I REALLY want to start traveling out to meets and competitions, and Oregon would be a great first step! (I’ve only ever driven straight through other than a night in Grants Pass). Unfortunately I work almost exclusively on the weekends, so making it to events is tough without a pretty advanced warning (I’m working both of those days already). Is there an organizer up there I can follow on IG to learn about upcoming events? Btw, I really appreciate that suggestion! I 100% plan on doing something like that eventually

How did it go? Get what you expected?

Damn you came out swinging! And I kinda wish I would have swept in the lanes just to double check that I couldn’t ran it a lil lower (frequency wise). I really wanna know what I do at about 30Hz. I know that sealing and deadening is gonna make a big difference for you! And thanks for the sub man! I really appreciate the support from the basshead community

Thanks man! Definitely wont be the last. Those are some pretty damn good numbers on a single 10! That must have sounded nice! I never really intended on competing, but now that I’ve had a taste, I’m already thinking of ways to improve

Bout 7.25 of air, bout 7.5 total. I was aiming for a tune of about 30 when I built it, and it looks like it landed about 38. But damn in a crx?! I bet that gets DOWN! Always loved those cars

@@DaBadNewz yeh 😂 it's pretty nasty. I've never meter it yet but rn I'm just running a jp 23 v2 on it . I have a new us 100hc to put on it. I wanted to be low watt . I have a new js 320 alt to put on it . I have a couple shorts of it on a Rockford 1200 . The car itself needs alot more work done . Nowhere near clean as your build 🤘🤝

For sure! All said I’m really happy with where the build is at, all things considered. Thanks for checking it out!

You know what, I never thought about it like that, but I really like that! I definitely built it just to cruise around slappin and having a good time, and you right, for that purpose, doing a 145 is still pretty decent. I’ll still compete in the future, but I don’t think I will ever do this strictly for competition. I always want my builds to look good, but still hold their own on the meter. And yea I was only even able to hit that because I played at my cabin’s resonant frequency. In the future I wanna hit that 145 at like 20Hz!

Thanks man! Honestly, I feel like I cheated to get those numbers because I ran so high (48 and 49 Hz)...I wanna be doing 145 at 18Hz!! But nah I'm happy with it for now. And I appreciate that man! It's all DIY and always evolving (slowly!)

@@DaBadNewz Hell yeah, well I feel you though. I did a 142db at 46Hz (two 12" subs on 3k) and I wasn't real happy... I do a 151.7 now at 32Hz at the head rest (two 15" subs on 5k) and I'm finally happy with it. If you want to get real low, tune for 20hz and put like four 15"s in a big ass enclosure with a shiitload of port area. Even go a 4th or 6th order and do a sub 20 tune on a mid 30's tune on the chambers... my man you will blow way past 145 real fast :D You obviously take pride in your installation, it's clean af bro. Looks real good and even though you peak in the high 40's there's nothing wrong with that at all. Plenty of great music to play in those ranges, but I feel you... when you just want them low lows you will stop at almost nothing :D

Yea man that thing was SERIOUS. I honestly dropped the ball on not checking that one out a lil more in depth when I had the chance. My mind was NOT in the usual space since I was competing (thank goodness not against him!) I'm definitely gonna give it a proper walk around/build dissection next time I see it.

oh nooo! I hate having to track down shit like that, but then to blow it first time out? I know that hurt! It's the life we chose though man! Hope you back up n running soon. And thanks man! It was a lot of fun and I feel dumb for being scared all this time. Definitely gonna run it again! Appreciate you!

thanks man! Can't wait to make some improvements and come back harder

@DaBadNewz I got a mini spl meter. They're like $250 but totally worth it to find your number. They're expensive, but nice to use at my own leisure, ya know? That's a nice number tho for 1 sub and minimal power!

@@1ohmwrecker maaan I feel like I cheated with the frequency I had to run to get those numbers! Eventually I'll be hitting that at 28 instead of 48! But yea man honestly, after seeing how easy it was to use...idk. I might have to try and hit up a brand about a review video or something lol It's only really expensive because I'm not trying to compete like that (at least not just yet)...but they definitely seem like a must have if you serious about SPL

@@DaBadNewz yeah that is a pretty high peak! My peak is at 33hz. But I've seen that number vary a lot w different vehicles! You'll be hitting a 150 before ya know it! I finally just got it.

