Too bad. I thought you were going to convince him to sell the system and buy
a very good iPod with the proceeds.
Charlie
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So, I'm eating my lunch at the local park, enjoying the beautiful day. I'm
> just about finished up and ready to head back to the office when some young
> guy in a Chevy Malibu pulls up into a nearby parking spot and proceeds to
> make my ears bleed with his subwoofer whumping away.
>
> I sit there for a moment between the waves of nausea when it occured to me
> that there was something wrong with his system. Loudness wasn't the
> problem,
> but it just sounded like mud being pumped through my eardrums. So I got out
> to investigate and talk to him and his buddies for a minute.
>
> Uh oh. Old guy coming! Nah, not THAT old and maybe my ponytail will help
> make me appear a little more cool than the average middle-aged guy.
>
> So, we're looking at his subs and his amp. I notice a couple of things that
> would improve stuff--like upgrading his newly upgraded wiring, as well as
> the DC power source. The 3000 watt amplifier was being starved. But that
> wasn't the biggest culprit. I changed position so the sunlight glinted off
> the cones and I could see that they weren't moving in sync. Well DUH! No
> wonder it sounded like mud!
>
> Anyway, so a few tweeks and it started sounding a lot better. Still bad,
> but
> I helped him identify several things to improve and fix. Where to add
> insulation and what to change. My only concern now is that if he actually
> fixes the identified problems that he'll literally crack his windows from
> the percussive impact that a time-aligned and adequately damped sub would
> give.
>
> Man, I really need to build up my own boom-car. I hear that there are
> competitions.... But I'd probably need to use a UPS Truck to do it the way
> I
> want.
>
> AG (Of course, I'd use a remote control) Ears
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