Impious

Compared to brands like Profile, Hifonics and RF Punch they are salty price wise. But, considering the amps are of the same quality of stuff like the higher end Zapco, Tru Tech, Arc XXK......they are relative steals for their price.

Mufflers/exhaust aswell

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Reason it stuck (and reason I mention it) is because it actually helped me better understand what was actually happening in a ported enclosure Everybody always talked about response of a ported box, how to calculate port length and whatnot.......but nobody ever really explained how a ported enclosure actually worked. After I read up on helmholtz resonantors and how they worked, ported boxes just made more sense.......LOL. Kinda like everything fell together for me........

Read up on Helmholtz resonantors.

Price is supposed to be ~$1,000 last I heard.

Heh....I should register it, then charge them an arm & a leg to rent it from me

I hope so. Not that I don't love you guys.....but that was my "home"

Screw the BLA. Just get amps that accept balanced inputs

*Raises hand* x2

www.zedaudio.com Run a search over on ECA. Stephen Mantz actually posts over there sometimes, and there is a TON of info on their amps over there.

*cough* Zed Audio *cough* But yes, I agree....it's crazy the killings some companies are making. What's more amazing is that it's not the low-end or even most midline companies.....it's the super duper high end products that are the worst. And yet, people are obviously paying the prices, because those companies are still in business. I also agree with the lack of standardization. While there are "generally accepted" ways in which certain things "should" be tested, obviously not everybody is following them. Infinity and their sensitivity specs, Xmax #'s being "transposed" with Xmech, etc etc I also think there is a general lack of knowledge by the "professionals" in the industry. I honestly think the most mis/uninformed are those who have scary title like "MECP Certified Installer". People see that and assume they know what they are talking about, when they are the ones who spew the most unintelligible statements. But, overall knowledge by sales/installation staff is severely lacking. And what makes it worse is that, rather than the manufacturer's help train this staff, they simply inform them on what to say about their products to increase sales. Rather than educate, they train them to sell on myths, snake oil and magic pixie dust. Follow that is the lack of competent shops. Rather than push products that deserve to be sold, they design their sales floor and training programs to push and sell the products that simply have the highest markups and/or fringe benefits (better quantity discounts, etc etc). Not to mention the general lack of ability to demo/use/hear equipment at them before you purchase a product. Just a guess, but I'd say that most shops have less than 20% of their available products on display and/or available to hear/touch before purchase. Add to that the lack of competent sales staff, and how is the average consumer supposed to make an informed purchase? Finally; Lack of inforcement of unauthorized sales by manufacturers. Many will still warranty unauthorized products even though it states otherwise on their website. All they are doing is undercutting their authorized dealer network and decreasing the willingness of the consumer to buy from authorized dealers. Why spend the time/money to purchase authorized if the manufacturer is taking away most of the "authorized" advantages. And, no matter how many "warnings" are on their website, I see hardly any manufacturers actually doing anything to combat/decrease unauthorized product whoring. All mighty dollar is more important. As long as more product is rolling out the door...... Actually; I do have one more: Lack of manufacturer support of competitions. Car stereo comps are dying, slowly but surely. Lack of interest and lack of support is killing them. I'd type more here, but I've already wrote a novel....... [/soapbox] **Show of hands of how many actually read this entire post**

I was planning on either hanging the Rl-p or a pair of IDMax's off my rear deck sooner or later Definitely interested to hear what you think about it as you get more listening time in!

Thanks for all your help guys!!

Dayton RS series and Peerless HDS are great options aswell. Dayton RS and Seas L18/CA18 are probably the best "bang for your buck" products out there right now....both rival the Seas Excel's in overall performance. HDS is no slouch either though.

LOL x2 to that

ABS plastic? Plexiglass? PE sells some nice little "project boxes" that would work.

Whatever you tell yourself to make it better

Women are freaking stupid. They do something stupid, get pissed about it and try to blame it on you, so then you tell them they are being stupid and they are the one that did it, and then they get mad at you for blaming it on them and being rude. I don't get. I just don't get it.

Hmm....after doing some more brief research; I *think* I may go after one more roll of Raammat, with 2ga of Spectrum because what I've read has kind of agreed with my thoughts; Liquid isn't quite as effective as mat at vibration deadening. Hurmph.......decisions, decisions

Call me narrow minded if you wish....but I have doubts in the back of my mind about a liquid deadener working as well as a mat-type material for mass loading purposes. I don't know how/why I have this stick in my head....but I do for some reason. Which is the main thing keeping me from jumping on a liquid product like that.

x2 to everything Tirefryr has said. Underlaps/overlaps/points/slopes/etc is all dependant upon the speakers/install/vehicle/etc. I personally am a fan of steeper slopes and use them as much as possible/applicable. But sometimes shallower slopes are necessary. If you have access to an RTA, it can come in handy here for setting appropriate points/slopes. But it all comes down to what sounds good.

Mike needs to bring his butt out East so us non-West Coast guys can get a lil' Mike lovin' aswell And he should bring a special little treat with him that starts with an R and ends with an s, and has a "l-" in the middle

Why would a business want to make money, thats awful. you don't get it normal buildhouses won't even look at you unless you are wanting to order 100+ units. you show up at tc's door with 500 bucks in your pocket and you'll walk out with your own "custom" (that just happens to be like everybody elses) uberwoofer. Look at Entasi... they had a run of, what, about 40 TC9's? Which was primarily the same as all other TC9's including old Mag's, SoundSplinter, and a fwe Eclipse? meh. And that's kinda funny considering on their website it specifically states that they are a "high volume manufacturer" and have a minimum order requirement of 500 units.