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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
Hi all. I haven't been on this group for quite a while and I hope all the
old regulars are doing fine. I'd love to hear from some of you. As far as changes in my system, I had a very unfortunate event happen four months ago as my subwoofers and enclosure were stolen. They were a pair of 12" MTX MXS (identical to the 7500 series). It happened while I was at work and it was really partly my fault as it was a hot day and I had left my windows open a few inches to keep the car from getting too hot. Someone just reached in and unlocked the car. Fortunately, though, that's all they got as my amps are well secured to the car but the sub enclosure really only had a couple of screws holding it in place so it didn't move around, but I imagine they proably had no trouble yanking it out. Again, you have to look at the bright side and the fact they didn't get my Alpine 9855 HU or any of my four amps: a vintage Rockford 112.2 X 2 RMS to drive my front mids (a pair of Alpine 6.5" type R's), a Phoenix Gold 50 watts X 2 RMS to drive my front tweets (a pair of Alpine type R tweets), my 50 watt X 2 RMS Jensen amp to power my rear fill and lastly my pride and joy....an Alpine MRV-850 Class D (800-1000 watts RMS) to drive my subs. I had just bought a new Sansa with a large memory capacity and my wife was not real excited about the prospect of spending another $500 on a pair of good subs. I had a spare dual 15" sealed subwoofer box (very large) just laying around so I just decided to buy a pair of 15" subs. I bought a pair of 15" Power Accoustic subs and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM. Although I have always used 5 farads of capacitence, my alternator on my '99 Forrester does not put out a whole lot of extra current and NOBODY (believe me, I spent a whole day once checking on this) makes a HO alternator for my car model. These 15" subs are much more efficient than my old MTX 12"'s and now my bass is startingly LOUDER!!! They are also pretty tight and can play lower than my 12's as well. In the past I have believed that low price subs will inevitably sound like ****. But although these were only $50 per sub they sound GREAT. It also helps that I can low-pass them over quite low (60-70Hz) as my front midbass drivers can pick-up the slack by pumping out the midbass 90Hz and above. Those Alpine drivers are incredible but need LOTS of power to sound their best. Anyway, I have sort-of rediscovered the joys of THROBBING low bass as I can crank these babies playing ANYTHING (like Bass Mekanik) and they don't seem to even break a sweat (unlike my MTX subs that definately had their limits at lower frequencies, i.e. below 35-40Hz). But besides new subs, my system remains pretty much the same and sounds perfect, IMHO. Anyway, that's what's been going on with my car. Of course, like many of you, I only use portable MP3 players anymore in my car. Discs have always sucked (they skip, get damaged, ect.) and I love these new high capacity flash drive players. Take care, MOSFET |
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
In article , "MOSFET" wrote:
Hi all. I haven't been on this group for quite a while and I hope all the old regulars are doing fine. I'd love to hear from some of you. As far as changes in my system, I had a very unfortunate event happen four months ago as my subwoofers and enclosure were stolen. They were a pair of 12" MTX MXS (identical to the 7500 series). It happened while I was at work and it was really partly my fault as it was a hot day and I had left my windows open a few inches to keep the car from getting too hot. Someone just reached in and unlocked the car. Fortunately, though, that's all they got as my amps are well secured to the car but the sub enclosure really only had a couple of screws holding it in place so it didn't move around, but I imagine they proably had no trouble yanking it out. Again, you have to look at the bright side and the fact they didn't get my Alpine 9855 HU or any of my four amps: a vintage Rockford 112.2 X 2 RMS to drive my front mids (a pair of Alpine 6.5" type R's), a Phoenix Gold 50 watts X 2 RMS to drive my front tweets (a pair of Alpine type R tweets), my 50 watt X 2 RMS Jensen amp to power my rear fill and lastly my pride and joy....an Alpine MRV-850 Class D (800-1000 watts RMS) to drive my subs. I had just bought a new Sansa with a large memory capacity and my wife was not real excited about the prospect of spending another $500 on a pair of good subs. I had a spare dual 15" sealed subwoofer box (very large) just laying around so I just decided to buy a pair of 15" subs. I bought a pair of 15" Power Accoustic subs and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM. Although