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Stupidest Thing You Have Ever Heard When Talking With Someone About Car Audio? I was just wondering what
kind of stupid things people say when they talk about car audio. Here's
mine: Posted by Mr. Ivan on 10-21-2001 02:48 PM: well, all my friends think
that gains are the same as volume controls... Posted by koolguy on 10-21-2001 03:40 PM: my friend thinks that his thump subs are louder than my HE's just because they have tweets in the box. Posted by Infinity526 on 10-21-2001 04:15 PM: "My stock speakers
sound awesome!" Posted by Destiny on 10-21-2001 04:17 PM: 155 Db can hurt your ears,
HA can't we all hear fine??? Posted by The Trail Pimp on 10-21-2001 05:49 PM: My friend says that, so he refuses to get new speakers or components he just keeps buying louder subs, and is convinced his deck gives 200w Posted by Fozzie on 10-21-2001 05:49 PM: man u guys dont even know
stupid!! Posted by tiggerjmp23 on 10-21-2001 05:57 PM: I don't know who it was but I could have sworn I saw somebody on the forum claim they could hit 300db(it was a newbie I think). If you hit 300db, you would disintegrate! Literally! Posted by SPL_Krayzie112 on 10-21-2001 06:11 PM: oh this kid in Futureshop,
he said: "people are saying the Xplods are POS" and his buddy
said, "What are you talking about? They win the competitions, how can
they be ****!" Posted by hobopenguin on 10-21-2001 06:17 PM: "Wow, your car must be hittin atleast 100db!" Posted by steve671 on 10-21-2001 06:23 PM: About two years ago I had
just finished building a vented enclosure for a pair of PPI PC10's in the
trunk of a Honda. The subs and the ports were facing toward the trunk. One
of the other installers, who claims to have ten years plus experience, walks
up and says Posted by gdogperfect on 10-21-2001 06:29 PM: here is what some of my
friends think Posted by Fryguy on 10-21-2001 07:50 PM: My store (tweeter) where I
got all my first stuff installed, was telling me that my JBL 1200.1 can't
possibly put out rated power because it's too small. They tried to convince
me that their xtant1001x was SO much better because it put out an actual
1500 watts. I was like umm what's the difference between 1300 and 1500,
besides I will strain my alternator before. They are like it'll be a lot
louder, because your amp doesn't put out rated power. I told them about the
magazine article, and they said that's with a high THD and stuff, when I
told them it was at normal THD with all normal conditions, they told me that
the magazine lied. So we went back to the xtant, and he honestly believed
that 1500 watts would be noticeably louder than 1200+ from the JBL. this kid at my work bet me fifty dollars that his two kick azz "Bumper" subs run by his "Rockford fosgate competition 100a2" amp which is hooked up to his stock hu through the high level inputs would destroy my 2 10" orion xtr's hooked to a pioneer deck and run by a (i know its crappy) bolt b400.4 amp. so we went outside and not having a meter, we had a guy from the service department judge. i beat him and i opened my trunk and what does he say but "wow, those subs have nice heat sinks" as i looked at him all confused he goes "holy shiit!! you got a bolt amp?? dont these cost like eight hundred dollars? I was gonna buy a stolen one once that put out 3000 watts but i decided not to give up my comp amp". At this i closed my trunk and took my money and walked away. Posted by graham on 10-21-2001 08:00 PM: some kid asked me "do u
have a system yet" and i dint have one yet. He says "when you do
get 2 12's and 100 watts, and make sure its "Boxed up".
