///M5

No, you can still do whatever you want now but will have engineering for the future if you change your mind. You made the right choice. Too much education is never a bad thing.

In VA, it's a hell of a deal... And trying to load SSA on 56k is getting pointless. When I can play an entire game of Freecell between page loads... Loading really fast for me, but of course I went from wireless to wired in the past 36 hours so it seems faster.

I didn't mean to shortchange you Aaron, but realized from firsthand seeing the Avic in Mark's truck and talking to him that he would be the one to contact.

I have heard (with no facts to back it up other than from a dumb beyotch who had ridiculous problems with hers) that the X-types are maintenance nightmares. I really know nothing of them and figure that you would do a bit of research anyways, but since one of the w's work colleagues has had tons of issues with hers I wanted to throw that out there. I still think an 02'ish A6 with the 3.0L would fit what you are looking for very well.

*eagerly waits

No worries, not a dumbass at all...there is a precedence of the misuse of the term SQ and I didn't post that to be hard on you, just to explain. I would choose to be hard on you if we had a sticky that made this all more clear Now let's define smoother. To me smoother would mean no peaks, which again is contrary to loud and moving air. As for the fast bass beats, the M-classes in a proper enclosure should be okay with those, so I'd expect you have an enclosure issue but nonetheless since you are moving into different drivers that isn't something you have to worry about now. Your definition of smooth will probably determine whether or not you run ported or sealed, so be honest in your answer

At least at this point it is consistent.

Most people shouldn't use the term SQ but instead describe what they want...it would go a really long way into making all responses better. Perhaps we need a stickied rule an explanation though. Either way using trendy terms that people don't really know the meaning of will never help them get the right answers. Here is a fact: SPL & SQ are indeed 100% opposites. If you want more thump, you aren't asking for SQ. One other fact, the whole mod staff here is pretty much into SQ. Most have played in both realms though and some are still bassheads. On the same note, DIYMA is nearly useless now as it has been over run with retards. It used to be my home but I get the shivers trying to read more than one thread. If you go there take the replies with a grain of salt. :( Too bad the place used to be great, but most of the real contributing members have now gone elsewhere. See how much better this would be if you didn't use the term SQ? You do a good job of describing what you want for louder, but not at all for SQ. Amusing since the "move more air", "more thump" & "feel the bass in my chest" don't correspond to SQ and they also aren't both related to your subwoofers. The feeling in your chest is a lack of midbass, but the lack of air is surely your subs.

Dang, I was just in Albuquerque. <-- also loves Pale Ale's and basically hops in general

Boo IPS

lol

My home pc hd puked today, just noticed now :( It wasn't just SSA that had a bad cpu day.

*goes to look

<--huge porter fan

I don't see how a phone number where you'd leave a voicemail is better than a forum. Of course someone will point out that somethings don't get answered, but pretty much 99% of the time that is because it is a bad question and wouldn't get answered well on the phone either. A little reSearch (pun intended) goes along way to minimize all of those issues and the answers you get on here from really good questions are great.

pm ssaudio as he runs the shop

Already a couple into the evening myself.

You have a couple large misconceptions: 1) Flat has any relation to 0dB or -10dB or any level for that matter. It doesn't need an absolute reference, just a relative one. 2) Being flat has NOTHING to do with distinctions in sound. Flat means literally no boost or cuts on an eq. Of course they do use one in a studio to compensate for all sorts of things in the booth, but the goal is to make a recording that usually mimics how they would sound live (ie again with no extra boosting or cutting). 3) And Musicians do record at their playing levels, which of course is flat. I never said flat on an rta, but flat as in no extra or artificial boosts or cuts. Of course, artists might as their is some ridiculous crap in top 40 music (which includes more than just rap) where they are purposefully really whacking the FR to up the bass output. Part of the reason, I said Musicians do although Artists don't. Either way, my point which you missed as your end goal seems to be the same is that you should setup your system to sound flat to you which of course will then play whatever recording back the way it was recorded.

It's back up, woot!! The whole thing (besides the store) has been down on me all day.

IPS'd, I couldn't get on the forum at all today until now.

I wouldn't call that cheating, unless I am following a post that is all I do...of course I am here quite a bit.

I know how you feel

I'd love a Chrysler discount, in particular if the SRT's are included Sorry to hear about your neon though

No. Loud is not the most important. I want good SQ but It has to be louder than what I had. My M-class are quieter than before and I want more. I dont have alot of space. I have about 16" deep by probably 42" ish wide by about 30 something tall. Thats my whole backseat, well, what was a back seat. My two 10's take up a little over half the width of my seat. I could fit sealed better though. I thought about maybe building a sealed box for my mclass and see the difference in sound. Amusing since personally I think the M-class drivers sound a bit like fart cannons and you are asking for something louder...