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Found a solution tonight, so I'll be able to use the Type R subs in the Dodge. A company called Fox Acoustics makes some cool sub boxes, including one that works perfectly with my subs (i.e., mounting depth with 1/16th of an inch to spare), plus it's not made out of cheap MDF, and was reasonably priced at $200. http://www.foxacoustics.com/ Apparently, I got lucky because these particular subs don't require much air space within the box to sound good. Man, I love online forums. You can learn so much so quickly and feel confident you're doing the right thing. Only drawback is the only shipping option was 7 day ground, so I had to ship it to my Illinois address. Will get everything else installed in Idaho this week but that will have to wait.

Bought the Pioneer unit first, when I was in Maine back in May, then wandered all over the place this summer and never had it installed. Too late to return it to Best Buy. Same with the Type R subs. Would have put the same system in both vehicles had I had the good sense to shop online to begin with. The price differences between retail and online for car stereo gear are unreal. Figure 2:1 on average. So since I already had the Type R subs, I figured I'd use them for the Dodge, which is a much smaller acoustic chamber (originally intended for the cab area of the motorhome). That saved me $500 in amplification (one 1000 watt sub amp instead of two for the pick up). Then I decided to go down one step with the door speakers and the amp that drives them as well (for the Dodge). Still should sound pretty good. But the one I'm really looking forward to hearing is the all-top-of the-line Alpine setup in the cab. I spend a lot of time up there driving, so I won't regret doing it right.

No, but I've surprised more than one flight attendant when handing back crushed Diet coke cans. It's quite easy, actually. Just give them a twist and then squish 'em into a neat and compact little package... chicks dig it. They call Godzilla all the time.

A bunch of car stereo stuff. For the motorhome cab area: Alpine CDA117 head unit Alpine PXA-H100 audio signal processor Alpine KTX-H100 multi-EQ tuning kit Alpine SWX-1043D (2 Type X subs) Alpine PDX 1.1000 (2 digital amps for subs) Alpine SPX-17PRO (2 pairs of component door speakers) Alpine PDX 4.150 (4 channel digital amp) For my Dodge pick up: Pioneer DEH-P9800BT head unit Alpine SWR-1043D (2 Type R subs) Alpine PDX 1.1000 (1 digital amp for both subs) Alpine SPX-17REF (2 pairs of component door speakers) Alpine PDX 4.100 (4 channel digital amp) Everything will be installed this weekend if all goes well. Still need to get an enclosure that will work with the subs for the Dodge. Will either have to give up my center console, which I'm not crazy about doing, or possibly use the Type R subs for a different vehicle (probably my Ford Edge) and use an MTX double sub box for the Dodge which will fit under the rear seats with JL subs.

I'm half way through the Band of Brothers series on bluray, which I've had for some time now and finally got around to watching. Quite good and highly recommended.

Ehh, don't remember that. Sorry if I called you a jerk and you're not, in reality, a jerk. I must have been looking for like company. As for the DT-48's, Matt (NightWoundsTime) can confirm that I broke my pair before I had listened to them for 10 seconds. They're not as indestructible as people claim they are! I tried them on at a meet (somewhere, can't remember where, probably Tampa) and they squeezed my head so badly that I figured, "Hmmm, maybe if I stretch them out a bit." But they seemed to bounce right back no matter what I did, until I stretched them with a wee bit too much force and snapped the indestructible headband in two. So I never did listen to them. I've still got them, and was hoping that maybe one day I'd run across a headband solution that works. Beyer doesn't have any of the originals as best I can tell from the limited amount of research I did, but even if they did, the clamping force would be way too tight for my comfort. In any case, I eventually found another pair at another meet and gave them a quick listen. They're really nowhere near as bad as the T50P.

Nowhere near as bad as the T50P. Not even in the same league of badness. At least there are some positive things to say about the DT48's. They're uhhhhh, fast and detailed, I guess, in a painful kind of way.

Just ordered the Complete Series box set. Looking forward to it. Can't imagine any TV series being better than the Little Rascals though... j/k.

Wow. I guess you'll just have to hear them for yourself one day, just like anything. But I can't imagine break in doing much for them.

You're regular riot, Alice!

Ah!!! Ha!!! Forgot about you moving to Tallahassee. I'll get that address one way or another and come stalk you!

Happy birthday, Younger! I'll have to take you out for many beers when I get back to Tampa.

I get all sorts of emails, most of which are rather senseless, but I found this one interesting. Ever seen a train lay its own track?

You guys are killing me!

Happy birthday, Tyll.

Anyone know what the approximate wait time is for a pair of LCD-2 once you add your name to the list? Last I knew, it was about one month. Is that still the case? I've been on the list for about a week and have another 5 weeks before I need to head back to Cayman.

Drove the rig from Butte, MT down to Idaho Falls on I-15 today. What a beautiful drive. Heading off to a dinner invitation with some friends at their house. Jackknifed the dang motorhome and trailer a couple of weeks ago, so I'll be taking it in to the truck repair place in the morning to get an initial assessment of the wallet damage. I'm guessing $2-3k-ish. Dumb me, tried to do a 3 point turn by backing the trailer onto a country road when I got lost in South Dakota instead of just going down the road until I could find a proper place to turn around.

I guess some of this is true. There is a certain break in period required for new members. What I like about this site is that nobody seems to be pimping any particular products. Sure, some people like certain things a lot, and they make their case, but it's not a chest pounding sort of thing. It's just their opinion backed by their personal experiences, and with nothing to 'sell' as such (be it the product, or their 'expertise' or whatever). In other words, there are no ulterior motives (shilling) and not much of a need by anyone here for ego stroking because we all know who each other are to begin with. That's what makes real conversations possible. So when someone new comes along and says, "I don't like this site so much because of X, Y or Z," they shouldn't be too surprised when "Oh, sorry to hear that. Then why don't you go fuck yourself?" is the response, because that kind of thing is just adding noise to an otherwise peaceful and happy environment. That, and if someone is looking for "information" (as such), then they just need to look for it. Read, read, read, as Yikes said.

HD650 recabled (preferably balanced) and with a good amp are worthy. The Denons always seem to leave me a little flat, but I've just got a stock pair.

Hey, I think I know that place. Slow bastards, but tasty dogs!

John, I don't have any direct experience with either, but found this discussion interesting: <meta name="description" content="Klipsch audio systems provide the true audio/video lover a wide variety of high performance loudspeakers and loudspeaker systems for music and home theater entertainment centers, including iPod speakers, multimedia s It seems that the main concern with the 19s is the bass response (or lack thereof) below 40 or so.

I want to meet your Aunt Judy, the pie lady. I've got an Aunt Judy. She's a CPA, not so exciting.

Ya, I had scrambled eggs and thick cut bacon again this morning. How about you?

Not to mention the $1,500-ish vinyl order I've been working on all week, and that's with goodguy pricing wherever applicable. About 50 audiophile pressings, mostly classic rock, and another 30 or so standard pressings (but all new and unopened). I'm listening to the Tom Petty 7 album live set now and it sounds amazing. It's a compilation from over the years, so it picks up all of the good stuff and leaves out the crap usually associated with live albums. I need to leave here before I go completely broke. It's like be a kid in a nose candy store.