"boxed up you say? hmmm..... i give it a try" Lol Posted by Speedy K on 10-21-2001 09:46 PM:
A salesman said to me that
all subs sound the same. Posted by Skipp on 10-21-2001 10:06 PM:
You guys are always dogging
on the people that work at Circuit City, but you don't realize the people
that actually SHOP there on a daily basis. These are just some of the things
I've heard..... Posted by beaux on 10-21-2001 10:17 PM:
"Went to a comp today......i hit a 141.x but i would have been alot higher but i blew my tweeters on the way over here" Posted by xDarythx on 10-21-2001 10:20 PM:
Hmm, lets see, I've had a
few good ones... Darthy, when i tell thiem
about MASS, they task me how much is it in inches, because they aren't
familiar with mms, then I tell them about how the inch number is just the
P2P, and that the P2P of MASS is 11 1/4 inches, and the never believe me Posted by smithdogg1 on 10-21-2001 10:53 PM:
this kid at school thinking that his 2 12" MTX thunder6000's run off a 200 watt sony expold amp with a crap HU and blown speakers will be better than my future system. 2 12" comp VR's with a kicker ZR360 amp (about 300 watts to each sub) and a poineer HU. And his system sounds like absoule crap!! i think he mush have his gains all the way up which he thinks is good and he is only giving each sub about 100 watts if that when they can handle around 250. Posted by geolemon on 10-21-2001 11:50 PM:
The shit that comes out of
ignorant car audio customers, or "wannabe enthusiast"'s mounts has
some degree of innocence to it though... Posted by azmalu on 10-21-2001 11:50 PM:
The ratings that people always believe whenever theres a huge sticker on top of the amp at walmartkmart or whererver else they decide to buy from when it says 1000watts x 4. (he's usign the front two channels for his stock speakers and the rear for his subs. I didnt even bother to ask what kind what box if any or how he plans on wiring it. Posted by Skipp on 10-22-2001 01:03 AM:
Geolemon........you're evil! Posted by SystemAddict4 on 10-22-2001 01:09 AM:
About 8 months ago, I remember a kid selling his subwoofers on ebay. In his auction, he stated that he hit "486 db's" with his subs, and that they have the potential to hit "800 db's" if powered right. Man, if people don't know what they are talking about, they should just shut up. That was HILARIOUS to read, though. Posted by Nourdmrol3 on 10-22-2001 01:18 AM:
I was talkin to a kid at school about my new system a couple days ago and i told him i was lookin at 2 tempests and an mtx 81000d. I showed him all the stuff online and when i was showin him the 81000d he was like "you can't run two subs off a mono block amp, see it says 1000x1!" I was like WTF shut up and we argued for like 30 min. Then when we were lookin at the tempests he was like " dude 8 ohm subs really suck you should get 4 ohm like my Rockfords!" again i was like WTF dude im gonna wire them in parralel to get 4 ohm. why are people such dumbasses Posted by Kyle652352 on 10-22-2001 01:20 AM:
quote: Hey that was me trying to sell my Thumps! It's true too! Come on down and hear them!!!! Actually, you could pro hear that from where you are n Posted by SystemAddict4 on 10-22-2001 01:24 AM:
I can't stand it when people argue with you about something they know nothing about. I've had people argue with me that pyramid is the ****, because it puts out 400 x 4, or whatever it claimed. When I tried to tell him it was crap, he wouldn't listen and bought it anyway. Man, did he pay the price for buying that amp when it blew 3 weeks later and put out dick for wattage. Hehe, serves him right... Posted by streetrace_r on 10-22-2001 01:26 AM:
800DB's......whoa Posted by SystemAddict4 on 10-22-2001 01:31 AM:
Well, seeing as how 180 db's
is the equivelent to an explosion, and 200 db's cannot be reached due to the
laws of physics, I'd have to say that to reach 800 db's would be like the
apocolypse. It would destroy the earth. Can you IMAGINE how much pressure
that is??? Every persons head on this planet would explode.... That's what
makes the comment so funny Posted by streetrace_r on 10-22-2001 01:39 AM:
i thinkt hat 800db will absolutley disintegrate anything and everything in it;s path......lol Posted by BrEaKaWaY on 10-22-2001 01:43 AM:
800 db's is to loud for you
guys? Sorry let me turn down my HYPER PRO sub... you know how i do it...
Pyramid only Posted by MichaelP on 10-22-2001 01:52 AM:
quote: Laws are meant to be Broken LOL
Posted by MichaelP on 10-22-2001 01:54 AM:
quote: see beaux did not even post to best one, at that same comp he was telling me about a guy that got beat by a dual 8in Kiker setup, He was running 15in Pyramids My first though was way did he bring PYRAMID to a COMP. then beaux told me he was aurguing with the judges telling them the meter was wrong because he hit high 140's LOL I would have like the seen the looks on the judges faces when he said that
Posted by BrEaKaWaY on 10-22-2001 02:00 AM:
That guy must have a
horrible install, my one hyper pro hits 800db's Posted by SystemAddict4 on 10-22-2001 02:03 AM:
quote: LOL, won't beat my Radio Shack 8" subs powered by a 10,000 watt Pyramid amp, or my friends 12" Thump subwoofers powered by a Kracko amplifier. I think we both must be hitting around 1000 db's. 
