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https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl SUPPORT FORUMS FOR DECWARE SPEAKER PLANS >> DECWARE Imperial support forum >> Imp. for automotive applications https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1145468358 Message started by JimJ on 04/19/06 at 17:39:18 |
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Title: Imp. for automotive applications Post by JimJ on 04/19/06 at 17:39:18 Well, curiosity's getting the better of me... What would you guys think about an Imperial Horn in a vehicle? I drive a '94 E-150 cargo van, with nothing in back behind the two seats...currently I have a "normal" 1.5cF ported box for my e12a.22, but I'm getting the urge to do something insane for a year or two. Something like an Imperial Horn. But I have some questions... 1. Is this a horrible idea? It would be firing up in an area about 11'x6'x5'. 2. If it's not such a bad idea, what drivers would be suitable for this sort of thing? I have 1.4kW @ 2-4 ohms on tap, I'm well aware that a small fraction of that will actually be needed ;) Thanks in advance. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 04/19/06 at 19:18:01 DO EET!!!! I've pondered the idea, but always came to the same conclusion, not enough room inside a vehicle for just the enclosure. But a VAN! There's an idea. What if you built two IMPSO's, then laid them on their sides touching at the top (what would be the top if standing upright) to make a "horn" out of the two enclosures. mwahahaha I need to get me van here from California. I got a '72 Econoline E-100 with a 4bbl 302 and a C-4. It's yellow with black checker racing stripes down the sides and chrome full-length side-pipes for the true dual exhaust. I love that thing. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by JimJ on 04/19/06 at 23:35:48  That was in the SQ lanes @ MECA WV State Finals last October...I could fit an Imperial Horn and have plenty of room left over :) As for subwoofers, any suggestions? Close to $300 in materials alone is going to be pretty draining on my checkbook, so I can't afford $200 each driver :D |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Rap on 04/20/06 at 00:15:57 imperial SO ??? |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by JimJ on 04/20/06 at 00:27:28 I read that thread about the SO, so really the benefit is an improved HF cutoff...so the original Horn wouldn't fare so well as a sub cabinet? Something about having the drivers exposed and inverted that I like ;D This isn't going to be permanently in the van, but living in an apartment doesn't lend itself to something this size :) Figure I'll use it mobile for a year or so until I have a place big enough to accomodate it. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 04/20/06 at 01:44:14 I have considered putting my imperial in a van but I never got around to it. The main reason is that, if I actually wanted to go anywhere the sub would have to be attached to the van somehow so it wouldn't crush me to death in an accident. Secondly, it would turn the van into a two seater. Then there's all that extra weight... I imagine it would work well, the van would probably act like an extension of the horn. If it works like I think it might, a single original version imperial would go plenty low enough and have you completely deaf in no time at all. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by J_Rock on 04/20/06 at 03:20:23 Two laying down with the hornmouths at the ass end of the van would be nice. Look damn Cool, and the back doors would act like the floor of a house the imperials are in. or upside down in the very back if you have the height. It would look damn cool no matter what, just not sure if it would sound good or not. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Adrian D. on 04/20/06 at 08:02:31 i don't think they'll have enough room to breathe right, but who can tell ? i'd say some pa subs. they have decent powerhandling and nice efficiency. not sure those would go very low. you could try 1 kicker solo x 18. it'll definetly go lower than the pa subs. an imperial in a van would definetly hit hard. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by gexter on 04/20/06 at 19:55:44 Imp. for automotive applications Thats just silly. If some rooms are too small for an Imperial then a van? But it might sound cool outside the van. I like the point about the beast sliding in an accident and crushing everything in its path. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by J_Rock on 04/20/06 at 20:23:02 I could go that way. No hard feelings being killed by a Speaker. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by gexter on 04/21/06 at 00:49:14 sound took out the walls of Jericho so an Imperial taking out a couple of bass heads is not much of a feat. crushing sound takes on a new meaning Works for me! |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 04/21/06 at 02:10:41 I'm just guessing Gex, but I think the van would act much more like an extension of the horn than a small room, I wouldn't anticipate any of the room problems the imperial experiences in a small room. Maybe. