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I think I mastered my alfredo sauce last night!! 1/2 Onion, 6 cloves Garlic, 1/2 cup butter, 8 oz cream cheese, 8 oz half and half, 8 oz shredded parmesan, italian seasoning blend, peppercorn melody' sea salt. Sauteing the onions, garlic, and salt first is key. This is VERY rich, but balanced sauce, be prepared to pair with a bold flavored drink.

Coming right along! Keep up the good work!

I will have to give it a try. A dark lager I REALLY like is Negro Modelo. Yum, Yum. I drink the Negro Modelo's often when I am out having dinner at a restaurant. http://www.yucatangrill.com/ If you are ever in Seal Beach, stop by this place. Good food and good people. I love it paired with Mexican food, lime and salted. I am usaully in that area once or twice a yr, I will have to try and remember it.

The Wheat beers are generally to sweet for my palete. The last good pilsner I drank was the Lion Imperial. http://beeradvocate....ofile/389/50399 I was suprized it got such low reviews. Staropramen and Golden Pheasant don't fare all that well either and both are pretty darn spot on. Depending of course on how it was treated when it traveled. Makes me curious on the A's though if those are both B-. Both sound interesting, I think I will try the Staropramen first. Did you ever try the Eye of the Hawk, or any of the other Mendocino beers? http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2516/641/?ba=todd

I will have to give it a try. A dark lager I REALLY like is Negro Modelo. Yum, Yum.

I don't like it, not sure why it scored so well. Honestly, I wasn't impressed either. Way to tart and dry for me, but I will try anything once or twice. Was no where near as foul as Guinness, which I think is the nastiest stout I have ever tryed. Also the reason I think most ppl think they don't like stouts. My favorite stout still stands as the Lion Stout, but I am always searching. http://beeradvocate....rt=high&start=0

This is what I was drinking last night. VERY roasted tasting, with a hint of coffee. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/1879

The Wheat beers are generally to sweet for my palete. The last good pilsner I drank was the Lion Imperial. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/389/50399 I was suprized it got such low reviews.

Here was mine. Hausgemachte FTW. Weisswurst, brezl, & mustard. And yes, it paired well with beer. And yes, I realize I had it for dinner and not breakfast. Fuck you Bavaria, its good ANYTIME. I love me some Wurst! yum, yum. What Beer did you pair it with? The local brew pub makes some wicked beer and cheese soup that they serve with pretzel. I just mastered my blackening seasoning, if anyone wants the recipe.

tis' Crown royal and Samual Smith's Cream Stout tonite. TGIF 4 me!

Dinner time! Tonites special, Blackened chicken tacos with black beans. Lots of onion, cheeze, sour cream, salsa, and alittle raw Aniheim pepper. Win, Win.

I personally like wheat crust on my pizza. My favorite pizza is wheat crust, with white sauce topped with onions, spinach, and feta. Garlic is aways a plus.

Tuned in. The build is looking sweet. Awesome job on installing deadener, CCF, and MLV. The box design is killer! That boy looks just like you, He is going to be a brute.

Yummy!! Croissants!

So are you asking which direction to fire the port? What type of system are you building, SQ or SPL?

The only side I wouldn't put the sub on is the one opposite (parallel) to the side with the port. Reason being is you will experience canellation with that configuration. Any other side of the box will work. What vehicle are you installing the enclosure in? Do you have a direction you prefer the port or sub to face in relationship to the vehicle? This may help you decide.

Too Cool!! Did you see any eyeless fish?

No problem with the advice. Always important to do the simple stuff first. To test 'phasing' simply reverse the wiring to one speaker. You can do this at the xover or the back of the speaker, it doesnt matter, which ever spot is easiest to acsess. I remember you introducing her as your girlfriend in your last build log. Definetly congrats and Good luck! Thanks for the props on the build. I do tend to get carried away sometimes but enjoy working with my hands and designing shit.

As stated above, I would focus on improving the install first. You are definetly just pissing money away if you don't. Its not the speakers fault that they aren't installed properly, and installing a different driver the same way is not going to improve the sound. 90% install, 5% equipment, 5% beer. pissing money away on an active set-up is not going to get you anywhere if you dont install everthing right. Lets start with the mids. first, if you can fit an MDF ring under the speaker, its cheap and will help in several ways. The MDF will make a more rigid mounting point, will bring the spealker out to the factory grill, so the sound isn't being lost into the door card, and adds mass. Use foam wheather strip around the speaker to further block sounds from being lost into the door card. secondly spend 30 bucks and get 10 SDS tiles, and treat your doors. At a minimum deaden where the speaker is mounted. We aren't telling you this for our health, and its kinda insulting you asking for help and the shunning it off. So get some, 10 tiles are cheap. Third, if you can seal off the rest of the openings in the door you will improve sound, by blocking the rear sound waves from reaching you. Fourth, Have you tested to see if the mids sound better with one speaker wired out of Phase? this can greatly improve sound by bringing the sound waves into alingment. Then go through the same process with the tweeters. First, test different mounting locations if possible. finding the location and aiming will be key with every new tweeter anyways, so see if you can improve what you have already. Avoid mounting them near reflective surfaces. Secondly, Have you tested to see if the tweeters sound better with one wired out of phase? Congrats on the engagement! Sorry for being so long winded this morning, but I cant stress enough how important install is all the way from mounting to tuning.

I personally like the sound of a sub firing into the cabin of the car. I fell I am getting the most accurate, un-colored sound from the sub this way for better SQ. Other ppl will say they prefer the sub firing into the trunk, They will say its louder. In most cases I think the distortion thats added to the sound is what they precieve as louder. Otherwise I would say its really hard to say what will make YOU happy. You may like things to sound different than someone else. My suggestion is build a ported box with the port on the same side as the sub. Then test with the box firing different directions and see what sounds best in your car to YOU, and go from there.

Sweet score on the car Duran! Looks clean. The Wasatch Mountains are beautiful.

Why not learn to do it yourself? The cost difference will be huge.

BTW, Happy Belated Birthday Ryan!

This is when a Porsche Tiptronic transmission or similar comes in handy. I just read up on thier new PDK transmission and it sounds trick.