Posted by geolemon on 10-22-2001 02:25 AM:
quote: Niagara Falls, Canada.... (real near me) Guinness World Records museum, on Clifton Hill... "Loudest sound ever recorded.. 209 dB on the Apollo launch pad" If 209 dB can be recorded and measured.. much louder is possible. -Chris E
Posted by bassfreak on 10-22-2001 02:25 AM:
HIM "I have a friend in
houston that has 2 12s that there so loud I can hear the highs" Posted by ILLCOMM on 10-22-2001 02:31 AM:
walking into a car audio
shop is about as frustrating as being a CPS major and walking into a
CompUSA. I mean, some of these people know nothing! Sometimes I play dumb
and to see the things these salespeople try to pull! It makes me feel really
bad for people looking to get into car audio who know very little. Posted by nasty_totoro on 10-22-2001 02:50 AM:
quote: 200 dB can be broken just not in air at normal atmoshperic pressure zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by viperman_64 on 10-22-2001 03:10 AM:
Ok so yesterday i go to get
my exhaust fixed, and they turn on my car, i was in the other room and i
could hear it a lil, just enough to know it was on, and the guy asked me
what i got, I go ahhh just ****y legacy 10's, he said "they things
sound real clear and pretty lound too" then he asked me why I have my
amp up front, I told him thats for my highs, so he said so those are full
range subs....
dumbest thing i ever hear
anyone say was when i walked into this car audio shop in a town 3 states
from here and this salesman here comes up to me and i ask him what is the
most powerful amp he has in the store and he takes me over to this really
big pyramid amp and says now this baby will push almost 3000 watts but you
have to have 3 car batteries and 4 caps within 3 inches of it so that it
gets the power that it needs to push that much Posted by djchowfun on 10-22-2001 04:58 AM:
oh smack we're gettin all scientific up in this ^_^ Posted by xplikt on 10-22-2001 04:59 AM:
I do about the same evil
things that geolemon does, but with car dealers. It's also fun to just drive
slowly thru and then STOP, back up...and stop again like you;re interested
in a car...get the dealers to come after you...and let them sorta try to get
near you, lol. Posted by MichaelP on 10-22-2001 05:20 AM:
My Person Favorite Posted by Wipe0ut on 10-22-2001 05:52 AM:
There are way too many to
name.. Posted by nasty_totoro on 10-22-2001 05:58 AM:
quote: i bet most people on this forum cant do that either zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by lalmas on 10-22-2001 06:20 AM:
Stupid person : " You
won't be able to sit there tomarrow" Posted by popimp on 10-22-2001 06:24 AM:
at least he understands the concepts he just doesn't know good brands. road gear is some sad stuff though..... i was suprised browsing through meijer they actually have stuff labeled as 1000 watt subwoofers.... wow Posted by AussieBeats on 10-22-2001 06:38 AM:
we got some smart muthafuckas up in here! atmospheric pressure? man it's way over my head. Posted by Wipe0ut on 10-22-2001 10:19 AM:
quote: I have the top of the line Rockwood 12, it's the XR-1712, rated at 200RMS. The thing gets damn loud but it sounds like poo  It doesn't go all that low either.. but hey, $30  Doncha be makin fun of my Rockwood now ehehhe 5:12 aa.m.
Posted by SPL_Krayzie112 on 10-22-2001 10:53 AM:
Spacemonkey: Posted by The_spacemonkey on 10-22-2001 11:06 AM:
both root mean squared Posted by The Guy on 10-22-2001 01:16 PM:
I got 1 I can run that amp on 12 12's drop that amp down to .1 ohms and push 9000 watts out of that 350 watt amp. I will show you guys i swear. Posted by chadillac3 on 10-22-2001 01:48 PM:
spacemonkey, are you an EE?
As far as having smart people on the forum, I'll bet there are a decent
amount of CS majors or EE's on here, as well as a lot of other college
students/graduates. I'm a senior EE major myself. Posted by geolemon on 10-22-2001 02:21 PM:
quote: ...Measured by NASA, by the way... That was arguably "normal atmospheric pressure".. It was measured in air... The air was being stimulated and pressurized by a giant Apollo rocket... But is that really that different than stimulating and pressurizing the air with your big subwoofer cones? Actually, in either case, you are pressurizing the air greater than "normal". And when the Rocket's big subwoofer ( )
left the area, it returned to normal atmospheric pressure... just like when
your subwoofers are turned off... same deal (yeah right)The rocket, after all, didn't have the advantage of "transfer function" that your small car interior does!  -Chris
E
Posted by nasty_totoro on 10-22-2001 02:41 PM:
quote: me no thinka that is normal atmospheric pressure rockets go go because ........ feeda me sushi Posted by clayton on 10-22-2001 04:13 PM:
i have a friend putting together a system for his 86 burben right now.. and he was telling me that pyrmiand has some new 6x9s out that are totaly bad ***. then he went on to buy jensen subs.. =( Posted by SPL_Krayzie112 on 10-22-2001 04:17 PM:
quote: i thought you were asking how they get the RMS rating for a sub.