I have always used 5 farads of capacitence, my alternator on my '99 Forrester does not put out a whole lot of extra current and NOBODY (believe me, I spent a whole day once checking on this) makes a HO alternator for my car model. These 15" subs are much more efficient than my old MTX 12"'s and now my bass is startingly LOUDER!!! They are also pretty tight and can play lower than my 12's as well. In the past I have believed that low price subs will inevitably sound like ****. But although these were only $50 per sub they sound GREAT. It also helps that I can low-pass them over quite low (60-70Hz) as my front midbass drivers can pick-up the slack by pumping out the midbass 90Hz and above. Those Alpine drivers are incredible but need LOTS of power to sound their best. Anyway, I have sort-of rediscovered the joys of THROBBING low bass as I can crank these babies playing ANYTHING (like Bass Mekanik) and they don't seem to even break a sweat (unlike my MTX subs that definately had their limits at lower frequencies, i.e. below 35-40Hz). But besides new subs, my system remains pretty much the same and sounds perfect, IMHO. Anyway, that's what's been going on with my car. Of course, like many of you, I only use portable MP3 players anymore in my car. Discs have always sucked (they skip, get damaged, ect.) and I love these new high capacity flash drive players. Take care, My trucks HU broke. I sold my Datsun, now I'm left with a stock Cavilier. greg |
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
MOSFET wrote:
SUPERSNIP But besides new subs, my system remains pretty much the same and sounds perfect, IMHO. Anyway, that's what's been going on with my car. Of course, like many of you, I only use portable MP3 players anymore in my car. Discs have always sucked (they skip, get damaged, ect.) and I love these new high capacity flash drive players. Take care, MOSFET Wow, haven't seen your name on here in a while, even though I nymshifted throughout the years. I am with you on using portable MP3 players. My IPOD combined with encoding my CDs in Apple Lossless Format really kicks ass for bringing a bunch of quality tunes wherever I go. As for me, I have been going hog wild with setups since July. Started out with a 12" Solo-baric L5, hated it; Next was a pair of JL Audio 10w3v2s and I hated them; Finally I settled on a JL Audio Stealthbox for my Mustang With my Civic, I did a budget system and recycled what I didn't like in the Mustang. Finally, I ended up with a Linear Power 1502IQ for my front stage that consists of a Type R 6.5" woofer with a CDT TW-25 tweeter. For my sub stage I ended up installing a dd1010a in a 1.0 cubic foot ported enclosure tuned to 35 Hz and it is powered by a Rockford Fosgate 25 to Life Punch 150 that puts out more than 1,000 watts bridged to a 4 ohm final load! I have three Digital Designs 1508s and I need to get off my bum and make a couple of enclosures for them so I can put them to use. The thought of using an 8" subwoofer that takes 500 watts RMS is really mind blowing... Other than that, nothing new with me. -ChrisB |
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
Greg that sucks. You gotta get back into the game, man.
I just turned 42 and I have a theory (I'm sure I'm the only one who believes this) that loud bass and a powerfull system keeps you young!!! OK, it's only a theory. MOSFET "GregS" wrote in message ... In article , "MOSFET" wrote: Hi all. I haven't been on this group for quite a while and I hope all the old regulars are doing fine. I'd love to hear from some of you. As far as changes in my system, I had a very unfortunate event happen four months ago as my subwoofers and enclosure were stolen. They were a pair of 12" MTX MXS (identical to the 7500 series). It happened while I was at work and it was really partly my fault as it was a hot day and I had left my windows open a few inches to keep the car from getting too hot. Someone just reached in and unlocked the car. Fortunately, though, that's all they got as my amps are well secured to the car but the sub enclosure really only had a couple of screws holding it in place so it didn't move around, but I imagine they proably had no trouble yanking it out. Again, you have to look at the bright side and the fact they didn't get my Alpine 9855 HU or any of my four amps: a vintage Rockford 112.2 X 2 RMS to drive my front mids (a pair of Alpine 6.5" type R's), a Phoenix Gold 50 watts X 2 RMS to drive my front tweets (a pair of Alpine type R tweets), my 50 watt X 2 RMS Jensen amp to power my rear fill and lastly my pride and joy....an Alpine MRV-850 Class D (800-1000 watts RMS) to drive my subs. I had just bought a new Sansa with a large memory capacity and my wife was not real excited about the prospect of spending another $500 on a