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Your memory and capability of looking back is terrible. Thread got jacked when you had no idea what blind testing was. We don't look to start anything, you do that all by yourself.

No, everything else you said was completely subjective and now you are adding objective testing. Completely different discussion. Of course you mix things like crazy so perhaps you don't know the difference. He pooped in his own thread and did that days ago. Keeps going on with nonsense stating it like fact.

That again is irrelevant to the conversation...

You've shown that the only things you believe and post are spoonfed information which of course means that is exactly what you want. I want better for you, but the first step is for you to want better for yourself.

Everything bolded Fundamentally you act like a non-thinking brand loyal idiot. And then you will read that as me calling you an idiot which is not what I did, I said you act like one. Change how you act. Btw, I could bold nearly all of your posts. You have a fundamental problem with subjective and fact that is really screwed up. The WHOLE PURPOSE of all my posts in response to you are to get you to think instead of e-gurgitating nonsense that someone told you over time. What you thought you learned is confused and the only way to resolve that is to think. If you are incapable then just stop posting.

You suck at paraphrasing, perhaps you should quote. Then you'd see the idiocy in what you type. You are inferring things that aren't said and are forgetting to think.

Nice, way up der, eh?

You just highlighted again that you have no idea about testing, listening or thinking. Do some googling and thinking before you respond again.

Funny, I was in Grand Forks and Fargo yesterday.

More barf. What a surprise. I never said they were the same, that is idiotic I said you need to listen to them and you will be enlightened. Your ridiculous boneriffic statements will be squelched if you do.

Stop with the verbal diarrhea it is only showing your confusion. Instead of just hyping what you have perhaps open your ears for once and compare something. Nobody at all cares what you like unless you know why you like it and in order to do that you need to do open your ears instead of brainwashing yourself further. Seriously do a blind comparison, it will completely change the way you think about audio...or don't and continue to be the laughing stock of the forum.

Not just the spare, but everything in the car. As some of you know, I do NVH measurements and consulting at pretty much all of the auto manufacturers and there is literally nothing in the car that is not both part of the analytical modeling of acoustic performance as well as of course the physical test and implementation. The newer the car the more complex this is as the manufacturers lightweight the vehicles it is forcing them to relearn NVH all over again.

Yes you are blind and confused. Seriously just do a blind test 1x on ANYTHING. It will shut up your idiotic brand nonsense. There are so many snake oil tricks in audio sales and you are succumbing to all of them.

Boo for cold garage as well, but no garage is way worse

Perhaps I could dumb it down for you. Being you are old...take the Pepsi challenge but use amps instead of pop. That would be a blind ab test. A is Pepsi and b is coke. Neither the a or b have anything to do with topology of an amplifier except of course you can use that style of test to compare different amps or topologies blindly.

Again you can't read. I said if you do a blind ab comparison you will have a revelation. You've read me say the same thing three times and can't ever comprehend.

I haven't answered yet because my answer has always been simple. Measure in as many different variations as possible and then adjust said design. Works better than any trick. Obviously this doesn't exclude maniupulating panels, windows etc. A/C vents is new to me...and would bet not super repeatable in other vehicles. Come blind a/b my M100 with the little "crap" NVX I have and I guarantee you will be shocked.

Because you don't want a new car. I understand.

I had the wire separate in the cable. That sucked tracking down. Amazing how much power my little 660 makes with only one cylinder.

Beats the view from my hotel in Grand Forks ND

I booked a canal view room at this hotel for the weekend: ...but hopefully should get some nicer shots than those...

Sirui T-025x SpiderPro Hand Strap Joby UltraPlate will all be here before I fly to Europe on the 3rd

Actually maybe a bit more, that is a 4.8 but if I were you instead of spending $3k on a rebuild I'd grab the 4.8 and turbo it.

Reasonable mileage scrap yard ones are $400

why not use the 85's?