Posted by The_spacemonkey on 10-22-2001 05:26 PM:
quote: not Elect Eng .... chem eng. major, minor in physics(centered around subatomics..) man tortoro... i cant seem to come up with a specific equasion that relates atmospheric pressure to sound intensity. throw me a bone here man
Posted by scooter1 on 10-22-2001 05:41 PM:
geolemon Posted by The_spacemonkey on 10-22-2001 05:43 PM:
well increased heat would increase pressure to some degree which would allow for a higher db rating. Posted by geolemon on 10-22-2001 05:45 PM:
quote: Actually, that penalizes the rocket.. Colder air is denser air, more pressure capability.. But with the rocket, since it is lifting off, that means that the air beneath the rocket is pressurized with more than the weight of the rocket itself, which must be an unbelievable weight... Your subs couldn't come close to creating that pressure! -Chris E
Posted by ise man 3 on 10-22-2001 05:48 PM:
quote: Nope. Ever notice that you system seems louder in the winter? Or your hearing seems more sensitive? Cold air = denser air. The pressure caused from heating the interior air in a car will escape somehow. You don't see anyone running their heaters at comps, do you?
Posted by The_spacemonkey on 10-22-2001 06:01 PM:
that is true as well......
well in this case you are right... but think of it this way. First.... with
waves in a medium, the higher the pressure, the higher the intensity of the
wave. we are agreed on that right?(think like this ... in a vacume, no
pressure, there is no wave and with slight pressure there is extremely faint
wave) Posted by nasty_totoro on 10-22-2001 07:03 PM:
quote: well its very simple hint think of the equation for pressure in decibels remeber there is a reference pressure and a <fill in blank> pressure the end result fot 1 atm should be 194 dB zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by FBI Agent on 10-22-2001 07:29 PM:
A buddy of mine told me that
one REAL watt would blow any speaker. Posted by nasty_totoro on 10-22-2001 07:30 PM:
quote: doubtful 100 wrms on the other hand ......
Posted by MichaelP on 10-22-2001 07:36 PM:
quote: you forgot something zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz you must be tired
Posted by krustindumm on 10-22-2001 08:18 PM:
smaller speaker wire makes
the subs more punchy or hit faster according to this kid in my class. Also a
pair of LA storm 12's hit 142 off of an S2.250 while in the trunk of some
old american V8. I say that is a in trunk measurement. He had it done by
Ultimate Electronics. Posted by RedFart on 10-22-2001 08:24 PM:
the best ive heard (im a newbie myself) but one dudes like yeh i got 2 15s and he shows me a picture and there 15 watts he was totaly confused. He thought when someone says the size of there speaker there the watage. Damn it i thought it was funny. no....... Posted by Gen @ A&M on 10-22-2001 09:56 PM:
quote: Exactly what concepts does he understand? Posted by Pmath on 10-22-2001 10:08 PM:
"Yeah I have a 8 inch
JL audio sub...but damn that thing hits like a 12" Posted by Wipe0ut on 10-22-2001 10:11 PM:
I kinda liked the Road Gear
4" "Competition Subwoofers" that can take a good 250 RMS
each.. right.. Posted by Fryguy on 10-22-2001 10:37 PM:
Pmath LOL, I am going to be
running a 150x2 amp to MY COMPONENTS, let alone my subs, LOL Posted by hollaback6 on 10-22-2001 11:54 PM:
"I would rather get
10's because 12's don't hit as fast" Posted by BrEaKaWaY on 10-23-2001 12:00 AM:
RF now makes 2600 watt
amps... Posted by MichaelP on 10-23-2001 12:03 AM:
and olny $150 Posted by BrEaKaWaY on 10-23-2001 12:43 AM:
Another lie... Idiot's Guide To Car Audio You guys HAVE to check out this post on the ClubRSX forums. Some of the stuff this guy is saying makes sense, but at other times, I wonder........... It gets good when he starts to talk about speakers/amps. Please check it out and post your thoughts guys. http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7402 Posted by nasty_totoro on 10-23-2001 04:40 AM: Re: Idiot's Guide To Car Audio
quote: almost nothing the poor sod says makes any sense
Posted by apdawg92 on 10-23-2001 04:51 AM:
Please please pleeeease read that post guys. It's long, but it exemplifies everything that this thread stands for. LOL Do it for CAF!!!! Posted by Tair on 10-23-2001 05:09 AM:
:sigh: what an idiot.......everyone read the rsx forum please. Posted by PimpinPolitis on 10-23-2001 07:37 AM:
you guys wanna hear the epitome of idiocy? my buddy and i were at our loca car audio store (as usual) and some kid was YELLING like freaking out at a salesman so i wnet over to see why and the kid was sitting htere, all pissed off saying that his 2 10 inch pyramid hyperpros were better than 2 15inch kicker l7's, he was FLIPPING out saying that his subs hit "hyper-decibels" i believe he called them, he was like "yah, pyramid is called that cause its at the top of the pyramid of car audio! and my subs hit hyepr decibles! 1 hyper decibel is equal to 250 regular decibels, the solo baricscant even hit that, that is what hyper means! my rearview mirror shakes like crazy and i had to disconnect my stock 6x9's cause the subs were making them crap out they were that powerful" yet he was PISSED while screaming this, meanwhile me and my buddy are sitting htere LAUGHING our asses of, so hte kid comes andstarts freaking at me! then teh installer guy got the kid to come in his car (its acompetition vehicle, kicker thru and thru) the kid just shut up and walked out and drove off, apparently trying to "pump" his system, all i heard was splat splat, i guess that was his "hyper-decibel"? Posted by Kyle652352 on 10-23-2001 02:10 PM:
the funniest part about that post is that he tried so sound so scientific. and to the post about the hyper decibels! hA!
