I just got through demoing my new sub. First of all, I hooked it up and put it in the box. I connected amp. Got a wierd buzzing noise, and thought I wired the vc's backwards or something. I pulled the sub(my back), after 30 minutes or so of testing I find that one channel on my 1500DR is noisy. The TDX owned the ARC one more time on it's death note I guess

Sooo, I rewire the sub for 1 ohm and hook it to the good channel of my arc for now. I notice that the sub is damn loud considering volume level. I start driving. On low notes I hear a bad rattle. I pull over and pull down the rear seat to investigate, it goes away. I turn it up more, it comes back. It is my hatch cover thing behind the rear seat resting on my box I push the box back an inch. OK. All better now. More volume.

The sub sounds very good and loud. TDX still wins on the low end for now.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The TDX owned the ARC one more time on it's death note I guess </TD></TR></TABLE>
Are you going to fix it yourself?

 

Nope. I am going on vacation this week. I am going to send it in again when I get back.

 

Well I changed my mind. I met up with Abert(ATF Kuk) yesterday. He is going to send may amp in for me. I removed the sub. OMG. It is heavy in the box. I put it on my scale once I got it inside. 90 pounds.

When I get back from vacation the ported box comes, and I will say goodbye to my trunk

 

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Sorry for the late reply. I can squeeze an 18" high box in my trunk. The only hard part is getting it in there.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you use the hatch cover?

 

Nope. Tegs suck (just kidding). I have a Civic coupe.

 

haha you horndogs! Theres like 500 views just b/c it says "xxx inside"...
and I am one of the 500 lol.

 

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and I am one of the 500 lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I knew that topic would get some positive attention from the guys in here

 

SO vteg what is the final review, SPL, SQ, does it respond quickly for a 18" you put it in a ported right?

 

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i believe he putted it in a 2.3 cubic feet sealed box. can't remember though.

 

if you can't hear it before you see it then whats the point.....good purchase.
i'm think about getting some brahma's, but i have a integra hatch not much to work with.

 

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i'm think about getting some brahma's, but i have a integra hatch not much to work with.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Brahmas =
Awesome woofers.

 

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Well ATF got to listen to it in my "girly" box, I will have him post what he thought.

Considering the conditions that I have listened to it so far, 500 watts from half dead arc and small box, it blew me away. I can't wait to get this in a real box. I just got back from vacation today. I will try to build a ported enclosure this weekend. Hopefully my amp is back from ARC, again

 

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i'm think about getting some brahma's, but i have a integra hatch not much to work with.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The brahma and xxx are like brothers I am sure you will be very happy with it.

You don't think you have enough space in a teg hatch?

 

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It is a 15" It just looks bigger than it really is

Final review will come once I get my amp back.

 

welcome back shawn, yes, i heard the **** sub, its awesome. i cant wait to hear it when everything is perfect and ready to go. my only complaint other than shawn made me squeal is that it scares me. its ******* HUGE .

hopefully when i get my amp and box, ill battle u with my 12" ARC. mine will burp, urs will swallow mine alive

 

mobile electronics did a review on both the 10" brahma and 12" TDX. the TDX got a better review, could have been the fact that it was smaller, who knows

 

I spent the last 2 hours making cuts for the new box. Damn this thing is going to be huge. 4 cubes after sub displacement, tuned to 33 with 65 square inches of port area

ATF, tell Arthur I will be ready to battle.

 

damn you guys. if i hadn't taken apart my idmax..i would have battled too! now the voice coil rubs against the gap. gotta get some of that eh..what u call it..uh.."thing that re-centers the coil". lol. now it makes scratchy noises and i get IMD. whoopy!

 

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I think that is called a recone

 

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I think that is called a recone </TD></TR></TABLE>

no no no..reconing wouldn't help since all i did was unscrew the thing that holds the surround and the spider thing. hrm..still looking for that term. i remember david telling me something about it. a gauge! something like that.

 

Good luck then. Maybe ID can do it for you for a minimal charge. Plead temporary insanity.

 

thats the problem..charges..i don't have any money. ahaha. shipping on that thing will cost probably $15 or more and ID will probably charge at least 20. might as well do it myself and hope i center it exactly. ahaha. tight gap tolerance owns me. o_0

 

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Hey, let's keep this pg rated.

 

I think I sprained a tendon in my hand trying to pull the xxx out of my sealed box. I am feeling very wussy right now

My ported box is on hold right now. I need to measure the potential new trunk before putting it together.

Also, RE updated their website. And GSteg, my 2 cube after displacement sealed box is right on their sq sealed recommendation. They also suggested 4 cube ported. *Patting myself on the back*

To keep me busy, and keep my mind off my car while I play the waiting game, I built a 1.3 box tuned to 30 with 14.5 square inches or port for an arc sub. These small boxes are a pain in the ***. Arc must have no idea how hard it is to get descent port area on such a small box I listened to it in ATF Kuk's car. Not a bad sub for the price.