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In my experience, with my local Home Depot and Lowe's: - Both carry 3/4" MDF in 4' x 8' sheets, and 2' x 4' sheets - Lowe's also has 2' x 2' sheets and 4' x 4' sheets - Both will cut a 4' x 8' sheet into smaller pieces for you. HD policy is first cut free and they charge you for any extra...

Just a note: What you're talking about isn't down-firing, it's inverting. A down-firing sub is any sub that faces down, towards the floorboard. Regardless of whether it's firing into or out of the enclosure. An inverted sub is one that faces into the enclosure instead of facing out of the...

I would have cancelled the order immediately upon hearing this crap. Is it seriously worth putting up with vendors that don't give a crap just to save a few bucks?

Actually, no, they're the exact opposite. "At least 16" means 16 or MORE inches. What you think you mean is "At most 16."

When disconnecting a battery completely, the appropriate method is to disconnect negative, then disconnect positive. To reconnect, you should connect positive, then negative. This is for safety reasons to reduce the risk of spark while disconnecting and reconnecting the cables, which could...

http://www.knuconceptz.com/ or http://www.partsexpress.com/ Both have good per-foot pricing. Knuconceptz has interesting colors and translucent insulation, etc. Parts Express has your basic black and red solid-color insulated wire in almost any gauge imaginable from 18 gauge to 1/0 gauge...

Right now I'm planning on putting a plexi window in the sub enclosure, and I just think that one speaker pair will be easier to keep clean than two pairs. Also, the amp rack and sub enclosure are going to be separate boxes, and I'm going to put terminals on both so that everything can be...

I have a similar situation, and am wondering the same thing. The amp I'm planning on using is the MTX Thunder 421D. http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products/amplifiers/thunder421D.cfm If you click on the picture on the above page, you'll get a larger image in which you can clearly see the three...

http://www.selectproducts.com/ Either go to the "Select Products" link in the menu, then go to the next page, and look under "Plexiglass" or use the category index and go straight to "Plexiglass."

Think of a home stereo speaker. Traditionally (at least 10 years ago, anyway) a single home-stereo speaker had a subwoofer, a midwoofer, and a tweeter. (Some have separate woofers and mids.) That's 3 or 4 drivers in a single speaker. I don't recall ever hearing anyone refer to a tower...

Most distribution blocks w/ 4-gauge outs can also be used for 8-gauge wire. Or, you could run 4-gauge wire to another distro block (kind of a waste.) Or you could use a gauge adapter, like this: http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/LITRA48 If it were me, I'd run 4-gauge wire and use the gauge...

I'm planning on putting 5-1/4 components in my truck. I want to put the components in the factory locations, and I want the entire installation to be stealth, so I want to take each existing 6x8 mounting location and put both a 5-1/4 midwoofer AND its matching tweeter in that space. Many car...