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 04/21/06 at 14:25:59 DOO EET!!!!!! |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Bob on 04/21/06 at 16:15:09 Keep the windows down, otherwise it'll blow 'em out! ;D :D Bob |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by jj420 on 04/23/06 at 17:45:47 Im not entirely certain that the confines of the van would even allow a waveform from the hornmouth to form before it started cancelling itself out, though if you mounted it facing rearwards, right behind the front seats you could get decent sound outside the van with the rear doors open. Steve D says to mount the SO in an alcove about 8' back from your mains to allow for the length of the waves. Likely an Imp in a van would simply compress the interior the same way as the drivers would in a standard ported enclosure. If you did get crushed by them in an accident, you could also use them as a coffin, I think its genius, the worlds first dual usage enclosure ??? If your back can handle it, then follow Jets advice, but be prepared to take that sucker out of there too, as it may only worsen your fuel economy. ($1.10/L today... gawd) |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 04/23/06 at 19:46:20 This is almost turning into a dare... I'd do it if I didn't have it take it right back out, but I'm not the only one with an imperial, so who is going to try it? |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Adrian D. on 04/24/06 at 05:14:14 i'd do it, but i don't have a van, and my dad's 4x4 is too small :( |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 04/24/06 at 05:17:35 I don't actually own one either, but I have access. My main problem is that I would also have to install a head unit and wiring for an amp. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/05/06 at 01:03:08 I'm thinkin' about tackling something similar. Someone I know want's something LOUD in his pickup. He's ready to do a full blow-through from his camper'd bed. Can the imperial be shaped differently and maintain it's characteristics, as long as the horn maintains its cross-sectional area? |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/05/06 at 01:26:04 I've already thought about it in a pickup. The problem is that the hole through the box into the cab can't be any more than about 6 square feet, and that is if you flare it after the wheel well to use the full width available going into the cab. That means half the box will have to be inside the cab. Of course anything is possible and you can make a horn fit but the mouth should be at least as big as the imperial for adequate lf extension. In a regular pickup the last and largest part of the horn flare will have to be inside the cab. If you can chop the whole back of the truck out, that changes everything and you can get the 9 foot mouth without extending the box into the truck. This will probably destroy the structural integrity of the vehicle. Anyway, the hole between the box and cab is going to be the important factor. And I would hold off until one of us gets off our lazy butt and find out what a big horn is going to do in a van. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/05/06 at 01:39:30 If you are willing to cheat a bit there are ways to decrease the size of the horn, namely chopping the last part of the horn off. This works in a tractrix expansion which is also the most efficient (in terms of box material and overall size). Since the last section of the horn is the largest, chopping off a couple of feet can save a huge amount of space and wood. The side effect is ripple in the upper range of frequencies the horn is playing, similar to tl ripple in the frequency response. But if you can effectively cut half the size and weight of the box this may be a road you wish to travel. There are other designs readily available that have the same mouth size of the imperial but are reported to play about an octave lower by shortening the length of the horn. I think that a big horn firing into a small area (vehicle cab) will behave like an extension of the horn, or at least in the case of the truck cab, a tuned enclosure. In this case, it should be like sitting in the mouth of a horn. But is Gex is right and the cab behaves like a really really small room there would be no reason to go ahead with this. If you need more info on horn theory, just ask, I have lots and so does just about everybody else here. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/05/06 at 01:54:06 The idea is to take out the entire back wall of the cab, seal it to the camper shell, and re-brace the outer sides similar to a roll-cage. Basically making it into a van. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/05/06 at 01:55:42 It should fit very nicely with no modification in that case. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/05/06 at 02:00:49 I was just thinking about re-shaping it to make it a little lower profile, so maybe two can be put side by side and the cones and horn are more direct. It's an SPL concept. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/05/06 at 02:02:03 If the vehicle is really tight, you could really go overboard on this without much materials. If you think of the van to be the enclosure itself, you can make a horn by placing a wedge shaped sealed box at the right spot inside the van. I don't know if you get what I'm saying but it would take a bit to explain properly. And I can't draw. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/05/06 at 02:16:11 A different idea if this is for pure SPL is to design your own horn. It's easier than you think. Maybe model a 20 hz horn and then cut the last 10 feet off. It's still going to be almost 15 feet long but the expansion rate is slow, so it doesn't get big fast. Sensitivity should be quite a bit better than the imperial because of the length (at least twice as long) but the frequency response is going to be bad. But all you have to do is target your peaks to the measured competition frequency. Make all your friends deaf with an 8 inch driver. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Bob on 05/05/06 at 12:07:31 Why not turn a small box truck/moving van into a rolling IB? Mount the drivers in a weatherproof enclosure on top of vehicle, like an RV A/C unit. Bob |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Adrian D. on 05/05/06 at 13:18:16 something like this ? 
