, assuming the MD2 is for sub duty.

LOL... Open up in the midwest!!! The only market for stuff around here is lame Kicker.... and maybe Memphis stuff... When I tell anyone "SSA" I have to follow it up with "Sound Solutions Audio..." No one I've talked to has ever heard of you guys. Believe me....they know who y'all are now!!! LOL Thats the same thing here. People will be like what sub are you getting?, I reply with ssa xcon, they are like what the puck is that. I tell them to just wait and see. lol Don't tell them anything, give the driver some break in time and then let is speak for you.

What would be the best for ported? I haven't made any final decisions on the box so ported is still on the table. 3.5-5.0ft^3 @ 31hz How much port area? 14" to 16" per cube? Yes.

Matt Weiters is up.

Great story.

Watching this one.

Sometimes I love the one amplifier solution. This install sponsored by Massive?

I wrecked the truck and im selling the sub and amp now lol. :(

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The 3000D is out of production, it is being replaced by the larger 3500D.

There was a Lil wonder5 on ebay....

Nice choice. If you have the space and want to go sealed, go for a 2.25-2.75 box.

I would love to be there when they say that.

Nothing wrong with asking that question at all. 4.25 cubes sealed and 6-6.25 cubes ported (before driver displacement) is about the smallest we suggest the 18" Xcon go. We suggest going a little large in both alignments, but either will be fine. if thats the smallest sealed and ported what would the largest be? Around 10 is plenty.

I couldnt agree with you more because my kicker cvx's have been underpowered since i had them, they have not seen no more than 700 watts rms and i love the way they sound but from previous experience with kicker i just know that when they do get louder and get the right amount of power they do start to lose their crispness plus i feel its finally time to step away from the mainstream car audio. i went to mtx audio website about a year ago and seen their Vd calculator, where they multiply the x-max and Sd of a sub together. i have been comparing a subs Vd lately when deciding which sub or subs would be louder, is this a good calculation to go by (i do not that every install has it variables and is totally install dependent). i love to get an 18" sub cuz its just something about them but ssa recommends at least 7-8ft^3 for the xcon to shine, so if i can only give it 6.1ft^3 i should either keep my 12" setup or get the two 15" Icons(is 30Hz port tuning good for these subs). How do the Icons compare or contrast with Fi Car Audio Q subs, cuz when i rely on the VD calculator it says the Q's would do better and i do understand that its not true accurate measurement or fact just going with what i have seen. If i am wrong about comparing a subs VD as one chaacteristic of getting a sub then please inform me, i appreciate it. Mark is running his pair of 18's in approx 12 cubes, so 6.1 is fine for a single 18, but we don't suggest going any smaller. If you want to go with the single Xcon 18, go for it. And 30hz tuning is great for all three of our subs. The Icon/Q contrast has been made a bunch of times. What it comes down to is two different ways at reaching a very similar result. The Q will have a slight advantage sealed, and the Icon slight advantage ported (that is not speaking in terms of db numbers on the TermLab, it is in reference to the specs of the drivers themselves). The Q does have the excursion advantage over the Icon, either way Icon or Q, you are getting an excellent sounding sub woofer made here in the USA. You should read Neil's topic in the Advanced Topics section about Xmax and output.