Sounds like a pretty decent job opportunity to me - set up a workshop, charge
like a buffalo and force them to listen while you test them with Beethoven!
Andrew Fildes
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On 07/06/2011, at 5:56 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> So, you're the culprit who fixes up all those 2 ton boom boxes that
> break my ear drums! :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/6/2011 2:35 PM, Ken Norton 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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