OnYrMrk

Box design definately can help, but for everyday use, the DD 9500 FTW . The DD is the original Design, the other two are imitators. Or so I have heard.

You are going to be hard pressed to find some Rainbow components for 250. Their lowest line I believe starts around 300, and their Reference 3way components are 10 Grand.

When shopping for a car and the only driving force is what do the kickpanels look like. No longer is it a car you would like to own, it is a car that will give you the best soundstage, the deepest kicks, and the furthest seat tracks.

Awesome, welcome to SSA. What site do you admin? www.boards.teamwolfpackaudio.com

Head units: McIntosh MX5000, MX4000, MX406 / Denon DCT Z1 / Eclipse CD7200MKII / Clarion DRX9255 - not the DRZ...which has more bells and whistles, and the King Daddy of them all: ALPINE 7909 Amps I have owned : Coustic ( AMP460, AMP360, AMP 100A ) / Alpine V12 series / McIntosh MC4000M / Orion HCCA 225, 250, 2100 and Concept 97-1 / Audison VRX, LRX (never owned the Thesis, but would like to one day ) Hifonics Zeus ( Circa 1993 ) / Linear Power / ADS Power Plate / Canton / Adcom Speakers in my past present and future: ADS, Altec Lansing, McIntosh, Canton Pullman, Kicker ND25, USD Audio, Orion 6MB, Focal K3P, Dynaudio Esotec series separates ( future Focal Be, Rainbow Reference, Dynaudio Esotar, Morel Supremo ) Subs: Orion Cobalt, Kicker Solo (Round circa 1990's), McIntosh, ProTech (had some 12s, excellent SQ ) Focal 33v2, Ultra LV12 ( best sub yet ) Processing: Audio Control EQT's, Orion Concept 97-2, PPI (circa 1994), PG MEQ230, Audison BitOne, Alpine H900/H701

Greetings, I am Joe, aka OnYrMrk and I have been competing off and on for about 20 years. I have competed in Thunder On Wheels, IASCA, Car Audio Nationals, USACi. I am a USACi SQ Judge and started off the 2006 season with a sponsorship from Focal. Love the product, love Orca Distributing, but left because they wanted me to sell my Audison amps and run STEG or Focal. I am on a limited budget so I reluctantly left Focal without burning a bridge. If you get to work with them, Nick Wingate is a fantastic ear to tune your car. I have now created Team Non-Conformist we are small, we don't carry any sponsorships, we paid for our own equipment, and we compete I look forward to speaking with you all in the coming days. I like the looks of this forum. --Joe

Was searching car audio forums, found this one, signed up I am an admin on one Audio forum, member of about 5 - 6 others.