Livin Loud

[weshole]

tjamz wrote:
Raising the BS flag here, I've seen quite a few competition vehicles hit 150-160 dB and while the windows (OEM..not reinforced) were flexing, they never "Blew out"....I'm sure Wes can probably remember Mark Fukuda's yellow RF Blazer, it was the worlds loudest vehicle for quite a while, well he ran factory glass up to 160decibels. Unless by blew out you mean loosened the seals, that can/does/will happen on a high SPL vehicle and I suppose if the seals were bad long enough it could fall out.

Ya, I remember thinkin that he wouldn't hold the record for as long as he did. I have never seen (in all my years in the car audio) glass "blow out". But as Chuck said, I have seen back windows of pickups push the seal out. But the lowest I've seen that at was 169db.

[weshole]

Wait a minute, I have seen a back window "break" from the car stereo. But it was because the rear glass of the S10 Blazer was rattling around from the bass and it shattered starting where the striker met the glass. Oh and I've seen a couple of other times when windows have been broke as a result of car stereos. That was from when they were stolen and they broke the glass. haha.

[Guest]

No argument from me on anything wes posted above^

[camzaro28]

^ i am with u guys on the window didnt blow out, as i said earlier.
hey chuck remember us having a convo about me hitting 154 db? with only one sub? well i found the slip i will post it if u like

[Guest]

alway curious to see it.

[weshole]

I seen 148 on a single 8" solo. That impressed me all to hell.

[Guest]

a/b/no weighting scale? Also was it to USAC/IASCA spec (no frequencies above 80Hz measured). I know the old "trick" used to be to use upper harmonics (think midbass/midrange frequencies) to spike the mics

[camzaro28]

the meter was under the passenger dash in my other camaro.
1 15' W3 wired to 1 ohm IIRC on a reworked mmats amp

edit: not sure if the above ? was directed to wes or me, but IIRC that box adn sub would hit peak @38db. and USAC

[krzydrftr93]

HandoEX wrote:
No, they are not square.
Whoa...I think i was a little tired at lunch when I posted that. I looked again and realized they werent even kickers. I thought it said L7's. My bad...I still dont think i have seen a sub that was 13.5

[PSiedTSi]

krzydrftr93 wrote:
Whoa...I think i was a little tired at lunch when I posted that. I looked again and realized they werent even kickers. I thought it said L7's. My bad...I still dont think i have seen a sub that was 13.5

W7s are because they displace the same amount of air as a 15'' woofer or somethin like that

[camzaro28]

i had 2 of them in a ported box, and blew them with the same amp i had on the 1 15 W3. was never sold em ( well sold enuff to buyem, cuz i got a good deal) they did sound good, but they are the WRONG sub for SPL.

[the66]

when comp time rolls around well see...it might not but im still gonna try to hit 160

[the66]

and ive seen a solo x hit 153.4

[RidinRails]

well you guys can doubt me that the truck didnt blow out the back window...but it did... i seen it happen...

it couldve been for many different reasons like the weatherstripping was shitty so the glass rattled so much that it shatter.......you got to remember it was a SLiding back window....they are thin and shitty as fuck...but anyways... i seen it happen.

[the66]

if you were to blow a window out .... it would have to be because of a flaw in the glass,the sealant, and having the subs aimed directly at the window making the bass reflection come off the glass....

[RidinRails]

the subs and ports were right underneath the window...i have pics of the enclosure somewhere

[JohnW]

154 on one sub? hot dayum. I was getting 155-159 on 2 Audiomobile 12s. 154 on a 15 is pretty nice work.

[camzaro28]

here is a pic. this is after i had to cut it down, which isnt fun.
and i know it looks like shit now, haha. but i first made it to fit into my monte carlo.
then when i bought teh camaro, i had to cut it down.

[the66]

the solo x was a twelve and hit 153.4 but it is hooked up to a kx2500.1, a 15 could handle two of those if it was a solo x from kicker