Re: MECA Freezefest 2-26-12 Lebanon TN roll call and questions
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ok...so i am in nashville..i got tired of fighting reality with my old eclipse h/u...found a 7200 mkll in the box (not bnib) still in great shape complete on craigslist monday, emailed the guy and drove up here tonight to buy it... i would apprechiate any help on setting up this h/u, not installing it, just pointers on it..1st new to me non work truch h/u i have bought in 8 years when i bought the eclipse cd 8062 i am still using...do the line balancers have any use anymore form the 8062? i'll see everyone tomorrow.
I don't know if you'll see this in time, but I can print out a manual (provided I can find one on line). Let me know if that would be helpful...I'll check this space before I leave in the AM.
EDIT: I found it, but it's interactive. I don't see a way to print the whole thing. I assume you also found the same thing, but just in case, THIS is the URL for it.
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manual, we don't neeed no stinkin manual...sorry, i love blazing sadles....yea, it has the quick guide, but did the seller said it did not come with a full manual. thank you for the link.
see you in a little while
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I left early but met a lot of great people that allowed to me to listen to their vehicles. Got my head spinning of the possiblities for my own cars. I hope to be at some future contests as a competitor instead of a onlooker. Thanks everyone.
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Hey, I really had a great time meeting folks and checking out cars today. Extra thanks to Erin for taking the time and effort to RTA my car.
I had mostly the day I expected...last of 8 in mod. Oh ya...my bad for not paying attention to the rules. My styrofoam ball tweeter pods moved me all the way from street to mod. Seeing as how I have something like $1350 into my entire system ($1353 if you count the tweeter pods), and I'm on a very steep learning curve, I have no hope against such competition. I'm going to come up with a dash tweeter alternative that will get me back into street before the next event.
So, on the one hand I knew that I was destined for disaster re: competing, as my car is a 100% image-free zone at the moment. On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised that from a tonal quality (is that even a term? ) standpoint, I don't think my car is _too_ far out of the ballpark compared to many other folks there. I listened to several very good systems, all of which scored better than I did. But, in most cases the score differential was in the imaging/soundstage portions, so once that's addressed maybe I'll fare a bit better.
Anyway, the point is that it was really fun to meet folks, and I'm looking forward to the next event for sure. Thanks everyone for your advice and for letting me hear your cars. I have much to learn, and much to do...
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I too had a great time, came away with new ideas, saw some great sounding vehicles, met some great people. Now I just have to rethink everything about my car.... and the evil man from linear power is going to cost me some more money later this year, if anyone gets a chance, you need to demo those blues, and see the new amps, freaking amazing. Will I ever compete, don't know that answer yet, can I still learn, everyday. Looking forward to doing tweeters in the pillars as soon as I can find a stock set to experiment with. ebay and junkyards, here I come.
Thank you to everyone for allowing me to listen to their cars.
Was pretty sweet for my first event. Really wish I would have gotten there earlier/started later and listened to more cars but still had a good time. Saw a bunch of clean installs for future ideas and got to hear how big of a difference good tuning can do in chuck's (i believer thats who it was)truck. Also realized that I like mine a lot louder than most of the sq stuff I heard which might not help me get better but still lol had a great time. hopefully I'll get mine redid and compete in the future
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It was such a great pleasure meeting so many of you today and hearing so many cars. It really made me take a second listen at my own and realize it's nowhere near as good as it could be. It's good to hear new systems instead of your same car over and over again each and every day. Almost too easy to either get complacent with it or to over-analyze everything. Personally I drove back home with a whole different perspective on how my car should sound.
That said, I want to apologize to virtually everyone who listened to my car; I later found out something went a little awry at some point during the day and I never caught it. There were notes on an overwhelming amount of bottom end that I'd never noticed before and when I went to check it out after the show, I just about bashed my head into the steering wheel. At some point, seemingly early in the day when some folks were demoing, somebody accidentally knocked the bass level up +3 in the head unit, which ended up making a HUGE difference in mid and low end. Easy thing to do on that particular head unit if you've got big fingers and end up hitting toward the center of the dial rather than the left or right. Rookie mistake on my part, I should have been in the car during a demo, but really unfortunate nonetheless. Oh well.
Thanks to everyone, judges and competitors, I know what more I can do to make the Monte ten times better. This was a really great show to start on, and with a wonderful turn out. I really had fun and hope to see everyone again at some point.
05 Monte Carlo - kick panels get a makeover 3/13/13; we find out if Plexiglas is bulletproof Audible Physics, Acoustic Elegance, Alpine, Melodic Acoustic, Mosconi, Zapco
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It was nice to meet everyone and listen to some good sounding cars, i did not do as well as I thought but its my first time and I didn't tune it the way I should have. I know ill be better prepared the next time I compete.
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I also had a great time meeting people and listening to cars today. There were really some fantastic sounding and looking systems there. I appreciate the positive feedback I from those who listened to mine...and it'll only get better from here. Hopefully by next time I will have completed my trunk rebuild with new subs and will have something to show off there as well, instead of the bare MDF baffle I'm rockin' right now.
