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  4. Random Picture Post V2

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

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    I've seen it a few times before. I believe it has to do with the polarized lenses in the glasses, and I'm pretty sure you have to remove the polarized screen from the monitor to make it look blank to a human eye. Don't know how to do it or if it's difficult, but I'm pretty sure it can be done for real.

    Yes It can be done, it is difficult to do but is possible. When I was building my DIY video projector, I was told that you can get more lumens from removing the polarizer from the actual LCD panel and then polarizing the triplet lens. I decided against it because I didn't want to damage my only LCD panel for the projector.

  8. Don't have permission???

    in SMD Forums Technical Difficulty Area - have a technical problem with the site? let us know, we will try to fix it!

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    I was surfing around the forums earlier today and when I hit the new content tab it brought me to a page that said I don't have permission to access the forums...and had an error code of 2000. I tried refreshing the page a couple times and it kept doing it so I just went and did something else for a while. When I came back and refreshed the page it was fine. It happened to me a couple months back once then never happened again till this morning and then it happened again just a little bit ago so I figured I should make a mention of it here to see if it's something going wrong. If it happens again ill make sure to snap a screenshot. Oh and it's on mobile....Safari for iPhone.

  12. New DC Build question on amount of power a level 3 can take.

    in DC Sound Lab - Big Bass on ANOTHER LEVEL!

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    As a side note, look into the DC Level 4. For just a little more money you'll have a sub that you can upgrade a bit further in the future with upgraded soft parts. Just a thought....Level 3 a perfectly nice sub also.

    I wouldn't mind lvl 4's but my budget keeps rising at this rate it'll keep growing and i wont ever buy anything.. I started with $2k budget then $3k, now im a little above $4k. But i've considered it a lot but if i up the sub's i'll need to up the amp too. That'll be my second stage build.

    You don't HAVE to up the amp initially if you up the subs...but you can always upgrade later after you save some money up and then your subs will be ready to handle the upgrade when it happens.

    Just my .02 :pardon:

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  16. SA-12 d2 or d4 with my amp?

    in Sundown Audio - GREAT Amps/Subs! GREAT Customer Service!

    Posted · Edited by sprkn_ranger

    The difference between 1ohm and 2ohms on his amp is 250w...hardly going to hear a difference.

    You are right...he will most likely be fine running at 1ohm, the SA subs are beasts and have been proven to take quite a bit of abuse...BUT my whole argument this whole time is that we don't know if the op is capable of overpowering a sub. It doesn't take much to burn up a coil if you don't know how it happens or what you are doing, and the whole reason he was asking if it would be a good match was cause a guy is selling one for $150 which is a good deal, but it's a d4, so 2ohm is the lowest he can wire and that amp is rated at 150w more @2ohms then the SA's are rated at.

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  18. SA-12 d2 or d4 with my amp?

    in Sundown Audio - GREAT Amps/Subs! GREAT Customer Service!

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    do you really think he is gonna get 750 at 2 ohms. when all is said and done he will be lucky to get 400 clean watts. Have you heard of a gain knob? Is there such a thing? a volume knob?

    OP if you wanna get loud then get your moneys worth and wire it down to 1ohm. If you dont have the need to be loud and dont take this as a hobby, get the D4.

    This guy is Crying about voiding warranty. A recone is 40 bucks.

    You are giving bad advice...we don't know the op's experience. Of course he isn't going to actually see the "full rated watts" but if he doesn't have the tools to set the amp right, then your 400 watt "guess" of how much he will see is still enough to melt a coil.

    If your bad advice makes him blow his equipment then I'm sure you won't be the first to offer him the money to recone the sub. Even though it's only $40 for the recone, maybe he doesn't want to have to deal with it, maybe he doesn't want to spend $40 every time your bad advice blows his sub.

  19. SA-12 d2 or d4 with my amp?

    in Sundown Audio - GREAT Amps/Subs! GREAT Customer Service!

    Posted · Edited by sprkn_ranger

    No not the D2- you will be pushing a 1,000 watts. And that will be pushing that sub to the limit. Get the D4 and wire down to 2ohms, the 750 watts your amp pushed at 2ohms will be plenty for that sub. Your amp will also stay cooler and be more efficient at 2ohms.

    sorry you are incorrect here. its better to have more power available then less. Just because you can get 1000 rms @1ohm, it does not mean you have to have it at full tilt everytime. There is alot you need to read and learn before you can tell people that they are wrong. Generally when I am not familiar with a subject "I try" to refrain from telling people what to do.
    I'll have to disagree with you on this stealth...I don't think it's a good idea for someone who appears to be new to car audio to overpower a subwoofer. Yes the SA12 can handle 1000w and not be damaged, but if you don't know what you are doing, if your enclosure isn't designed properly, if he were to not want to void his warranty (I know he's looking at a used sub, this is more of a general statement) or doesn't have the proper tools to tune his system, then the advice you have him is pretty bad and can damage his equipment.

    If I were you OP, I'd buy the SA 12 and play with it and then read and learn more before you get into overpowering your subs.

    Edit- And that used d4 will wire down to 2ohms and match up pretty good with the 2ohm rating on your amp.

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