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Fantastic job! That is some amazing work, great craftsmanship indeed!

I watched this earlier today and I can't help but wonder if this kid actually enjoys doing this or is he being forced into it by his parents?? Maybe to fulfill their goals for him or something? He should just be out being a kid, not weight training at such an early age. Just my opinion, maybe he likes it? But either way it seems a bit odd to me. Nevertheless, its impressive.

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No, I'll admit I didnt read the whole thread lol. I just saw a thread about building PCs and was intrigued. Ive heard that Rampage II board is a good one and I probably should have used it in my build. But I went with an EVGA x58 board. What kind of air cooling system are you going to install? If you haven't heard of them you might want to check out Prolima Megahalem. Thats what is sitting on my i7 right now. I dont have a big overclock or nothing, but when running benchmark tests the cpu has yet to get over 30c. But of course my ambient room temp is fairly low as well which plays a big part I assume. But still its worth a look....if you can fit it in the case you choose to use. No those 285's weren't cheap! But the really sad part is they have already been bested by ATI with their new 5xxx series of graphics cards. But for most games out right now two of those cards is still overkill and I probly should have never bought two of them in the first place lol. 2011 may be when I have to build a new pc! Ive already seen rumors of 6 and 8 core processors from AMD and Intel over on tomshardware so it will be interesting to watch it all unfold in the next few years!

Wow Shizzon you definitely have a monster in mind! Quad socket motherboard, that would be insane. I love to build computers, but I dont know if you would classify mine as a "monster" or not. I built it for mainly a gaming rig. It has a core i7 processor with a very conservative overclock from 2.6 to 3.2. 6 gigs of DDR3 ram and 2 EVGA GTX 285's for an SLI setup. I realize that SLI does not scale as well as Crossfire, but I wanted to go ahead and get it so I could play as long as possible without the need for upgrading. I would like to call it future-proofing, but really there is no such thing, especially with how fast the hardware industry advances. But I love to build computers and gaming is nice too. It would be interesting to see your originally proposed build, thats for sure!

Well, many of you may know already, but MattB is an awesome guy to do business with. He was always great to communicate what was going on, and always replied promptly to any questions I had about the purchase. I am the one that profited from his misfortune, and was able to buy his RL-i 8's and memphis amp. I am sorry about his situation, and hope that he continues to protect his hearing, but on another note he made the transaction very smooth. And talk about packaging! He packed those subs and amp in a box that could have withstanded a 20 foot drop haha, excellent job! Anyone fortunate enough to do business with him in the future will not be disappointed! All around great guy, and super to deal with! Thanks Matt!

Yeah, I forgot to mention that either way, Im going to be doing a sealed box. And yeah, I dont want to see one of those 8's go poof, so if I do run one, I will be VERY careful lol.

I have a bit of a delima. I am going to have two 8" subs and planned to put them in my truck, but I now realize I have quite a bit less space than first anticipated. My question is, would it be better to place one sub in more space, or to put both of them into quite a bit less space? The subs are soundsplinter rl-i8's, and I have about .72ft^3 total to work with. That would be about .28ft^3 per driver after displacement. Or I could put just one in about .64ft^3 after displacement. So which would produce more output, one with more space or two with less. I will be pushing it with a memphis amp which gives 1100 rms at 1 ohm.

As have I, ever since I first seen those massive 8" subs Ive been impressed, but it also appears that SSA's comin out with a hefty contender theirselves very soon. Hopefully I'll get a shipping quote today sometime, and then whenever paypal clears, then I'll just be waiting on them to get here. Ive waited this long, whats a week or two more? lol

I'll be sure to do a build log, although it wont be near as in depth as most people's are. Its goin to be my first attempt at a box build, and I had to pick a complicated one at that (for me at least).

Well, I managed to find an rl-i8 for sale, well actually lets make that two of them. The deal is still getting worked out, but I'm pumped about those little beasts! Waitin on a shipping quote and then everything will start falling into place. And as it turns out, I have quite a bit less room than I first anticipated, maybe a cube, net. Maybe. Im trying to figure out a box that will fit closely to the outline of the transmission hump in the rear, for the simple reason of not rendering my rear seats useless to passengers. And I also have to make sure that the box wont interfere with the back of the front seats when they get leaned back.... so many things to figure out...but in a good way. I just hope these little guys hold up to their rep of performing well in small sealed boxes, because I'll need it lol. Im goin to try and fire them towards the front, as low as possible, like tirefryr suggested, I'm still open to any more suggestions. And I dont have exact measurements, but from rough ones I took earlier today, it looks like I got about 9" deep, about 18" for width (but again that gets into interfering with the front seats) and height isn't as strict, maybe 14" for the highest, still not sure on that one. Just thought I'd let ya know.

Hey, welcome!

Thats some very good information ^^^ Thanks for the linkage, cleared a few things up for me.

Hey do you have that assassin hooked up yet? Im anxious to hear a review on those...keep us posted.

This is going to sound awfully newbish, because...well it is. I see all over this forum and various others about what to tune a ported box to. Well it dawned on me a while back, what does it mean if you tune a box to, ah lets say 32 hz? Does that mean that the subwoofer can only play notes above this frequency, or what? Also what particular specification(s) point you in the right direction on what to tune the enclosure to (besides the obvious manufacturer's recommended boxes, as I see a lot of people that don't necessarily stick to what the company provides.) Please go easy on me, as I am really clueless when it comes to ported enclosures (as I personally like sealed one's myself).