[V8] 10' subs installed

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Start shopping for your hearing aid now - while you can still hear the salesman 
talk.
You may also want to practice listening to a constant shrill tone to practice 
up for your tinitus.

I used to work as a car stereo installer before they got stupid powerfull.
I wish I never did. 

my $00.02

Dave


Quoting QuickAudi at aol.com:

> Well, they are in.  Not what I wanted, especially in the sound, but
> they'll do for now.  See, I was supposed to be first in this past
> Saturday, but guess what?  They had a "3 hour" back log from Friday (I
> was there at 10 a.m.).  Long story short, I didn't get them installed
> until 5, and we had to put them in truck boxes because they didn't have
> time to do anything special, and frankly, neither did I.  I wanted
> something to fit on the deck of the trunk, but none of their prefab
> boxes would work.  Too big, and they wouldn't fit around the 6x9s in the
> back deck.  Oh well, I'm already thinking up some crazy fab stuff to
> allow them to come out to allow me to keep the space (I have to have the
> trunk space) and let me work on the stuff in the back if needs be.  
> The sound is too bassy, if that's possible.  I really need to try that
> iso-bandpass idea out and vent it into the cabin via the skibag.  I can
> tell that the trunk is insulated enough, because the subs don't "kick
> in" until about halfway up.  You can hear them at lower volumes, to be
> sure, but then they do some overdrive thing and overpower everything. 
> It's not as bad as I'm making it sound.  True props to Audi; the only
> thing in the trunk that rattles is the license plate next to the trunk
> lid.  Everything else is quiet.  You can hardly tell that I have it loud
> on the inside; picture a muffled scream, and when I open the door, it is
> an all-out blast.  
> I probably won't get around to doing anything else until this summer,
> due to financial constraints.  Well, check that, I won't be doing any
> speaker things until this summer.  I'll be doing needed work over spring
> break.  Look out Bill, here I come!
> 
> 
> Joel
> '90 V8q
> '86 5kcstq
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