porkchop

It is a must that I start off by saying that SSA is where the core of IAK meet up and decided to become one crew. We have all been in audio for a period of time, like many others, using SSA forums as a guide for our thirst of knowledge. Each one of us in IAK have a strong passion for audio, and a even stronger sense of family and values. This is how we have gathered and what atracts our new members as well, family based audio club. This year it is was my goal to become competitve as a team as well as, being well organized for many events over the year. There are several of us that will be begining builds this year and getting our feet wet in true audio competitons. Among the goals we have, I am the most excited about learning that Meca has a kids catergory.... Kimberly and Krystina are super excited about starting one of thier own builds. (of coarse Samantha, our oldest, has began one as well in her new car) I Currently have a 1993 Dodge Dakota that has but only one bragging right so far. A very solid 318 V8 !!! I have a build log posted here on SSA of the current install, however, all of that is changing very quickly. If I am close to guessing correctly, close to the end of March, first of April, I should have the new install close to completed. I will be building a wall to house 2 X 18" WMD2's and strapping a pair of SAZ1500D's to them. I have some electrical upgrades planned, currently I have a XS-D5100 to install, and will be upgradeing the front battery as well. In addition to that, adding more mids and highs, new head unit, as well as whatever else i can pull off. Looking forward to a great year. current install older install

Okay, here we go. The official Team introduction thread for IAK members. I would guess we should drop a line or two about who we are, then a little about our ride and goals for this season. Without turning each intro into a build thread but remember most importantly... A speacial thanks to SSA for letting us have this privelage.

i have 200 + / - pics of the girls playing with the camera, 10 lowriders or so doing the hydro thing, and like 2 of shizzzon's ride in the lanes......no camera cable for the pc though. i usually use my phone, but it drowned right before we left for the show. by the way, shizzzon, phi, and whoever else, i have no numbers again, causemy sim card is in the new phone now, so when you get a sec, send me a text! the show was too cool, and the added demo times were ftw, not only for the spectators and the competitors, but carl casper needed to break a ugly image of not having near enough demo time. there were multiple shout outs to sundown, and they were repped very well. the neatest thing for us was the meca kids comp. two of my daughters are very eager to attempt to be part of this. we already have a list of potential cars to look at, lol. Chop

dang, sorry to hear that.

as stated, we were all out at a show this weekend, we have several sections that we will be starting very soon. something got a hold of me sunday and have been super sick, not sure why 502 treats me like that but rest assured, we will have an introduction posted up soon.

i thought it was at 12 noon, not for sure. just picked up the rental, it has been a gay morning. enellz, look forward to seeing you there. sean and phi, call or text my number if you still have it, i have my sim in a different phone for now. chop

too cool!!!! just threw my phone in the toilet, it is fried now!!!!! wow, i am relly impressed with my skills......it could of hit any where, but nope, straight into the bowl!!! i am going out the door, not sure how or when, but i will try to find a way to get everyones number ........ watch for smoke signals too chop

well as always, there seems to be a little loosening at the seems right before the show around here..... lil man is still sickly, like a head cold, but whenthey are young and fusy like that, it can be crazy times....... so, Paul, Samantha, and Alex are going to hang back, if he gets a little better, they will drive out Saturday. steve, chuck and mike are are coming out saturday. lil david and brandon, not sure, as far as they go, never sure, lol so, still three groups, but smaller, and not as definent i am going to have my arse there for sure!!! lol shizzzon, hope you get to feeling better quickly. you have busted your ass for this show. look forward to seeing you all there. chop

and "gals" lol

thank you so much Sis, Dad loves you too. you make me very proud....... Dad often reads Proverbs 17:6, this is my experiance and my motivation. I truly feel like a king when I am around your family. Alex is truly a wonderful part of my life as were you. Paul is the son I never had. I love you all. enough soft stuff now! I hope to have your build starting in here soon. our trip starts early, try to get some rest. IAK chop

wow, we took our next step. This has been a goal of ours for a long while. Why? well, this is somewhat how IAK began to grow, right here in the forums of SSA. yup. mdizzle and I meet up at a local show here in Indy. He had mentioned SSA and his support for thier strong, no bull crap style forum. " not alot of filth, like the other ones" we told each other, as i too had been lurking for a long while. He was reppen' hard for the XCON, and even handing out flyers....lol. So, as we started to hang out, the birth of IAK was also starting.... you see, all of my family is involved in audio..... we had a meeting, everyone said "let's try it" so we did. the first thing that was made clear, we are a family based team! we are all family. a positive enviroment for all ages to be around. we do plenty of cruising with the kids, as well as alot of late night cruising with out them. we attend alot of shows, and meet at least once a month, striving to acheive our goals. size not being of issue nor location, due to the convienance of having SSA as a meeting place at any time, any schedule. we base our goals on growing in knowledge and helping each other learn. growing together. So, now we have a official team section, we will have to strive to grow and improve even more. By all means, if being a part of our family is something you are interested in, pleas send me a pm, let's talk. we will be attempting to post up all of the current builds on here as well as all of the ones that are to start soon. thanks for the privelage of having this team section, Mark and AAron. chop IAK

