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$93.60 for the kit shipped. Thanks, Scott

Yep, was out of the country for a little over a week... got back to work on Monday and had a FULL day... only to get stomach flu or some sort of cr@p early Tuesday morning. Was out all yesterday in bed and now back to work again. Fun times. Nick will be here soon and Ill get back on top of a week and some changes worth of emails, PMs and other assorted things. Sorry....

Been out of the country for a little over a week and the web guys had questions I couldnt answer until today... most of the new BTL stuff is up now. Specs to be up late tomorrow as well. Note on pricing... while the "base" model pricing did go up, the equivalent pricing did not. Do to the significant increase motor cost for the new subs, and the additional motor strength... we are pricing them as the third magnet optioned subs were. While this will undoubtedly make some people mad, sorry. The new motor with the universal gaps and daily tolerences has more strength than the last one did in full SPL form with the third magnet... so you are still getting more for your money. Not too mention that 99% of all BTLs are 3 magnets. But overall we are eating more cost on these new versions due to the extra steel, shipping weight, and significant cost of the new magnets. I think people will be happy with the results and $$$/performance ratio. More info to come as well as LOTS of post and emails to catch up on. Thanks, Scott

Thank you for the review. Your results seem to fit right in with my goals and measurements. They are two different subs with similar goals, and its always nice to hear someone do a comparison that has had plenty time with them both... and a phenominal system to check with. Thanks, Scott

We are working on it and other site issues... hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have it integrated. We are trying to set things up so that it puts you in touch with them via an email from an online fill in the blanks page. Taking the web guys a little longer to get things integrated and scripted correctly. Phone number is the hotline for dealers to call in on... although I will field "where is my closest dealer" questions on it as well. New warehouse will be finished in about 2 weeks with more phone lines and office staff as well. Thanks, Scott

Yes, there will be an autosound friendly 6.5" version coming up... just want to run through the standard basketed versions first... got quite a few of those Dealers have been happy with them and the tweeters so far. Seems to be picking up pace with orders which will ensure that the newer baskets get thrown into the mix even faster. Keep us updated on the build Thanks, Scott

Been out of the country for the past week and the web guys had questions I couldnt answer until today... most of the new BTL stuff is up now. Specs to be up late tomorrow as well. Note on pricing... while the "base" model pricing did go up, the equivalent pricing did not. Do to the significant increase motor cost for the new subs, and the additional motor strength... we are pricing them as the third magnet optioned subs were. While this will undoubtedly make some people mad, sorry. The new motor with the universal gaps and daily tolerences has more strength than the last one did in full SPL form with the third magnet... so you are still getting more for your money. Not too mention that 99% of all BTLs are 3 magnets. More info to come as well as LOTS of post and emails to catch up on. Thanks, Scott

Well thats a problem. Glad it wasnt one of the subs I built OEM for AA before I owned it. We can recone them but have more coils on order right now... things will be a little sturdier after we get done with them Thanks, Scott

Magnet is the same OD as the cut out of the 12". You have to put things through at an angle to clear the wires. Dwarfs a 10" basket... and no, I wont be making any of those for people to reverse mount

Alex, spoke with you yesterday. Should have trackers to you tomorrow. Thanks, Scott

(2)12s is usually louder than a single 15. Cone area is 960cm^2 vs 810 with the single 15". I only take subs from customers and recone/sell them to pay for my lavish monthly surfing vacations to Fiji I went last week, so Im figuring that the chances are you will get your sub reconed and back... now if you wait a couple of weeks all bets are off (please read with massive amounts of sarcasm). I am a huge fan of the forums and net policing the actions of companys (well those that are honest enough to keep the posts up and not hide every little issue they may have). If we do something wrong Im sure itll get posted before we even know we did it. Should keep everyone on their toes and ensure that we always strive to keep people happy. Your recone will be safe with us. Thanks, Scott

We are working on collecting all the coils and data for Crossfires older subs. Seems that we do quite a few recones for them lately.

Looks a wee bit more brutal with the roof flex than that... but solid score for a pair of SSDs for daily. Keep us posted.

$232.60 for the pair of kits shipped. If the baskets are fine, no need for new ones. Simply grind off the old parts so that you have a smooth all aluminum base to glue to. Thanks, Scott

$65 plus shipping. Thanks, Scott

Dont have mass ship dates, although things do tend to bunch up some when if we lump some machine parts runs together to save tooling setup time. We have product shipping out everyday, but it does seem that about Thursday we dump 2-3 times what we do the other days. Often amounts to all of late Fri, Sat, and Sun orders going out with some of the earlier ones... Not sure of your name so I cant get you a tracker. Thanks, Scott

Quick back shot of the new BTL vs the last model. LOTS more steel and a couple extra inches in magnet diameter. New motor has more strength with the full cooling, daily, and universal options than the older version did in full SPL tolerence. Rebate on the back of the new motor is for a 3.5" Fi dome tag to cover the bolt as well as give it a little "pizzazz" More pics to come when I get some time.

Next issue is the subsonic filter being preset on that amp to 28Hz and a shallow 12dB per octave... fine if you are tuned 30 Hz or lower, but I would recommend adding more filtering if tuned any higher. Playing freqs below tuning is a bad thing We recommend 12-16 sqin of port per cuft. With 4X14.5 you are just a little over 16" which is plenty good. Thanks, Scott

Ohms will fluctuate if there is any breeze or even a stereo playing... sympathetic vibrations set things in motion and it goes from DC resistence to AC impedence. When you pull the sub look through the vents to see if the coil looks burnt or smells it. ZX1500.1 is a strong amp and is rated at a fair amount more than the Q. We will get it sorted one way or another. Thanks, Scott

We used a 3.000 ID coil with a max OD of 3.254". I do have a .7, 1.0, and 1.4 that work in the MT gaps properly. These are all smaller than any of the BTL or BL flatwinds we use though. None of our Fi flatwinds will fit in the MT gaps. Thanks, Scott

You would be surprised in what applications/situations BTLs are being used We have an SQ setup that people swear are Qs and can get ungodly loud, but arent and we simply smile about it... New motors have more strength to them, and while that doesnt inherently reduce SQ, it does seem to add a little snappyness to things (not that the first version was lacking for dynamics or head cracking upper bass either). Time will tell... but I swear that if people didnt know that they were used in more applications, they would figure it to be more SQ oriented than it has been given credit for. I have to go into work early tomorrow and if I can remember my camera Ill snap off a back shot to give a sense of scale between the new and old Thanks, Scott

Opening the trunk does unload things, but I am questioning the tuning if you are having that much of an issue with that setup. How are the subs oriented??? Are they firing up into the trunk lid? If so this often loads things drastically different and can really change the tuning as well... Keep us all posted. Thanks, Scott

Its an extra 1" over the standard dimensions on the site... New BTL is actually shallower than the 3 magnet BTL as we didnt need 100% of the clearance that the third magnet afforded... new motors are shallower than the old with the top plate tucked up higher in the basket on the 18s, and using spacers on the 12s and 15s. Ill get a sticky up in a couple of days with pics and specs for things. Thanks, Scott

I still have a few of the 12s left... but there might be another 50 or so of the 10s pop up in a few days. Ill keep you posted. Thanks, Scott

Is the coil burnt or did something in the motor break and shift? For a standard recone it would be $83 including shipping. Thanks, Scott