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First burps: 1. only 8 of 12 drivers installed 2. only 1 of 4 amplifiers installed 3. ZERO damping up front (yet) The van went into 161's during testing. Bangs very hard on one amp. Me thinks high 160's is very doable when we more than triple the power and add 33% more cone and motor...

I don't think you guys understand. Lets put the back story in here: daily amp is a US Amps MD3D and sub is a Mach5 SPL12. For daily listening this is MORE than enough. We held a 2X DbDrag event and did some testing: 1. overall load with box rise was 3.8x ohms 2. amplifier at this load...

if spl is the goal then air leaks and flexing are things we gotta stop 141.9 is pretty solid for your car as well kyle. If pure numbers are the goal then smaller volume and higher tuning for you will peak a bit more. How do you like the musicality of the driver? Jay will be in Street A...

I gotta say I was expecting a low 50 out of this one ?? Those drivers have wicked potential - whats impedence rise actually doing to you? Pics of the finished box? bmoney

Hamilton Audio is located in Winnipeg, MB. Sorry bro The way the box is laid out in such a way that there will be no pressure beside or behind the box - so why fill it in?

quick verbal update (Hamilton Audio is my alter ego : ) We've got the batteries all bussed up and ready to go (almost). Enclosure is fully laid up, and all gaps, holes, etc are now filled and sanded. Currently working on flaring the vent (or should I call it a doorway?). Goal is to have this...

To use modelling software correctly, the more (and more accurate) the T/s params are, the better your model will be. I've been at this game a LONG time, and along the way have gotten the chance to play with a lot of different things. We all mess it up when we start out, don't worry. We all...

not everyone has the same musical tastes as you The sub SOUNDS excellent - no doubt - I do believe his "disappointment" is with sheer output. Lower tuning, smaller volume and shitty power all hurt that don't they? Unless Kyle himself says otherwise, thats what I'm goin with bmoney

hahahahah yeah I guess wood isn't so bad around here Ironically the owner and mastermind behind Mach 5 lives right down the street from my shop - so I have the inside track Our box designs come from flat out test-mule-box testing. For the audiophile type anything 1.8 to 2.0 cubes net at...

in this case I'm inclined to agree for the most part - but there are a small handful of other issues that are affecting performance as well.

Hey Kyle - here's a couple of factors that play into your somewhat disappointment: 1. power - the amp you have is near gutless. 2. crossovers - your deck does NOT have a defeatable low pass and neither does your amp - so you're crossing over a crossover. NOT good. 3. box - the box you had...