I don’t think it made it to the final video, but the first peak when we metered my car off camera was 38 (which would make sense since I aimed for a tune of 30 when I built the box). But I think my cabin resonance is about 48/49, so that ended up being where my overall peak was at. But yea I’m coming!

Nah I don’t mind that at all man, that’s just looking out for people. And tbh, I definitely more than know better. I worked on aircraft in the military (where hearing protection is stressed really heavily), and am actually an audio engineer in my regular life. Which means my hobby is actually hazardous to my career, (but to be fair, my career itself is hazardous to my career, since I work a lot of live shows). I’ve even had to study how the ear works as part of my audio education! All that to say: you’re absolutely right! Being mindful of the long term consequences is definitely important! (And I like the video idea!)

Right?! I really should have highlighted that lil bit more. Makes me wonder how I would do in Port Wars

Oh no doubt! I was honestly more concerned about getting low dBs. I just didn’t think about the fact that the class I was in (based on cone area) was for up to 10k watts…so I was bound to get beat up lol. It was all fun though!

@@DaBadNewz and also, you always want more, you have 10,000 you want 15,000, till the car explodes

That’s definitely true! I was happy with my 1500 until I started coming to the bass meets…then I started getting that itch for more! It never ends

Thanks man! I appreciate the follow! And now that I have some kind of an idea what’s going on, I’ll be ready to hit the lanes again

@@DaBadNewz Hells yeah man. I wish you the best of bassing and hope for no smoke!

Likewise man!

Aww man my system isn’t NEAR as well rounded as some of the other one’s (like Mark’s corolla!)…but I’ll definitely give em a try so I at least know where I stand now. Thanks for the suggestions!

@@DaBadNewz they just really rock ! ! ! Not a Db type music . Just sound really good ! That’s some songs I rocked in the 90’s Pantara Vulger display of power album as well ! I had Alpine, JBL & Fosgates

@@DaBadNewz Cool that you responded !

@@DaBadNewz I was only pushing 840 w into 6x9 & 12’ s old school equipment though

In the 90s I was more of a Tupac and Bone Thugs kinda guy lol. But I can appreciate good music of all types

Thanks! Had a lot of fun earning it

Sounds like you are jealous and you never won anything in your life.

@@nathanlitko1004 it was a joke as he said himself only 3 people were in his class Karen.

I’m already interested based on that title! Thanks for the info!

I’m super curious to see where that goes! I know that’s a big thing in the xB community (and really any car with the 2az engine)

Keep an eye on it. It’ll be through JS I believe.

I appreciate you checking it out, and even more so for leaving feedback!

Nice! I really wish I would have at least tried metering in the low 30s. If for nothing else than just to know. I feel like running at 48 and 49 was cheating lol

Gonna have The Tank in one soon!

Thanks! Having never metered it before, I was just scared it wasn’t gonna do much of anything

You gotta connect with QuadFathers! They’re a Hawaii based audio company and have events a couple times a year (JP from Down4Sound was just out there like a month or so ago). But thanks man! Happy to show the world how we’re doing out here

Oh yea for sure! I was more worried about the score just because I built it myself. Didn’t wanna be bragging about some shit I built that don’t even do numbers! But I think it’s doing alright for what it is. Definitely throwing a 3k at it at some point. Thanks for checking it out and leaving feedback!

Had to! That thing is such a monster! And definitely man! Can’t wait to hear it again

There’s never a guarantee that they actually put them where I placed them, but shiiiit, if it DID though? That would have been smooth right? Thanks for the feedback though! That’s actually really valuable info

I wish the mic did it justice! That thing sounded AWESOME! Really well rounded but still SLAMMIN

I’m not exactly sure HOW it happened, but one of my RCAs going to my mids amp became loose. When I went to look at it, it basically fell off. I just squeezed it a bit with some pliers, put it back on, and it was back to clear sounding! Probably still need some better grounding, but I think it’s alright!

@@DaBadNewz Awesome. At least you didn't have to go through the whole thing chasing it down.

You’re telling me! I was kinda worried. Literally set aside a day to troubleshoot and all that and found the problem almost immediately. I got lucky!

I definitely want to do more of those type of videos! I’m trying to balance tutorials/concepts type videos, reviews, events, and build updates, so I’m still figuring out the best way to incorporate everything. But yea I definitely plan on doing more educational type content! Thanks for reminding me! And thanks for checking out the videos and leaving suggestions.

