NDMstang65

Everybody is treated equally...regardless...always have been and always will be. Trust me, I do a LOT of work for the military that nobody knows about, behind the scenes helping in ways that only those who are directly effected in the field even know about. The guys who purchase the speakers in the car audio market simply believe in a truly American made product and don't mind paying for it ...many times it is cheaper than woofers that are of Chinese descent. My apologies if you do not approve.

No..sorry. We've built enclosures and loaded subs in them and sent them to iraq for a few of the guys in the barracks. Other then that there are no discounts for anybody...everyone pays the same price

No way the subsonic was remotely close to correct...that is a mechanical failure that comes from yanking the soft parts way below tuning. It doesn't have anything to do with clipping...(that part at least) You've got an astronomical amount of pressure going on there...we've got guys in super street with over 16kw per woofer with no failures like that... Nothing that a recone can't fix, but we need to figure out why that happened .

The parameters are significantly different.. If parameters are different then response curve is different... ie: Cancellation. Bad idea..

fuzzy dice..i doubt lol. keychains and laynards soon

Got some banner material...just don't like how they turn out yet Gotta scratch my head some more on that one

Don't have gold...and I'm not too sure if you can get the dustcap off without tearing the cone up...

I predict a 'i broke my sub' thread and 'how much is a recone' thread in your future

Don't do it...baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad idea. It's like putting diesel in a gasoline motor..it might work for a bit but it is damn sure not going to be effective.

BL motor is actually a shade stronger... Just a fyi.

How did it get pushed in without cracking??? They are made of really really hard abs plastic..

it is to keep leaches from leaching off of the for sale section and participating in the forum... "..." does not qualify as 'useful' posts in the community... No offense..but you'll probably get a vacation

You'd be better off with the BL's

SSF needs to be 2-3Hz below the tuning of the enclosure.

Can't with Dual 1's... What amp do you have?

No we actually screen print everything ourselves in our screen shop...same with the stickers. So it'd be a bit difficult to do that, it's easier for us to just sell shirts and hoodies.. Oh yeah we've got both black and grey hoodies as well i need to put that up. I'll look into polo style shirts though.

I've had the amps..I do not have them any more because I sold the LP's that I had...because I found a sucker to pay the big price tag for them They're a class A/B amp...the most of which in modern circuits are at best 70% efficient...and that is the most efficient ones of today. Not to mention the s/n ratio of 85dB is far below par for the course of today's A/B amps. I'm talking about efficiency as how much power you are putting into the amp...and how much you are getting out...and those amps are DEFINITELY not known for that. Get a DC clamp meter...see how much current the amplifier is drawing on a 60Hz sine wave. Then measure the voltage and current out of the outputs. Do the math and you will get something that is less than 70% of what you get out of the amp from what you put into it. If I remember correctly they also used to require a fuse that is a 'slow blow' 60 amp fuse...which i've drawn in excess of 500 amps across before... Give Richard a call...as far as I remember nobody has beat his amplifier challenge...and that has been going on for more than 10 years... Again, I am not saying that the amplifier isn't solid..because it is. But it is by no means the end all be all...otherwise everybody would still be making the amplifiers the same way..and there would be no other amplifiers in existence PS..you might want to read this...this is coming from other people who have previously owned the amplifiers http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117121&page=68

Done! That's sweet! Please shoot me an email!

I can build a amp that is the size of your hand, greater than 90% efficient..and cleaner...and has the exact same function of the LP amp... Those amps are horridly inefficient (40% at best on a good day)... It is nostalgic because people remember how 'great' the Shelby GT-500 was...and that's why they pay for it. It brings back memories of days past... Not saying that it is not a good amp...because it is (as is the GT-500). But to act as if it is the holy grail that you are drinking out of is a bit foolish...

"It's not that amazing of an amp" So hilarious!!! That's why this 15-20 year old amp still sells for 1K-1300 on ebay to this day. In good shape , mind you. A 1965 shelby gt-500 will sell for 100+++ thousand dollars... Or I can pick up an Atom for 30,000 dollars and run circles around the shelby...but the atom does not have the nostalgia that the shelby does. People will fork over that kind of money because of nostalgia and perceived value. Just because something is nostalgic doesn't inherently mean it is leaps and bounds better than everything else..eletrolytics and such inside of it will fail as they have a life span before they need to be replaced..

Why do you people do this? Make stupid comments to humor yourselves. Some subs will work well with say 500 watts, but they can handle quite a bit more...like 1000rms. Will the Fi Q perform well with 500-600 watts rms in a sealed enclosure. No need to tell you the power ratings of the Linear Power 8002SW. The amp is a monster and if you have never heard of it, you haven't been in car audio very long. It's a legend. Linear Power are pretty much top of the line when it comes to car amplifiers and are the most under rated of any I have used in the past 20 years. I do not know what kind of power a 15 year old amp does. I have heard of linear power..I have had some of the stuff years ago...we've wound custom coils for a guy who has a bunch of old linear power amps. I do not know how much power that amp does...which is why I asked. Again, How much power does it do? At what impedance?

I guess a 'minimum' would be 1 watt What kind of power does that amp do?

New shirt in 7 Colors!! You can order straight off of the website www.ficaraudio.com New stickers too... Fi Bomb! Fi Gears! More to come..

Is he loosing the back window? Or is he just cutting the bed?

Ladies/Gents It’s October again, Halloween is on the horizon and of course the coming of another movie in the Saw trilogy, Saw VI. In light of that… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8IxtDLndMM (Thanks Shizzon) I want to play a game. Here’s the rules: 1) You must be a contributing member on SSA to be able to submit an answer to the game. (If you can post in the for sale section then you are golden) 2) You can not register an account and make a bunch of useless posts to be able to enter the game. 3) If you have won any of the games in the past year you are not eligible to enter this contest. 4) This contest is for (1) brand new Q series 12” subwoofer with the BP option (Your choice of Dual 1 or Dual 2ohm coils). 5) You are only allowed one (1) guess and you can not edit your post as I can tell if you have edited it or not. 6) This contest will end two weeks from today (October, 16th 2009) in which we will determine the winner. Whoever is first and it is determined to be the closest guess to the actual number of CD’s (No Case) it takes to equal the weight of the 12” Q will win the contest. I am not closing the contest off from entries until the contest ends. Now, the contest: How many CD’s (as in compact discs, standard size, no case) does it take to equal the weight of (1) Q series 12” subwoofer? This is a round number so do not guess decimal places as you can not have .XXXX of a CD. You have one guess…the choice is yours!