To Michael: I am in Powder Springs,Ga
Everyone else: I ended up cutting the amp spade ends off and attaching direct to the
sub woofer. The sub has the compression type terminals.
I finally completed the build and like everyone else on here I couldn't wait to see if all of
my hard work paid off. I am happy to say yes, it did! As soon as I took about 250 lbs of
miscellaneous items off the top to help with the final sealing I installed the amp and attached
and secured the access panel. I took it inside the living room and ran an RCA pre-out cable
from the home theater receiver to the plate amp left mono in. I was anxious so I just grabbed
any DVD I could see in sight, which was the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". I set the frequency
to about 100-120ish and adjusted the gain and sat and waited to be amazed. The sounds of the
plane turbulence, thunder, tornado all sounded perfect. The bass was very clean and not distorted
or muddy sounding at all. Things in the living room were rattling.I had to listen at a low level though
because I was afraid of my LCD falling off the wall above the fireplace. I stepped outside for a second
and it actually felt like there was a thunderstorm inside the house. I sat and watched the whole movie and
enjoyed what I had accomplished. I also would like to mention that there were absolutely no air leaks
even with the terminal cup and plate amp attached. These items were sealed with a sticky-back high-density
foam roll of weather strip that was compressed and expanded when the screws were tightened. Nothing
is getting in or out. Trust me on that. I checked multiple times.
After the movie it was time to see what it's musical capabilities were so I turned on the tuner in my home
theater receiver and the lows it was hitting on my urban radio stations was unbelievable. Very deep and
pronounced when it needed to be. That was just the tuner though, I'll have to test it with my DJ setup
later. I believe it will not disappoint.
Couldn't marvel at it for too long as I still have a lot of finishing work to do on the exterior so I had to disconnect
everything and lug the sub outside. Did I tell you this thing is really heavy, not to mention I will have to get this
upstairs to my room. I do have a dolly and a ratchet strap to help with that though, but I am still thinking about
adding wheels to the base so I can move it across the carpet easier once it's upstairs.
Here are some pre-beauty pictures. I will be finishing this off well into next week and will present to the BFM fans
the final result.
I have a lot of wood filling and sanding to do next.
