I'm not actually from Chi-Town, I just say that because it's about an hr from me and much more well known. I don't see a ton of rediculous systems, but I have seen some stuff. A sealed box for 4 12s, mixed subs (brands) in the same box, power wires without fuses, you know, stuff like that. Usually the fancy systems are in the ghetto area that I stay out of...nothing like 3 guys pulling up in a large bright colored Sedan just so they can hop out, pop the trunk, and stand there next to their fifteens for no apparent reason...yeah, i wasn't about to have a bass off. lol Yes though, it's hard to wow poeple without playing anything when you pop the trunk and all they see are tens...even if they are MTX 9500s, Alpine Type X's, DD 9500s, Fi BTLs, etc, but then again, that's kind of the best part. "Oh nice man. I see you got some tens in here sweet"...and then you turn them on. My system is actually not very loud by any means, I went for clarity, but I've seen plenty of videos and read plenty of things to know what tens can do.