sounds like you had one of those OMG audio moments? I can remember having a similar moment when our sales rep dropped off the new diamond hex componants for us to demo back in 94-95. To that point ID was our gold-standard for SQ and I remember sitting there lookin at the diamond tweet held on with ...

lopezi wrote:just curious if anyone knows of any headunits on the market that support lossless formats?

Don't most that interface with an Ipod? I know for a fact that mine does if that's unusual.

I remember evry time I went shopping for components that I shied away from MB Quart due to not caring for the tweeter. I would use the words overly bright before harsh though. Always sounded tinny, and not very musical on the high end to my untrained ears.

Thanks for the info and drawing. I stopped shipment on the 10's. I only ordered the pair after I had bought the "last" single rsdc12. I wasn't sure I wanted to rebuild a box so I wanted a pair... hence the 10's. The next day I click on the 12" again as it still didn't say unavailable ...

Happen to know the cutout diameter on the 12?

Ordered a pair of the 10's and 12's. I couldn't decide which way to go so I'm hoping I can just drop the 10's in my present box and see how they sound. If it's not enough thump I'll cut the holes for the 12's I guess. My box is big enough for them if they mount on the upper surface. Does anyone have...

I'm really liking the Alpin 305 for what it's worth. Don't miss having a CD player at ALL! Excellent SQ S/N numbers and it connects digitally to iPods. Forget thumbdrives and clunky interfaces.

What I can't stand on the Alpine is their display of FM presets. Yucky!

A question for all you Hex guys... Are you talking the old ones or the new ones? I have a set of the old eton made ones I love and a set of the s660 or something close to that number that I've never taken out of the box, I just needed the xover for troubleshooting my setup. Just curious, maybe I'm s...

Pretty sure my fuel pump is under the rear seat... anyway, looking nice on the install. Keep the pictures coming.

how many on this thread have actually had a zpa installed in their car? and if so what did you run it with,mid's and hi's or sub...? did you use the balanced inputs? and have you ever noticed a sq difference when you installed another amp in place of the zpa? to me my orion nt200's and zpa's and ms...

OK, I concede on the sampling rate, if done correctly part. I was actually talking about bit rates and blew it on reading comprehension, but in my defense it was late! :? I've seen friends take 192kbps songs and try to change them to 256kbps MP3's and think they were doing things for the better. My ...

The obvious answer is to just buy amplifiers without op-amps. Discreet components for the win! :twisted: I'd argue the point that upconverting a song that was recorded in 41k to anything higher will buy you anything/nothing. It's not like video where you can fill in the holes and questimate the pict...

That be some cool shit. Great work man!

ISO I'm tellin's ya. If it's good enough for Mil-Spec work it's good enough for you. It just needs to be the real stuff, not some rubbing alcohol crap. I was micro-min certified and granted it was eons ago but I'm pretty sure no residue was left from the alcohol. As long as you used enough and soppe...

That can be fixed but it'd be a project and a half. It would most likely involve epoxy and thru-hole repair. If you clean that up with iso the damage will be easier to see. By the time you figured out what shorted to make it that hot (assuming it wasn't the cap), and replaced all the toasted compone...

Acid brushes work really well. Just trim the tips a little to firm them up to your desired application. 99% iso is the ticket, don't settle for less. It won't harm your board or components. Try to avoid getting into places you can't dry is all.

It doesn't sound like he wants to take care of shit.If he worked on the amps, saw their condition in an intimate way (mind out of gutter, he opened them up for repair) and views the AFTER photos, he should compensate you. If no bubble wrap was used he is responsible and should feel acountable. He ru...

You do NOT want to ship MDF pretty much EVER. You have some great ideas here to work with. They'll be fine.

So where are those screwdriver sets sold? Happy with them or is there a step-up from those?

Nice job on the caps. Little sad you didn't get better solder, small price to pay for "shiny-shiny"

Looks good.

Have you considered raising the floor standers up on stands like so?



I think it would have a dramatic effect on your sound?

Not ported. Hmm, I said huge... but I didn't mean it. Maybe I should drop some weight and go smaller with a pair of 10's or a single 12. I still don't know which would sound and hit better between those two options? Be better powered with my current amp?

Still seeking wisdom... ack!

Hell I think you're set with what you have... If you had crap I'd say switch but it seems like apples and oranges to me.

Welcome! Go Messi... Hell Spain has had a hell of a run in the sports world lately. What are you guys eating over there? I want some

The emitter to collector wasn't a short either? If those all check out then I'd put Jim back on the clock

Best of Luck, I don't think pulling the fuse is viable... maybe just pull the remote wire~

Did I miss something? Weren't you led to believe it was Q8 that needed replacing? It didn't sound to me like Jim was quessing what your issue was he was telling you to replace Q8 (meaning he's seen this before and that it is fairly common on this series of amps?). To check a normal transistor with y...