Colin - STAPUFT

I had a Boa a while back... had a spot that looked like a heart on it. Here's a hope you get them a great home bump.

Impressive. Most impressive...

Shame on you talking about those gymnists and swimmers and volleyball players like that! oh wait- that was me.

Dave Ramsey's method worked for me and the wife. Went from less than poverty ...how can you be too poor for food stamps??? we were... to having more than enough. I pay all of the things I am supposed to, pay in cash for everything else, and give more money than we used to make. It changes your whole mindset. The crazy part is, I wouldn't be doing good now if I hadn't gone through a trial by fire so to speak. Keep plugging on man. Here is hoping for the best for you yours-

Hell yeah. The coolest thing so far IMO was when we beat the French yesterday in Relay. The damn French had been talking crap about the USA too and we beat them for the gold and a wold record. French = Fail

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As the title says... the 1605d (2005 model) It is silver all over, 1600 wRMS at 1 ohm. Anyone have one for sale or know where one is? I need to make a matching pair! Thanks

Cool. I have a Hifonics Brutus 1600 watt. I did have it wired up to 1 ohm on 4 4 ohm 12s, but then got 4 more. So now it is running at 2 ohms. The subs only get maybe 100 watts each instead of the 400 before. My point is... it is still loud as hell, but you can tell when the subs fall on their face from lack of power. It will work well with the amp at 2 ohms, but if you can get another amp easy, def. go with that to run them both at 1 ohm. That's what I am looking to do now. Make sure you have the juice. Maybe another battery is in the works?

4.5 years already at my current job. I work on computers and network systems for bingo halls and soon to be class 2 and into class 3 gaming. We were salary, and then some foo decided we were going to go hourly- average 15-20 hours of OT per week FTW!!!

Why not try it at 2 ohms for a while? Like basshead said, get a multimeter and check to see what your final impedance is. It might be closer to 1 ohm than it will be to 2. Most 4 ohm subs I have meter at 3.4 ohms or so, but I think that is because when you play them with heat and impedance rise, it goes up closer to or above the rated 4 ohms. Maybe test it at .5 ohms if you feel lucky. Sure, you will get impedance rise, but i would think they figure on that when they build the subs and amp. I wouldn't go that way personally.

So much for not getting as many tickets b/c it is a Vic.

I'd say that is pretty cool! Hidden very nicely. Box love ftw.

Well said.

Hate that you went through that bro. You never really can tell when stuff like that is going on- especially when people are strung out. It really sounds to me that you did all that you could do by calling 911 as soon as he said that stuff. It is easy looking back after it is all done and say I should have or what if- but that's just the thing, you didn't know until it was too late. He was the only one who could answer for his own life- he didn't want to be helped. I would pray on it, but in my eyes- you did all you could.

I have no real apples for apples comparo for this, but any time I have gone from 2 subs to 4 with even half the wattage to the 4, the 4 kill the 2. You can't cheat the law of physics. Basically, I think you need to multiply cone area by the linear movement of the sub. The more wattage, the further the travel and more control- but you have less cone area. But that is prob. over simplifying things. If you have a huge car, then go with the Cone area. If you don't have room- then go with more powa' to one. But know, it is a different kind of sound- just my $.02

That made me smile.

We call our newest Pit "Monkey". But you have to say it "MmooonkeY!" Monster is good too. Pretty babies.

It takes all kinds but I say lame. What good is this? To ride around sitting in a car that could have been fast?! Boo.

That's my vote! Keep whatever sub setup you have now but get some very efficient mids and put in your doors or kick pannels- sealed of course. They need not be super high wattage woofers either. I would vote for low wattage, low mass on the cone, and power them with an amp rated at or above their RMS to get the "headroom" as stated before. That would give you a cleaner sound. EQs are always good too. I have a 15 band eq on my highs and one on the subs. I used it at first just because I had an extra one and it is also a line driver- but I found that you can really tweak the sound of your subs and get a punchier sound without loosing your uber low end if you take the time with the eq.

My stereo vehicle (Astro) isn't my daily driver- so it seems that I check everything about 3 times for every one time that I drive it. I will check it and do adjustments to make sure everything is cool before I drive it, then a quick once over right before I drive it, and then again after I drive it. It isn't really like overkill in my mind- especially considering it only gets driven maybe every other week. My biggest fear is power wires shifting or shorting out. 4 runs of 4awg and all the big 3 stuff in 0awg- that is pretty big wire. Even with everything fused 6 ways from Sunday, I am constantly looking for something that could compromise the saftey of the system and vehicle. Good question!

My kind of humor there! Funny stuff.

I have got to agree with you- I would listen to test tones over that stuff.

Ease off the guy about what he paid to have it detailed. He took it to a really high end shop that does detail work on show cars. If that is where he wanted to go, then so be it. Besides, it is his cash- let him spend it the way he wants to. I wash my own cars but I think it is insane that some people pay what they do on power wire. I don't make fun of you because I buy welding cable. Does it do the same job- yes. Is it as good- no. The difference between good and great is that little bit, and that is what he paid for and got. About your question... it has been answered in some of the above posts. Use a cleaner for removing goo or stickers and then get some factory color matched touch-up paint at Autozone or where have you. They should both be down the same isle.

It seems that is the way of things in big American companies. GM is in the same boat.

Second. I don't know how good that ground is going through the aluminum intake and with the gaskets and bla bla bla. There has got to be a better spot like audiofanatics said that is closer to the alt.