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Sound imaging is about stereo separation. Does the bassist sound right stage, lead left, vocals and drums center, etc... This is as much about the mastering of the track as it is the stereo it is played on, so make sure you've got a good track when determining imaging. It's going to be all about...

Tang Band W8-740P 8" Subwoofer 264-854 Twice the woofer, twice the price. I'm not saying the RE 8's aren't worth $35...but that's about all they're worth.

Cool. I really want to try out a 4 way system with ribbon tweeters, mids, midbass, subs but I just dont have the money right now.

And it does reduce high frequency road noise which lowers the noise floor.

If flexible porous materials dampen sound then the addition of such materials to a sound cavity moves its properties towards an anecho environment. You can not deny this. That is sound, proven scientific theory. Then we should, at some point, be able to apply this to our doors and obtain...

I wasn't suggesting it was the best way, which is why I have plywood backing. The physics of it most certainly lends it to a reduction in high frequency road noise and a minor dampening affect, similar to stuffing an enclosure. It dampens reflections. I dont have an RTA and am not in the sound...

I've done some sealed woofer 20-200Hz poly stuffing vs no stuffing experiments in MDF, Pine Plywood, and OSB sealed boxes. By far the best performer was MDF + Stuffing as far as transfer function magnitude goes. Poly stuffing always provided a smoother response and most often a minor volume...

Cool story, bro. But I started out with 1 layer of butyl based (second skin damplifier) inner and outer door skins (with treated plywood backing over large holes) and back wall. Improvement but what the hell, I got a good price on RAAMatt and was doing my friend's entire vehicle anyway. Second...

We dont need to nit pick. You're right. Frivolous people who waste money on sub par equipment because they wanted it now or wanted the brand name are generally not true enthusiasts. It's not precisely what you said initially, but we're all on the same page now.

And I have a BS in Chemistry minus 1 credit hour and work one job as little as possible so I still have time to chase tail and enjoy the weather. Real life (and money) can start once I complete my education. In the mean time, I'll use whatever equipment I can afford for the time being and do my...

Oh and IIRC two of the PSU's were identical and one was a very similar (slightly older) model.

They didn't catch on fire and didn't harm the amp. Just some 60Hz noise. No diodes that weren't already in the PSU design. A diode pack that could handle that current would have been far too much for my highschool pockets and probably would have added too much resistance for the amp to turn on...