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Assasin 10's Also got them installed in the car yesterday. These things are great. Exceed RE's by a long shot, and cost less. I Got the assasin because I had already had experence with their former biggest and baddest the avalanche 18. I had spoken with chad on a number of occasions and Ascendant's whole persona is sound quality, and nothing more. Sure they are loud, but they do it sounding good. The Assasin had all the features to make a kick assed entry level driver, and that is just what i needed to match up with a kick assed entry level Co-Ax. My initial impression when i oppened the box was "Damn." Nothing more, nothing less. The driver was beefy beyond beleife. That sexy Laminated back plate and double stacked magnet motor structure. The Logoless boob dust cap, stiff pulp paper cone. This driver is THE entry level driver. Ill follow the same format as above. Driver: Ascendant Audio Assain 10" Woofer Vehicle: 1989 4dr Toyota Camry Location: Trunk, seats up, box pushed to the back of the trunk, opened facing to the back of the car. Enclosure: 24"x36" Wicked One built to spec Amp: Hifonics ZX4400 Estimated Power: 55w per sub Amp Settings: Low Passed ~ 100Hz, 3dB Bass Boost, Gain turned down to compensate Bass Boost (some reason there was a dip in the responce at around 45Hz) Accompany Mids/Highs: Hollywood Sound Drivers 6.5" Co-Axil Speaker Location: Kick Panels Listening Level: Maybe 115-120dB spikes Gener-Rap: Good street beaters. Granted you could get louder for the money but not osunding near as good. Im not all too impressed with the wicked one fore Rap. Low low stuff is awsome. High rap beats, eh mediocure. Of course they are only getting 55w tops....and the trunk lid rattles enough to become annoying on the interior. Sound deadening-next on the list of to-do's. Songs like Blueberry Yum Yum and Touch It Remix with lots of low bass sound awsome, too much for the girl though. However...Pull My Hair's lowest beat was outside of that peak... Which is why i love my Avalanche on that song. Im going to throw togather a Ported enclosure sometime and see how they do. Im also going to give her a componet amp i have lying around to take over Componet duty and dedicate the ZX4400 to the subs giving them 220w each... hello 6 more dB's. Gener-R&B: Quick beats, soft beats, low beats, high beats. It was catching every one with perfect clarity. One thing the wicked one does have to offer is no messed up transient responce. Nohting more to say here since rap and R&B Beats are very similar. Gener-Heavy Metal: What can i say? Kick drums are tight and bass guitar lines are smooth and clear (assuming no distortion is used). Not really kick in the chest loud with the seats up, but good. I felt the vibration in the seat. Gener-Rock: Same as above. Gener-Pop: See above. Gener-Jazz: Low piano notes is about all that was in the sample we played, and since piano notes (along with most instraments used in jazz) are undistorted harmonics. So yeah, it was takeing care of it's part. Overall: Great Value, Great driver. Chad has done it agian. Loud, Clear, Undistorted. And all at a great value, show me another driver that preforms as well for twice the price or less and that driver is one heck of a deal. I would reccomend this driver to anyone looking at entrylevel/tight budget stuff. would also make a good addition to a small HT.

My 18 is cleaner than yours, Avalanche goes smooth like so (lol).

'00 Mazda B3000 Im only running Street B/AS1, so even on a slow blow im not going to be able to draw more than 100a for burps. Also, for the first half of the season at least, ill probably be running my BX1205D.

Sad thing is, elderado, you odnt own anything larger than a 12. Tisk Tisk. all i currently own.

figgured it out, one battery terminal was cracked and the otherone just wasnt making good contact. The alternator is only 95a so when my engine was drawing its portion and my IS2080 and my BX1205D tried to yank another 120a from it the voltage dropped way low. Surprised the amps didnt go into protect. Sanded the terminals and repalced the cracked one, running helthy now. Scared me so bad ive decided that after my HU and new midbass's new Alternator is on the list. Mean Green has one for $320. 180 is more than what i need, even for my upcomming competitons. Im deciding on wether or not to run a red or yellow top. Ill be compeating dB Drag and not Bass Race so a 180a alt doesnt do anything for me.

