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Re: Penguin, and others, help me pick a speaker setup.

Congrats Tobias! I just hit the buy button on the same site...hopefully you didnt get the last one :lol:

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Did you email them and ask about availability? I did and they replied within an hour. I had never purchased from them before but with no item picture and this low price, I thought there was an off chance they were going to send me a .2 or something and say "Oops!" but I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong.

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Re: Penguin, and others, help me pick a speaker setup.

Congrats Tobias! I just hit the buy button on the same site...hopefully you didnt get the last one :lol:

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Did you email them and ask about availability? I did and they replied within an hour. I had never purchased from them before but with no item picture and this low price, I thought there was an off chance they were going to send me a .2 or something and say "Oops!" but I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong.

:cheers:

I didn't email them, I just figured that if you got the .3 a week before and they still had it up as available that I would take that risk. Its not like I haven't been waiting for this damn thing for a year and a half. :dunno: Plus today I am traveling so I didn't have much time to wait to hear back on an email.

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Re: Penguin, and others, help me pick a speaker setup.

Congrats Tobias! I just hit the buy button on the same site...hopefully you didnt get the last one :lol:

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Did you email them and ask about availability? I did and they replied within an hour. I had never purchased from them before but with no item picture and this low price, I thought there was an off chance they were going to send me a .2 or something and say "Oops!" but I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong.

:cheers:

I didn't email them, I just figured that if you got the .3 a week before and they still had it up as available that I would take that risk. Its not like I haven't been waiting for this damn thing for a year and a half. :dunno: Plus today I am traveling so I didn't have much time to wait to hear back on an email.

:cheers:

You are traveling so you couldn't wait for an email? :lol:

Email will work no matter where you are. The servers don't move with you. :jester:
 

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I knew that you would have some good words to follow that up :lol:

I am a rebel, what can i say :ninja:

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Alright, I went with one each of the following...


  • Alpine PDX-V9 - 5 Channel (100 X 4 and 500 X 1 all at 4 Ohm) - I simply could not justify almost $250 more for the same specs from the JLHD900/5
  • Sundown Audio SD-2 10D4 (500W RMS) <--Made in the USA :flag:
All I have left now is the wiring and sound material.
 

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New question.

The optimal ft^3 for this sub is .42 but the box is around .6

Should I remove the stuffing? I would assume so since the stuffing makes the volume appear larger to the sub, from what I've been able to find. Just asking for a double-check here for my own sanity.

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Also, should I consider adding something inside the box that is actually dense to reduce the space closer to the .5 optimal volume?

No, Brian will not fit.
 

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I might remove the stuffing and see what it sounds like, then try adding something to see what that sounds like, I may sound hollow and shitty without something in it...its a preference thing to me...
 

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****. Okay, rethinking. I don't want to be gluing chunks of wood in the box and shit.

Anyone have any suggestions on subs?

Anyone know much about Sundown?
 

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You will be fine. Just take the stuffing out

Yeah, but this Sundown SD-2 has rave reviews and is half the price. I'm looking into it.

500W RMS still and fits perfectly with 1/8" to spare and is side vented. I'm looking for more SPL or SQL than SQ, personally. I like some beats.

Help me with one thing here though. Since the PDX-V9 gives 500 at 2 or 4 Ohm, is it better to wire up dual 2 Ohm VC's as 4 Ohm or dual 4 Ohm VC's as 2 Ohm? I would assume the latter.
 

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