Posted by Kyle652352 on 10-23-2001 02:15 PM:
"its square, black/red
and has a badass grill. its 88 DB, absolute garbage and costs way too
much." Posted by big_chris on 10-23-2001 03:36 PM:
"ok! first general
knowledge. there are two main types of amps, for subs there are type D amps.
these are the best sub amps. for internals there are type AB amps, these are
the best for internals. I can't make the explanations work in my head so I
will not explain it at this time. " Posted by PimpinPolitis on 10-23-2001 03:51 PM:
**** it was the funniest
thing in the world! Hey, how did you get that -=Kicker=- Displaying by your
name? I lvoe kicker, and I dont see too many kicker fans on this forum for
some reason, oh well, kicker is still top in my books. Posted by djjc on 11-09-2001 04:00 PM:
About 10 years ago some kid tried to sell me "Atomix" 12's for $30 each. He said that since you could see the logo on the speakers making straight lines backwards when they hit, rather than moving side to side at all, this meant they were very accurate and one of the top subs. Posted by Jp Sport on 11-09-2001 04:17 PM:
A friend of mine is going to
install two 6x9 sin the rear deck. I told him how to do it, but then he said
my friend at Circuit City told me to just use a pair of pilers to rip the
bolts out from the bottom of the rear deck, then pull the speaker through
the whole sideways!!! Then set the new ones back in there. Then he also
advised that he bridge his amp to all four midrange drivers. Posted by PimpinPolitis on 11-09-2001 05:28 PM:
whoa! somebody revived like a month old thread!, this was a good one tho....... Posted by apdawg92 on 11-09-2001 05:43 PM:
i was thinkin' the same thing pimpinpolitis, but i still think my example is the best. lol Posted by PimpinPolitis on 11-09-2001 05:44 PM:
no no, myne with the kids "hyperdecibels" rules, i still almost piss my panst when i hear that one Posted by Kyle652352 on 11-09-2001 09:00 PM:
put me down for hyper decibels! That was f'n hilarious! Posted by k-mart on 11-09-2001 09:46 PM:
What's so funny about hyperdecibels? I got metered at 2.6 with my p-mids yesterday. Posted by dbfocus on 11-09-2001 11:47 PM:
I was picking up a Cell
Phone Battery at Good Guys the other day and stopped at the Car Audio
section to get a look at what they had. This 16 year old Pimple Factory told
me that the MTX6500D was way better than the JL 500/1 because the 500/1 was
high maintenance. I said "What do you mean High Maintenance?" He
says " You have to adjust the settings for different types of
music" as he points to the X-Over and the Gain. I laughed and said
" thats a good one hah hah hah High Maintenance!". He looked at me
funny and said "no I'm serious!" and I just laughed even harder as
loud as I could while I made my way to the Checkout. Hah hah hah High
Maintenance! Posted by Fryguy on 11-10-2001 04:21 AM:
My tweeter is trying to tell
me that 2 JL12w3s sealed will be louder than 2 Ported DD 3512s Posted by PimpinPolitis on 11-10-2001 06:33 AM:
yah well hyper decibels are
louder than all your guys stuff Posted by RaVell_lott on 11-17-2001 03:51 AM:
some one said when listening to my car my stock system in my focus is better cause i can actually hear the music Posted by streetrace_r on 11-17-2001 05:10 AM:
Posted by PimpinPolitis on 11-17-2001 05:18 AM:
HOORAY! my hyper decibels renewed an extremely huge and long post once again! I AM WIN :-) Posted by benasmith on 11-18-2001 06:11 PM:
Yesterday I was told that
one of the reasons the MB Quart reference coaxials sound better than the
component set from the same line is because the coaxials have a better
basket. Posted by shootme5150 on 11-18-2001 08:01 PM: Re: Stupidest Thing You Have Ever Heard When Talking With Someone About Car Audio?
quote: "Hi, my name is coug..."
