[V8] 10' subs installed (NAC)

Thu Feb 26 10:02:13 EST 2004

I don't think there is an age restriction on being an old fart...  :-)

Most of us on this list are old enough to have already learned our
lesson when it comes to hearing loss, etc.  

Those who are younger won't listen to reason, don't want to be told what
to do, and will want to learn things on their own.

The paradox is that they will wish someone had warned them about the
consequences of their actions when they were younger.  At least that is
how it is/was in my case.  :-)

Now that I am older/wiser (no comments, please) and hand out free advice
to those who don't want to *take* that advise, I have joined the ranks
of 'old farts'.  We are a proud society.  ;-)

BTW, don't run with scissors.

- Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Maurice Greven [mailto:maurice.greven at verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:29 PM
To: Jeremy Ward; Audi V8 quattro list (Audi V8 quattro list)
Subject: RE: [V8] 10' subs installed (NAC)

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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