Mark LaFountain

any upgrades to the electrical system? not yet, he's got an 280amp alt, big three and more batt's in the works.

It's an SPL sub... You seal it.. I'ma keel you. I would like to set the record straight right here and now, this is NOT an SPL sub. It's sole purpose in design is to be an insanely loud daily driver. **steps off soap box**

Ok, I'll give a pic, before anyone asks, we don't have pricing or specs on them yet, all I can say is they will be a 1500wRMS range driver. We don't even have a date range on when they will be available. They will be in 12" 15" & 18" versions though. Black baskets, and some cosmetic changes will be made. ***15" Version pictured. here's an update...started matting/resin'n the corners some. not sure if John or I mentioned it, but these subs will be powered by 2 SAZ-3000Ds.

sweet! Got any pics from an angle?

lookn great so far...

gotcha...

SSA will be down March 29th @ 3:01 PST Just got word from the host, they are moving offices and have upgraded to a new "datacenter". They said the outage could be for 1-4hrs.

ya it was fun, i'll probably build some more this week, wanted to build up an inventory of them to sell off for a nice price.

here's another one I built the next day... 3.4ft^3 w/62in^2 of Port @ 34hz.. for a single 15" driver This will find a great home in the Phoenix area soon...

1. 1 5/8" drywall screws? Good length but those are weak screws, heads will snap off, don't go longer then that, you'll split the wood near the edges. 2. Weldbond/carpenter glue or something else? I use tightbond II(or III) 3. What kind of sealant if any? (recommendations?) Anything cheap with silicon in it.

I still have more, lol

1500wRMS

that sub went out today! thanks again.

Here's the skeleton of the new site, video that streams will be completely different once it's done, still working on it. http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/products/icon_new/ opinions needed.

pinned....

I like this thread, i'll start out.... 1. How old are you? 29 2. When did you get into car audio? 14yrs old 3. How did you first get into car audio? I used to DJ in highschool, then crossed over 4. Whats your favorite color? Blue as if you couldn't tell from SSA colors 5. Male or female? Male 6. Your first Car? 1982 Ford Escort 7. When did you first find out about this site? When I decided to start my very own site 8. How did you find out about this site? same as above 9. What was your first system? (1) 12" Hollywood Sound Labs in a 1987 K car 10. Do you have any pets? If so what? N/A 11. Were do you live? Phoenix, AZ 12. Whats you favorite car audio brand? SSA/Kicker/Sudnwon 13. Whats your favorite kind of pizza? Oregano's 14. Whats your favorite kind of ice cream? Anything Coldstone Creamery 15. Who is your hero in the car audio industry? Scott Atwell 16. Whats your dream system? 24 SSA ICON's in a Astovan Clamshell 17. Whats your dream car? N/A 18. Whats the fast car you have drove/ road in? 159MPH/Camaro (I was driving ) 19. Were do you buy most of your car audio products? SSA 20. What is your job? SSA 21. Whats your favorite saying? "you can't handle it" 22. Favorite smilie? " " 23. Who do you think is the hotest person? Eva Longeria 24. Whats your favorite brand of cars? Cadilac/Lexus 25. What do you like better, cars, vans, trucks, or suv's? Yikes 26. Whats one thing that most ppl on roe dont know about you? This is SSA 27. Do you now how to build a subwoofer box? If so how old were you when you built it? 14 28. Were would you like to visit? England/Italy 29. Whats is the most recent thing you have purchased? New Shower Head 30. Do you know who Chuck Norris is? who? 31. Who do you think is the most knolegable person on ROE? Denim 32. What time is it? 2:15pm 33. What kind of computer do you have? Dell/customized 34. Whats your dream job? Owning a Car Audio Company(hopefully it pays the bills someday! lol)

with a free entry fee, you have to get a great turn out. Good luck and post some pics of your event afterwards!

1500/pair will be a great match up IMO. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

great pics keep um coming

i was worried at first about the rms because im going with 2 kicker 2500.1 and putting 1250 into each sounded a bit much..but after reading more i think i'll be ok with 1250.. Should be just fine with that.

15" SSA ICON will get you there as well. umm, sexy

went ahead and changed the RMS of the ICON to 1000wRMS, since we all will agree that they won't even break a sweat at that wattage.

Thank you to ANT for purchasing and donating the driver for test! This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 1022x680. My first impression upon receiving this sub was that finally, someone came out with a reasonably sized design. Unremarkable in appearance compared to the latest drivers, nonetheless all the hallmarks of a high end driver are present. Large progressive roll spider, large 4 layer voice coil, aluminum former, cast aluminum basket, venting under the spider, and a massive pole vent in the rear. A nice added touch is the tinsel leads appear to be covered in a non-conductive braiding. May I also add, this driver smells like fiberglass resin? Also note: Moving the driver's cone by hand is not recommended. The dual spider suspension is extremely stiff, which should bode well for small box applications. My only concern construction wise would be that it's very easy for the large pole vent to suck in debris or box stuffing. Otherwise, a very solidly built driver at an attractive price. T/S parameters. Maybe something with my woofer tester, but I double checked the calibration and retested about a dozen times, and these are the results. I would think they are fairly accurate, because if I import the published lower BL spec it would give the driver an xmax of about 8mm 1 way. Also they seem to jive pretty well with the measured frequency response, AND this driver was measured HOT. So there you have it. This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 1024x640. A distortion vs. nearfield frequency response plot. An inductive hump centered at 50hz is noticeable. Ignore anything below 20hz, or above 400hz. And lastly the Klippel results. (Sorry Jeff, last one I promise!) Looks like 1-way xmag of ~19mm, close enough to rated specs. Very nicely centered curve, with good symmetry. Not as extended of a plateau as you might see with the best designs, but a terrific example of a textbook overhung motor. Typical Le curve for a motor without a faraday ring/sleeve, with inductance increasing in the rearward stroke. Appears as if suspension was perfectly mated to the capabilities of the motor. All in all, good results. I didn't observe any excess mechanical noise either during the test, which is a good sign. Overall, a good driver that I believe is comparable to earlier versions of the TC-9, as measured and construction wise. Appears to be quite solid and able to handle a good amount of power, and small signal parameters suggest a small sealex box driver with a good amount of kick without too thick or bloated of a low end. original: http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33953