Ric Thornton

a little more info for you guys... We all know that when you clip your system it adds "dirty power" so I wanted to see what kind of dirty power Gary had before setup with the SMD dd1. The results are surprising. BEFORE TUNING WITH SMD dd1 ACv- 62.09 amp- 39.14 2430.2026 watts SPL score 150.8dB AFTER TUNING WITH SMD dd1 ACv- 56.14 amp- 34.07 1912.6898 watts SPL score 150.9dB (after playing music for over 45 minutes straight with the truck off!!!) edit: in other words... 517.5128 watts where "dirty" or distorted power and it didn't help the score at all. and FYI I have seen a few people (one re re on youtube said this too) say that "i've tuned by ear this tool is useless you can hear distortion"... I have been doing car audio for 16+ years. I have built countless SPL and SQ setups not to mention everyday bangers... I can tell you this... This is the fastest and easiest way to set up tuning, and I thought I got the cars pretty close by ear (judges comments on my competitors setups confirmed that) but this takes the cake so to speak. Gary's truck sounded fantastic before, and anyone who has heard it would agree... like i said in the vid though.. it sounds BETTER now. if you don't add this to your toolbox as an installer of audio both home and auto... then you are insane. bottom line.

one was. Mike's. The Oscope broke and I was going to order another 300.00 one, then Steve came out with this. I waited and it was more than worth the wait. MUCH MUCH easier to use. Seeing a light out of the corner of your eye when you are inside a car with a flashlight turning the gain knobs with sweat dripping off your eyebrow is so much simpler than trying to see a line on something you have to shine the flashlight on making you drop the screwdriver and have to dig around in french fries and chicken nuggets to pick it up... (a headache I'm sure some of you have done)... trust me this tool is much simpler. I applaud Steve, Tony and Juan for making this product and getting it in our hands.

OK... Sooooo... I got my meter in, unboxed it and went to work testing this thing... I made a quick vid but realized that Steve's address and phone # where on the box so I will make a new vid without that info hopefully today. Regardless... I put it to work in a few cars. First up, I read the owners manual (I suggest this as it does clear up a few questions I have heard on this forum) Next I followed the instructions, found the output of her radio, then RE-TUNED her amplifier. I MUST say... the SMD DD1 performed very nicely. Her truck sounds amazing right now. I wanted to see what results if any would be reflected on the termlab so I popped it in the s10 for some comparisons (did some spl testing before retuning with the SMD DD1) The results surprised me. Her truck picked up .5dB!!! .5!!! Let me explain what that means... though you or I cannot HEAR the difference in .5dB... at the last show she would have gotten first place with that extra .5dB (she actually only lost by .2dB). Next up... Mike's Avalanche... spl testing done before setting up with the SMD DD1. Then max output of the radio along with a RETUNE of the amplifiers (mids/highs and sub amp) and gave it a quick listen then tested for spl... .6dB difference!!!!!! Not to mention his mids/highs are extremely loud at this point and sound absolutely amazing! Then I retuned my soundboard making it sing even sweeter now... I also retuned a couple of other simple setups and saw a few gains in spl (.3dB, .2dB, .3dB) but the biggest thing is how fast and easy it is to tune with the SMD DD1. Great product and I hope to get a few vids up with some testing... we will be using the SMD DD1 to RETUNE the Boswell's DDBEAST, can't wait to see what happens... Thanks again Steve.

Thanks for giving all us bassheads, and audio nuts a place to call our own...

Thank you sir.

2004 Toyota Celica GT with "action package"... She got the wheels (18" Katana's) as well as the system from me... I would love to put her in for system of the month, but she don't have, know how to use, or even know how to turn on a pc to even get on here. lol

one thing that will usually fix most whines... connect a ground wire (I use 16awg) from the radio to ground, radio the the eq (if there is one), then eq to amp ground (with a normal ground for the amp of course)... in other words go in a complete line. If I'm doing any sq vehicle, I run an extra wire with the remote for this purpose so there is absolutely no chance of noise. most whines are ground related... now there of course is the problem with running power wires with rca's or speaker wires, but I'm sure you know better than that.

Nope. Didn't effect it at all.

Hey Jacob he is talking about switching up the subs and amps...

very nice... sometimes the simplest things can become great innovations.

http://www.pulsecaraudio.org/SALES-AND-PROMOS.html

using my state of the art computer software I was able to zoom in and see that I actually do have my name on one of these!!

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/110430-the-ddbeast-built-by-pulse-car-audio/page__pid__1541105#entry1541105

don't even want to figure that one out man. lol just curious it looks a little "cheaper" than most no offense just not the 100 grand fart machine lol no where near the price tag on the hummer. lol Two Powerbass XTA5000d One Batcap 8400 One DD99Z 15" (backup woofer is a DD9515) Mobile Spec 0/0 gauge wire JVC kda605 Excessive Amperage 320amp Alt (on the way as I type) Dynamat Extreme Bulk pack 17" chrome wheels custom paint (candy green pearl) little tree air freshener (adds dB) lots of labor.

buy it and send it to me.

don't even want to figure that one out man.

maybe... ?

me as well... I'm trying to get a hold of a Pyramid 15....

i tried calling you yesterday... I'm at the shop now and will be here til 12:30 today (have some personal business to attend to) if you can give me a ring... 443-944-0691 thanks man!

thanks for offering up a sub sir.... I'm thinking bout getting a sa8" from you to test in my girl's truck... she has a DD1508 in there now with (clamped power) 1000 watts doing a 147.3dB

here is a link to the original post http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/108845-15-sundown-audio-sa15d2-tested/

na no raffles as nobody wanted to pony anything up...