Ric Thornton
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Thanks for giving all us bassheads, and audio nuts a place to call our own...
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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
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hey tony got a few quick off topic questions for you... you only designed the 3sixty.1 and .2 right nothing with the .3? and any advice on ground loop with a .2? my new rcas seemed to have helped but theres still a some alt whine
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.
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Nope. Didn't effect it at all.
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Hey Jacob he is talking about switching up the subs and amps...
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very nice... sometimes the simplest things can become great innovations.
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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!!
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rick im curious how much is actually in the geo dollar wise
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.
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test an atomic
buy it and send it to me.
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rick im curious how much is actually in the geo dollar wise
don't even want to figure that one out man.
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Pulling off a 158 with a 600w sub is amazing to say the least though, good to see these test with the various sub brands and hope to see more.
me as well... I'm trying to get a hold of a Pyramid 15....
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Sure, we can try one in there.
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!
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Thanks for testing, Ric !
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
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here is a link to the original post http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/108845-15-sundown-audio-sa15d2-tested/
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is there gonna be any raffles?
na no raffles as nobody wanted to pony anything up...
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bump!!! ONE WEEK!!!! THIS SUNDAY MAY 8th PEOPLE!!!!
I will be attending Carlisle with a few friends.
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hoping that everyone I know and have met through competitions over the years, in this forum, or in this industry that live in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma Tennessee, Virginia, Carolinas, Ohio and other states hit recently by storms and destruction are all ok... and for those that I may not know... I still wish you all the best and hope for a quick recovery for you all...
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thanks... and yes.. the SPL box (which the SMD is not in) is for SPL only... at 61hz..
This box is one that is EXACTLY 1/6th of what Trippi's Hummer is.
I built it for my Dodge ram quad cab. sub up port to the side... its wayyyy to big for the metro... but figured what the hell... I was waiting for paint to dry on some door panels I did for Mr. Gerald Jacoway... and I hate watching paint dry. lolhope you enjoy it.
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new product - "Distortion Detector"..NEW PICS page 22 Video Update page 26
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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.