[First time for everything..]

so your dad used to compete and he has you running a prefab box?

Well if was me on 600 watts id prob buy a Fi SSD and build a box for it with the extra sub budget. Later on upgrading to 1000 watt amp would be no issue, and you would be improving all around.

He hasn't been in it since 1998, and I bought all the stuff myself, got a good deal on it from a friend, he told me he'd help me wire and set everything up but couldn't promise it'd be the best sounding.. Everything I bought is ages old, but hasn't been used in a while.

The box is pretty good(it came with the sub), may not be for some other subs but it worked for the sub I just fried for 4+ years

[First time for everything..]

rockfords prime line isn't high end lol.

You wont need a dd 3500 for 600 rms, If you were going DD I'd say either the 1500 or maybe 2500 line.

Stay away from the massives

Sundown you can't go wrong with the sa10. If you set your gains with no clipping you might be able to get away with an e10 as well

DC you could get a lvl 2

AA I think has the Chaos for their 600 watt line.

Theres seriously an endless amount of woofers you could get that would be perfectly fine.

Haha I meant to say Power line, I have no clue why I said prime when I know good and well prime is the bottom line loll

Thanks

[First time for everything..]

you have a $400 budget for a 400-500w sub? you got a looooot of options

$400ish for a 600w+ rms sub, I'm looking at high end fosgate stuff (power) and I'm thinking thats what I'm gonna go with but I'm not sure as Ive also been told about sundown sa's, massive audio toro104's, and DD 3500 10's,

I'm going up to a local shop my dad has known the owner for ages later today, and gonna make a decision on what im gonna get him to order me

[First time for everything..]

Dunno, my dad set my gains, and he's been in car audio since before 1986 when he went to nationals

I don't use my system as a tool to show off or compete or anything, I just like to have something to listen to, I may be louder if I built another box to a new sub, but I'll stick with the box I have because I don't really want to spend the money or time building a new box, lol =/

[First time for everything..]

Dunno dimensions and stuff of my box, it's a virtual technologies box and it's made with all 3/4 inch wood, my dad told me just about any sub is gonna pound in it simply cause of how well its built and designed, and yes I plan on re-using the box.

[First time for everything..]

Do you know why the sub blew? Clipping, gains to high ect? Don't want you to get another woofer just to smoke this one too.. I'd rectify the problem first if it wasn't just pushing it to hard.

I would assume it blew because it had been used for 11+ years.

Nah It sat in a garage for the last 7 years, but had been used for 4 years before that, lol

[First time for everything..]

When my dad gets home I'll take pics of it

and I'm assuming I had too much power, even now MTX Thunder 8000 '10's say 400rms/800 peak

It probably had just over 400 watts going into it, it being ran hard for 4 years, then sitting in a garage for 7 years probably didn't have any advantages to it either I don't reckon.. lol

[First time for everything..]

Do you know why the sub blew? Clipping, gains to high ect? Don't want you to get another woofer just to smoke this one too.. I'd rectify the problem first if it wasn't just pushing it to hard.

I have a Rockford power 500a2 cut down to about 400~ watts, had my radio on +1 for the sub on a -15 to +15 scale

It wasn't distortion the slightest bit, it was a perfectly good CD, wasn't skipping, even turned up all the way I've played the same song I was playing when it smoked about 5 times before

The subwoofer was at LEAST 11 years old, so it was bound to go anytime..

[First time for everything..]

So.. I smoked my first voice coil today

I was cruisin down the road headed home from my buddys house and just playing a cd at like 2/3 volume, subwoofer (MTX Thunder 8000 thats 11 years or more old), all of a sudden the bass stops hitting, I turned my head unit off and drove home 200 more yards, get out open my trunk and get hit in the face by almost a cloud of smoke..

I back away for a second and see smoke just pouring out of the port..

Took the sub out and now im figuring out how and what new sub I'm going to buy

Hit me up with ideas on a new '10, as I'm a rookie and know next to nothing about different subs

Budget : $400ish

[Porting my back deck?]

the back seat is two big pieces, one for the actual seat, and one for the back piece for the seat, might be 1/32nd of an inch of air coming through it, if any due to the foam padding of the back seat being so thick.

I guess this is a stupid question but what's a 4th order? lol

[Porting my back deck?]

your rear seat doesnt fold down?

Nope, it has 3 hook type things that hook onto the top of the back, and then 3 more on the bottom that are bolted down also

If it folded down I would just fold it down and let it stay down until someone wants to ride in the back, lol,

[Porting my back deck?]

Is it worth it?

I had my back seat out for the install of my system, now that I've put my seat back in I'm trying to decide whether I want to take the back of the back seat out again, simply because the bass being muffled behind 4 inches of thick foam padding sounds like crap and just makes my trunk rattle even harder because the air has no where to go..

So in my 1999 toyota corolla

Should I? Port my back deck, or just take my back seat out so theres a 2foot by 1 1/2 foot space for air to come through

I don't compete I just have a little system I like listening to, and when I crank it up, I want it to boom.

also.. I would like to keep my back seat in for the occasional time or two a month when more than one friend rides with me, so that they don't have to lean back on metal

[T3 Audio]

Never heard of this company until recently, a friend who owns a pawn shop has some in stock.

I decided to do some research on them today and see what I could find, so I started out by going to there website, to see this:

T3Audio.com

Thank You for Visiting www.t3audio.com

Unfortunately due to economic trends, most notably in the 12 volt industry, the company has evaluated the business model and direction in which the T3 Audio brand has taken. At this time, T3 Audio has decided to opt out of sales and manufacturing as a brand name.

We appreciate the past customers, supporters, dealers and distributors that were honest and enthusiastic partners to the T3 brand. At this time, T3 Audio, the brand, is officially closed for business. Please note, the T3 Audio name, logos, certain product names and photos are copyrighted and trademarked property. Thank you.

Discuss and tell me what you think, past experiences with them, do you still run them, any info on why they went out of business?