Recent content by 3kgtAudio

People are idiots that's why I would never sell anything other than brand new electronics to any ebayer, then you have documented proof that it was in new condition when sold. It may not happen all the time but I had something like that happen on a forum, guy just didn't know how to install...

A good rule of thumb, if your port length is less than 12" at 30hz or so then the area is probably too small to be much gain over sealed, all of my boxes I tune it and try to get the port around 20-25" long and my favorite number is 32hz, and they all just plain beat. When we used to build...

L7's get loud but are not SQ subs by any means, where as the Diamond subs are geared a little more SQ. You could probably get more out of either 2 L7's ported or 2 Diamond subs ported, being that built right and tuned right in a roughly 3.5 cu ft box is perfect for ported 2 12's, and ported...

Back from the dead bump -

Maybe these places are someone's back yard lol Theres a shop that's still over craigslist here doing $9 deck installs. Worst reviews I have ever seen for a shop either, on google not a single one over 1 star, all negative. Hmm, wonder why

We do that, obviously probably half of our clients have product already, as long as they are willing to pay for what we charge for install, some do, some don't, they buy it online and then think the labor rate is negotiable. I get asked to install alarm / remote starts for $75, which we don't...

This is Kyle, but yep that's us. That guy that was selling that product seems to have closed up shop, probably due to the long term reliability, we actually don't even do the push buttons anymore. Thanks man

I don't have a beef with the customers, its just that 90% of them do have that mentality and don't see the value of paying for good service, yes its frustrating when they run to the cheaper deal, but then again, we don't want that type of client in the first place. Its pretty much stepping...

Looks nice for the price, the last model they had similar to that was a single din small screen media deck, overpriced and didn't do well. Bout time they came out with a new generation

Your giving the customer base too much credit, your average Joe cannot handle car audio installs, some either realize they can't and don't, others think they can and screw it up, very few actually know how to do it right. The attitude that its easy and should be cheap is really dumb. If...

Mom and Pop store has a better advantage of low overhead, big box store has buying power but massive overhead, in the real world the mom and pop store has the advantage, as well as more knowledgeable staff and a better more personable relationship. Your analogy would be as if the farms sold...

And that same customer that paid $369 installed for their system in their $60k car probably brings it back 10 times complaining about how its not 'top notch' I personally hate cheap product, it breaks, it creates more work in the long run, and I just won't sell it. I spent enough time...

I wouldn't call it 'got smart', I just call it 'no longer seeing the value of professional dealer'. And no matter what the markup is, the 'consumer' shouldn't even know what cost is in the first place. People want too much for too little, thats all. Cant exactly expect good shops to hang...

LOL, i dang near fell off my chair, good one!