Idea for my friend's baby

[captaincheesey 10+ year member]

Ok, so I got my friend into car audio and since I am going to be the "uncle" who is big into it and always talk about it, it is kind of expected I am going to try and make the kid loud when he is little. So here is the idea:

For every year the baby gets older, buy him a speaker(s) that represent how old he is. So for his first birthday get him a tweeter. Now this would basically be an on going gag gift type thing, I would buy the usual gifts as well, but by the time the kid is 10 he will have a system already. And for those odd years where there isn't a speaker work with it, like 11, 7, etc... Buy an amp or installation stuff like wire. I plan on getting his kid into MECA kids and making my friend's baby loud, no ifs ands or buts.

Oh, and for the baby shower gift I am getting a shirt that says, "My daddy is louder than your daddy."

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

When he turns 18, get him a 10k amp.

 

[captaincheesey 10+ year member]

When he turns 18, get him a 10k amp.

nope, 18" sub. That is the plan, but I hope by the time he is 18 he will have a job and won't need it. But I think when his kid turns 18 since it will be a big birthday I will stop the gag there and get him a single 18 and the box and amp to go with it. Kind of a big ending to it.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

just start a system fund.

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

Wanna be my "uncle"?

I wouldn't mind a few batteries, or even just some copper barstock

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

1) 1" Tweeter

2) 2" Tweeter

3) 3" Mid

4) 4" Mid

5) 5.25" Mid

6) 6.5" mid

7) 7" mid

8) 8" sub

9) 6x9" Speaker

10) 10" sub

 

[ShadowBalls 10+ year member]

11) Focal 27A 11" sub

12) 12" sub

13) JL 13w7

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Watch the kid not even like car audio since you are forcing it upon him.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

can't get a car until he's sixteen, so won't the first 16 gifts be pointless?

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Not something I would do. Would rather get him something that will be more productive.

I know how much money I have spent on this addicting hobby and by no means do I want to start them off early. I will let them do that on their own, lol!

Because that system he will have might last a year..........because he will not want very outdated stuff, just IMO.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have outdated stuff.......like older PP or Phoenix Gold, but not everyone is going to by thier newphew a 500 dollar amp they can't use for 16 years, lol!

 

[nastyn 10+ year member]

sweet, I wish when I turned 16 or 18 i had a shit ton of random CA parts that got older and older and outdated as I looked through them.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Not something I would do. Would rather get him something that will be more productive.
I know how much money I have spent on this addicting hobby and by no means do I want to start them off early. I will let them do that on their own, lol!

Because that system he will have might last a year..........because he will not want very outdated stuff, just IMO.

I agree, this hobby is very expensive. There are a number of times I dumped hard earned money into buying something only to sell it for a loss later. Then money didn't become much of an issue, but I found my room filled with about 30 subs, 7 amps, it was just too much. Not needed really. Sold pretty much everything I had, rehab I guess you can say when I realized I didn't need it. I guess this is what a crack addicts go through.

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

I agree, this hobby is very expensive. There are a number of times I dumped hard earned money into buying something only to sell it for a loss later. Then money didn't become much of an issue, but I found my room filled with about 30 subs, 7 amps, it was just too much. Not needed really. Sold pretty much everything I had, rehab I guess you can say when I realized I didn't need it. I guess this is what a crack addicts go through.

I've spent so much money on amps and subs. I think I have over $1,000 worth of subs, sitting in my room doing nothing and over $2,000 in amps sitting in my room doing nothing. I've had more at one time but I sold them and made money on them. I'm not doing too bad with it other than collecting the US Amps and the Eclipse decks....

 

[slim8605 10+ year member]

Good idea but like everyone said, the stuff will be old and outdated.