Thanks to everyone who demoed their system for me, and sorry to anyone who wanted to and didn't get a chance. Erin, I was looking for you after the awards, but everyone started leaving. Pretty sure that makes a good excuse for you to come to the ATL meet... nudge nudge.
Anyway, glad to see such a good turnout today for my first show of the year.
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Was pretty sweet for my first event. Really wish I would have gotten there earlier/started later and listened to more cars but still had a good time. Saw a bunch of clean installs for future ideas and got to hear how big of a difference good tuning can do in chuck's (i believer thats who it was)truck. Also realized that I like mine a lot louder than most of the sq stuff I heard which might not help me get better but still lol had a great time. hopefully I'll get mine redid and compete in the future
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Thanks for the comments and NO there is NOT a center speaker in my truck....LOL
It was a good turnout with lots of nice cars. Thanks to Mic, Steve and I forget the other judge's name for taking the time to participate in the event. I got some terrific feedback I'll apply towards the next event. Mic and Mike made quite a drive to be at this year's show. It was great to see new faces and catch up with everybody else. I'm still impressed and intrigued by the use of a kid's carseat as an acoustical treatment....LOL
Chuck
HU, Amps, Drivers. 2011 MECA Modified Street Georgia State Champion 2011 MECA Modified Street World Finals Runner-up Team DiYMA - 2011, 2012 MECA Team of the Year 2012 MECA Modified Street Georgia State Champion
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I'm still impressed and intrigued by the use of a kid's carseat as an acoustical treatment....LOL
Chuck
Been there before
2010 MECA Street Class Pennsylvania State Champion 2011 MECA Street Class World Champion 2011 MECA Street Class Pennsylvania State Champion 2012 MECA National Event Coordinator of the Year
Team DiYMA
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Sounds like a great experience for everyone who was there - validation of how good the system is or areas of opportunity for improvement. Congrats on the wins and good luck wishes for those who want to make adjustments for the next one.
I had a blast getting to hang out and meet so many new people. I wish I'd had a chance to hear more cars, but I think that's always the case, so...next time.
I want to give a big thanks to the judges. The comments on the scorecards and feedback at the end of the show is much appreciated.
To the people who listened to the Murano, thank you for the feedback as well. If you grabbed a copy of the cd I was using, I'll update this thread later with the track listing and what I use them for.
To Erin, thanks for taking measurements of the Mo. I'm pretty happy with my FR, HD, and bass decay. Your car sounds great as always, and I hate to say it but the ugly pillar treatments do the job and you're gonna have to keep em. Oh yeah, and thanks for telling me how to properly pronounce impedance! You're a jerk for calling me out on it, but at least I won't sound like an ass in the future.
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Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
Somehow I managed to get the Most Improved Score award???????????
Chuck
HU, Amps, Drivers. 2011 MECA Modified Street Georgia State Champion 2011 MECA Modified Street World Finals Runner-up Team DiYMA - 2011, 2012 MECA Team of the Year 2012 MECA Modified Street Georgia State Champion
Re: MECA Freezefest 2-26-12 Lebanon TN roll call and questions
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I'm still impressed and intrigued by the use of a kid's carseat as an acoustical treatment....LOL
Chuck
That's just my excuse. Its more like I'm just really lazy and those things are a pain in the ass to take out and out back in again.
I'd put 4 car seats in there if they would get rid of my FREAKING TURN OFF POPS!!!!!! Just like finals, 3 points down the drain. Looks like I've gotta figure out how to sneak $1000 in new amps passed the wife. Any ideas? LOL.
Thanks to everybody that let me listen to their cars and congrats to all the winners and Erin for BOS!
Aaron Thomas • MECA SQL Mod Steet
2006 Rookie of the Year • State Champion 06, 07, 08, 11 • World Finals 2nd place 06, 07, 08, 09
Pioneer P99 • Polk SR mids • Polk MM1040 x2 • Scan Illuminator tweets • Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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To Erin, thanks for taking measurements of the Mo. I'm pretty happy with my FR, HD, and bass decay. Your car sounds great as always, and I hate to say it but the ugly pillar treatments do the job and you're gonna have to keep em. Oh yeah, and thanks for telling me how to properly pronounce impedance! You're a jerk for calling me out on it, but at least I won't sound like an ass in the future.
here they are...
best decay I've ever seen. makes me wonder if it's a case of the ms8 pulling down modes well, the install, or just John's mads skills (a combinations of it all).
I hated to tell you how to say a word, but you can't walk around saying impotence as freely as you were. lol!
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I'd put 4 car seats in there if they would get rid of my FREAKING TURN OFF POPS!!!!!! Just like finals, 3 points down the drain. Looks like I've gotta figure out how to sneak $1000 in new amps passed the wife. Any ideas? LOL.
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) standpoint, I don't think my car is _too_ far out of the ballpark compared to many other folks there. I listened to several very good systems, all of which scored better than I did. But, in most cases the score differential was in the imaging/soundstage portions, so once that's addressed maybe I'll fare a bit better.
but still had a good time. Saw a bunch of clean installs for future ideas and got to hear how big of a difference good tuning can do in chuck's (i believer thats who it was)truck. Also realized that I like mine a lot louder than most of the sq stuff I heard which might not help me get better but still
lol had a great time. hopefully I'll get mine redid and compete in the future
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