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At 1/8" thick, at least you don't have to worry about flex and putting your foot through those expensive speakers!
 

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At 1/8" thick, at least you don't have to worry about flex and putting your foot through those expensive speakers!
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The first ones were 1/4”…May have been a little excessive. lol
 

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Ya think? lol
 

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Overkill is good, right? lol
 

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The acrylic trim rings are finally done. I farmed those out since I don’t have a router table and wasn’t gonna try to cut plastic by hand. B72C7AF3-7EC8-40C0-9708-A0696A6E1552.jpeg
 

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Widebands for the back showed up. Mounting rings are cut…guess I have work to do again. 830CAA48-AAF0-4B09-8115-36B68CD4E40D.jpeg D6E89B60-2D10-42E4-9B17-5322905E2A81.jpeg
 

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Damn this is never ending...........I love it!!!
No way I'd have time for it chasing 3 kids around in sports but damn I like tuning into this every so often! Keep it up :)
 

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Damn this is never ending...........I love it!!!
No way I'd have time for it chasing 3 kids around in sports but damn I like tuning into this every so often! Keep it up :)
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It’s a worse addiction that drugs…which would probably be a cheaper hobby. lol
 

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Hookers and blow every weekend would definitely be cheaper!!!!!


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The completed front stage. 5C38A842-792E-42A1-8155-E99EA0BDA7A5.jpeg 473ECCA9-5091-415C-8E7D-336A9DB79586.jpeg 964F3EF0-A7CE-4BC2-9879-EF0638EE6D59.jpeg 0B16DA2B-E152-4E7D-8537-07C0C7329EB3.jpeg C1CC64D5-AEFA-4B22-A1AB-CEC03FEB3BE2.jpeg
 

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Wish I were there to hear it. If it sounds half as good as it looks you should be seriously rocking! Mad fab skills!


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@UNBROKEN, Your work is phenomenal, hard to describe how much I respect it. It's been fun watching you play. I'm someone that has spent many multiples of 10K on quality home and automotive audio gear. That said, I have a lot of parts that are aftermarket (read: many of my joints), and getting comfortable in the seat or sitting for an extended period of time is tricky.

I'm someone who keeps their vehicle as clean as it gets, my floor mats are not dirty. I can't help thinking that if I were driving your vehicle, the speakers on the floor would simply end up as a grate to clean my shoes on. I'm sure you've considered it, but isn't there some type of acoustically transparent fabric that would help keep the debris from ending up in the floor speakers?
 

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@UNBROKEN, Your work is phenomenal, hard to describe how much I respect it. It's been fun watching you play. I'm someone that has spent many multiples of 10K on quality home and automotive audio gear. That said, I have a lot of parts that are aftermarket (read: many of my joints), and getting comfortable in the seat or sitting for an extended period of time is tricky.
I'm someone who keeps their vehicle as clean as it gets, my floor mats are not dirty. I can't help thinking that if I were driving your vehicle, the speakers on the floor would simply end up as a grate to clean my shoes on. I'm sure you've considered it, but isn't there some type of acoustically transparent fabric that would help keep the debris from ending up in the floor speakers?
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I have covers that hang over the kick panel pods for daily use along with Husky floor liners that I trimmed to fit. Nothing is exposed unless I’m at a competition or showing it off.
 

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Mosconi Atomo 2….power for the differential rear fill project. 89E8D20F-018C-4774-B7A7-3B85C97EB164.jpeg
 

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UNBROKEN said:
Mosconi Atomo 2….power for the differential rear fill project. View attachment 16449
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What is that tiny little thing?

Looks like you decided against front stage only


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What is that tiny little thing?

Looks like you decided against front stage only


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It’s an extremely small amplifier. And this isn’t rear fill like most people think. All I’m doing is creating a fake reflection with a mono signal with all the center processing removed then the signal delayed about 20 milliseconds and attenuated 6-8db.
Done right it widens and deepens the front stage. If you actually hear the rear widebands it was done wrong.
 

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Thanks for the explanation!


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This is incredible, if you're ever in the Dallas area for a competition I would love to check this out in person
 

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This is incredible, if you're ever in the Dallas area for a competition I would love to check this out in person
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Not Dallas but we kick off the season at MTI in College Station all this weekend. Cars are en route from all over the country already.
 

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Differential rear fill pods…some assemble required. D328426C-3003-40C6-8683-411C6BAB7664.jpeg
 

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