todd.brust

Listen to this BS. Some arseho backed into my car in the parking lot and cracked my tail light and messed up my bumper and drove off! Looks like it was a truck. The hitch must have gotten the light. Now i am sitting in school debating whether or not i want to do my weekly project or put it off and get another week behind?!?! C'mon spring!

See it was bound to happen! I heard a 15" HCCA at the local shop on the Orion 2500 and was more than impressed with the output in their sound room. The bass from that bad boy overwhelmed the XRs they had going and i have never heard that happen in that room before. But The HCCA might not be chit as far as some might be concerned. LB how is the HCCA as far as SPL?

Don't even know what sport you're talking about now, but hey, I'm a minnesotan (minnesotian?), go go MN! Hockey?

Knob? Gain control or bass boost? Two completely different thing with different uses. If you want a genuinely overall good sounding sub, go with any of the above mentioned. (I'll say that i have not had personal experience with all of them, alot of them, however i have heard nothing but good.)

If you are going sealed, I wouldn't use the SSF. But sealed is the way to go in my opinion. Superior FR when compared to ported. I am still trying to get time to build a nice sealed enclosure for my Brahma Mark II

I ordered some stuff off of ebay for like 15 bucks. I'll see how it works for daily cleaning. If it doesn't, oh well. I'll test it on some vinyls I'm not particularly fond of. And if it doesn't work it's only 15 bucks. For the deep down cleaning, I may make that contraption i posted above when i have some more money and time. Oh yeah here's the stuff. http://cgi.ebay.com/RECORD-CLEANER-Vinyl-C...1QQcmdZViewItem

Good explaination.

I'd say run two of either the Q or Havoc with one Sundown. Sell one to use towards buying these speakers or save one for when needed

They would both work in a sealed alignment. I modeled them out in BBP6 and the Q has a lower f3 point than the Havoc, however i think you either would work. Maybe a little EQing to "touch up" the low end but it wouldn't need it. I hope that helps. If anyone has any conflicting findings. Let me know, I am still learning BBP6.

ENGLISH MOTHERpucker! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!!? Sorry. I had to say it. Pulp Fiction is just so good!

Looks good, but how does it sound though? I'll put my money on good.

This is turned out to be a thread I am excited to read and check for updates! Good Lyck and keep us updated!

From what i have read in a few posts, the AA Havoc one ups the Fi Q a little. I have never heard a Havoc but the Q is a very nice sounding driver, much like the xbl2 XXX, but probably not as loud. I would say one of those two speakers would be a good contender for what you want. However I just re-read your OP, and i see you want to run sealed. I don't know if i have really read anything about sealed Havocs but i have read and heard the Qs sealed and they do well. I am sure the Havocs have the ability to do so also. Hope this helps a bit.

Dang. It will wang! Box Specs? Do you plan on adding any internal bracing?

I had a feeling you would be one of the first to answer this post Not too many people i know of here who listen to Vinyls anymore. I saw this DIY record cleaner. Any thoughts JimJ? http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/cleaner/cleaner.html Oh i tried the glue thing on a completely fudgeed Joe Walsh album. Scratches Galore. It Cleaned it up nicely(got rid of the dust and added a nice glossy shine again) but DOES NOT repair anything. The record skipped in all the same places before where the bad scratches were, but the parts between didn't have as much popping and whatnot due to a lot of the dust being removed.

Well I am looking to get some good Vinyl Cleaner. I am listening to Pink Floyd-Meddle and damn does this record need some cleaning. I have just been using a microfiber cloth to get the dust off but doesn't always work the best. Any suggestion for a product in the reasonable price range or technique? I've seen people clean vinyls using wood glue bat that is far too time consuming and uses lots of glue. Thanks for any help here

You should already know my answer, but I'll say it anyways. I like the 9887 personally and I have been told that the Imprint sound processing works great for soundstaging/imaging. They Both have some type of EQ- The Alpine has the choice of 7 band Graphic or 5 Band Parametric, however the Pioneer has a 16 Band Graphic They both have time alignment, iPod Interface, Bluetooth capability, 24 bit DACs. Here are the differences that i noticed. The Alpine has the capability to run 3 way active. The Pioneer has active filters but only two way to split the sub to the highpass. The Alpine appears to be more flexible as active x-overs go. I could have misunderstood what i read. But the Pioneer also has something similar to the Imprint sound processing(didn't know that before i started my research) and the mic for that is included with the Pioneer. The Pioneer also has 5V preout compared to the 4V that Alpine has. The Pioneer also has a fancy color display but that means nothing to me. Still I would say the Alpine because of my previous experience with their products. And the Alpine seems to be a bit cheaper. It always comes down to the money at the end of the day.

Looks like you have some work to do but looks good so far. I'm not sure if this was mentioned before, but what are you running it it?

Oh yeah, I am dumb. lol You said mentioned the frontstage in a different thread. But about the sub. Do you have anything in consideration or is it completely up in the air?

lol it's a shame isn't it I guess I'll have to wait for someone in the area to get one.

so wait? You are getting RFs now?

JL Audio's higher end product have never been a disappointment to me. I would have to say that the w6v2 is one of the best sounding subwoofers i have heard to date. Hand down. They are by no means an SPL monster, but they rank very highly for SQ in my book. Ported or seal, they sounded great either way. The w7 is a good speaker but i wouldn't say much more than that except for the 8w7. From my experiences, the 8w7 sounds great and has good output for a driver of its size, but the 10 through 13 are nothing too special when compared to other "superwoofers" I've had and heard w7 installs and i would take my current Brahma over a w7. I have never been too impressed with the Ti series Rockford stuff or the Kick Square subs(unless you are talking numbers for the kickers, I saw a guy with 2 10" solo X's hit 153.7 car sealed at the dash in dBdrag) Back to JL again, they make good front stage speakers too. I can't believe Lord B when he says every JL product he has heard sounds like crap. Too much bass makes your ears go bad I always get copliments on how good my JL XR comps sound. But to OP, there are just too many products, mainstream and underground, to compare to one another. The only way you will ever come to a solid conclusion is to try different products yourself and listen, listen very closely.

Send me a Mag to review! I'll even pay shipping! And if i like it enough, never send it back

Good review. I really hope to hear that new Mag in the near future. Seeing that I am broke and will be for a while, and no one around here knows anything too much about anything except the mainstream products, I probably have a long wait

X2!!!!! Just got a spot of rust fixed last spring and now there is another bubble on the wheel well! Goddamn Minnesota Winters! But the truck looks great!