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I really don't have much of a need for the im-sg thats why I didn't get it. And Braxton you just hate that I have 2 vu-dins and you have 0 lol.

That it is. I really like how well they packaged it. I have had so many things come through fedex and the driver in my area thinks its major league football with the packages. In fact one day I busted him throwing a box the size the dd-1 comes in from the street up on the porch. Fuckin ass. I bitched him out big time for that move. I really like the layout of the tinsels being in the spider like they are. Its not stitched around like most other brands have, the tinsel is actually weaved into the spider which is really nice. Its so funny to take your finger and tap the cone with it being metal and hearing the difference. This sub gets DOWN too. I was maybe giving it 200w or less of power off my plate amp I bought just for it which is a 1kw amp and with very little power it had real deep bass on free air and sounded excellent. I could barely even hear the air moving around the cooling plugs on the pole piece and gap which is nice because my SMD makes a shit ton of noise in the gap when it gets down low.

Just wanted to post some pics of my AF-15 I just received today from the guys at D'Amore Engineering. I can't thank Juan and Tony enough for taking the time to sign the dustcap for me and for how they test EVERY woofer to give the full specs of the sub AND for how excellent the packaging is on the sub along with all their other products I have purchased. You guys have a lifelong customer on your hands as I am a proud owner of the DD-1, CC-1, 2 vu-din's and now the AF-15. Anyway here are some pics of it: How it came to me. It was shipped with the sub in its own box and then that box was inside another box with foam around it on all sides and a TON of packing foam with a thick cardboard box. Excellent packaging. Now onto the stuff you all like to see...

I think the OM1 is the same thing in regards to features as the vu-din but in a single unit as opposed to a 2 meters in one board. When its anything above 00 on the om1 it is considered clipping. Now its not necessarily distortion because it just goes by your voltage level so you could be distorting the signal but it will not show that until you hit that voltage ceiling you set on the meter.

My DC 5k has a slight hum to it when I have it just below distortion but if I crank the gain up full blast the humming gets really bad and more of buzzes than hums. My 175.4 doesn't do that but they are different class amps so im sure that affects it too. I wouldn't worry about it really.

Im confident in you Steve. You aren't a fool and know how to monitor things before they can go wrong. At most mine will get very warm as all a/b amps tend to do and the fan will kick on but thats really all it ever does when I hammer on the amp.

After the things that ppi has been through i strongly doubt it will be up in smoke. I would never believe meade if he called me and said my amp blew up on him. And you can wait to do the testing. I know you are working on that Chevelle you have and everything else. Im not in any hurry to get it tested.

You should do a troll style video. Test my 2350 and halfway through do like a rick roll of you testing the BOSS amp and watching it go up in smoke. lol. And is this better for my sig? sorry it was too long.

I hope it gets to 1400 like its supposed to.

Oh shit son. I see my Precision Power PC2350. YEEE!! Can't wait to get the results of it. Oh and BTW steve, I got let off from being pulled over when you called me at school. And the cop asked me what was with all my batteries and I told him what I had and he just goes "oh yeah?? you got dem beats huh?? got dem beats??" lol

That is my amp. PPI PC2350.

I use Dupli-Color undercoating for under some spots on my truck. Its a great paint as it is rubberized and has a bed-liner look to it where it forms into a gravel like feel when its dried (don't really know how to call the texture lmao). I'd say to give that a try but honestly you really shouldn't have any need to do it as it is a boat and just washing it every so often will help it out. Its not like you are driving it through a winter storm with a shit load of salt on the roadways. That shit kills paint and metal!

Can't wait to have you test my PPI PC2350 and DC 175.4 (btw its towmantowman from youtube, I didn't have a SMD account at that time so thats why they are both different) lol. Thanks again dude. You are the man!!

That almost seems like you tightened the bolt down too far and it had pushed up the bolt that is welded or soldered into the i-bar itself. If I can make a suggestion for your setup get a longer screw and take your batteries 580 posts and connect them directly to the "middle" post of the i-bar where it bolts down into the battery terminal. I only have the i-bar 551 for my setup and it works great. I just have all my ring terminals connected at the top of the i-bar with the bolt passing through them and have had 0 electrical problems and the screws go deep into the battery terminal itself so its secure. As a little side note, did you use the locking washer that came with the 580 posts? If not then that is why it failed since that washer helps prevent the bolt from bottoming out on the i-bar and making the bolt push upwards. If this was my product I would make the bolts a little shorter so this could not happen and I also would not warranty this as it should have been noticeable that the terminal was being bolted in firmly but would still have some play to signify that the bolt is in all the way but is not grabbing the post adapter.