pair of good subs. I had a spare dual 15" sealed subwoofer box (very large) just laying around so I just decided to buy a pair of 15" subs. I bought a pair of 15" Power Accoustic subs and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM. Although I have always used 5 farads of capacitence, my alternator on my '99 Forrester does not put out a whole lot of extra current and NOBODY (believe me, I spent a whole day once checking on this) makes a HO alternator for my car model. These 15" subs are much more efficient than my old MTX 12"'s and now my bass is startingly LOUDER!!! They are also pretty tight and can play lower than my 12's as well. In the past I have believed that low price subs will inevitably sound like ****. But although these were only $50 per sub they sound GREAT. It also helps that I can low-pass them over quite low (60-70Hz) as my front midbass drivers can pick-up the slack by pumping out the midbass 90Hz and above. Those Alpine drivers are incredible but need LOTS of power to sound their best. Anyway, I have sort-of rediscovered the joys of THROBBING low bass as I can crank these babies playing ANYTHING (like Bass Mekanik) and they don't seem to even break a sweat (unlike my MTX subs that definately had their limits at lower frequencies, i.e. below 35-40Hz). But besides new subs, my system remains pretty much the same and sounds perfect, IMHO. Anyway, that's what's been going on with my car. Of course, like many of you, I only use portable MP3 players anymore in my car. Discs have always sucked (they skip, get damaged, ect.) and I love these new high capacity flash drive players. Take care, My trucks HU broke. I sold my Datsun, now I'm left with a stock Cavilier. greg |
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
Alright, another Alpine type R user. Aren't those incredible speakers?
I thought JL 6.5" speakers were the **** until I heard Alpine's type R's (and to think, 10-20 years ago I used to tell people to never buy Japaneese speakers, that they always sucked, ch-ch-ch-changes). How Alpine can get THAT MUCH BASS out of 6.5" speakers, I don't know (but like I said before, they want LOTS of power, like at least 100 watts RMS, 150 watts RMS if you can swing it, much more than ANY other high-end midbass speaker I have used like JL, MB Quart, Boston Accoustics Pro, ect.)!!! And keep in mind, I'm just talking about power to the 6.5" midbass Type R driver. MOSFET Let me put it this way: while my subs were stolen and I had not yet replaced them, nobody could really tell that anything was missing because the Type R's could put out so much bass. People thought I still had subs. Now that says something!!!! MOSFET "ChrisB" wrote in message ... MOSFET wrote: SUPERSNIP But besides new subs, my system remains pretty much the same and sounds perfect, IMHO. Anyway, that's what's been going on with my car. Of course, like many of you, I only use portable MP3 players anymore in my car. Discs have always sucked (they skip, get damaged, ect.) and I love these new high capacity flash drive players. Take care, MOSFET Wow, haven't seen your name on here in a while, even though I nymshifted throughout the years. I am with you on using portable MP3 players. My IPOD combined with encoding my CDs in Apple Lossless Format really kicks ass for bringing a bunch of quality tunes wherever I go. As for me, I have been going hog wild with setups since July. Started out with a 12" Solo-baric L5, hated it; Next was a pair of JL Audio 10w3v2s and I hated them; Finally I settled on a JL Audio Stealthbox for my Mustang With my Civic, I did a budget system and recycled what I didn't like in the Mustang. Finally, I ended up with a Linear Power 1502IQ for my front stage that consists of a Type R 6.5" woofer with a CDT TW-25 tweeter. For my sub stage I ended up installing a dd1010a in a 1.0 cubic foot ported enclosure tuned to 35 Hz and it is powered by a Rockford Fosgate 25 to Life Punch 150 that puts out more than 1,000 watts bridged to a 4 ohm final load! I have three Digital Designs 1508s and I need to get off my bum and make a couple of enclosures for them so I can put them to use. The thought of using an 8" subwoofer that takes 500 watts RMS is really mind blowing... Other than that, nothing new with me. -ChrisB |
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
MOSFET wrote:
