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Rode my bike about 6 miles today after deciding I needed some physical activity since I can't go to the school's rec center anymore. Rode out to the lake outside of town, and man there are some huge hills on the way. I might not be able to walk tomorrow.

do you know what you want out of the sound? IMO, figuring out what type of tweeter you want is a good first step. silk vs. metal. Some can sound similar, yes, but most of the time the two have a distinct sound. You may want to go to a local store and just listen to a bunch of different speakers. Sure they'll sound a little different in your car than on the wall, but I think you can get a general idea. If/when you go, don't stand right in front of the speaker, as that's probably not how you'll be hearing them in your car. Stand off to the side to get the off-axis response. From there, figure out a budget for the front stage. You can go with something already put together from a manufacturer or you can piece your own together. Active refers to using a powered crossover for the speakers instead of the passive (the small boxes that come with component sets) crossovers. I'm not familiar with that head unit, but I don't think it has crossovers on it? If not, you can either buy an amplifier with crossovers you can use or buy an aftermarket crossover to put in the signal chain between the head unit and amplifier. If you go active you'll need one channel of amplification per speaker. So for a 2-way setup up front you'll need 4 channels. Conversely, if you go passive and just use a manufacturer's premade component set (easier to setup), you'd only need a 2 channel amp.

screw my internal clock. It's too good and apparently I can't pull the power plug on it. Woke up at 6:40 again today. I guess at least I slept in 20 minutes over normal work day time. pshh. Think I'm going to go test some settings in the car audio system today. Might want to play around with the crossover points and junk, and see just how much I'd want new stuff.

Lots in and around that price point, especially a year or two old. so far my priorities are #1. gas mileage, really need upper 20s on highway and would like to see mid 20s for my combined driving. #2. reliability, i put this below gas mileage because i would hope that in today's market all cars are reliable #3. Looks, I like the Tc, and I"d prefer a 2door, #4. Options.....gotta have cruise, power windows, abs and i think that's about all that i really care about at this point. #5. if it's used, has to be about 40k or less (would be far more comfortable with 20k) You can pretty much take your pic of cars with that budget. Should be easy to find something you'd like. Hell you shoudl be able to get a new TC with the TRD supercharger for under $20K. I'd go that route. I was thinking he meant miles on the car?

18" BTLs

they were pretty good last year but who did they play? no one really i can't even rememeber who they lost to. to me they'd have to beat some well known team for me to give them the nod. Yeah that's what I mean. Their schedule was soft last year except for the last two games (against Missouri who they lose to, and Va. Tech in the Orange Bowl). But this year Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech are back on the schedule. And at South Florida in the nonconference schedule. The last 5 years they've just played louisiana tech and Florida A&M-type teams in the preseason.

I wouldn't waste your time and money. The reviews/experiences I've seen of them say they don't do anything. Try going to www.gassavers.org and reading some threads. There are a number on HHO setups.

I doubt it. Infinity amps seem to be very finicky with impedance. I tried a 2 ohm load on a 4 ohm stable Infinity amp a couple years ago and it went into protect immediately.

Jayhawks Have to show that last year was no fluke, and this time they'll actually play a decently hard schedule.

probably two 12's. more cone area, more displacement. But it also depends on the subs you choose. If you are thinking about 12" subs from one manufacturer and a 15 from another line, it will be apples to oranges and the 15" could be better. My first comment applies only to those subs in the same model.

most of it is a chit hole... I agree. x3

x2. I'm looking at nearly a month until my sample results get back from the lab (exascerbated by the lab having a mold problem checked out this week, so no analysis till next week), and I don't really know what to do until then because my reports are obviously based on those results. Guess I can read some more textbooks and things.

stupid braves have lost 8 of 9. They're so bad. At least they aren't Washington, who's lost 11 in a row.

I would have bought something, but it appears you now want what I want, that being 6.5" or 5x7/6x8 coaxials. Otherwise I just need some sound deadener to seal the holes on my doors. anybody have some? I think I want to do all 4 doors, just need enough for one layer to cover the holes in each. So I guess.......30 sq. feet maybe? I'm really surprised the claw mag hasn't sold yet. I figured that would be one of the first things. How do they compare to the new mags? I was going to get one. Obviously completely different motors, but I've never heard an xbl^2 offering, which is another thing drawing me to it.

