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Hey Skittles since you like the option of the 2.5” fans you can always start with two of the 21 cfm at first then replace to the larger cfm later if needed. One of the problems I see looking at your build thread is if you can get that much cfm to flow around you amp with the clearance you have in your amp rack. When the amps are mounted to the top section will that allow some clearnance on the bottom (or top) of the amp for more airflow? Also have to make sure your supply air pathway will match your exhaust cfm rating. Looking forward to hearing this one at one of the upcoming shows.

I have not seen those classes for a long long time I used to compete in 151-300 and yes back in 98. But that was more of the SQ style events when the AC meter and pink noise was my friend. It is cool to see the new technology used today in the current audio comps and setups.

Happy Birthday

Try hulu dot com, free sign up with movies and tv shows to watch, pretty good quality without the bootleg humor of someone walking in front of the screen during the movie.

Happy Birthday Bill

Here is the link to download your owners manual with wiring connection on last page. Boss audio

Jack Bostick - Roseville, Ca

Yeah it is crazy when I used to look for a few misc hardware at both home depot or Lowes on the open shelves where the larger quantities are stored. Later I found they do have smaller quantities in a area that has pull out drawers for specialty hardware just takes time to find it in the drawers. Another store if it is in your area is Ace hardware they have misc hardware that neither HD or Lowes carries and in small quantities. Looks like it worked out in the end, oh another source for hardware online is McMaster-Carr I think they have changed there policy for customers. I used to use them for my commercial account, but they are pricey but they have everything in stock and shipped out that day of the order.

My turn Ohm’s or impendence is a term used to describe a physical electrical load that a speaker places upon an amplifier. Amplifier manufacturers have designed their amps to operate under a range of speaker impedances that could range from 1- 4 ohms connected to the amp output. Connecting a speaker load outside of this range could cause damage to the amplifier. Most amps are ok with ohm loads above the operating range at a reduced power output to the speakers. Problems or failures happen when too low of an ohm load is connected to an amplifier and overtime (unknown how long the amp will last) will cause the amp to fail as it is being asked to work with an ohm load it was not designed to work under. This is where the wiring terms parallel and series come into the picture and where you can change the speaker load placed upon the amp. With respect to the amplifier specs you need to connect a speaker load that the amp will work with by following the manufactures recommendations. Try looking at Rockford Fosgate or JL Audio in their tutorials for speaker wiring plenty of examples of series and parallel wiring schemes to be found on there websites. Bridging is an operation term used with amplifiers that have more than one (mono) channel in example 2-channel amp designed to be bridged can be a 2-channel amp (stereo mode) or a single channel amp (bridged mode). This is an action that takes place inside of the amplifier that was designed to operate in either mode. Here is a point to pay attention to what the manufacture has spec for ohm the load in both modes of operation because they are different!!! Hope this helps to get the basics down.

No problem Steve, gives me something new to listen to on the way to the Manteca show...

Any video clips of the dancing OG (Old guy)?

Cool vids Jack the pepsi can is crazy, I guess that shows truly how fast the speed of sound is the can does not know where to go.

Not a good time of the year to be without AC in the valley. I have a question for you Steve on your tahoe are your air bags still functional or did you disable them? I had a chance to hear the tahoe in person at Grass Valley and as hard as your system hits I was wondering if you could activate an airbag?

Very cool videos Jack, maybe time for round two of the farm animal cage fights. Does you roof flex as much with the wall compared to your previous install? It looks like your doors are having a major panic attack. again very cool...

Hello my name is Jack and I found this website through the video clips on youtube. Been away from the car stereo scene for too many years and looking forward to having some fun with my car again in the near future. Had a chance to go to the Grass Valley dB drags a few weeks ago and meet Steve and had a chance to see the Tahoe in action, just what I needed to really get the bass bug again. Also meet a few other people from the SMD forums and a chance to see the system setups. This site has helped a lot on getting my own system plan together and looking forward to trying out some Bass racing hopefully this year sometime if not I will plan to make it to as many events as the work schedule allows.

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Hello Steve I have been member for a short time now and would like to see SMD remain. My little vote would be for new meaning for SMD, hope this does not come across as a retarded comment. “Steve Meade’s dB-Lounge”