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Galen, is that you? Getting new office set up with international lines so I can chat

Yep, we can do them. I just responded on the AA forum as well. What coil in the TC sub?

I believe I tested one out in 2.5 cuft sealed when I made the first couple of protos a few years back for Chad. Did that in half plane and then some home listening tests. I liked the sound of it in that. How much power do you have? Thanks, Scott

Still working on things. Need to send over more pictures for them to edit. Hopefully Ill get a chance this weekend to set up the photo studio again...

Do you want a kit or to send them on in? Most likely we can do the TC-1000 as well. What coil is in the TC now, the single 4? $39 for the AA and TC would be between 40-45. Thanks, Scott

Same magnets, just went through a bunch of them in a very short period of time with international distributor orders. Im not one for taking $$$ for backorders, preorders, or any other order if we cant fill it in our normal time frame. They will be back up by the end of the month. Thanks, Scott

Do you have just 1 sub, or a pair?

I have both carbons and polys capped 2000-2600 for crossover points to a couple different tweeters. I prefer a little larger dome tweeter with a lower fs and higher power handling to go with them. But I have done polys even higher in a home setup to match the tweeter that needed to be crossed at 4k. Heck, I ran the polys full range for a while and didnt cringe at the top end. Rolls off smooth. Havent tried the carbons like that yet but might in one of my setups just to see real world off axis. What tweeters are you wanting to run with them? They both are fairly flexible. Thanks, Scott

Working out deal with one Canadian distrib right now. Hope to have it finished this week. Ill post info when its done... Thanks, Scott

I am making a list of all old TS params and will post it up shortly. Our enclosure recommendations are the same for the new drivers as the older ones... If you need box help let me know. Thanks, Scott

Jazzscreamer... Ill preface this post by saying if you arent interested in my views on AA ignore everything down to the asterisks For the record, Fi has nothing to do with AA. There wasnt a take over or merger. Fi is a separate corporation and is not mucking up the original AA program. That is all my personal doing I definitely understand where you are coming from, and I know I have made several net/forum people mad with my choice to turn AA into a dealer/distributor company... and definitely from a few hate mails I compounded that one recently by pulling AA from all web sales (SSA). But the vision and direction we have for AA, is a good deal larger than what I know the net will support. I feel fairly confident in saying this in having started a few companies and having done OEM for many more that were net based (as well as larger brand name dealer based companies). I know the numbers game and simply didnt want to be another boutique net brand. I have one of those, lol... and I truly know the limits/scope of the sales it can produce. AA is being pushed on a much larger scale and that is who we are focused on. In being honest with some customers I have been told that I am all about the $$$ and that Im screwing the original customer base and forgetting about the forums and net sales... yes, maybe I am with Ascendant, but I really dont see the point of shackling another company like I have with Fi. I made a statement when I started Fi that it will be a direct only company in the US... and it is, and will stay that way. $$$ wise this is truly stupid as I turn down a dozen shops a week that want to carry the line. I turn some to AA that I feel will fit the program and others not. But I did make the statement and will stick to my word. AA is now a dealer based company and is selling well. Dealers are very happy with the products and we are finding a solid niche in the market. We are seeing the trends in the market skew even further to the net, and are pushing even harder for AA to be a dealer protected line. The final straw came with the loss of a solid dealer due to net sales. That one dealer did quite a bit more monthly than the net sales did... so it simply makes sense to stop it. We are ever expanding our dealer network and will have a new site with a dealer locator and new products up soon, but the fact of the matter is that dealers dont care about our site, or the fact that we have 2 other sub lines available that arent up on it. They have their up to date dealer lit packs, pricing, products, and support that helps them push the product. The site for them is almost inconsequential. So we have somewhat focused on that side of things for the time being... simply getting dealers what they need to make the sales. Chads original plan for AA was to cater to higher end home audio DIY applications. In designing the original drivers I had mentioned that I felt the car audio market would latch on to them in a big way and suggested some changes. Chad agreed and AA did 95% autosound... a far cry from the original game plan. Chad now owns Epik Subwoofers and is doing what he truly loves, making phenomenal high end home audio products. This just wasnt the fate for AA. Chad didnt choose it to be this way, but how can you choose what market is going to flock to your products? I do have a passion for home audio and know how great the polys are for that application (I much prefer to do home audio consulting and OEM vs autosound) The polys will make their way back to the market in their original form... just not from AA. AA has separated itself from all things home audio at this point. I truly see the future of AA as a bright one and know that both the product and direction are the right thing for the company. I am sorry if it doesnt fit in with your past experiences, and do apologize, but it is for the greater good of the company at this point. We are currently reworking the site and will have a dealer locator as well as all 5 sub lines on the site (and maybe a glimpse of the 6th line). I guess we will see how this plays out, but I am happy with things from this end. ************************************************************************************************ If you didnt read the above, the original polys will make their way back to the direct market. Details are still being sorted. I do have a major passion for home audio and feel that the original polys are phenomenal drivers and it kind of would be a shame to not have them around. (Im far from tooting my own horn for designing them, just that heck, I really like them and it seems most people do too). This decision is NOT based on profit... in fact they arent that profitable of a driver if you remember the original cost. I just think that they are great alternatives to the Scan Speaks, Seas, and other DIY drivers out there at a reasonable price point. And to drive the $$$ portion of this home, I wont be the one making the sales or profit from them. The current carbons are the same as the original polys except for the cones and some other slight tweaks (done to try and mimic the poly response curve). While not spot on with the polys, they are still easy to work with. For a composite cone they have a relatively mild break up on the top end. The only hitch with these vs the polys is that there is a slight dip at about 1800Hz that shelves off and flattens out until break up. Still easy enough to work with and with the filters I have done, 2200 is a good choice with some of the low Fs tweeters and makes for a nice elliptical filtered roll off on the upper end. As for obtaining these, I really dont know if youll be able to. I had originally offered them to a few dealers and they loved them. No grill, no crossover, just the carbons and a tweeter for an active set. Since then we have added them to the product line and most dealers stock them. We have gone through quite a few of them already and once they are gone, they wont be back in the same form (we are almost done with the basket for the true 6.5" car audio version... which is essentially the same thing just with a correct fitting autosound sized basket and optional grill). Since dealers like them so much, they fall into the same category as all other AA dealer protected products. I will keep the AA forum somewhat up to date with the original drivers, unless the other party involved chooses to take care of all of those details as well. Thanks, Scott