Not true. Not one HU on the market puts out their rated specs because they are MAX ratings. You need to listen to 0dB tone to get that number. Do you listen to sine waves? Music is dynamic. Most of the chitty music nowdays is way too loud, but is still down 10 dB. The waveforum of the music your HU is playing drives the output voltage; it is not constant. I've never ever heard of someone over-driving their amp with pre amp voltage. I would think the input impedance is too great anyway??? Yeah I do listen to sine waves. Lots of different ones at once, in fact. They make music. You've probably never heard of an amp being overdriven because most head units put out 0-8 volts and most amps can accept that. But I bet I can get it to clip with a 12v signal. You may have to define your MAX usage a little further. If it's like those amps that say 200 watts rms, 400 max, then that's incorrect. But if you mean maximum RMS value, then yeah. But most head units will put that out if you turn the volume high enough. At least I saw a test of an Eclipse head unit that put out 8 volts starting about 80% of maximum volume level. But I don't know how that plays into what I said? I wasn't concerned about whether it was rms or max, I just said if you put 12 volts.........

I was thinking the same thing about the amp. I was like dang it's huge! Then I remembered they're only 8's. But it still seems pretty large. And yeah those subs do get down pretty well.

I think they have a bunch of returning starters again? Many of the other contenders lost key players so there is uncertainty about how the new person will fill in. and plus, getting to the championship two years in a row does say something, whether or not they were even close in either of the games.

Something very simple and low maintenance, just like a 14' aluminum boat for fishing in the lakes around here. There are a few in the newspaper classifieds for $600-1200, which is about all I'd want to spend. But I know almost nothing about boat ownership. I figure you have to register it and pay property taxes on it and the trailer plus get a tag for the trailer. But is insurance necessary? Unfortunately I don't have a house and garage of my own to store it in, as I live in a townhome complex. The nearby lake has dry storage spaces for $50 a month, which I'm not too excited about paying. A friend in a nearby town said I may be able to store it in his garage if it will fit (I think it would), but I may only use that for winter as it would be inconvenient to have to drive the 40 minutes to his house to get it every time I want to go out during the summer. If my complex would allow it, I may park it in there by my house. But I'm unsure of how safe it would be, and plus it may be a problem to have a 20' trailer sticking out of a parking spot, I don't know. We've never had a problem with theft or anything, and I'd get a lock not only for the hitch but maybe on the wheels as well. I don't know how easy it would be to steal the outboard motor if somebody was after that, but I assume they just bolt on, so probably not overly difficult other than the weight of it. What do you think? Maybe one of those self-storage places would be better. I'd have to call and get rates and see if anybody even has one that would fit the boat in it.

I generally agree with Helotaxi's statement. However, I noticed that on one install I did with a Pioneer head unit I'd have to turn the gain quite high and would get quite a bit of noise, as it sounds like twink has. I redid all the grounds and did all the other tricks to try and get it to go away, but it wouldn't. When I got a cheap line driver (I think it increased the voltage from the head unit's 2v to about 2.5v, ha) and could lower the gain, the noise reduced. I don't know if it was the amp not wanting to have a high gain or something in the signal chain, but the higher voltage helped reduce the noise. edit since I just saw Helotaxi's new post: My noise was just static.

I would definitely go to a store and play around with the receiver you think you want for a while if you can.

I don't know how Sony got a pentagon-shaped cone & surround to fit correctly in a round basket.

I have an average Pioneer, which does the job.......averagely. It has some strange options (such as when the internal crossovers for the mains are on or off, when the sub preout is on/off, how it changes the sound with certain options, which options are defeatable/not defeatable in certain modes, etc.), but it does the job. I think I bought it new for 250 about 4 years ago. What's your budget?

Mr. Bean went on one of those. Hope yours wasn't as crazy as his.

Compare the line driver's output range to what is acceptable by the amp. If you tune your line driver to put out 12 volts but your amp only accepts up to 6 volts, well, you'll have a problem. Other than that, the voltage you choose for it to put out is pretty negligible as long as you match the amp's gain to it as you mentioned.

Doesn't light my fire. I thought you didn't like exotic-looking sports cars?