I bought a ton of 16 gauge speaker wire from Trey_Dog650 along with a fuse holder with 200A fuse and a 3 way 1/0 gauge distro. Very fast shipment from him and beyond exceptional communication. I had questions on whether I could put a 1/0 to 4ga reducer in the distro and asked if he could get measurements for me to see if it would fit easily or not and he did exactly that and did it fast too. Great pricing and all around perfect and easy sale. Would totally recommend to anyone who is looking to buy any products from Trey_Dog to just go through with it, you will be pleased for sure. Thanks again bro!!!

Mods: Forgive me if this is bad since the last post was October last year. I had bought 4 sets of AA carbon mids from Cody a week ago and they came in the other day. Mint condition and as with all the other transactions we have had it was packaged perfectly, priced well and had great communication. My only downside to buying things from Cody is that he keeps taking all my money from me, but I am his number 1 customer!! lmao. Thanks for the cool stuff all the time Cody. Ill help you keep that wallet fat if you keep providing awesome products. lol.

yeah your batteries will drain quick on the tiny as hell alt you have. I have a 270 amp alt with a s3400 and 4 d3100's and have two 300 amp fuses in line from my rear battery bank to the two positive power wires that go to the 5.0k. Then i have a 80 amp fuse on my 4ga wire that goes to the 175.4. My voltage only get down if i slam full tilt at idle which i never do but did just to see how much of a load that my alt can take and let me tell you, that thing is bomb proof. With all the batteries i have, i only drop to like the mid to low 13's when i go full tilt at idle and id say im probably like 120-150 amps at idle, if that. You really should think about maybe some more d3400's or get some 3100's instead. How long do you drive around for anyways just to get an idea on how much battery power you will be draining? also you really should do the big-3 upgrade when you do the install so you dont draw all the current from that little alt charge wire that comes from the factory

Steve, just use the haters as influence. I know its hard but there are always those envious little bitches with every person's success. Those envious people are great for shoving coal up their ass to make it urn into diamonds because of how uptight they are. lmao. You are just a big figure into the car audio world and because of that it makes you more of a central target to morons who will not take the chance to know about who you really are and what you really do but would rather start shit to try and ruin your reputation. Honestly i have never met you but i am hoping one day to take a vacation to Cali and maybe go to stockton to see Psyph unless he is at the shop as well as yourself. I cant remember how i first learned about you Steve but i am so glad i did because from looking at your youtube videos and the forum i have learned so much about car audio, fabrications, electronics and random stuff. Though there are times i hate going on here because of a select few people whose names will not be mentioned always start a damn fight with me which is hilarious because i am a no name lmao. Either way just let the haters keep hating, the shit talkers talking and keep doing what you do. You are not a failure and are someone id love to be like one day for both knowledge and in the career field. edit: it would also be badass to stop by the D'amore headquarters and maybe even by CHP but i doubt i will get let into CHP. lol.

I am 53% completed with it and have found all but like 15 cars. I personally drive the lamborghini gallardo with tier 1 nitrous, reinflatable tires (unless i need speed then i go to track), aero body, lightweight chassis, pro short transmission (unless i need speed then i go for pro long). I am up to where i just unlocked the Bugatti Veyron and that car is great for speed but super shitty on turns. The damn thing has such slow response for turning unlike any other cars in the game and worst part is that i cant even get the car to drift, even while holding the e-brake. I have kept the lambo and i am doing great in the game.

It will load a little more than 6 seconds but idk about windows 8. I have windows 7 game rebel edition on my laptop with an OCZ Vertex 4 running off a Core I7-2670QM with an Nvidia GeForce GT555M graphics card. I booted up in 5 seconds without any programs loaded. Once i loaded my programs up it boots in 8-10 seconds. Its only a 256GB SSD but i love it. Nice gaming rig setup steve.

You're welcome bro. Yeah the i-bar compatible batteries have the terminals closer to the edge of the battery and have a little slot built into them so that the i-bar sits in the slot and doesnt move around freely. I cant speak for toolmaker but i believe i saw a terminal on here that was custom built and worked just like the i-bar setup.

No they will not work. The i-bar line up only works on up to the largest battery of the s/d3400. The d3100 you are limited to using the stock bolts it comes with or getting wing nut adapters from XS directly other than that you will need to make something custom. Have you looked into toolmaker on here for something?

Just bought a used 40gb PS3 from Ken and received it today. It was a non functioning PS3 but i knew that right from the start. It came to me in great condition and in a properly packed box. Received the payment request from his paypal to mine the same day and was informed as soon as he shipped it out. Great guy to do business with. Thanks again Ken

Give this a try before you manually pry it apart. If you are looking to sell it PM me if its the older style PS3. I would love to own one.