tommyk90

Come to think of it, I think the automatic thing happened after the 2nd tie in a row. Honestly, I'm not really sure. Either way though, we still only had 30 seconds to get ready.

Actually, with the way bassrace is set up on the termlab, after a tie the computer counts down automatically and cannot be stopped. This happened at indy finals quite a few times.

At every show I've been to (including finals for the past 4 years), there has never been 5 minutes to recharge. It was always 30 seconds. Doesn't your setup have a PA system that announces "ready, set, go"? Sounds like the judges really don't have things under control out there.

I thought about spectating, but it's a 7 hour drive and I have to work that day anyways. Perhaps I'll do MECA next year if steve and the R&E committee get their heads out of their asses.

Well, show is today. Don't know if anybody is coming from here, but see everybody there!

May have to bring 2 cars!

Yup, it's that time again! Original topic is over on ca.com but I figured i'd toss it on here too September 28th (this sunday) we are having another car audio meet. This time it's at Sound Decision in montgomery, IL. Starting time is 10 a.m. This is also a car/bike show. Here's the whole address Sound Decision Inc. 1470 Douglas Road Montgomery, IL 60538 There will be metering going on, so come out and see what your car can do!

Greg Zoller Scott Loranzan Kyle Barnes Daly Jones Nate Stark Mitchell Cain Aaron Cox Brandon Rogers Eric Lane Travis Slife Fred Schwartz Mike Longstreet Team Ohio SPL Jose Gutierrez I count 14? It's only a 1x show, were you expecting 30 people or something?

Shit's loud for sure, too bad driveby had to go all gay on us. I'm guessing you're running a bank of 5 amp fuses like everyone else nowadays? 2 15's and 2 3000d's right?

Actually, IASCA uses the A/C 190. Which, if properly set up and calibrated, can be right on (if not harder) than the TL.

For daily I wouldn't go past 700-750 per woofer, so just set the gains conservatively. You'll be surprised how loud they can get with that kind of power.

MECA was fun before they changed all the rules.

The driveby mic is 6 feet away from the passenger side and 4.5 feet off the ground. Randy, did you try a run with the driver's window up and just the passenger window down? Most people with walls gain by doing that (that's how eric alexander ran his van at finals).

Like I said before, it depends on how serious you take the sport. If you're serious about golf, you need serious equipment. Just like in car audio. But you are correct, you could get a halfway decent set of clubs (used) for $500. It won't be the newest or nicest stuff out there, but it'll be better than the crap that most people use. And there's no way in hell I would sell all my clubs for $500. A USED set of the irons I have still go for $300+. http://cgi.ebay.com/TAYLOR-MADE-R7-IRONS-3...1QQcmdZViewItem Regardless, golf is just as expensive as audio for some of us.

What kind of shit ass clubs are you buying? Even the cheapest set of name brand IRONS will cost you $400. And that's just for the irons; no driver or fairway woods or anything. Going off normal prices I have ~$1500 in my set of clubs. Obviously I didn't pay that much since I work in a golf store, but any other joe schmo out there who wanted a similar set would be paying $1500. And that doesn't include my bag, gloves, tees, golf balls (which can cost upwards of $45 a dozen), or anything else. Now if you're going for the cheap crap, then yeah you can get a whole set of everything for $300. I guess it just depends on how serious you take the sport.

My golf clubs cost more than my entire stereo. :fyi: Sure, I guess most people could get away with playing some shitty clubs they got for $20 from a garage sale, but not if you're halfway serious about playing. Plus theres the cost of driving to the course and greens fees. Luckily I work at a golf store and get to play some courses for free.

Everyone has type-r's because they are the loudest subs for the money, bar none. I'd like to take credit for the type-r boner, but it was a team effort. We started using them in 2005, had great success with them, and it kind of grew from there. People were amazed by the numbers we could do with them, and were curious. Frankly, I still think they are great subs, especially for the money.

Just a warning, single cab trucks suck sealed up on the dash. However, I did get an L7 8" to do a 148.3 in the kick and a 147 at the headrest in my regular cab s-10. 139.8 in bassrace, so a 141ish on the dash sealed up. The 9510 has done a 144 on the dash, 151.2 in the kick, and a 150.4 at the headrest. No cutting through, but it is a larger than daily type box. I'm sure with the right design and enough time I could get close to a 150 with a daily driver box. Sorry, no pics of the single 10" box.

I sure do, but those formulas don't try to tell me how loud I'll be. And btw, I don't use one to figure out my tuning frequency for competition boxes. I just slap different port lengths in until its loud. Aeroports ftw. But for daily driver boxes, absolutely. Everyone loves a little math when it is practical to do so.

10 cups on each side, but we did 2 reracks. For first shots, we do bounces. Winner of the previous game goes first. If it's first game, rock paper scissors for first. If the winner makes the bounce, the opposing team has a chance to rebuttle. If they make the bounce, first team goes again. Whoever makes the bounce first with the other team missing wins the faceoff. Bounces are allowed, but can be swatted. Make a bounce and two cups need to be pulled. Bitches blow only. Elbow cannot go past the edge of the table. We also play cup of death (i.e. making it in the cup the person is drinking. It encourages you to drink faster. ) If one team makes all the cups and the opposing team still has a cup in the back row, then the opposing team has to drink all the beer from both sides and streak, though streaking wasn't very common most of the time (there were a few exceptions though ) If you overshoot the table, then you have to pull one of your cups. There were also some random rules that we had to make it interesting. For instance, if you call a cup and make it then they have to pull two cups. I'm sure there was other stuff we came up with, but I forgot most of them. We actually saved up a ton of cans from our first semester of senior year and I started building a table out of it, but lost the motivation to finish it. Ended up scrapping the cans and buying a keg with the money.

Those competitors in the last chart are NOWHERE near the "efficiency mark" of today's competitors. Not only are the scores of today 10-15 dB higher than those of the chart, those scores are on the old decibel meters. Those cars today would probably be 5-10 dB quieter on the termlab. Even stock cabin cars are way above that number. Take the panda for instance. These guys are doing 156+ with ~7000 watts on TODAY'S meters. Their scores on the meters back then would likely come close to breaking a 160. But doing lewis' calculations would only put them at ~154 on the OLD mics (which are 5 dB louder than todays, sometimes more). Like I said before, it's just a big waste of time to be doing all the math. And I'll be honest, the formula actually came very close to the score in my truck, but the same equipment in a trunk car would likely be at least 5 dB quieter than I was simply because of the car itself. Theorys are all fine and dandy on paper, but 9 times out of 10 serve no purpose in the real world. That's why they are theories and not fact. Constantly rebuilding setups is part of SPL competition. The loudest people in the world are the ones that build and test the most, not the ones who try to apply mathematical theories.

I'm a jerk. And, if you can't take a hint, nobody gives a damn about these numbers. The severe lack of replies should tell you that. In all seriousness, there's no reason to even bother wasting time trying to figure out some mathematical formula. For some cars it may be close, and for others it could be drastically off. That's all part of the SPL game. Instead of trying to figure out equations you should spend time building and testing to see what works and what doesn't.

Those charts are completely worthless. Most people can't get a 140 out of a type-r 10, I got my truck up to a 151. All of your threads suck.

It sounds to me like theres a wiring issue. Are both of the coils on the sub good?

I think part of it has to do with the gas tank being only on the driver's side as well. 10+ gallons of gas isn't light. I think it makes it lean from the weight of the fuel and then it just kind of wears the suspension down over time.