Recent content by T3mpest

I have a nsv3 in my living room floor and it's a big freaking magnet. The team woofer must be crazy looking in person.. That being said, the nsv3 is already "too heavy" for me. Even mounting it with 2 people I've about broken fingers trying to flush mount that SOB. My DSS tridents are a...

market for processors has always been small. ms8 doesn't appeal to the hardcore tuning crowd who want to do it themselves and the casuals don't see the point in having a processor to begin with. It has done alright in sales I'm sure, but probably not compared to other JBL products and they...

Port orientation wont' matter too much. Closer to the walls might lower tuning a bit and isn't likely to choke the port. Do the subwoofer baskets clear the port like that? Seems like subs with larger mounting depth wouldnt' fit in that. Also you don't want the subs firing directly into the...

what dimension are you working with? Port side vs sub side usually isn't the same thing. The port will mostly be doing lower bass, so the direction it faces usually isnt' as important. Odds are the bass from 40hz and up is what got better with the sub rear firing. Other than that, if you have...

Only at very low SPL levels. Much over 100 watts and the port isn't doing it's job anymore. It should be tuned in the mid 30's somewhere, but the port is so small it can't move much air. It's about the same amount of port as a 4inch aero. Honestly, it'd work better with a 10 or even an 8...

Use the stock crossover if neede. Out of all the things the ms-8 can do, crossover is probably the least important. That also being said, unless you listen to alot of acoustic live stuff, you could also skip the rear channels. The out of mix rear fill really only helps on that kind of stuff...

The main thing, and I think Mlstrass tried to allude to this is that your spending A LOT of money on this for diminishing returns for what your getting. 2 12's 2 15's etc are only going to get so loud no matter how ****** the subwoofer.. 2 "nice" subs like your N3's or HDC4's something like...

My comment earlier I couldn't watch the video, wasnt' showing up on the phone.. After watching I don't think that is air noise. Those cones are literally barely moving and its higher frequencies even where the air wouldn't be making as much chuffing noise.. Those woofers honestly sound damaged.

yeah no speaker practically will be quiet at full excurion free air. You won't hear that when the subwoofer is mounted in the box, not only because of the noise being inside the box, but the volume of the bass will mask it as well.

MLV is a PITA, mostly trying to do vertical surfaces. Also, any gaps below the window line make it much less effective, wasting your time essentially. Whereas with deadening, even 50% coverage is still worth it for the amount it reduces vibrations.. If the car is already pretty quiet stock I'd...

The proximity to the floor is going to lower your tuning some.. I'd shoot for a 38hz tune or so on paper, in the real world it'll probably end up closer to 35hz. Subs up front dont' seem to get quite as much gain as fully in the rear where they can get fully reinforced modal response from the...

2.5 inch coil or 3? Def off the shelf parts. The surround and cone remind me of a sinister sounds 12, or the Under Pressure audio 12.. Both are cookie cutter 3inch drivers. If it's a 3inch I'd compare it to the sinister sounds 12 pricing before I purchased as it's probably a similar speaker...

I'll probably be able to make a show in august you were talking about on MAF. I didn't make slam this year so I'm kinda bummed, gotta hit up something this summer still tho.

Clinton Il.. about 45 minutes east of Springfield. I'm in between Bloomington and Decatur.

Physical damping of the box will reduce the impedance spikes. It will also reduce the peaks in the output of the box.. Its been done many times in home audio and in vented boxes I can't recall it EVER making anything louder. When measured usually you just see a flatter overall response with...