Posted by SPL_Krayzie112 on 11-18-2001 08:52 PM:
stupidest thing? Posted by BrEaKaWaY on 11-18-2001 09:09 PM: Re: Re: Stupidest Thing You Have Ever Heard When Talking With Someone About Car Audio?
quote: lol...
Posted by surreal on 08-15-2002 08:44 AM:
Just an hour ago, this sales
MANAGER told me that JL Audio only gives 90 day warranties on their sub
enclosure/woofer combinations but 1 year if you buy the woofer seperate and
have the box custom built (actually the reverse is true, but 2 years for an
enclosure). Posted by PimpinPolitis on 08-15-2002 09:26 AM:
dude this thread is like almost a year old! Posted by Urmama on 08-15-2002 09:33 AM:
people adding up the peak power ratings and saying that's how many watts their stereo is, I say really 2,000 watts, wow, mine is only 400 Posted by ifyouaretobloom on 08-15-2002 11:00 AM:
quote: Just to let you know, Best Buy doesnt even do custom install. Nevertheless, it's not difficult at all to build a box suited to a specific application which performs better in that instance than a mass produced box.
Posted by fiberglassfr3ak on 08-15-2002 01:14 PM:
ok heres the one that takes the cake.This guy at the pawn shop is selling me this sub and hes convinced that hes gods gift to car audio.so hes gonna give me a demo of the sub.hes got a dvc he2 and a four chanel amp.he wires each chanel in stereo to both coils.the speaker hufed all up and started smokin.I started laughing my *** off.it was funny ass ****. Posted by PointSource1 on 08-15-2002 01:17 PM:
some kid tried to tell me
that porting your box will make your system sound bad.......... Posted by jfr0 on 08-15-2002 01:58 PM:
My friend who works at a
local installer has some stories. Posted by MuRdAatMiDnIgHt on 08-15-2002 02:30 PM:
All these come courtosy of
my idiotic friend Curtis: Posted by Fryguy on 08-15-2002 06:06 PM:
I still remember the time a store around me was selling a kicker special a kicker L7 in a ported box for like $300 or some ridiculous price. I get a demo of it and it sounds good, a bit loose, but pretty characteristic of Kicker. I ask, so what's the port tuned to? They're like "huh". So I ask again, what frequency is the port tuned to? They say oh it's not tuned you gotta tune it yourself. I'm like LOL Posted by MuRdAatMiDnIgHt on 08-15-2002 06:09 PM:
quote: LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by grimsler on 08-15-2002 06:24 PM:
the car audio place around
me sells alot of high end products like eclipse and diamond audio etc, they
think its fun to pt cheap *** subs around the store with huge pricetags i
saw a radioshack 8" for like 350 $ it looked sweet Posted by folkedahl on 08-15-2002 08:20 PM:
This is the funniest thread i've ever seen. Its like 2:30 am and im tryin to be all quit and i keep bustin out laughin. U guys are funny ****. Posted by LoN on 08-15-2002 09:38 PM:
tweeter salesman: 300$ for
these 2 jl10w0's Posted by Rell_Baby on 08-15-2002 10:52 PM:
quote: LOL...Tite as hell, but the Wicked witch was from the East. I just have to protect the rep of us West Coasters. Relli
Posted by Deuce on 08-16-2002 07:17 AM:
quote: I give my Res Eng 12hc 850w in my dorm-room....
Posted by Dudely7 on 09-04-2002 01:05 PM:
well at least now i know I'm
not alone in the 'stupid peer' race. Posted by Liquid_ice on 09-04-2002 01:50 PM:
Went to a local audio shop and listened to a 15 solobaric. Asked him to play High Roller by Crystal Method (the bass hit is around 35 hertz) and it didn't play so i said you must have the box ported high. Then the guy looked at the top of the box and looked at me funny. Posted by JohnBlayz142 on 09-04-2002 02:14 PM:
quote: lmfao!!!! i remember i was listening to a guy's system that consisted of 2 JL 15w3's and a PG MS2250 amp. it was a fairly large ported enclosure and it was LOUD. i asked him what his box was tuned to, and after hesitating, he said with a stupid look..."Well, its built to JL specs."
