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yep , it's on there . Waiting to get the new steering either tomorrow or Friday . nope the chitbox won't even budge the 20' . My brother in law has a truck that I used New steering? Didn't the old beast come preset for hydraulic? yep , but the cylinders are frozen solid . We tried for several hours to unfreeze them to no avail That sucks. How bad are they to replace?

yep , it's on there . Waiting to get the new steering either tomorrow or Friday . nope the chitbox won't even budge the 20' . My brother in law has a truck that I used New steering? Didn't the old beast come preset for hydraulic?

You were using those wimpy 5.25 inch'ers before though. Those "wimpy 5 1/4's " have sent many people looking for the other drivers . I know they have, but was pleased to see your comment on the Mli's. Lack of midbass is my pet peeve and from previous comments from others on here I was led to believe that the wimpy guys you had before were perhaps better than they are. I couldn't imagine how they could even come close to the CA's, but you never know. I have always viewed the mach's as the cheap CA alternative and your response justifies my reaction a bit. I haven't heard them yet, but perhaps I will get out your way one of these days.

Get the motor hung on your boat yet? **thinks outloud Do you tow that 20' with the chitbox??

You were using those wimpy 5.25 inch'ers before though.

Although I wouldn't call it a "big" v8 unless you just mean from the size of the casting.

Okay, but you know what I meant.

I personally haven't played with a Cal27, but thought I understood they had much more down low. Any idea what the Fs is?

You will never guess which one of my inlaws is getting the first one in MN That car might make me not want a muscle car. Aaargh!!

It wouldn't be unusual for all of a sudden your stage to come together and everything to just get better. Personally I have NEVER owned a vehicle where I run all drivers in phase, one always sounds better switched, sometimes two. You never know. The only way to find out is to switch them all. I would encourage you to go back to flat with no t/a when doing this as it should be done first. I then recheck every phase position after implementing t/a. (Consider your dual mids one driver though even though that can create a mess as well).

Tweed away!! Ensolite will be your friend. As for the 2.2kHz, I'd like to see lower but it may sound perfect. I thought the Cal27 could take a bit more on the low end than that.

I agree, my settings got changed daily for almost three months straight. You can't imagine how annoying that would be if I had to pull over and pop the trunk everytime. Just running back and forth from the trunk to the car to listen is annoying. I really like up front controls.

It will make absolutely no difference in what you hear. Not even close.

What if due to PLD that the majority of the frequencies that you were playing through your tweeters were out of phase? I try every combination of phase possible with all my drivers, it is the first step in tuning.

nice work Scott!

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You are trying to make me jealous.

I have no idea, but if no one is able to help let me know and I will call one of the engineers at 3M's cat engineering center for you.

LOoks great Matt. Personally I don't like polished engines so eff it and get her running . Functional and clean is all that is necessary.

Umm, no its not. Regrettably son you have just built a box that will be better suited to start a fire than hold subs. You need to go back and buy MDF.

Huffing that stuff has become an expensive habit for you.

You just do a design based on nominal driver values?

Oh, sorry to hear that but definitely be glad he is there. It is amazing what a good hospital can do, living next to the Mayo I hear amazing recovery stories all the time. We are pullin' for the little guy!!