Has anyone seen the new SMD Impedance Meter/Signal Generator? It looks really useful

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

SMD Triple Play Combo Pack Edition (Includes DD-1, CC-1, IM-SG) - SMD Combo Packs - SMD Install Tools / Electronics

Price is $300

Some uses of the D’Amore Engineering / SMD IM-SG (Impedance Meter / Signal Generator).

Obtain a driver's T/S Parameters*
Determine speaker crossover set points
Find tuning frequency of passive radiator
Find tuning frequency of ported enclosure
Find volume of sealed enclosure
Locate rattles in vehicle
Find crossover frequency of passive crossover networks**


http://www.wccaraudio.com/smd-install-tools-electronics/smd-impedance-meter-signal-generator.html




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfcBuGDeJrg&feature=player_embedded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QOcT4_0Vp8&feature=player_embedded



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXclhRegDGw&feature=player_embedded




@whitedragon551 ; Has shown me a tool that does all of the things that the SMD does. But for $100


Woofer Tester 3
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=390-804

Click to read more...

 

[logan963 10+ year member]

That sounds super useful if it works like it is described //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Beau M 10+ year member]

Saw those. If a local shop had them, I would pay $50 or so for them to correctly and quickly set my gains and get a base tune on my system.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Wouldnt buy them. Would spend more on Fluke just to get SMD's initials off of it.

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

That sounds super useful if it works like it is described //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Did you watch the videos at the bottom of the page?

He literally goes through everything. And it honestly works.

If I were a box builder like Pro-rabbit or 007...I would definitely have this tool.

Or maybe if I were into competitions. Seems like it would be best for those 2.

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

Wouldnt buy them. Would spend more on Fluke just to get SMD's initials off of it.

Can you measure the t/s and such with a fluke? (that is a real question. I really don't know)

I agree. I wish it didn't come with suck my dick's initials on it.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Can you measure the t/s and such with a fluke? (that is a real question. I really don't know)
I agree. I wish it didn't come with suck my dick's initials on it.

No but the Woofer Tester 3 can.

 

[logan963 10+ year member]

Did you watch the videos at the bottom of the page?He literally goes through everything. And it honestly works.

If I were a box builder like Pro-rabbit or 007...I would definitely have this tool.

Or maybe if I were into competitions. Seems like it would be best for those 2.

I will get right on that! I think they are useful all around, I might buy them myself, since ima diy kinda guy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

I will get right on that! I think they are useful all around, I might buy them myself, since ima diy kinda guy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I put the links up.

I have the DD1 and the CC1

Get this instead of the SMD tool. Does the same thing but for less. Tests T/S parameters and box frequencies too

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=390-804

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

No but the Woofer Tester 3 can.

Well Fudge the SMD tool. You are right. That dayton does the exact same thing at 1/3 of the price.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Looks decent, but I could always burn a $5 with those same tones, get Woofer Tester 3 and have the same or better functionality. The DD-1 I'm really against, since you can pick up a DMM for like $50 and a decent oscope for $80 and have MUCH more functionality and control. The CC-1 seems like the tool you can't really find anywhere else, except for playing tones and finding crossover points that way. Which works almost the same, and costs $5, so I'll be doing that.

 

[truckramrod 10+ year member]

It seems like a good product. As do the other products. They are more expensive but easier to use for the novice.

Honestly, I like them even more because a lotta people get their ******* all bunched up over SMD.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

It seems like a good product. As do the other products. They are more expensive but easier to use for the novice. Honestly, I like them even more because a lotta people get their ******* all bunched up over SMD.

Probably because they are overpriced, redundant tools that won't ever teach anything.

 

[truckramrod 10+ year member]

Again. Useful for both novices with little experience and shop installers trying save time setting up installs, they are easier to use despite the added cost.

isn't that the idea behind a tool? To make a job easier or faster or to " teach something"

Additionally, as a competitor of both db drag and iasca, Ive seen competitors use it with good results. I used a dd-1 on my amps with no complaint.

I've seen real world positive results and that can't be discounted by others opinions.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Did you watch the videos at the bottom of the page?He literally goes through everything. And it honestly works.

If I were a box builder like Pro-rabbit or 007...I would definitely have this tool.

Or maybe if I were into competitions. Seems like it would be best for those 2.

It would only help if testing the box in the actual vehicle and WT3 can do that...