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Got my AA T-shirt when I was in Vegas. . .not sure if I saw any hoodies. I could quit wearing my MTX one from 2001. Brian

There is a dealer in Trinidad. Sound Extreme Engineering You can call the AA dealer line to get more info. Brian

I think the bags are fine. The weight is centered pretty good, and the bags only need 20 psi to level it (they are rated for 100 psi). I also still get good suspension travel just pushing down on the bumper. The output is crazy. I had someone complain a over a mile away, and I was in my shop with the van doors closed while it was playing. I am working on the mids and tweeters in the doors right now. I will get more pics and videos up soon. Seems like I always have a million things going on, so time is short and the van is low on the priority list again. The past two weeks have been too busy with my son playing football. . .

I was pulled over once for not coming to a complete stop before I pulled out of a gas station onto the street. I told the officer that was a stupid reason to pull me over. He said they were trying to crack down on kids cruising on this street that were using this gas station as the turn around at the end of the route. I explained to him I was not cruising, just actually getting gas. Even showed my receipt. He went ahead and wrote the ticket. With a little research, I learned this stopping before entering a roadway has a clause that states "must come to a complete stop prior to the sidewalk before entering the roadway". There was not a sidewalk at this gas station exit. . . I went to my pre-trial hearing and plead my case to the district attorney. After the entire story of why the officer should not have even given me the ticket, and then showing him the reason it was not a valid ticket (where was I to stop if there was not a sidewalk?), the best he would offer is defensive driving. I said no thanks and requested trial by jury. I normally deserve a ticket when I get one and I take care of it. I just would not do it this time. First time I have ever requested trial by jury on a ticket. A defensive driving instructor once told us always request trial by jury if you have a valid excuse, reason for the offense, or it is not a valid ticket and the ticket is not thrown out at pre-trial. Courts don't like jury trials for something as simple as a traffic ticket and a jury is more likely to side with your excuse or common sense than a judge if it goes to court. The down side is if you go to jury trial and lose, you will get hit with the max fine because they will try to get some of their court costs back. But you can always hire a traffic attorney at that point and appeal it if they do. Sure enough in my case, someone reviewed it prior to the trial date and I received a letter in the mail that the ticket had been dismissed and there was no further action required on my part.

Fi is online direct. Contact the Ascendant Audio dealer line and become an Ascendant Audio dealer. Ascendant Audio is the sister company to Fi that is dealer based. http://www.ascendantaudio.com/contact.php Brian

They send the tracking number as soon as the order is placed. Does it still say "BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED"? If so, it has not shipped. email nick. Brian

Sundown 3000D

In the right box for burps only, I would think they will take it. . .you don't think?

Someone sent me that link last week. Awesome driving. You can see a lot of black marks on the pavement from all the practice. I like when comes around the building at 2:45 in the video. looks like he is going to take out the front of the car and it just slides around perfectly. . . Brian

You should be able to fit 8 GA. That is what I run with my subs. Not sure what coils Steve runs on his subs, but assuming 4500 watts per sub, D1 coils would be at 48 amps, D2 would be at 34 amps. If you assume worst case D1 coils for resitance loss in the wire, you could see a 15-20 watt difference of actual power to the speaker between 8 ga and 4 ga.

Should not be a problem. My cousin runs almost 1500 watts in his civic with the factory alt and a yellowtop.

http://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=31

Form has had problems lately. Should be working now.

That makes no sense. . . If you measure the resistance with an ohm meter, you are reading the DC resistance. The voice coil has an inductance, so when an AC signal is passed through it, it has an impedance. This impedance varies with frequency.

Drove the van to work today and forgot the camera so I can't make a video. No more cranking it around the house. Neighbors were cool while I tested and tuned before world finals, but I won't keep subjecting them to those volume levels. Man it is crazy now that all 6 subs are working!!! Going to have to do something about more alternator, or maybe an adjustable regulator so I can slowly ramp the charge back up. It only takes a minute or so at high volumes and the alt can't keep up. Too much stress on it and I end up having to hook the batteries to the charger to keep from hurting the alt. I clamped the power inputs to the 40.1's, and it looks like I am pulling just shy of 3000 amps when everything is running full tilt! Brian

I can get you a quote. Are you actually in Anchorage, Alaska? You just need (1) 12"? Brian

I think they were all working when I did the 159.7. I should have known there was a problem when music dropped to 155. Between the burp and playing music, I adjusted SSF's and LP fillters. Must have hit the switches while making the adjustments. The song I play is at my exact peak and is normally within 1.5 dB of a burp. We will see. 160 is still the goal. I want to get plastic racing seats for it which should gain me at least 1 dB (gained .9 with the passenger seat out).

So I just figured out today that 2 of my subs were not playing at finals. I thought they were not moving much because they were new. Turns out the two amps they were connected to were both set to SLAVE instead of MASTER. Man what a difference with all 6 subs playing. I hope that solves my low impedance problem too! Brian

Safe to assume it is a 12"?? When you say fart box, SPL only? Plan on playing music? What vehicle? Brian

What amp do you have now? Can you add a second one? If you want sundown, do a pair of SAZ1500D's. Brian

10-4 then imm shut my mouf Guess I need to shut my mouf. . .

shoudl have the weight on the UPS tag. . .

We just received our first proto of the 22" 12 spoke basket and Im rather happy with it. Got me thinking that the IB crowd might be interested in a 22" version. Currently the surround and rubber gasket are being tooled and I should have a surround sample in about 2 weeks. But... cone bodies are going to be done in house with composites (initially this size was geared towards high power autosound). But I might be able to do a curvilinear cone that isnt using a core to keep the costs lower. Let me know if this sounds interesting... definitely could make it happen.

8 net or gross? I have run 15's in 3 ft each tuned to 35 Hz and they sounded great. . .

When I turned my crossover above 65 Hz, to me it killed the overall sound of the driver. I agree, you know I had a dual tumult setup before the AVA's, and I had them crossed over around 80-85 Hz. Brian