@@DaBadNewz I got a question, maybe its crazy, but you see a lot of things at comps ... are people doing sets of subs dedicated to specific sections of frequencies? say a 32" doing subsonics, couple 18"s doing 20-30Hz, 12"s doing 30-40; and so on? thanks for replying and being a good hearted human out there and spreading love in the community/world; greatly appreciated. Even if I'm having a bad day; if I click I won't bring that with me, you don't deserve it, otherwise I'll wait til later. Trying to get motivated to work on my project; hesitant to add the amp, cap, sub without having the money to do any dampening and already noticed a little bit of rattle with the stock system. If I had any talent I'd attempt to record before and after any part of the mod/install lol can't wait to see the channel continue to grow, love seeing genuine people succeed

@zakuraayame5091 not quite that detailed for subs. The most I usually see is a larger sub for <60Hz, then a midbass woofer for 60-300 or so, then usually some 6.5s doing 250~4k, maybe some horns doing around 1~5k, and tweeters from around 4k+ That’s not MANY folks that are really separating it out like that, but for the ones that do, that’s your typical full range setup, but obviously there can be all kinda configurations. For me I’m just gonna add stuff as I notice weak spots (that’s why I have some midbass speakers sitting in the garage right now!) And I appreciate every comment I get man so I’m always gonna try and reply to the people who take the time to watch my videos. And you never know until you try! This channel didn’t actually start out as a car audio channel. Just gotta try it out and see if you enjoy it. I really appreciate that support! This channel has a long way to go, but I’m committed to really doing something with it

Got a big build coming? And thanks man! I had a lot of fun so it definitely wont be the last

@@DaBadNewz Yes sir. I'm running 4 kicker q class 15's on a dd audio 8000.1 at 2 ohms, 8 kicker 9 inch pa style speakers on 2 powerbass 1200.2 amps at 2 ohms with 8 kicker 1 inch bullet tweeters on a 400.4 powerbass amp. It's been a work in progress for bout a year now but finally getting all the pieces together. This my first big build. Got me nervous but excited at the same time.

Yea that’s a BIG build! I bet that Kicker/DD combo is gonna be nasty! I’m hoping to get there one day, but I’m just slowly adding shit as I got (for budget, and also just to really gauge the differences at each step in the process). Definitely post some videos of that build when you get it playing!

@@DaBadNewz kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7RzlsmFnb-rk4k.htmlsi=w7aDXirZm8eQdF0v

This is the break-in stage.

Thanks man!! I don't think he has a youtube, but @GunnyLaz on IG is the one that did that box. It's super clean! Looked at that car a little closer here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9pyZJx83LWwZqs.htmlsi=3y0KXW3VB_00QRnN&t=736

Yea man! There was a lot to go through with this one, but I’m glad it came out alright! And I appreciate you big time for coming out man. Like I said in the video, that shit is SUPER encouraging from the video creator’s perspective man. Hope to see you at another one man!

Thanks man that means a lot! I legitimately appreciate each and every view. There will DEFINITELY be more bass wars. I eventually want to start traveling around to events outside my area, but for now I’m gonna hit every event I can. And thanks (and congrats on yours)! I’m just really happy it did anything at all since it’s DIY. I’ve been scared to meter it ever since I built it

Thanks man, I appreciate that feedback! I’m still trying to figure youtube out, but comments like that are super encouraging. Thanks for checking it out

I appreciate that!! It’s still got a long way to go, so hopefully there’s plenty to see.

That’s the great thing about car audio, you are never done! You have endless content, just keep thinking, dreaming and building. Good luck, I’ll be watching for sure.

That's for damn sure! And honestly with the way I like to upgrade (one step at a time just to compare individual improvements), there will never not be something to swap out or mess with. Thanks for the support man!

Damn 8 12s?! That’s some cone area! Gotta be windy

@@DaBadNewz lol. No and that’s how I proved that cone area isn’t everything and all ts parameters must be considered not just the cone area. But I enjoy the experiment.

Fair enough! And yea I’m all about the process, fun to just try things out and see what works

For the power and cone area, that’s still pretty damn good! I wish I would have metered the Rockford setup I had in my first car (out in Hawaii actually!)…2 T2 12s on a 2500…mf SLAMMED

Thanks man! I still feel like I cheated to get there because I ran at 48 or 49Hz, but those numbers definitely give me a good place to start

I mean I wouldn’t call it a “win”….but I’ll take it! Thanks! Definitely hoping to try again and do a lil better in the future

Most definitely! Thanks for the encouraging words!