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Bob on 05/05/06 at 13:41:00 Thanks Adrian, Yes, but substitute A/C unit for a IB enclosure. :-/ May need some wicked caps & power conditioners to tame down that generator. I just sent that to all my car buddies. :D Bob |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/05/06 at 20:44:14 bassboy wrote on 05/05/06 at 02:02:03:
I understand what you're saying, and now you would not believe what I just drew out by hand. This is a serious concept I have here. I just need someone to model it for me, as I have NO clue how. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by John in CR on 05/05/06 at 21:20:19 Don't waste your wood and time. There's not enough air volume for the wave to fully develop into a wave, so much of it will just stay as a pressure front not a sound wave. A horn needs to couple to the environment it is in to function properly. In this case there will be much more audible bass outside the van than inside. With the tremendous cabin gain inside a vehicle, there are much easier and smaller ways to get big bass in a car. A single high excursion 12" or 15" can give you more bass than your ears can handle in a well designed BR. If all you want to do is ride around disturbing the neighborhood, then go for it. If someone shoots you, at least you'll know why. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/05/06 at 21:22:22 Horn Segments Cross-sectional Area Length = 109.675in (11.056ft) Throat = 245in^2 (1.7ft^2) Mouth = 1656in^2 (11.5ft^2) S1 length = 21in throat = 245in^2 mouth = 720in^2 S2 length = 37.675in throat = 720in^2 mouth = 1152in^2 S3 length = 51in throat = 1152in^2 mouth = 1656in^2 Using two of these(sharing ~15ft^3): Quote:
This is just a quick sketch with somewhat rounded numbers. Would it do anything?? Methinks not, but curious none-the-less. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/05/06 at 22:21:37 This is all just meaningless speculation until we find out how a large horn works in a very small enclosure. John may be very right about the horn needing a relatively large area to couple to. I would not be inclined to argue with him unless I tried and got favorable results with the imperial in a van. Jet - I am not using hornresp to model horns. I use the tractrix calculator or exponential calculator on the single driver website for a quick and dirty idea of what the horn is going to look like. All you need to know is the throat area and lowest frequency desired. Model in eighth space (corner loading) and it will numerically plot the horn flare in about 5 seconds. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/05/06 at 22:30:10 Hornresp is a more versatile tool, as you can model whatever you want. The horn flare calculators will only show you the ideal expansion for ideal response. If you stray from the plan the results are unpredictable. Hornresp can take these deviations into consideration but it is a much more cumbersome and slow process. (But probably worth it in the later stages of design) |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/05/06 at 23:27:23 I didn't know there was anything other than HornResp, and it's like greek to me (I think I understand Greek better). Where's this tractrix calculator? |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/06/06 at 02:13:52 Start here. http://melhuish.org/audio/horn.html Read the whole horn section and the calculators are the last things in the section you need. You can check the last pages in the section but they are just driver specific recommendations. You only input 4 parameters, but it's metric. Throat area, flare frequency (lowest effective frequency), size factor (8 for cornerhorn), and desired width of cabinet. It outputs 4 columns of information. The only ones I look at are distance from throat (length) and area, which is the cross sectional area. This is the fastest and easiest way to model an ideal expansion rate. (Remember that variations from the plotted design are at your own risk. This makes no accomodations for shortened horns, hard bends or inaccuracies within the horn, bad room placement, etc., hornresp is better for that) Use the theory you read on the previous few pages to design a loading scheme to couple to the throat. If you want more good sources, just ask, I got lots of good articles on theory. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Steve Deckert on 05/06/06 at 14:26:35 The only way any Imperial is going to work in a van is if you cut the floor of the van out and fire the entire enclosure down onto the street. