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Nice work on the sub and amp install--I especially like the SQ focus, but where are the front stage pics??? If they are as clean as the rest I am sure we would all like to see them. It might help me too as I am just evaluating where and how to install my Seas Excel's and D2904's. That has got to be a blast to "have to drive" around town. Jealous I am, and if you add a little extra breathing capability to the motor and I might have to fly out to VA to go for a ride...

I'd like it more if you axed the lights, labels, and flair and put the money towards making it go. The suspension/wheel combo looks good--as long as you swapped the springs and didn't cut or heat 'em. Thumbs up on the Crystals.

If your target is .60 cuft you won't need stuffing since it makes the box "feel" larger to the sub. If it were smaller, say .55 then it would help; however you may prefer the sound with the stuffing or without. If you wanted to test it both ways, build the box at .64 as you said and then put something in like a 2x4 to compensate to make it .55 or .5 and add fill. For subs, personally I just like to hit my target volume as close as possible and forego the stuffing.

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Hey I know how you feel. Every project involves an hour of moving stuff outside and reorganizing everything. Sucks ass.

Good luck. Hopefully everyone there will be from WV, then you will win for sure!

Congratulations. Being a bit Irish myself, I like Sean. Of course, being my name I have a bit of a bias.

It's called, Oh Shlt engineering. They seem to be good at it.

Even funnier?? My M5 is not considered a performance car, just a standard sedan. $380 for 6 months full coverage. 373hp, 0-60 in 5.1, and a suspension with handling that rivals Corvette's and such (from the same years) and it isn't a performance car. I love Farmers insurance.....

Excellent, hurry up and get HOME! Either that or tell her to start installing so we can hear how it sounds.

Indeed, I have a very similar desire and problem. Mids to go in doors/kickpanels and tweets in the stock A-pillar locations. I listen to a lot of jazz and love the upright bass and really, really wanted a mid to extend and sound natural playing the bass notes. I haven't installed mine yet, but with exactly the same power I just ordered a set of Seas W18E001 and the Alpine F1 Status tweeters (basically ScanSpeak D2904 but $60 instead of $180 ea). I bought my W18's used for a steal (used to be NPDang's) otherwise I was going to go with the G18 Seas. From what I have read it should make a pretty wicked combo for mid-bass on the low end. By no means is it 2 ohm, but on the same note you have plenty of power to push them and won't be putting that heavy a load on your amplifier. Mine land this week, but I really won't have a chance to install them for a couple weeks as I am out of town travelling a bunch and it requires some fiberglassing....a full review and install log will be posted in the speaker section.

Well everywhere I read says make sure it doesn't flex. No of course they were referring to the whole box, but in my case you could stand on my mold and it wouldn't flex. As for driving over it I am sure it would hold up, but I probably won't try...

If I were making three amps for a discerning crowd: 1) 1500.1 sub amp 2) 200x2 Front stage amp 3) A take off on the component amp idea, but in 4 chn. 150x2 for mid 50x2 for tweet or alternatively wire to 300x1 & 50x2 for lower cost systems Maybe item 3 is for too much a niche market, but man would that make life simple, ESPECIALLY if you added crossovers (one post late here).

x2 that picture doesnt do the RLP justice. And the picture definetely doesn't sound as good either.

From the posts of yours that I have read, I trust you more than current manufacturers and would be glad to buy from you as well. It would give me a reason to sell off some of my other gear

Congrats. How long before you figure out how to mod normal ones into high amp?

Good luck and have fun with it. Women love it if you do something that they can remember. I took my wife to be hiking on the cliffs of the St. Croix river and had a picnic in my backpack. Also had hidden champagne, real glasses, the ring. Did it on a cliff top; however, she is obviously an outdoorsy girl. One other insurance reference. Big reductions at 25, and 30, but if you are over 25 and married it is the same as 30. When I got married last year I had just turned 30...pretty bad timing meaning I got screwed on insurance as much as they could.

A little off topic, sort of: I am addressing the front stage. Last night I ordered up some Seas Excel W18's for the mids and I am getting my buy finger itchy about buying the Scanspeak D2904 (Alpine F1 knock off version) in the next couple of minutes. And if you want I will start a thread and document the install and passive crossover design in the speaker section?

Acidburn you were lucky with your T-nuts, mine broke loose before being able to tighten the sub. Oh well, they are out now. If anyone else uses these glue them like I usually do! Allright back to it some more listening impressions. First off a Wow is in order. The sub sounds awesome; however, if I were to install it again I would have broke it in first. It is crazy to drive around and hear the surround loosening up to the point where the sub starts getting louder and louder. Conveniently since my front stage is pretty sucky at the moment, I have a leftover L-pad connected to my amp from my previous install which makes those momentary gain corrections all that much easier. On the same note, the L-pad seems to be unnecessary (except on real bad recordings). With my old JL

Just FYI, I lived in Chicago (before I was 25) and found after calling tons of places for insurance that when you drive a "sporty" car it is usually best to use one of those super high risk companies that cater to people with DWI's or driving issues. Even though out of all sports cars under $50k, yours is about the worst to insure. Geico wanted to rape me at this time, there specialty seems to be married couples in the 30+ range with multiple vehicles...until you hit there I don't think it will help much. I have found that Farmers has really saved me cash and the service has been great.

The only real technology to get is DLP, but man buying a refurb would scare the heck out of me. Especially cuz, if you wait until January I bet you can buy new for probably about the same price. If the refurb comes with a decent warranty then don't worry about it. Basically, Plasma/LCD have serious off axis viewing issues, rarely can they have pixel transitions faster than 16ms (compared to 8 microsec for DLP) and they also wear out quickly were the DLP's should last. Hope that helps.

Edge, isn't that a snowmobile suspension....I guess both the Ranger and the Polaris sled are made in MN.

Sorry, what I meant by just headers was just exhaust. For more power/better mpg the engine needs to breath better on both ends. The exhaust will help, but matching the improvements on the intake side will round it out.

Indeed a reason, but it might be that they assume everyone wants a "boom box" unless otherwise specified. If you are really concerned about lowering the tuning frequency email Eclipse direct and ask them. It would be fun to test their customer service anyway. Make sure that you include what you like to listen too and what you want the sub to do--that might help us here too.

As long as your DVD software is fairly new, it will help you take care of it. You should even be able to put them on CD's but they won't hold nearly as much--cheap though.