Small minded is making a decision without considering all the factors. Not sure what "inner city" has to do with cost. Price is important to everyone. As for proven performance, perhaps a discussion as compared to what would be important for that to be relevant. No need to have that conversation here as you can always choose to do whatever you want with your money. It surely won't offend me. The guys that I have seen that have been testing them have no idea what they are doing, but I am sure there are exceptions. Curious why you think 2 layer foam is a positive. And the part that really makes no sense to me is the last sentence. You have a family, you have a grandson, you have no job and you are buying a sub for your ride? I think a priority shift might be in order, but again your life your decisions. thank you again for your valued input. what would you like me to focus my priority on......? are you in assumption that my family does not come first? we , as a whole, do fine on all accounts. where in this thread or last sentence did you read any thing to do with my grandson, what is the purpose of mentioning him in any way, you had already said family, which would include him, so what is it you are attempting to communicate here? is this somehow going to effect your opinion of the equipment i have chosen? i did secure a "approved" amp , so you should rest easier tonight for that.... i will keep the focus on the subs as will the rest of us for now. inner city, sorry, i used that a little generic and i filled it with my own insight and stereotypes. i used the term very generically for referance to being low-income and a urban like mentality. our focus is, what can be bought cheap and perform well..... so, with any of our installs, rest assured there will not be alot of money involved in them. the performance, well it is relative also, so far, we are just tickled with our desicions. our installs seem to quite well for our taste. oh, double foam surround, well i was only answering a question, it was not my specs to build it, just how it was done, just a question and a answer, totally noobed out on why it would or would not be just wonderfully positive. sorry could not help with more info on that. thanks to bigrank916 . chop

you gotta get better bro...... hope you snap out of it soon. chop

dam, you did the dam thing with the quickness, lol...... it looks good too. there is nice flex in the vid, ftw!!! how you likeing it so far? favorite songs yet? looks great.... i am so ready to start mine. chop

right on. we will be picking up the rental friday morning, and be in new albaney around 3 or 4 pm.... staying at the casino. the comped the rooms again since Regina spent most of the time in the ER the last visit. so that was cool of them. plan on showing up right around noon at carl casper on sat. will probably stay till evening.... see how the rest of the crew does. there will be the seven of us and then three more in the other vehicle. uh, maybe more, but they are all at the maybe stage still. i am buying a second saz1500d now, instead of the ap30001d, so that xs d5100 will feel appreciated, lol will be ordering the 18"s probably monday. with all of this equipment on the way, you better believe i will be bringing the camera, notebook, and calculator with me, asking a ton of questions and taking notes the whole show!!! chop

where do you get such a cocky attitude from? lol off topic would be the best place, but it is all good.....you need to add bigrank916 to the list, i have to add him to my sig still.

we will be clapping for steve when he starts his build..... lmao

my stereotype of the west coast is so much off of what you are saying....... i would of had it pegged as a ton of smaller circuit shows and sound offs all the time.... we have enough here in hoosier land, (IN.), (famous for corn!), too keep busy 10 months out of the year with a little efforst and some driving.

oh no, that is no good, not a foot. lol just keep me up to date on where i will be picking that up at. chop

we are currently at 7" inches, or better, here, from this storm. went ahead and reserved a big ol van, just in case, but samantha really wants to take her new car on the trip. how much snow did louisville and new albaney get? there are areas that got a foot or a little better between here and down there. Phi, will you be able to make it still ?

is it considered to be a semi user friendly piece of equipment? can it be intergrated into a novice level install with minimal risk? perhaps i could reword that to......... could a dum ass like myself use one without screwing up his system?

is this considered the same family as digital bass enhancers.... like the epicenter? what is the outlook or opinion of thier purpose or function? i have not read too many good things about line drivers but man they seem to be a hot item to some folks, lol

we are grabbing one of these amps next week, looks good, good job on still having enough room to make all those batteries disappear. chop

samantha will be super glad, so am i, it will save me about 150 bucks....