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/06/06 at 16:34:21 Well it looks like Gex was right all along and I was wrong again (I kinda thought it was gonna work). But it saved me the work of actually trying it out, so even if I'm wrong I'm still happy. Stick to the WO and be happy, it's more than enough for me, anyway. (In a vehicle) Don't give up on the horn theory though, Jet, one more trick up your sleeve isn't going to hurt, just leave the big horns in the house. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/07/06 at 03:15:58 I respect Steve's post, but am still going to make an attempt, at some point. I'm one of those people that touches the stove after being to it's hot. I learn from experience, not example. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by gexter on 05/08/06 at 02:31:59 It depends on how many times you touch a hot stove before you learn! third degree burns are not for everyone. heh heh could not resist. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) pulling your leg Jet! :) |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by DaveCan on 05/08/06 at 06:15:22 Why not just put a motor and some wheels on an Imperial?, now that would be something ;D Dave :) |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/08/06 at 06:17:36 gexter wrote on 05/08/06 at 02:31:59:
I dunno. I've lost quite a few hairs. I made $20 walking barefoot across a fire in shorts, at Pismo. Some of the hair is still missing after 2 years. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by 60ndown on 05/08/06 at 14:52:34 Jet-Lee wrote on 05/08/06 at 06:17:36:
$20 for an injury you can still identify 2 years later? and i thought you were smart jet ::) was alcohol involved ;D |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Jet-Lee on 05/08/06 at 15:16:53 60ndown wrote on 05/08/06 at 14:52:34:
The $20 was just a bonus, I do it anyways. :-[ Oh yes, alcohol had a BIG role in it! :D Anyone got $20? I'm goin' campin' this weekend. :-* |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by gexter on 05/09/06 at 00:37:27 LOL your a true adventurer Jet. and the scars to prove it. :) |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by 60ndown on 05/09/06 at 00:37:30 Jet-Lee wrote on 05/08/06 at 15:16:53:
whats the last thing a 'redneck' sais before he dies? "hey everyone............................watch this" |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by gexter on 05/09/06 at 12:04:25 LOL very true.. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Valiant_ap6 on 05/10/06 at 00:04:22 Hey, has anyone dragged an Imperial into a bathroom, or large closet and had a play? ??? They'd be the approx volume of a van. (Similar acoustic surfaces too). I'd try it, but the Imperials are safely in Jake's hands now. I don't think my wife would have appreaciated this venture into scientific research anyhow..."Yes Virginia, there is a limit!" Gaz |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Lee in Arkansas on 05/22/06 at 12:38:41 That's a good point, Valiant. I guess I could build one and put it in the living room of my apartment, seeing as it's about the same size. :'( I guess what I'm trying to experiment with is this: The imperial puts out great bass (from what I've read). Bass is what's used in SPL competition. Now, my Escort(wat too small for an Imp variation) peaks with a 52hz wave. This is in the range of an Imperial, correct? So, why not put an Imperial(or two) into a van, that has been re-inforced to eliminate as much panel resonance as possible, and play the lower tones that can peak in the larger vehicle. I just don't understand why it couldn't work if these low tones are already used in smaller vehicles with success(I got the trophy to prove it). |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by jj420 on 05/28/06 at 18:47:07 Im not sure i have the right words for this, but think abut it like a hose in your yard. The Imp. is the hose in this example, more like a fire hose. Fire that sucker out into your yard, and youd have it watered in no time, but by no means would you immediately innundate your entire yard. Now, take that puppy inside, all the way upstairs to the master bathroom. Crack the valve and your bathroom is not only inundated immediately, but also filling quickly. In your escort, a nice quick watering could be had from a standard hose, (your existing setup, no offense,) and a fire hose (Imp.) would fill it to the brim very quickly indeed. In too small of a space, the cone ends up compressing the air, rather than making waves in it, a horn would experience the same thing. Just as the water in your bathroom would no longer stream once the nozzle was immersed, the cone could not create pressure waves in the atmosphere of the vehicle. Under those sorts of pressures, interesting things start happening to both the vehicle and the speaker, thats why Steve