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Casper97TA... good good. Let me know if I can help with anything else. Roger... order received. Thanks We will get rolling on that on Monday.

Email and pdf sent. No worries on using it for personal use. I will have to check with my lawyer about writing a public use statement about a copyrighted logo. Dont want issues there Thanks, Scott (For a second I thought I was in trouble with the topic title...lol)

Sent an email earlier... if you can post some dimensions or email some I can design a box based off of where and how you want them to fit. Hopefully Shawn will pop up on here as well since he has an Avalanche. Thanks, Scott

I do have them in silver and black... just stick the whit ones in the box as they are a little more "universal" than the others. As always, if anyone wants stickers, go ahead and send a self addressed stamped envelope (thats an envelope with your name as the To: address with a .41 stamp on it inside the envelope you are sending to us) and we will drop a couple of them in there and send them back. If you want a color other than white, write silver or black on the back of the envelope... Fi Car Audio Attn: Stickers 5480 Cameron St #107 Las Vegas NV 89118 Thanks, Scott

Q15 would definitely sound "better" than stock Sq would go from good to to great depending on if it was ported or sealed with any of the Q lines.

Gotta love that quote at the end

AA is currently setting up dealers/distributors world wide. So if SSA wont ship to you, we might have a dealer or distributor in your area in the future. Sub still doing ok for you? Thanks, Scott

Sounds like a very solid design. Please let me know if I can help with anything else. Thanks, Scott

If that is the problem the only way to "fix" things is to get more power and use the amps within their linear limits. Pushing amps beyond their limits isnt good for the amps or subs (if its beyond the subs thermal ability). And to be honest, the only way to really know if this is the case is to measure things with an oscope (very quick and easy to see)... or plot things out with an AC clamp and voltmeter. Thanks, Scott

Well... I seem to run against the grain on this one then... with 5.5 cuft after port and driver displacement I wouldnt choose the Q. It would peak in the 50-60 Hz range even when tuned to 30Hz. To me itd act a little odd and less the optimal. The Q18s like larger enclosures in general. Its going to be VERY hard to get enough port behind the 18" tuned low enough plus driver displacement to only eat up 1 cuft. With the BL18 (standard with only pole chamfer) itll work smoother with 5.5 cuft tuned to 33Hz than the Q would. I could tweak the suspension a little to make it work slightly better as well. Or even an SSD18 with the copper coil and BP option would make for a better choice with 1000W in that space. Tune either as low as you can with decent port area (30-33Hz) and theyll work well. Thanks, Scott

Id have to agree with the above. Kickers definitely would be louder. Thanks, Scott

Id absolutely recommend the daily option for those subs. If they are to see any music or daily play, then choose the daily option. SPL is very tight and is designed only for SPL apps, not dual purpose setups. Subs should be fine with what you are intending to do with them. Thanks, Scott

Should make for a nice SQ setup. Decently low f3 and Qtc of about .8. Nice all around setup. Bryan in FL has a pair of Q15s sealed and has won a few SPL comps with them as well... Im thinking mid 140s from an SQ setup. Others have been doing well in SQ competition too, and we have been doing quite a few subs for the Hybrid Audio/Scott Buwalda team lately. Thanks, Scott

Your amps will have a max voltage that they can send out. Clipping is hitting this limit and lopping the tops off of a wave form that has a peak beyond the voltage limit. It squares off the tops of clean wave forms. It heats things up by not increasing the amount of excursion relative to the time/energy the sub is seeing from the amp. Same excursion + more energy = more heat. Loaded BTLs kick off heat by using the space under the dustcap and pole as an air pump. Normally applying more power results in increased excursion. But with clipping more energy is applied, with the same excursion resulting in more build up of heat. Another way of doing this is playing tracks that have lots of info close to the enclosures tuning. This results in minimal cone movement for lots of applied power. Again, not allowing things to move to cool. Thanks, Scott

Post up some basic dimensions that you have for an enclosure and we can design something for you. Simply posting up a cut sheet for the sub probably wont help as dimensions for an 18" are large and might not fit your application. We can custom design one if we know where it can fit. Thanks, Scott

Old XXX is somewhat along the lines of the Q, although the old XXX is an XBl sub and has a very different sound to it. Some like the drier/sterile XBl sound, some dont. Loaded BTL doesnt have much of a reference match to it. I guess if you had a XXX and MT mix...

Roger... email back at you. Casper97TA... looking to try and find either another email or the original one and track down who you are...

Standard Q for a little more depth, or a BL with pole chamfer for a solid hitting daily driver.

BLs can take 1000W just fine for daily. Im getting you a little longer email going right now about your app. Thanks, Scott

AAfanatic... thanks for the kind comments. You definitely live up to your name I think Chad has a proven record with the AA subs and their performance. I hope to continue in that line and push the company much harder in the dealer markets. I think the currrent lineup and all the products I am working on will make for a solidly priced/performance company that will sell well in the brick and mortar market. But, Ill just have to wait and see Assassin first run production is finished. Aresenal will start next week and Havocs the week after. Thanks, Scott

Done building a run of the Assassins and those will be ready to ship as soon as a cart issue is taken care of. Arsenals will be up for production next week and Havocs the week after. Thanks, Scott

Between the Q and the BL is a decent way of putting it. Closer to the Q in SQ performance, but with a fair amount more beef to it. Thanks, Scott

Arsenals old and new are 2.5" Havocs are 3" and Assassins are 2". I didnt change coil ODs between the older lines and new ones. Sizing seems to fit solidly within the required performance expectations. Thanks, Scott

Should make for a nice combo.

SSD uses 2 of the same sized magnets as the SX. The standard SSD would fall in between the SE and SX. The SSD with the flatwind option comes much closer to an SX in performance. We have about a 4% motor strength difference between and SX and SSD. Not much of a difference. BL is a good step above the SX and would fall solidly in between the SX and MT. Thanks, Scott