Alright, another Alpine type R user. Aren't those incredible speakers? I thought JL 6.5" speakers were the **** until I heard Alpine's type R's (and to think, 10-20 years ago I used to tell people to never buy Japaneese speakers, that they always sucked, ch-ch-ch-changes). How Alpine can get THAT MUCH BASS out of 6.5" speakers, I don't know (but like I said before, they want LOTS of power, like at least 100 watts RMS, 150 watts RMS if you can swing it, much more than ANY other high-end midbass speaker I have used like JL, MB Quart, Boston Accoustics Pro, ect.)!!! And keep in mind, I'm just talking about power to the 6.5" midbass Type R driver. Let me put it this way: while my subs were stolen and I had not yet replaced them, nobody could really tell that anything was missing because the Type R's could put out so much bass. People thought I still had subs. Now that says something!!!! MOSFET Yep, those Type Rs are pretty amazing, especially running off of an old school Linear Power 1502IQ. Since TIPS is still around to service them, I have been scouring the web looking for Linear Power! Working, not working, I don't care! A buddy of mine has a pair of Type Rs in his Civic too, but he is running the Alpine PDX full range Class D amp to his... I find they lack midbass output, even though he is technically running more power to them... I wonder if the Type Rs are made for Alpine by the same speaker designer who makes their Type X components (i.e. Tymphany?) -ChrisB |
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
Hi MOSFET. I still read from time to time but can't remember the last
time I posted. I moved about a year and a half ago and my box with my 2 Diamond Audio 12D2 TDX subs had to vacate the cargo area for a while and go buried into storage. Well, I went to get em and I found them face down against the floor. The surrounds were mashed and cracked all along the center around the entire perimeter of the subs. So basically, some great $400 (each) subs down the tube. Diamond said they were out of warranty and refused to sell me or ship me some new surrounds to put on myself. The house and motorcycle and girlfriend pretty much take care of my paycheck. MOSFET wrote: Hi all. I haven't been on this group for quite a while and I hope all the old regulars are doing fine. I'd love to hear from some of you. As far as changes in my system, I had a very unfortunate event happen four months ago as my subwoofers and enclosure were stolen. They were a pair of 12" MTX MXS (identical to the 7500 series). It happened while I was at work and it was really partly my fault as it was a hot day and I had left my windows open a few inches to keep the car from getting too hot. Someone just reached in and unlocked the car. Fortunately, though, that's all they got as my amps are well secured to the car but the sub enclosure really only had a couple of screws holding it in place so it didn't move around, but I imagine they proably had no trouble yanking it out. Again, you have to look at the bright side and the fact they didn't get my Alpine 9855 HU or any of my four amps: a vintage Rockford 112.2 X 2 RMS to drive my front mids (a pair of Alpine 6.5" type R's), a Phoenix Gold 50 watts X 2 RMS to drive my front tweets (a pair of Alpine type R tweets), my 50 watt X 2 RMS Jensen amp to power my rear fill and lastly my pride and joy....an Alpine MRV-850 Class D (800-1000 watts RMS) to drive my subs. I had just bought a new Sansa with a large memory capacity and my wife was not real excited about the prospect of spending another $500 on a pair of good subs. I had a spare dual 15" sealed subwoofer box (very large) just laying around so I just decided to buy a pair of 15" subs. I bought a pair of 15" Power Accoustic subs and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM. Although I have always used 5 farads of capacitence, my alternator on my '99 Forrester does not put out a whole lot of extra current and NOBODY (believe me, I spent a whole day once checking on this) makes a HO alternator for my car model. These 15" subs are much more efficient than my old MTX 12"'s and now my bass is startingly LOUDER!!! They are also pretty tight and can play lower than my 12's as well. In the past I have believed that low price subs will inevitably sound like ****. But although these were only $50 per sub they sound GREAT. It also helps that I can low-pass them over quite low (60-70Hz) as my front midbass drivers can pick-up the slack by pumping out the midbass 90Hz and above. Those Alpine drivers are incredible but need LOTS of power to sound their best. Anyway, I have sort-of rediscovered the joys of THROBBING low bass as I can crank these babies playing ANYTHING (like Bass Mekanik) and they don't seem to even break a sweat (unlike my MTX subs that definately had their limits at lower frequencies, i.e. below 35-40Hz). But besides new subs, my system remains pretty much the same and sounds perfect, IMHO. Anyway, that's what's been going on with my car. Of course, like many of you, I only use portable MP3 players anymore in my car. Discs have always sucked (they skip, get damaged, ect.) and I love these new high capacity flash drive players. Take care, MOSFET |
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S NEW?
