Hey what can your j-body hit??

I entered my car into the stereo contest at a local car show today, and didnt do to bad. I have 2 12" Infinity Reference subs in a sealed, fiberglass coated, box. A Rockwood 600 watt 2 channel amp. A Pioneer deh-p6700mp, optima red top, and 4 gauge wiring. I hit 137.8 on my best with the amp level half way, and bass boost my reciever set at +2.
Not bad for all under $500!!!

Right now, not much. Once I'm done, probably a 155 or so.


Mike Roth
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im at around 148 and with my new set up i hope ill get atleast 151

i hit 156.4 with 4 depth charge 12s and an old school kicker zr120 running at 1ohm mono

144.8 new meter from 1 12" DD

haven't gotten metered with the current setup...but after the new setup i'm looking at hitting mid 150's all the way down below 30 hz fo' sho'!!


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i have 3 HX2 12s (2000 peak 1000 rms) and a 1500d series rockford amp at 2 ohms and i hit 156.2 db the damn bass broke my wing mount and cracked my front windshield, i have a earthquake box sealed the guy said if i got a slot ported box built it would probably hit 4 to 5 dbs higher. the guy inside meetering it had to get out me i was outside useing the remote, but the deck bass was only on zero i usually leave it on negative 8 because it is just to loud for cruzzing and even on negative 8 it still hits harder than the people around here if not i turn the bass up and watch them roll their windows up!!!


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^sorry but that sounds totally unbelievable, the install must be amazing... with a sealed box and only one 1500 rms watt amp... if u went ported ud gain only 1 or 2 dbs is my guess and i take it that this was on an old termlab meter

believe it or not it is true it was the meter that hook the the headrest i have no idea what it was called. i kknow it is true and really that is all that matter their is always that one person that bashes on here! and it is a pretty descent install. i also used the Bass Mechanics cd for the test, know maybe the 4-5 dbs higher with a slot ported box is off but i am just telling you what the installer told me.


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Imamarine

By the way what do you have in your car. since you know so much post what you got, i just tell it how it is i do not LIE what would be the point on lying about something so trivel you tell me considering you just graduated high school(maybe) you educate me. HOLLA


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Imamarine

yea..156 is a little high for what your running...depends on a a lot of factors though.


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it might sound high but that is what the meter said so as far as i know that is what it hits ya know i was the 14th one metered if that would matter i don't know but until i go to another show and get it tested again that is what it hits its in a earthquaked sealed box. the time before i had it tested it hit 153 dbs so mybe the meter needed calabrated, but this time my trunck was dyno matted and the last time it wasn't but the meter said 156.2 and that is what i am sticking too. Know when i go July 2nd to the show in Maryland and i get it tested and it hits 153 then i will know that the last one wasn't calibrated right. do you think that the meter would fall out of calibration after 13 cars being tested? holla


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Imamarine

I hit 172.











































i cant hear you I'm dead.

well sealed does seem to limit a subwoofers excursion a bit, im not bagging on you or anything, i mean post the slips or video and ill believe you, it just seems outragous considering you only used 1500 rms of power, i have 1500 rms to one sub and dont hit near that high... considering you have way more cone area i can see that u might have a couple dbs on me... but i am tuned to 30 hz... it just doesnt seem all that realistic to me, but i guess it depends on box size, install, car ect... just seems highly unlikely to me

oh and by the way the panels crack before the window actaully breaks... and the only time ive seen that happen is on a van with a ton of subs and music hitting 160+

Imamarine wrote: the time before i had it tested it hit 153 dbs so mybe the meter needed calabrated,

It would be one of those lovely audiocontrols. Not trying to jump on you man, but there is a BIG difference between that mic, and the Termlab.

Now the only people I can speak for in this post are Mark(sweetnloud), wysiwyg, and myself. If you knew how much effort and time we put into our setups you would realize why we say there is no way you are hitting that number on the TL.

BTW: Tredici, it's not really a "new" meter anymore.


Mike Roth
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it's not THAT far fetched...a buddy of mine just hit a 152 and some change at spring break nationals....he was running a RF bd1500 on one battery (50 amp fuse) and two stereo integrity twelves. took first place.

BUT that's a professional versus someone who doesn't know the difference between mics'...let alone how one works.


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haha oh psh, get me on the "new" meter comment

1 Clarion 10, in a sealed box, with an Alpine V-Power "Bass Engine" Amp (350watts RMS), Rockford speakers, AIWA deck........ 130.5db in my hatchback (i dont own a Jbody) ... Playing Duran Duran Come Undone. Possibly one of my favorite songs for hitting all the highs and lows.




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what is the diffrence between the audio control and the termlab? was the audiocontrol reading about 5-10db's higher then the termlab? i know its something up there.


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Tredici wrote:haha oh psh, get me on the "new" meter comment

oh yea...that score WAS on a new termlab sensor...lmao

and sndsgood..i'm not sure of how much the two differ..but they do read a great deal higher.


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went to go get metered and it snowed so the comp was called off, but i should be hitting around 145 to 150 some where in there,w ith my 2 10's calrion pxw's and 640.2 watt amp, but i get my new @!#$ on friday, hehehehe, 2 x Pionner TS-W2000SPL and a clif designs CDX-10A - 1800W Digital Class X Amplifier, shall be nice, were tearing the sub box apart redesiginig the front and making it fit 2 12's instead of my weak ass 10's

wysiwyg wrote:it's not THAT far fetched...a buddy of mine just hit a 152 and some change at spring break nationals....he was running a RF bd1500 on one battery (50 amp fuse) and two stereo integrity twelves. took first place.

Nice number.

I agree it is probably possible if you put the time and work into it, but it would be VERY hard. Not to mention he said it was at the headrest; yet another reason I see it being on an AC that has the K factor turned up. 156 at the headrest, car closed up, on the TL would be something crazy like a 165 on the dash.

sndsgood wrote:what is the diffrence between the audio control and the termlab? was the audiocontrol reading about 5-10db's higher then the termlab? i know its something up there.

Jason, 7-10 is normally about average. But we all know that if the mic hasn't been calibrated it might as well be on Mars.



Mike Roth
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Tredici wrote:oh and by the way the panels crack before the window actaully breaks... and the only time ive seen that happen is on a van with a ton of subs and music hitting 160+

I have cracked panels. just found a new one by thepass a-pillar. seems like lots of pressure in that area

well then in that case i am going to renig and go with the first time i got it metered at 153 db because that was at a car show in woodbridge va last year. but it still say 156.2 on the meter the last time. and the driver side window was cracked about an eighth of an inch when i got it metered. and when the window cracked the dash was already cracked and i know the bass did it because i watched it crack during the test. Ya know if i am wrong then i am wrong i am just telling you what the meter said and my setup is all custom, i have spent 3 years getting it to were it is know.i didn't buy this @!#$ and just throw it in. but it still hit 153 at the lowest because that is what it hit the first time and the 156.2 was what it hit the second time.


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