Compliment

swerve
swerve Posts: 1,862
edited June 2004 in Car Audio & Electronics
I'm playing basketball with a old friend tonight, and before we go he states he wants to hear my car... I don't enjoy being judged by people... He is very impressed how my underpowered subs sound, especially through the backseat and metal plate I have seperating the trunk. So I go and get in his car and all I can say I was impressed by was the back massage I recieved... I couldn't hear a word he was saying but all the bass was so distorted it didn't matter. All I said was "yeah, cool." and told him to take it easy. I guess im surprised about this because I always thought that his car sounded really good, but that must only be from a few blocks away. I never really received a compliment from someone who doens't ride in my car often on how my setup sounds till tonight.
on a side note: 14 days till my B-Day, and my bday =
HiFonics 1500D....
so lame I'm going to be 18 and instead of going out and having a good time I'm going to spend all my money on this amp and gas.

-adam
cats.vans.bag...
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited June 2004
    hey, whoa, your friends are supposed to pay for the 'good time' when you turn 18... duh... :D
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited June 2004
    my friends are straight dicks, one of my friends turned 18 two years ago he spent nearly 300 bux on his 18th, no one hooked him up w/ anything... it's aight tho, you get what you give I guess.

    adam
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2004
    One night of partying or years of pleasure from the sweet sounds of the Hifonics! You made the right choice.

    A few years ago I was out at this shop in Waco looking around and got talking to one of the sales dudes and he was bragging about his car and all. We went out to look and he did have a nice set up. It was a late 90s Grand Am. He had all the amps mounted in the trunk and it was very clean and professional and the 2 15" Orion subs were bad **** looking.

    Well we go sit in his car and he fires it up, warning me to let him know if I feel like Im going to puke. Well this thing was unbelievably loud! I couldnt hear anything even resembling high end frequencies, just this low rumble. Well actually I didnt hear that much at all, I felt it. Everything in my body vibrated. My hair felt like it was being blow forward with a hair dryer and my heart felt like it was going to stop. For the first few seconds it was cool, then it got annoying!

    He was an SPL guy and said he competed now and then so I guess this was his thing.

    It makes you wonder. Most of us here are SQ guys so this is kind of wierd to us why someone would spend all that time and money to make something that is so loud you cant even hear the music! To each their own I suppose.

    Me? Ill take a set of MM6s, an MM124 and a couple of stout amps and be just dandy!
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2004
    Originally posted by MacLeod
    Me? Ill take a set of MM6s, an MM124 and a couple of stout amps and be just dandy!
    i thought that too...except 2 mm120s(at the time)
    now im bored with it...and getting a couple of brahmas and most likely dynaudio 3-ways
    :D
    im addicted...
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2004
    my best compliment wasnt really a compliment
    this spring break when i was at the beach, my friend was behind me in his jeep and he said he could hear the bass in his jeep...lol
    thats awesome
    i get a lot of compliments when people see all the amps
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited June 2004
    that's another thing we discussed while sitting after our game... how once you start with all this, it's just too gd hard to stop no matter what happens. I can't imagine having to put all my stock stuff back into my car... i'd go insane
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2004
    no ****, i get in my mom's car and im almost tempted to turn the **** off
    you cant see the speakers, there are no grills, its just behind the panels
    it sounds muffled, the speakers are **** speakers anyway, even for stock, and the panels rattle...it sounds disgusting
    4 coaxials and some sound deadening would do a world of difference, even without a better HU or amp
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited June 2004
    when i ride anywhere with my mom... i give her so much hell about her speakers. It's sad because she has it 90% of the way up and you can hear anything...
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2004
    Addictive as hell!

    I put together my little budget system thinking that would satisfy me and I could move on but nope. Now I cant wait to upgrade to all kinds of cool things.

    Ive already done the MB/JL/PPI thang in my last Ram so now Im wanting to go with something different in the high end section. Focal/Diamond/Orion is the direction Im leaning most in but it changes daily.

    Recapping all my past systems I guess it would be:
    86 Ford Ranger
    MTX road thunder boxes with 8" sub and horn tweeter
    Pioneer 100x2 amp

    88 Olds Cutlass
    Kenwood speakers in dash and rear deck
    2 MTX Terminator 12s
    Coustic amps

    94 Suzuki Samurai
    Kenwood 6x9s enclosed
    same old Pioneer 100x2 amp

    98 Nissan Frontier/00 Dodge Ram reg cab
    MB Quart Discus 6.5
    2 JL Audio 8W0s
    2 Precision Power 50x2 amps

    02 Ram quad cab
    Momo 6x9s
    MTX Thunder6500 8"
    Alpine amps
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    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited June 2004
    im lucky - my mom got the premium system. yeah, yeah, premiums systems aren't worth it, but this one actually sounds pretty good, especially for a stock system. i was quite surprised the first time i heard it.
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited June 2004
    Originally posted by neomagus00
    im lucky - my mom got the premium system. yeah, yeah, premiums systems aren't worth it, but this one actually sounds pretty good, especially for a stock system. i was quite surprised the first time i heard it.
    what I don't understand about my mom is she claims her car sounds good, but then she goes all out when it comes to home audio... whatever floats your boat i guess.

    adam
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2004
    yeah...i keep asking my mom for money so i can upgrade her speakers...she doesnt share the same interest in audio as i do though...lol
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited June 2004
    isn't that the understatement of all time...
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited June 2004
    my mom listens to me to an extent about all this, then she just zones out. This whole birthday thing is making me way nervoud because she gets all **** whenever I start talking about it being 2 weeks away, who knows what's up their sleeve. In a way I want to find out, and in a way a don't. Atleast I know I'm not being sent to space camp or anything like that!

    adam
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited June 2004
    haha... hey, you may wish to consider saving some cash... pizza can get expensive when you eat it for every meal in a given week :p
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited June 2004
    save money? please explain how and enroll me into a budgeting class....
    actually all the times i do save money. She ends up borrowing money from me and I just tell her... pay my insurance this month.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2004
    Originally posted by neomagus00
    isn't that the understatement of all time...
    whattttttttt?
    doesnt everyone have 4 amps in their car?
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited June 2004
    yes, and everyone has a pet hyena they use to guard them... you just didn't know it... :p
    It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon

    "Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2004
    pet hyena...hmmm...where can i get me one of those?
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • AustinKP
    AustinKP Posts: 861
    edited June 2004
    Oh, is that what you're using? I prefer the Trunk Monkey myself...
    http://www.silverdragon.com/punkie/cybertusk/net.idiot.html - Read it, know it

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  • MTXMAN
    MTXMAN Posts: 682
    edited June 2004
    Originally posted by AustinKP
    Oh, is that what you're using? I prefer the Trunk Monkey myself...


    idk, "trunk monkey" just sounds too much like a bad porno to me... course that's probably just on my mind cause i'm dling some while i check the forums ;) (www.jordancapri.com) damn she's cute....
    Hemi: (HEM -e) adj. Mopar in type, V8, hot tempered, native to the United States, carnivorous, eats primarily Mustangs, Camaros, and Corvettes. Also enjoys smoking a good import now and then to relax.
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