tejcurrent

OK, my imageshack account for some reason isn't there anymore, so I had to make a new one and take more pics. I'm using my air card out in the boonies for internet, so it's taking a long time to upload anything, I'll put the pics up in a few hours when I'm out at my house. I'll put up some of when I had just one too, so you can get an idea of how to do that.

So are you getting 2 10" subs? I'm sorry I don't really understand. If you are going to be giving 2 10" subs a combined 1800 wattsrms I don't see why with the right install you couldn't do well, but it really depends on the installation/car. What kind of car? Are you using 1 sub or two? Were you planning on splitting 800 watts, or getting 2 amps?

I'm not familiar with Meades old setups, but I know his 4 18s look rediculous. If you're looking for stupid loud it should do it. I've been in peoples cars with many 12s in a wall, and 15s and all, and they were nice, but I'd say they compare to the 1 12 or 15 I had before. I went to the one audio shop near here and had the guys working there ask me to come back so they could get a vid of how bad their shop shook. I stopped by a shop today and the guys inside were amazed at how they could feel their clothes shaking outside the store, and you could watch the windows of the store moving. I'm hitting about 151 @ 42hz, tuned to 35hz. I'm also hitting about 149.5 at 32hz, so its still has oomph on those deep notes. I know people are hitting much louder than that, but mostly at high tuning freqs in a small car, and the few vehicles I've sat in that claim to be hitting in the 155+ range dont sound near as loud to the ear. Plus they don't have near as smooth a response through the range. Yesterday it was over 70degrees here in MB SC, so I was riding with the windows down to my fiances house. I turned down the music about 1/5-1/6 of a mile away so I wouldn't bother her neighbors. When I got there she told me she heard me coming about 5 minutes away, and that before I turned it down her refrigerator started vibrating as well as other things in the house. Those 18s should be loud, but it's really dependent on the install. Like I said earlier, I've heard walls of 12s in extended s-10s that sounded about as loud as my single Kicker L7 15 in my yukon. I think when I redo the boxes I'll tune a bit lower though, but you should like it. What kind of car/size box/tuning freq/port type are you planing on using?

Well, I'm not sure how the BLs compare with the BTLs, but being that I'm giving them similar power they'll probably be pretty close. I have 2 18" btls fully loaded in my 99 yukon. Each one has about 7.5 cubes net tuned to 35hz with about 115sqin of port each. I have each one run off of a hifonics bxi2006d. I'll be putting about 4-5k watts on each one within the next two months, just have to figure out what amp to get. I've had a lot of setups, but I definitely like this the best so far. Last two were a single kicker L715 on 1300watts(5cubes 32hz), and before that a single alpine type-x12 on 1300 watts(1.1cube 32hz). The alpine did have a bit more distinction with kickdrums, but the kicker was MUCH louder. Then the single btl 18 was MUCH louder. Now that i've had both 18s a few months I've noticed the change in how they play, and I will say that they aren't amazing on kicks or anything, but they're almost comarable to the alpine type-x 12. They sound better than most 12s and 15s I hear. On top of that they are AMAZINGLY loud. Today I met a guy who told me he used to do comps with a honda accord with 6 12s and metered some rediculous number. He asked to hear my subs since he saw them through the window, so I let him sit in there. I played Jeezy, first track on the new album, and as soon as that first note dropped he cringed and put his fingers in his ears. A few minutes later he complained that his ears were still ringing, and that it must've been a while since he cranked his system up. They're the loudest two subs I've ever heard, and sound better than many of my previous 12" setups. The biggest thing I've noticed is the low lows are very strong. I'm sure you'll love them, and if you ghetto-blast near people you're bound to get attention. I guess my point is they don't have quite the SQ you might find in a highend SQ driver, but they still sound extremely good, and have enough output to make up for any SQ downfall they might have. Plus the fact that most people say 'holy-crap thats a big speaker'. I'll upload a few pics of the setup tomarrow when there's more light.

I'm putting 2k watts each, everyone that's heard it thinks it's retardedly loud. I believe that's the minimum, guys like Meade are putting on around 4500 daily. I'm gonna be getting some beefier amps and put on 4-5k. A lot of guys like the sundown 1500s (2 of them).