Posted by gleepoy on 09-04-2002 03:23 PM:
One of my friends keeps
insisting that a sealed Isobrarik clamshell enclosure is the loudest type of
enclosure. Posted by streetrace_r on 09-04-2002 03:35 PM:
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by thumperfbc on 09-04-2002 03:43 PM:
I got something stupid for
ya... And this just happened. Posted by AbRa on 09-04-2002 03:44 PM:
quote: I MEANT 2.5" YOU FU.CKING WH0RE AND YOU KNOW IT!! DIE!!!!
Posted by thumperfbc on 09-04-2002 03:45 PM:
what? i cant hear you... I'm trying to figure out how to get half a coil out of this one in my hand... Posted by ImBlackDragon on 09-04-2002 03:47 PM: This s*it is too funny! This one time this
guy.....800dB Posted by 3kGt4Vic on 09-04-2002 05:01 PM:
I was visiting Fry's Electronics one day and stopped by the car audio section. I was talking to the sales person there, who claimed he went to some Kicker school for 6 weeks to learn about their products. I was asking him about the Solobarics, and he tried to tell me that the L7 is the same thing as the L5, as in same woofer, except the L7 has a ported box, and the L5 is just the woofer. I was like wtf?
OMG, MY SIDES ARE HURTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Kyle652352 on 09-04-2002 05:46 PM:
this post is a CAF classic Posted by Crank_It_Up on 09-04-2002 06:04 PM:
when we told the salesman that we were looking for an amp for my son's 2 15" subs, he said we wouldn't be able to hear any bass in the car because you had to be farther away to hear such a long soundwave. This was at Best Buy. Posted by automaticman on 09-04-2002 09:25 PM:
my favorite are the people who come in ( i get one at least once a month) and have a cd player installed. Then when they come back to pick their car they get all mad because they thought they were still going to be able to use their stock radio as well Posted by Jerry Parker on 09-05-2002 06:08 AM:
quote: I can I can!!!! RMS stands for Root mean square. Basically when you take a sinusodial wave you have a peak voltage. The time the waveform stays at the peak voltage is very very short, infact can the time actually be measured that the waveform is at peak voltage? Anyways, you shouldnt measure at that peak voltage because the actual output at that level is only at that peak for a very short time. If you look at a graph of a sine wave with time on the x axis and voltage on the y axis you see that the actual time spent at the maximum potential is only half of that when compared to a square wave. The square wave stays at the same max voltage as a sine wave, it just stays their a lot longer, this is why your amplifier can put out up to 2 times as much power when producing a square wave when compared to a sine wave. The amplifier is also more efficient when clipped. anyways the "meat" of the sinusodial wave is at the .707 point well approximatly .707 for a pure sine wave, so you multiply your voltage peak of the waveform by .707 and you get the RMS voltage! So your equivilant DC voltage would be .707 times the AC voltage's peak voltage. Same thing goes for current. You measure the RMS current the exact same way. So, when you multiply RMS voltage by RMS current you get very close to half the peak value! Equations: peakW = peakV * peakI so assume we have an amplifier with a peak power rating of 100w, at 10v and 10a. So: peakW = 10v * 10a 100 = peakW rmsW = peakV(.707) * peakI(.707) So: rmsW = 10(.707) * 10(.707) rmsW = ~50 Oh and actually there is no such thing as RMS wattage...
Posted by Jerry Parker on 09-05-2002 06:17 AM:
Once I was at Ultimate
Electronics trying to help my friend's brother pick out some equipment. The
salesman told us that the Alpine speakers have better bass because of their
huge surrounds! I told him larger surrounds don't make for more bass, it
actually takes away cone area, cutting down on maximum displacement
therefore less bass. He then told me that the alpines have a much larger
diameter basket as compared to other 6.5" speakers therefore it isnt a
big deal. I wish I had a tape measure on me at the time.... Posted by CT Raider on 09-05-2002 06:59 AM:
quote: Please explain. If you have a DVC 4 ohm and an amp that is 2 ohm stable and you can wire the DVC sub so the amp sees 2 ohms why won't the amp be able to give it the full power the manufacturer says? 
Posted by supertempo on 09-05-2002 07:12 AM:
quote: If you bridge the amp it will see half the impedance, though, which would put it at 1 ohm.
