[V8] 10' subs installed (NAC)

[Maurice Greven]

Jeremy,

If 30 is an "ol' fart" then I hate to think of what I am, (as well as
other here on the list) at (almost) 44!!!   

Maurice

PS (that's 308 to a dog!)Tha means that the local canines think my '90
Pearl is a 56 year old car!! (Still looks like new, too !!)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Ward
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:20 AM
> To: dsaad at icehouse.net; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [V8] 10' subs installed
> 
> 
> I second that.  I have hearing loss from my younger days 
> (also working around car stereos).  
> 
> You don't realize how much you will regret it until it's too 
> late.  Now I do everything I can to protect what's left.  
> Including wearing earplugs when mowing the lawn.  :-)
> 
> Old fart,
> 
> - Jeremy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dsaad at icehouse.net [mailto:dsaad at icehouse.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:22 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] 10' subs installed
> 
> 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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