tommyk90

My s-10 definitely has the lean, though mine is a first gen. Not sure if that carries through to the newer models like lil italy's

One day I was bored so I put my single 10" SPL/daily driver enclosure in my mom's old car, a 1999 monte carlo. Setup was a DD 9510 and a kicker zx2500 With 20 feet of 16 gauge speaker wire running from my amp in the truck to the sub box in the monte, I pulled a 144.0 sealed up on the dash at 42 hz. (on my termlab) So with the right equipment and enclosure, a 145 is more than possible.

I'll be there.

Myself and joe (typerbass) will be driving down from chicago. About 1200 miles one way. Going to do it in one shot, aside from stopping for food/gas. Should be able to do it in 17 hours.

I actually don't like a few of those statements. Carpet can affect SPL, this has been proven. People go to shows with bare enclosures because they are testing constantly. No sense in wasting money carpeting every test box. The Big 3 is b.s.? WTF is that?

Don't tease me like that!

Also, for those who just want to do local MECA shows and have no intentions of being competitive on a national level, you don't HAVE to have fuses 18" from the amp. They can go off the manufacturers fuse rating, or the amps power rating using the old class formula. But if you do this you will NOT get points towards going to finals. But for the people who just want to hang out at a show, at least you don't have to worry about installing fuses just to be able to compete.

Well, who knows what I'll be doing or running next season. S-10 may be gone, equipment may be gone, who knows.

TONS of songs slam on this cd. It's my new demo cd since I was getting sick of jeezy. I just wish I had a better camera because stuff is moving crazy far. A lot farther than I thought it would! Still in S1.

154ish outlaw, 152 at the headrest, and around 147-148 on the dash sealed up. Regular cabs are notorious for sucking sealed up, and mine is no exception. No matter where the mic is I lose 6-7 dB sealing up.

It's behind the seats, it's my competition setup. No blowthrough. Amp is underneath the box in this case.

Was bored today so I decided to make a new vid of the 9515 playing my new favorite bass cd, gucci mane On a side note, thats a DOUBLED UP towel hanging in the doorway, not some flimsy t-shirt. Things to watch for: Wipers kicking on Neighbor's garage windows moving. Enjoy

I've broken off both outside mirrors at one point, and recently the rearview mirror fell off. Luckily this one the whole piece fell out so I just gorilla glued the hell out of it and shoved it back on. Hasn't fallen off yet. But this one wasn't so lucky. Knocked just the glass out and shattered on the driveway. This was over 2 years ago and I have yet to replace the glass. Also on the list of broken stuff: headliner is cracked in several places, window clips on driver's window broke, screws rattled out of several trim panels, and probably some other stuff that I haven't noticed yet.

Just to put my 2 cents in about driveby. It used to be simple, in fact it was a little TOO simple. It used to be peak hold, which completely defeated the purpose since cars would pull up, burp part of a song, and be done. Switching to the average rating definitely upped the spectator interest factor. In all honesty, the rules aren't that complicated. They may look like it on paper, but hit up a show and you'll see where I'm coming from. You line up 5 feet away from the mic, start the music, roll forward, and sit in front of the mic. Not too complicated. It's not too dangerous unless you get some asshat not knowing what they are doing or trying to show off or something. But "driveby" would signify moving vehicles, not just sitting in front of the mic right from the beginning. I heard you did something similar to driveby at one of your shows, but the cars just sat there. More safe, and probably just as fun. The big thing that throws people off about MECA is the fuse system. Now, it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. If you are a serious MECA competitor, it is fairly easy to run on fuses. Most newcomers have a hard time grasping the concept though. I think that MECA does have some of the fairest rules as long as you KNOW the rules. No car has the advantage like in db drag (crx's in street, walls in streetmax, astros in superstreet, etc.). And MECA now meters at the HEADREST, which kills all the 70 hz fart machines that sound like crap on music. Quite a few people that used to play 50-60 hz now had to rebuild to sub-50 hz setups and now sound killer on music. Now that I'm done talking about MECA, I will say that I feel that bassrace is the future of competition. ANYONE, and I mean ANYONE, can win bassrace. Whether it's a $500 best buy setup or a $5000 big install, anyone can win. That's what I love about it. I just started actually competing in bassrace this year, and it's intense. Watching a bunch of crx's fart 70 hz isn't interesting at all, and thats what db drag has become. Bassrace is exciting to watch and exciting to compete in. This is what competition needs to be. Now making bassrace "outlaw" style would make it awesome for spectators. USACi's streetbeat is similar to that, the only problem is that they only have cone area limitations, and now it is becoming VERY expensive to even become competitive in SB1. I'm talking about $1000 in woofers, $2000 in amps, tons and tons of batteries, and so forth. Basically turning it into a db drag-esque competition format. Whew, lot said there. Hopefully everyone sees where i'm coming from.

More doesn't always equal louder.

;D

Believe me, I thought about it too!

Nah, no chance of that either. And like I said, it would cost more money to do all this crap than it would be to just buy a new sub. And there's no guarantee that this hybrid woofer would be better anyways.

I know you said at ca.com, its not worth it to recone, but appearpently, alpine has a good motor there, send it to scott, abd have him make you some insane hybrid type r. The only problem with trying to get a recone for it is that the 10" only has a 2" coil, and it's an awkward diameter. On top of that, it has dual spaced spiders with integrated tinsel leads. It would be VERY difficult to get a recone to work with this setup. And it would cost just as much to recone this one as it would be to just buy a whole new sub. Not really worth the hassle.

Well, its up on the passenger side floorboard, up towards the dash, against the floor. I can try to get a pic of it later if I decide to do any more testing today.

Yeah, i have no use for a headunit stand though ;D

the 10" has done a 151 in the kick and a 147.3 on the dash The 15" has done a 154 in the kick and a 148 on the dash. Just to clarify.

Its gone. Not worth trying to get a recone for it when a whole new sub costs $100. ;D Now I just have to figure out what to do with the basket and magnet. Any ideas?

I live in the south suburbs of chicago. Got some pics of the destruction for you guys. This is your type-r This is your type-r on drugs. Any questions? ;D

You and me both man.