Does this blow anyone elses mind

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I remember that civic, it did have the best listening position for a sq car but equipment was lacking

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

100% silver wire? That's all I needed to read. This means that whoever did this has way more money than brains. Does anyone really believe you can hear the difference? How about when the 100% silver tarnishes (which is pretty quick), how's that work out?

Someone needs a swift kick in the nutz

 

[truckramrod 10+ year member]

I don't know if it has the new skyline hermetically sealed built engine in it

What does that mean exactly?

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

100% silver wire? That's all I needed to read. This means that whoever did this has way more money than brains. Does anyone really believe you can hear the difference? How about when the 100% silver tarnishes (which is pretty quick), how's that work out?
Someone needs a swift kick in the nutz

Silver wire is huge in the HT world, in a car I think the diffraction and refraction would negate the difference. But since it is the best sounding car ever can't really say anything is pointless.

edit: and the car has a RB26dett out of a R34 skyline, the R32 and R33 both had RB26dett's also but less improved.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Silver wire is huge in the HT world, in a car I think the diffraction and refraction would negate the difference. But since it is the best sounding car ever can't really say anything is pointless.edit: and the car has a RB26dett out of a R34 skyline, the R32 and R33 both had RB26dett's also but less improved.

Calling bullshit on anyone who claims you can hear the difference between aluminum, copper, silver, gold, or whatever kind of wire. I defy you to show me any science or double blind A/B tests that show otherwise.

Home theater crowd is well known for wasting a lot of money on very expensive snake oil.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I run 100% copper, that's all I'll ever really use. I do know I could hear a difference in clarity when I switched from regular to twisted, only problem is I'm not sure if I may have moved the angle my speakers sit at. All I meant is can't really say it's pointless when I havn't seen any test to prove so. I know B&W uses diamonds in their speakers and they claim it's the perfect material, but then again the pair of towers cost 24000 dollars. If I had a better room to listen to them in I'd be grabbing some used.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I run 100% copper, that's all I'll ever really use. I do know I could hear a difference in clarity when I switched from regular to twisted, only problem is I'm not sure if I may have moved the angle my speakers sit at. All I meant is can't really say it's pointless when I havn't seen any test to prove so. I know B&W uses diamonds in their speakers and they claim it's the perfect material, but then again the pair of towers cost 24000 dollars. If I had a better room to listen to them in I'd be grabbing some used.

I'd say the angle of the speaker makes a lot more difference than the construction of wire. Until you get into frequencies into megahertz any capacitence inherent in wire is a non-issue. We're not talking about microwaves, we're dealing with very very low frequency sound waves.... And I do mean 20Khz (which I bet not one out of 20 of us can even hear) is very very low in the big scheme of things.

If I were trying to sell a 24000$ set of towers I'd say just about any rediculous horse **** I could think of to attempt to justify that as well. I'd be willing to bet most of the projects at Zaphaudio.com would sound equal to or better than a good majority of the "price of a new car" systems that are marketed to people who have more money than smarts.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I've heard the B&W's, I'm not sure I would say worth 24k but they are by far the best sounding speakers I have ever heard. I've heard focal's $100k towers klipsche's 20k speakers, and some others I don't remember the names of. The B&W's blew my mind. If you look hard enough they pop up in the 5-6k range used I've been tempted more then once to buy a pair, if I had a room that was big enough to space them correctly I would have. I'm supposed to be building some line array speakers for my uncle this winter. I've never heard a line array with full range drivers should be interesting.

edit:

these are the speakers From B&W

 

[itsblown 10+ year member]

What does that mean exactly?

That its built in a lab by people in white scientist suits and absolutely no dust or dirt gets in, Im pretty sure they make them in a vacuum with robots.

None of this post is sarcasm either.

 

[Scott Buwalda 10+ year member]

Two different builds! The CA&E article is from 2006, when the car was blue. The buwaldahybrids.com website chronicles the car as it sits right now (black in color).

There is 12,000 hours of labor, and $190,000.00 cash invested into the build. The car was recently appraised at just north of $400,000.00. There is more to this car that any of you could possibly imagine by looking at a dozen or two dozen photos. A computer operates every function of the car - diagnostics to start and run, and everything in between (wipers, head lights, and etc.) using a custom hardware profile and a 3-D software profile - all custom. The entire subframe has been powder-coated, nickel-plated, or chromed. If it was for the RB26DET engine in the Tomei catalogue, it was used, even down to valve srings and retainers. 1,000 wheel horsepower. Everything that could be done to a car was done to this car. No expense sparred. And even for the off-topic crew, yes, pure silver wire was used; it was one of the few items that were sponsored by a supporting manufacturer (IXOS).

The vehicle will likely be listed on Dupont Registry sometime in the future. It is the highests coring SQi car of all time, by almost 400 points. IASCA had to re-write the rulebook to level the playing field for other competitors.

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

Am I the only one who has issues with right hand drive manuals? The last time I tried to drive one, it really messed with me because I am used to shifting with my right hand, not my left.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I prefer right hand manual cars, I'd rather shift with my left and have my right on the wheel then other way around.

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

Two different builds! The CA&E article is from 2006, when the car was blue. The buwaldahybrids.com website chronicles the car as it sits right now (black in color).
There is 12,000 hours of labor, and $190,000.00 cash invested into the build. The car was recently appraised at just north of $400,000.00. There is more to this car that any of you could possibly imagine by looking at a dozen or two dozen photos. A computer operates every function of the car - diagnostics to start and run, and everything in between (wipers, head lights, and etc.) using a custom hardware profile and a 3-D software profile - all custom. The entire subframe has been powder-coated, nickel-plated, or chromed. If it was for the RB26DET engine in the Tomei catalogue, it was used, even down to valve srings and retainers. 1,000 wheel horsepower. Everything that could be done to a car was done to this car. No expense sparred. And even for the off-topic crew, yes, pure silver wire was used; it was one of the few items that were sponsored by a supporting manufacturer (IXOS).

The vehicle will likely be listed on Dupont Registry sometime in the future. It is the highests coring SQi car of all time, by almost 400 points. IASCA had to re-write the rulebook to level the playing field for other competitors.

WOW 400k??? thats insane. i wish i could see a video of this cars SQ run.

@the alpine car, alpines show cars are always completely over the top and non functional(to me at least).

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

a video of a sq car is like showing a picture to a blind man, you need to see it in person to understand

 

[itsblown 10+ year member]

Two different builds! The CA&E article is from 2006, when the car was blue. The buwaldahybrids.com website chronicles the car as it sits right now (black in color).
There is 12,000 hours of labor, and $190,000.00 cash invested into the build. The car was recently appraised at just north of $400,000.00. There is more to this car that any of you could possibly imagine by looking at a dozen or two dozen photos. A computer operates every function of the car - diagnostics to start and run, and everything in between (wipers, head lights, and etc.) using a custom hardware profile and a 3-D software profile - all custom. The entire subframe has been powder-coated, nickel-plated, or chromed. If it was for the RB26DET engine in the Tomei catalogue, it was used, even down to valve srings and retainers. 1,000 wheel horsepower. Everything that could be done to a car was done to this car. No expense sparred. And even for the off-topic crew, yes, pure silver wire was used; it was one of the few items that were sponsored by a supporting manufacturer (IXOS).

The vehicle will likely be listed on Dupont Registry sometime in the future. It is the highests coring SQi car of all time, by almost 400 points. IASCA had to re-write the rulebook to level the playing field for other competitors.

If this is actually Scott Buwalda then its the man whom this car belongs to and may I just say what a wonderful job you did on it. Do you drive it at all or on special occasions or is it just a show car?