gibsonm21

Sorry to thread jack, but If I was to purchase some used SMD v1s, would I be able to buy a re-cone for them or are those done too? Also what's up with the V2s?

This thread is a goddamn shame! I really hope this motivates guys to invest in a fire extinguisher. I would really be heartbroken to hear of someone's car going up in flames (and that goes for any setup really).

Is this the same logic you used for the first part of your statement? I'd be willing to accept the argument of severe over-driving (to one side of the suspension) if the OP was running an NS1 or a Brazilian smoke machine. Granted I don't know for a fact that the OP wasn't running a bigger amp, but assuming he was running a Sundown 3k on a 3k rated woofer, shouldn't Severe over-driving of the suspension be the least of his worries?

I'm still trying to understand how the OP overpowering/clipping the sub only smoked the spider/tinsel lead, but oh well. The sad part is I'm still dying to run these subs.

I thought the same thing, but my SA 8s have blown my mind and that's coming from a 21" Warden(though I still have it and is by far my favorite setup). As soon as I heard 2, I went and bought 4 more lol. And I run much less power now

Nice. I plan on running a projector when I move in to my new house. I'm not going to be on that level yet though; going to be running the Sony HW-50 on a 120" screen.

I never used their amps, but there wires and accessories are legit. some of the nicest RCAs and wire I've used.

Yea, thats what I plan on doing.

The tuning is 28hz in the rear/60hz in the front.

I didn't do the design, surreal from **** did it. I just didn't remember the tuning. I'm waiting for my ported design now.

So you chose six 8's lol... I would've done less, but I wanted to over-compensate. The box also allows for me to throw stuff on top and in front of it, which is something I absolutely could not do with the Warden. I don't remember exactly the tuning, I'll have to look at my design notes again. It is essentially a 1:1 ratio 6th order, with each inner chamber 2.25 cubes and the outer chamber 4.5 cubes.

Well I wanted to get back some of my cargo space from my 21" warden that was back there.

I'm running 6 Sa 8 v2s on 2 1500s in a 6th order in my Tahoe. They sound ok on the low end(28-38hz), but they sound like they have so much more to give. I'm debating switching up enclosures, but I wanted to get the opinions of people who have run them. Is it worth it to give the subs more time to break in before I switch boxes? I'm also considering adding another 1500. I've only had the subs for a couple of weeks. I only have a chance to get on them driving to work and around town.

So to update the situation, I got my new RCAs in (by the way, I'm very impressed with these NVX wires from sonic). I also got in my new spdt relay. While swapping those out, I did notice that the fit of the older RCAs was alittle lose plugging into the sig pro. After that, I double checked my connections and let her rip. Everything seems to be working fine now although I find it hard to believe it was the rca connection causing the thump since there was never anything that could agitate it (360 is under one of the back seats, no one was near the truck when it happened). Oh well, if it comes up again, i'll update.

I'm using low level inputs. The doors were open the first time it bumped and closed the 2nd.