Some of you might know that I put a pretty powerful, (but quite musical) stereo system in my truck, shortly after I bought it new, 3 years ago.
Well, that setup worked really well, and it got a lot of comps, but 1) I was getting a little bored with it, and 2) I had finally managed to crack the spiders on my 12" subs. They still played, but popped and clicked a little on certain notes. Sure, I could have had them repaired.....
But instead, I built an all new enclosure, for two 15"s Now, these are not known to be the "loudest" 15" subs around..... But they are known to be some of the tightest, cleanest, most musical subs available. The way I see it, with two 15"s getting close to 1000 wts RMS, in the cab of any vehicle, getting loud enough is kind of a given.... for my musical tastes anyway. {note: IMPO, super loud fart-boxes, that can be heard from 6 blocks away, are really easy to build, but are pretty much kid stuff. Kind of the 1A of speaker box building} But to each their own.
Another kind of fun thing I'm going to be doing in the next week, is to build three port extenders, which will allow me to drop my tuning down to about 25hz at will, in about 1 minute. (It's about 35hz right now) That should really pump up the ultra-deep bass that you feel, more than you hear
I will also be adding two more 8" mid-bass drivers, and another pair of component mids and highs, in custom pods in the dash. Only about $250 for all of that. Easy / cheap stuff, compared to the sub box build, which was about $600.
Anyway, their are LOTS of louder stereos around these parts than mine (SPL setups) and somewhere around Nor Cal, I know their are some way cleaner pro-sound quality (SQ) setups than mine.....
But I have to say, this is a fairly loud, and pretty darn clear / musical stereo setup
Fantastic for long fishing / road trips I have about 800 MP3 files on a little flash drive in my glove box, all super easily accessible straight through my deck, by way of my remote control (why wear out the buttons... or lean forward when you don't have to
Cardboard mock-up last week...
The real deal...
Put it in yesterday
Going on a long road / photography trip tomorrow, to relax, and enjoy it
Peace,
Fish
PS, Inevitably, somebody will think anything more than the stock scratch box, that comes in a vehicle, is totally stupid, and nothing but a waste of time and money.
"Why" ? those people ask, "Would anybody do this" ? I'd have to answer that question, with a question..... "Why would anyone put an 8000 hp motor in a car, and drive it down a 1/4 mile track, at more than 300 mph, only to have to completely rebuild it, after every 1 to 3 runs ??? Because its crazy, totally excessive, and just plain fun I like racing too