If you are simply looking for numbers... If memory serves me (and it usually doesnt considering the glue fumes from building speakers) 4.5 cuft subs up and ports back tuned to 43 using (2) 6" aeroports 14" long fitted outside the box terminating about 4" from the back hatch yields solid numbers for Street B applications. Been a while though since I have messed with that application. Or take a slight deviation from this one with the same basic setup but using (6) 4" aeroports run full length, 5 cuft with the same tuning... then blocking off 2 ports (leaving 4 open) you will drop your tuning down to about 35 Hz for a little better daily setup. Running common chamber with 3 ports open will yield 31 Hz tuning and a solid bottom end response. About the limit is 3 open ports. Thanks, Scott

Stock battery? Do you know what your alternator is rated for? Im sure things would be fine as most stock electrical systems (with an upgraded battery) will do 1500W total system power or less under normal listening situations fairly well. (Puts on flame retardant suit). Thanks, Scott

Would you be paying via Paypal, debit/credit or other? We are working on getting a completely separate recone kit section on the site as well as payment options on there too. This will definitely make the whole Fi or other company recone kits process MUCH easier. Thanks, Scott

There are multiple spiders on the BTLs... Im one for running them until they break or have major issues before reconing them. Tears in the spiders (1 out 5 layers) isnt going to be an issue. Id save my $$$ Thanks, Scott

$8.65 Thanks, Scott

What awg are the old wires and how long are the runs? Amp would be fine on standard BLs with only the PC option. No need to go overboard with the options as they will handle the power fine. Efficient dimensions? Well, what space do you have available to work with? Thanks, Scott

We are searching through the USPS receipts to find your info. If I cant find it tonight Ill 2 day one out to you on Monday. Ill keep you posted. Thanks, Scott

We will be stocking up on more of the original coils for these. Crossfire seems to be sending us all of their recone business now... and Ill get a D1 coil going for them soon enough as well. Thanks, Scott

Received an email from you as well. Ill get it together and send info out. Thanks, Scott

We dont stock anything (outside of the IB home drivers as they are standardized). So each sub is machined and built when ordered. Normally 3-5 business days, right now we are at 5-7 for the new BTLs. Im sure by the end of next week we will be back to 3-5 business days. Thanks, Scott

Its a machined aluminum ring in the gap that lowers the voicecoils inductance (allowing it to play up higher and have a little better overall transient response). It also reduces the volume inside the magnet gap of the motor increasing air speed with the cooling as well as allowing the coil to kick off heat to a more receptive thermal mass than magnets... Thanks, Scott

Whats your name and what kit was it? Ill see what and where its at...

Its a machined aluminum ring in the gap that lowers the voicecoils inductance (allowing it to play up higher and have a little better overall transient response). It also reduces the volume inside the magnet gap of the motor increasing air speed with the cooling as well as allowing the coil to kick off heat to a more receptive thermal mass than magnets... Thanks, Scott

Its a machined aluminum ring in the gap that lowers the voicecoils inductance (allowing it to play up higher and have a little better overall transient response). It also reduces the volume inside the magnet gap of the motor increasing air speed with the cooling as well as allowing the coil to kick off heat to a more receptive thermal mass than magnets... Thanks, Scott