I worked my whole life for this!

@@DaBadNewz 😆😆frkn .99 . So you just went ham on it? lol. Knob to Max, and then some.

@@30_sum got to!! Can’t go out like that!

@@DaBadNewz my whole life! ! 😆

Thanks! Tbh I'm pretty sure I was able to do both doors and panels with about a single box...maybe 2 (of the bulk packs)...but if I'm being completely honest, I'm not entirely sure. I know in total this car has like 7-10 boxes in it now. Pretty sure I did all 4 doors (and panels) using 1 box last time. So maybe another half box for this additional coverage.

Okay cause I'ma bout to do my outlander sport and it's about the same size as your scion. I know the specs requires 36 sq. Ft for our vehicles

Also keep in mind though, you DON’T need to do 100% coverage the way I did. That’s overkill for most people. Even just a single box will get you pretty far if you use it to hit the biggest areas/worst offenders first. But if it’s in the budget, it doesn’t hurt to have extra (it SUCKS being 60% thru a project but 100% through your deadening)

Appreciate that advice. I'm looking forward to my vehicle. Thanks bro and I'll stay tapped in on your platform. Keep up the good vibes and work

Yea man let me know how that works out for you! And I appreciate the support man!

Thanks man! And most definitely! I feel like this was a great learning experience in HOW to compete...now I just gotta put those lessons to use! (and maybe a lil money lol)

Thanks man I appreciate that!

The difference is when you are going for SPL in the kick vs demo and hair tricks.

Thanks! That's actually a really great topic for a video! The short answer is that you want the meter to be at the place where the waves are converging the most (and therefore at their loudest), which is in a more enclosed space. For demos you want pure wind most of the time, and the velocity of the air is just higher where there is a port/window. There's a lot of technical sciency shit behind it, that I am nowhere near qualified to talk about, but that's the basic idea. The best thing is to just play a tone and try shit out, because what works best in one car/build might not necessarily be the best thing in another car/build. You can see during Clay's run (around 6:05), he actually opens his door during his run to watch the SPL meter change in real time.

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I'm at this same stage bro I almost metered at the last show but when I got out there I felt like the little guy lol I probably have three times the money invested as some of those guys and they were blowing me away needless to say I didn't compete YET!!!! Just had a team reach out "TBO" Team Bass Outlaws TN chapter and asked me to join you know I did that was my goal to join a team and now I'm trying to get my setup right I'm going to get a box for the trunk so I can drop to a lower class and put a good 8-10k on the Tyrant 15 get the doors right and everything sound deadened and then I will try I want to break a 150 before I jump in the lanes now that I'm on a team I have people to help me I'm excited to learn everything and see just how loud I can get

I definitely know that feeling! Pulling up n then backing out lol. But yea having the team support is gonna be a huge help. But damn a 150 the first time competing would be impressive! And with that much power you might just do it! Definitely let me know how that goes. Thanks for checking this one out man!

Damn I guess I should have included a link to some test tones! That will depend on how you listen to your music. If you primarily play off your phone, you can just search on spotify or youtube (not the best option, but if that’s how you listen anyway, it will cater your tune to your actual use). If you use mostly USBs or something directly connected to your head unit, then I would download from a reputable source (there are a bunch online, like from Audio Dynamics, just search “1khz test tone.” They will have a dB in the title (0, -5, -10, etc). I would use 0 for the safest option (wont risk any clipping), but sometimes -5 or -10 will get you more of the thump you want (just keep an eye/ear out for clipping)

if it wasn't for the several boxes of sound deadening throughout the car, you're probably right. These things scream!

@@DaBadNewz Yupe there loud

I can’t wait to install my 8s to pair with them. Gonna have all the midbass!

I’ve been super surprised by how many people have suggested that! And it definitely seems reasonable to think it would have a beneficial impact, but tbh, I just wanted to test them as is (and since that wasn’t a manufacturer recommendation, it wasn’t part of the test. But it’s definitely something worth coming back to). And yea the Deaf Bonces have been treating me very nicely! Still actually have a couple 8s to install, but so far I’m very happy. Thanks for checking out the video and leaving a suggestion!