said it would only work if the horn fired out of the vehicle, not into it, because the Imperial is too big a hose for the bathroom your watering... or something like that... I gotta drink less coffee before lunch... JJ |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 05/29/06 at 02:26:00 That is a pretty good analogy and at this point we can put the bed the fact that a large horn will not operate properly in a small vehicle. I've thought about it a bit and finally understand why Steve's idea would work (under certain conditions) and why my idea that the vehicle would act as an extension of the horn was false. As Steve mentioned, there are alternatives that will work. The imperial needs immediate boundary loading, optimally a corner, and then a large area to radiate into, this is where my false assumptions came into play. I forgot that both requirements must be met. A downward firing imperial through the floor could be the perfect answer to those kids that want to annoy people, as the pavement and van bottom (excluding mouth area) would approximate corner loading and the sound radiates outside and around the vehicle. The vehicle would probably have to be very low and be sitting on concrete to ensure adequate boundary loading and even then probably would not work as well as a corner. Aren't some SPL comps measured outside the car anyway? The only way I could possibly imagine to get the output INSIDE the vehicle would entail lying the imperial flat on its back in a tight, leakproof van, kicking out the windshield and parking face first in a large concrete parking garage. That would fulfill the requirements for corner loading and large area room. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by shayneyasinski on 05/31/06 at 00:23:38 In short ... no why ??? well what are you wanting??? loud spl is really only achieved when you have alot of drivers. good sound can be done with one 8. I think what you want is spl with 1 driver and you wont get it. in the end a box or in this case a horn is designed to make 1 driver sound like many . keep in mind this box is a good full sounding box and alot of its abbility will be lost in a small space. I would say build one and put it everywhere and use it to learn. in the end sound is an opinion. shayne |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by John in CR on 06/03/06 at 04:50:45 I can't believe you guys are still talking about this. An Imperial won't work in a van, unless you put it facing the rear or side door and open the door. Then it will work outside. The reason is because the horn itself won't function properly. It needs much more air volume for the horn to couple to. Sure you might hear/feel some bass, but in a room you'd hear/feel more, so in a van it would just be a waste. For outdoor parties it would be great. With the seats out, put it up against the back seat facing to the rear and open only the back doors. That would enlarge the mouth and give you even more bass than if you took it out of the van. Any other use in a van is a bad idea. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 06/03/06 at 05:32:10 It was a fairly interesting concept for awhile, even though it was something I was obviously never going to even try, because a WO is more than enough for me in a vehicle. Then I got stuck trying to figure out why it wouldn't work, even though I never had any plans to implement it. Now I can understand why it won't work, and I also understand that talk is cheap and I really don't think anyone at all is going to actually try it, even if all the masters here that have advised against it had encouraged it. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Lee in Arkansas on 06/03/06 at 19:06:15 I understand everything everyone has said, but hold me to it, I WILL put an Imperial in a van, one day. Anytime someone's told me I can't do something, I've done it and then some. I've designed an adjustable slope screen, the first of it's kind. I've designed and built my own personal hovercraft. I've built a propane turbo-jet out of an old crapped out turbo charger. I've written script within a program to make it do something the developers said wasn't possible. I've designed perpetual motion and free energy. I WILL put an Imperial in a van. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by John in CR on 06/03/06 at 20:54:08 Jet, No one said it was impossible. It will just work better outside of the van than inside the van. That's because the bass pressure waves won't have sufficient air volume to fully change into sonic wave form. If you're man enough to build it despite sound advice against it, then at least be man enough to post the results, so no one else gives it a try. