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[ThxOne Premium Member]

My Crown was on a pair of JBL 12's. This setup is the one that made my eyes dance.

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

Kabuki box!

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

Anyone remember EQ/boosters?
Anyone use one?

(eBay sale)

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Anyone remember EQ/boosters?
Anyone use one?
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I did actually. Well, my buddy and I. He had a 1978 Camaro and we would experiment with car stereo stuff in it back in the day. He literally only ran 2 - 6x9's in the rear deck. I remember the best setup we got in that car was a Kenwood 2-knob tape deck, and Optimus EQ booster that looked almost identical to the picture you posted and two rowdy JBL T545 3-ways 6x9's.

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

I did actually. Well, my buddy and I. He had a 1978 Camaro and we would experiment with car stereo stuff in it back in the day. He literally only ran 2 - 6x9's in the rear deck. I remember the best setup we got in that car was a Kenwood 2-knob tape deck, and Optimus EQ booster that looked almost identical to the picture you posted and two rowdy JBL T545 3-ways 6x9's.

I remember the first guy in my HS class to actually put an amp in his car with the 6x9s. Before any of really had a clue about audio. Loudest car in the parking lot.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

I remember the first guy in my HS class to actually put an amp in his car with the 6x9s. Before any of really had a clue about audio. Loudest car in the parking lot.

I was amazed how loud 6x9's could get. Nobody cared about thunderous bass either just that the music was loud as hell.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

I was amazed how loud 6x9's could get. Nobody cared about thunderous bass either just that the music was loud as hell.

And Jensen was king of the 6x9's. I installed my first car audio with Realistic (Radio Shack) 8 track and Jensen 6x9's. Circa 1968

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

And Jensen was king of the 6x9's. I installed my first car audio with Realistic (Radio Shack) 8 track and Jensen 6x9's. Circa 1968

One of the coolest 6x9's I have played with were Jensen. They were 3-way and you could disassemble them. This was 1990-1992ish

 

[1aespinoza Premium Member]

It's funny how back in the 90's we had a pair of subs that would pound the crap out of our ears, and we were only running 2-12's off a 250 watt amp. Now, we find anything less than 1000 watts is weak.

That's because under perfect conditions 27% more power nets you 1db. As the coil heats up, you may need +50% or more power to get +1db. As we build heavier subs, we lose efficiency, so if you lose 1.5db in efficiency to double power handling, you only net 1.5db or maybe less.

I had often wondered about this. Store window rattling systems with only two flooded batteries and NO dimming lights.
I think the (hover)nment has been weakening our watts to hoard the rest in faciilties accross the states. The operation named "Watts Up, not U" is to use those hoarded watts with Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower in a mass mind control experiment. Be wary my brothers!

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Anyone remember EQ/boosters?
Anyone use one?
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Unfortunately, I remember them and used one.

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

A necessity for urban dwellers.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

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A necessity for urban dwellers.

Pre removable face!

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

It's not audio, but my customers were into this stuff too, for about five minutes.
I was in fairly early in the game with StreetGlow, but it fizzled fast.

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

Concord. I can't remember if they were legit, or crap. At the time, I thought they were legit.
Their advertising talked the talk.

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[Doxquzme Premium Member]

Concord. I can't remember if they were legit, or crap. At the time, I thought they were legit.
Their advertising talked the talk.

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My name is Steve and I'm an audioholic. It's been 40 years since my first foray into this addiction, 48 hrs since my most recent endeavor, my story is as follows:

With no regard to how I was going to pay for it or live without it, I purchased the Concord PL-515 and it was the absolutely best hi-grade $hit (deck) you could buy at that time and it was damn expensive, lke $650, and I was hooked.

Made in the US, one of the only decks with Dolby B and C noise reduction circuitry, DBX adapter for dbx recorded playback, Sen-alloy triple heads, RCA pre-outs, and the only deck that would take the vaunted TDK metal alloy case/metal tape cassettes.

I purchased it and two Linear power 100 amplifiers, two 8" 4 ohm Philips/ADS woofers, and a pair of Kricket 4" two way coaxial drivers for a one of a kind 3 way front end for my 83 Toyota longbed SR5 4x4.

Even though I knew next to nothing at the time about car audio, I had a hunch which ended up being the coolest/baddest/loudest system in the neighborhood!

That was the system that created my audio addiction - thanks for letting me share, my name is steve and I am an audioholic.