OMG, Flakko, thoes speaks sound nice, first impressions. there are a few holes in the kick pods (for mouting and wire) that i havent plugged up yet...they still sound AWSOME. Low Low Bass isnt very good, so dont expect this to be a "full range" but they blend GREAT with the assasin's in the WO. ill have a more through review later. Speaking of the Wicked One... Not So Wicked. However the low low bass is sweet. Showing it was ment for home and not car. Overall output is decent. Her tag and trunk move quite a bit. About as much as flakko's trunk in the "danceing Jesus" movie but the way people talked about it i figured it would kill a ported enclosure. Oh well. Im gonna throw a ported enclosure togather to spec and see which sounds better. Ether way, this setup is louder than many w6v2 12" set ups (though most where sealed) and for 155 shipped, that aint bad at all. That is less than an SE 12 direct from RE. more updates latter, g2g get tipsy.

wasnt that him dead lifting ~800lbs? either way that is one big mofo. i wonder how he would fare in todays lifting standards with bench and clean&jerk being what they add. Either way before i quick working out often i would rank up to less than half his score. Bench: 175 Squat: 305 Dead Lift: 385 (never maxed out, thouht it was useless) ive gone down around 20-30lbs in each since i stopped going for power and started training for cross counry. his guys i insane.

Frenched = ressesed, lights, plates, etc... speed shifting is hard a phuck in all but 4th and 5th gears...dont know how nascar guys do it. doubleclutching is used to keep traction steady in heavy breaking when entering a corner in syncronised rannies while performance driving. a sudden engine brake could cause a skid, hello outside wall, or oversteer, hello world going round in circles. though you dont have to double clutch, you can just rev match with the clutch in. power shifting helps tons with turbo cars... especialyl thoes w/o BOV's oh yeah, BOV = tweeter = blow off valve

WOOT! that is all i have to add to this thread. need to buy me some RLi just because...then i could add more.

im 140+ dB and my sub stage is clean and reletively flat. working on my mids and all but it, by no means, sounds bad.

'Doggin=bull doggin=lower in the rear Jacked = lifted dropped = lowered thingie ma bob = all things automotive (and is unaversally acceptible) slammed = uber low

lmao acid... stock speakers are teh suck....especailly GM/Ford speakers.

whoops, misread the title. Everyone was like "WTF!! MOFO, SQL, WF WF, buy what you like" and im all like "WTF" yeah. buy what you like/need.

coax's are going in friday, then we have 2hrs of driving to do in her car. And ill be doing most of the driving and im aiming them in favor of the driver instead of just at the dome light. Ive searched lightly but to no avail. I may jack my dads camera for finished pics. Update on the paint: This chit sucks. Dont use it. Stick with bed liner for uber durable paint. i primed and sanded the box and it still dries blotchy. May work great on fiebrglass or metal. Not for wood even though it says on the can it can be used on wood. Im gonna go ahead and isntall the box that is ugly as death IMO and ill carpet it later. My carpeting skills are only mediocure so i dont know how well it will turn out.

I heard of USamps through competition. Just like i heard of TruTech through competition. When i was first getting into audio at around 13. Guy worked for my dad who ran almost every line of DD drivers and used nothing but USamps. THen agian that was back when USamps was bassed out of gainsville, which is 30min from my house.

RE = great company SE = Aproximately equivilant to a JL w6v2. I really cant think of a better comparison. never used and RL-i so i dont know how it compares to the SE. Also, the RL-i isnt made in 15's or 12's and ive used a 15SE and heard a set up with 12" SE's...so that also insnt a fair comparison. But w/e. $350 aint terribly bad since it is imported.

Gator Drag = Gator Nationals = first weeks oh NHRA Drag Racing at gaisville raceway

lol. Too much of a head ache running the power wire right now. Damn toyota and their cramming of everything agianst and around the firewall. Its getting dark. All ive had to eat today is some pop tarts, 2 burrito's and lots of moutian dew.... fudge it

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Personal Experence: If you are going to exceed you're alternators maximum capeability for extended periods of time, to the point you put a load on the battery, and you will do it in inconsistant dynamic peaks. Look into buying a new High Output alternator. My stock 95a alternator just died. I've been informed by some of the asssociates at some of the alternator companies i have spoken with that that is often the cause of permature alternator failure. Usually it is the regulator and NOT the alternator itself, but if you are going to replace the regulator you may as well replace the whole alternator. Most are internally regulated anyway.

I have early bird. IE, i go to school at 7:00AM and get out at 1, busses run for the students who go to school at 9:00 AM and get out at 3:20.

meh 2 i dont want to stop by my bank account hates me

sealed batteries dont need to be vented. Clean...almos too clean...

nice go-fast toy

i can drop a chevy 350 bored and stroked to a 383 with a high performance cam, and total valve train redo, high CR, etc etc... into an uber weak unibody and never be able to get on it hardbecause the torque will snap the uni in half.... makes the car worthless for anything but light driving.