Posted by automaticman on 09-05-2002 07:53 AM:
I've been tryign to knock this concept into my sales councilor's heads forever, but they never seem to be able to get it straight Posted by nasty_totoro on 09-05-2002 07:55 AM:
bridging an amp that
"halve the impedance" Posted by Jerry Parker on 09-05-2002 08:12 AM:
Hey totoro, what do you
think about my post on RMS readings? Is it right? Posted by automaticman on 09-05-2002 08:12 AM:
yeah but try explaining that to a sales councilor that can't even remember that 2 4 ohm subs go with a monoblock and 1 4ohm sub goes with a 2 channel... Posted by 87DXHatch on 09-05-2002 08:13 AM:
*wipes tears from eyes* Posted by nasty_totoro on 09-05-2002 08:16 AM:
quote: because this silly totoro pointed out that certain ID tech support comments about class D amps "killing" subs because they are class D are patently false ... not to mention the fact that they stated that JBL 1200.1 are the worse sub killers ... money and advertising revenue talk more than yummy sushi  you can do a search for the actual post at carsound or elitecaraudio .... there really is no such thing as "rms" power ... what people call "rms power" is really average power ... which is defined as 0.5 of peak on a sine wave ... its simpley the power derived from rms voltage and current ... begs for sushi zzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by Jerry Parker on 09-05-2002 08:29 AM:
quote: That makes me mad that you were banned... I surely hope it was hephner who banned you and not RC, because RC seems to be a pretty nice guy. Hehe, I know there is no such thing as RMS power, check the last line of my post! Maybe you were eating too much sushi and missed that part? But the rest is correct, right? Posted by 94sonoma on 09-06-2002 01:17 PM:
1/2" OSB Plywood and .6
cubic feet is perfectly fine for a subbox for a 12w3v2 with 600 watts. Posted by BASS on 09-06-2002 02:55 PM:
JL is ****! Posted by chris229 on 09-06-2002 03:01 PM:
went to a car audio shop
near me one time. In the store there was a photo book of cars I guess they
done & photos from car shows. Me and some random guy were looking
through the photos when the sales guuy came over and start talking to
us.------ well he points to a group of photos... one photo is of a RED VW
golf--- the other is a RED VW jetta. He tells me and this other guy that he
put $35,000 into the golf to turn it into the jetta in the photo THEN-------
spent $35,000 MORE! to change it back. .......... I walked out just as the
other guy looking at the photos with me REALLY started believing the sales
man.... down the road 10years later I go to a party where the guy (sales
man) happens to live with 4 room mates in a small house. At the party to
look cool for some girls he was talking **** to he pops in a video tape of a
car show that he entered his newer VW bug...----- I don't know I guess his
car is alright looking ----- basic stuff--- 4 subs & amp in a waterfall
fiberglass box in the hatch back area.... --- well he starts getting all
loud so people can hear him say ------ I put $70,000 in that car! Posted by amcdude on 09-06-2002 04:52 PM:
Well, mine won't top all the
hilarious posts so far, but I thought it was pretty funny. I was checking
out an Elcipse HU (1997 model, beat up, it did work, barely, but the dude
wanted $130 for it Posted by qramius on 11-30-2002 09:24 PM:
quote: So you're trashing someone, even though you don't have a system....I see...so you can plan out a better system than he can, but you can't even pay for the one like he has? Wow, tough guy...
Posted by BurnerOfHells on 11-30-2002 09:40 PM: resonance frequency is 35Db Back in the day, when I was
going to buy stuff from a local shop, the installer, who was going to
recommend a box for me comes into my truck and knocks on the metal behind my
seat and says, Posted by ILLCOMM on 11-30-2002 09:44 PM: Re: resonance frequency is 35Db
quote: damn, that's some funny ****. i can't even imagine how hard i would have laughed in that guys face
Posted by kaukasion on 11-30-2002 10:57 PM:
lol oops didnt realize this
was an old post Posted by slammin1986 on 12-01-2002 01:54 PM:
the stupidist thing that i have ever heard is when someone insists that they need 1000+ watts on their front stage in a sq install.... Posted by thumperfbc on 12-01-2002 01:59 PM:
quote: I've got almost 2000. :-) But is it needed? Nooooooooooooooooooo. Thats silly.
Posted by ss109 on 12-01-2002 02:06 PM:
That the Brahma is a good sub... |
yeah, whatever. . . .
!!!!) Anyway, I was talking to him a little about car audio, mentioned that
I had crap P-mid subs, and he says "Well, that's not too bad."
Then I tell him I am planning on saving up and buying a DD sub, which drew a
blank look. I said; "It stands for Digital Designs," to which he
replied "Yeah, my friend is really into comps; he has one of those too;
with the digital junk on one end." I guess he was thinking about some
crap powered tube sub, and it was hard not to laugh. I didn't want to laugh,
'cause he didn't look like the real patient type, if you know what I mean.