I'm sorry for your damaged subs. I was absolutely sick when my MTX 7500
12's were stollen. Although I try to always look at the bright side (they didn't get any of my four amps including my expensive new Class D 800 watt Alpine amp and my new HU, an Alpine 9885), it was depressing just the same as those two subs represented the single most expensive element of my system. Anyway, sorry for your loss. Like anything else, I'm sure you will eventually replace them. MOSFET "Brandon Buckner" wrote in message ... Hi MOSFET. I still read from time to time but can't remember the last time I posted. I moved about a year and a half ago and my box with my 2 Diamond Audio 12D2 TDX subs had to vacate the cargo area for a while and go buried into storage. Well, I went to get em and I found them face down against the floor. The surrounds were mashed and cracked all along the center around the entire perimeter of the subs. So basically, some great $400 (each) subs down the tube. Diamond said they were out of warranty and refused to sell me or ship me some new surrounds to put on myself. The house and motorcycle and girlfriend pretty much take care of my paycheck. MOSFET wrote: Hi all. I haven't been on this group for quite a while and I hope all the old regulars are doing fine. I'd love to hear from some of you. As far as changes in my system, I had a very unfortunate event happen four months ago as my subwoofers and enclosure were stolen. They were a pair of 12" MTX MXS (identical to the 7500 series). It happened while I was at work and it was really partly my fault as it was a hot day and I had left my windows open a few inches to keep the car from getting too hot. Someone just reached in and unlocked the car. Fortunately, though, that's all they got as my amps are well secured to the car but the sub enclosure really only had a couple of screws holding it in place so it didn't move around, but I imagine they proably had no trouble yanking it out. Again, you have to look at the bright side and the fact they didn't get my Alpine 9855 HU or any of my four amps: a vintage Rockford 112.2 X 2 RMS to drive my front mids (a pair of Alpine 6.5" type R's), a Phoenix Gold 50 watts X 2 RMS to drive my front tweets (a pair of Alpine type R tweets), my 50 watt X 2 RMS Jensen amp to power my rear fill and lastly my pride and joy....an Alpine MRV-850 Class D (800-1000 watts RMS) to drive my subs. I had just bought a new Sansa with a large memory capacity and my wife was not real excited about the prospect of spending another $500 on a pair of good subs. I had a spare dual 15" sealed subwoofer box (very large) just laying around so I just decided to buy a pair of 15" subs. I bought a pair of 15" Power Accoustic subs and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM. Although I have always used 5 farads of capacitence, my alternator on my '99 Forrester does not put out a whole lot of extra current and NOBODY (believe me, I spent a whole day once checking on this) makes a HO alternator for my car model. These 15" subs are much more efficient than my old MTX 12"'s and now my bass is startingly LOUDER!!! They are also pretty tight and can play lower than my 12's as well. In the past I have believed that low price subs will inevitably sound like ****. But although these were only $50 per sub they sound GREAT. It also helps that I can low-pass them over quite low (60-70Hz) as my front midbass drivers can pick-up the slack by pumping out the midbass 90Hz and above. Those Alpine drivers are incredible but need LOTS of power to sound their best. Anyway, I have sort-of rediscovered the joys of THROBBING low bass as I can crank these babies playing ANYTHING (like Bass Mekanik) and they don't seem to even break a sweat (unlike my MTX subs that definately had their limits at lower frequencies, i.e. below 35-40Hz). But besides new subs, my system remains pretty much the same and sounds perfect, IMHO. Anyway, that's what's been going on with my car. Of course, like many of you, I only use portable MP3 players anymore in my car. Discs have always sucked (they skip, get damaged, ect.) and I love these new high capacity flash drive players. Take care, MOSFET |
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