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by bassboy on 06/03/06 at 21:46:14 Jet, if I had the appropriate measurement equipment I'd throw the old Imp into a van right now, just to settle this one way or the other, once and for all. Are there ways to implement horns that have never been dreamed of yet? Sure. Are there possibly even better ways to gain horn efficiency without the horn, that haven't yet been invented? Of course. But with technology and our understanding of it the way it is now I am comfortable with the assurance of the pros that large horns will not work in small spaces. A couple of posts ago, I stated that the fault in my thinking was that I forgot to meet ALL the conditions that a horn requires to operate properly. Namely boundary loading (optimally corner loading) and a large area to radiate into. I thought the intimate boundary loading presented by the van would be enough but there is no large area to radiate into unless you start smashing out windows and use the outside world as your room. Once you do that, you lose the boundary loading of a solid corner and the tuning would raise dramatically unless you park the van in a corner of some kind. At the same time, I flat out refuse to believe that a big horn in a vehicle will make no noise, it's certainly going to sound like something, I'm just not smart enough to know exactly what, without trying. It is astounding what innovation and an inquisitive mind can accomplish but I can't see the big horn/small vehicle paradox being worth spending a whole lot of time on. If you are onto free energy and perpetual motion, I would focus on those things, and a couple of years down the road, when you are the wealthiest man on the planet, you could have these smaller questions worked out for you, without lifting a finger. Believe me, I understand your enthusiasm and I understand that a person with your type of inquistive nature WILL succeed in the end, even if the reward you receive at the end is not the implementation of the original goal. But look at it from this point of view - even if you succeed beyond your wildest dreams in this particular area - it's not going to get you anywhere. Size and weight are major considerations for vehicular electonics. There are thousands of people at work designing ways to make things smaller, not bigger. This includes the vehicle itself. Note the size of the average van 20 years ago compared to today. By the time you get this worked out, there will be louder and much smaller options - for example the Sunfire sub is already available (for home audio). THAT is the direction automotive electronics is headed, like it or not. How long is your customer going to be happy with his 2 seater van, getting 10 mpg, with no more storage area than a sports car? Even if it puts out 180 db, it's going to be one of those things people look at for a minute and then go sit in the car with the blonde and an a.m. radio. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Gex on 06/03/06 at 22:21:00 Lee in Arkansas wrote on 06/03/06 at 19:06:15:
Free energy and perpetual motion? Man I could use some of that for my car and house, energy in Canada fetches a premium price. Gimme sum of dat. I guess I'll be reading about you shortly, but not for the Imp in the Van. Anyway Chill Jet, the only reason I said it was silly is because I just think it will work better outside it than in just like everyone else said. I am not daring you at all nor think that it will be a complete waste of time. I know just as well as you the wierdest things work out. I don't know if I would try it, but if anyone was to try and let me know what happened I would elect you. Hows that. I hope that your Job situation works out if it has not already, that can be hard on a relationship. take care Jet |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by shayneyasinski on 06/04/06 at 07:33:26 kinda off topic but is it not a calculation on how low you can go in a car?? I remember learning that in a car audio coarse at one time. has to do with wve length and so on?? I was an spl guy so 70 hz was what we went for. shayne |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Lee in Arkansas on 06/05/06 at 19:39:33 I am chill guys, Saturday was just a testy day, I dunno why. I understand why it shouldn't/won't work, but that doesn't matter. It hasn't been done, so I have to do it for me. I ahve to experience it. I ahve to find out for myself what the result is. EDIT-I just realize, I really suck at spelling 'have'. |
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Title: Re: Imp. for automotive applications Post by Bob in St. Louis on 06/05/06 at 23:03:48 It's ok Jet, I ahve the same porblem. |
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