[berettafan]

Continues to ramble lost in the past........

I recall a stereo competition i took my crappy little celica too. The judges (local yahoos, not a big time comp) were confused when the big assed yet tight as a drum sub i had didn't cause them nosebleeds and wasn't overpowered by a monster amp. Weren't impressed with my car either as it was a used car lot special with 100k miles on it. 'Just close your eyes and LISTEN!' i said. Johnny Redneck with his junk Kickers in thin-walled boxes has nothin' but MUD coming out of his truck! Bah! Effing 1" MDF for my sub box. You couldn't believe an 18" sub would be as tight as this thing was. FAR better sound than the oh so popular kicker junk and even was tighter than the hot premium setup of JL 10's.

You could crank up everything from Madonna (really nicely recorded stuff) to Metallica to Ez E to what at the time was the ultimate 'how low can you go' cd Techmaster PEB.

But no the dunces were only interested in max db and brand names. Had no idea what good sound was. My EQ was a set it and forget it trunk mount and it even let you know when you were clipping. Had it set righteous too. Was very much like setting mixture on carbs. Crank it till it pops then dial it back a touch.