Parts Express Midwest Audiofest G2G July 15th 2017

Event:


Parts Express Midwest Audiofest Parking lot G2G


Date:


Saturday July 15th 2017


Location


Parts Express
725 Pleasant Valley Dr.
Springboro, OH 45066
(937) 743-3000

Red dot is the parking lot where we will be meeting

http://i.imgur.com/Td74kfY.jpg


Time:


The parts Express event starts at 8AM and goes to 5PM but open as to end time.




Here are some details. This literally will be in the parking lot so bring some lawn chairs. We will be holding this even near the SQ portion of the PE event. It's located across the furthest entrance from the main warehouse. Food will be provided by Parts Express as at the same time they have their own event going on. This includes a sanctioned MECA event, SQ event, audio swap meet and they usually have 20% off everything in their WH plus have drawings early (benefits to getting there early). Food is provided via PE and they usually have chips, hotdogs, and pop/water. All donation based. All of which go to charity.




I wasn't able to make the 2016 meet due to some job instability but will have vacation time for this so am prioritizing this years event.






If your interested in showing up for this event please list your username, name, and vehicle. Please copy and paste the bellow to your post if attending.






Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ (competing in SQ event)
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC

I absolutely, positively, 100% might be there :thumbup:

Mights good :D

Title says 25th, description says 15th

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Originally Posted by PaulD

Title says 25th, description says 15th

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Nice catch. It's the 15th of July. I'm having this corrected.


Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) - 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ Competing
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC




Maybe


1) BigAl205 (100% might be there)
2) hillbilly SQ (depends on if vehicle is ready)

I'll make it if Al makes it.

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly SQ

I'll make it if Al makes it.

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cool beans...

I would for sure like to browse the store since they've gotten a fair share of my money over the years. Got a Tang Band 6.5" sub project planned but can't bring myself to pull the trigger on the subs just yet. Would be awesome if it works out like I hope it will and it make its first appearance at the building they came from. 4 of the non-neo 6.5" subs rearfired in 2 cubes tuned in the mid 30's with a 4" aeroport in the middle.

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly SQ

I would for sure like to browse the store since they've gotten a fair share of my money over the years. Got a Tang Band 6.5" sub project planned but can't bring myself to pull the trigger on the subs just yet. Would be awesome if it works out like I hope it will and it make its first appearance at the building they came from. 4 of the non-neo 6.5" subs rearfired in 2 cubes tuned in the mid 30's with a 4" aeroport in the middle.

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DO ET!!!!!

That would be cool to hear

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Originally Posted by Beckerson1

DO ET!!!!!

That would be cool to hear

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Yeah whether it works or not it's an itch that I've wanted to scratch for a while. And it will be low profile enough where I can pile crap on top of it. I don't think my cabin likes the orientation of the 15 firing up but that's the only way I could do it and keep it low profile and stealth-ish.

Bump!!!

I've been able to work out some issues I was having with port noise so will be debuting the TM6.5's V1 ported

Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) - 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ Competing
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC
4) Jazzi (Justin) - Rental Car


Maybe


1) BigAl205 (100% might be there)
2) hillbilly SQ (depends on if vehicle is ready)

Bumping for a great event.


Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) - 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ Competing
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC
4) Jazzi (Justin) - Rental Car
5) Hillbilly SQ
6) soundstreamer (Alan) Ford Fusion


Maybe


1) BigAl205 (Alan) (100% might be there)
2) Electrodynamic (Will try to be there) Demoing the TM65VII and M25 combo

Heh, just noticed "Sharts Rd". Few surprises in life match that of a "shart".

Feel free to facepalm me on that one;)

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly SQ

Heh, just noticed "Sharts Rd". Few surprises in life match that of a "shart".

Feel free to facepalm me on that one;)

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:LOL:

Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) - 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ Competing
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC
4) Jazzi (Justin) - Rental Car
5) Hillbilly SQ
6) soundstreamer (Alan) Ford Fusion
7) lowcell -white 4runner- Competing


Maybe


1) BigAl205 (Alan) (100% might be there)
2) Electrodynamic (Nick) (Will try to be there) Demoing the TM65VII and M25 combo
3) unix_usr (Nate) - 2015 Mustang GT PP - new install almost ready for tuning!

Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) - 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ Competing
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC
4) Jazzi (Justin) - Rental Car
5) Hillbilly SQ (Chris)
6) soundstreamer (Alan) Ford Fusion
7) lowcel (Bruce) -white 4runner- Competing


Maybe


1) BigAl205 (Alan) (100% might be there)
2) unix_usr (Nate) - 2015 Mustang GT PP - new install almost ready for tuning!


I plan on bringing a mix (of mainly JMLabs demo's) music on CD/flash Drive for demoing and listening to others systems. Don't be afraid to bring your own mix (of decent quality) CD's/flash drive as I for one am not one to know what songs others like and I can usually never make up my mind on something as simple as what I want to eat tonight (or any night) if you get my drift lol...


Also I will have a massive (120Ah) 3.7V Li-ion pack for charging cell phones for anyone who may need to get a quick charge in. Also plan to bring the Camera for a group photo and photo's of the meet/etc...

My vehicle doesn't have a cd player but it has a usb port and mini jack plug. You could plug your phone or other music playing device in if you wanted. My factory headunit responds well to .wav lossless. If you try to go fancy on the format don't be surprised if it won't work since I've already told you what does. I'll also have my laptop and portable cd drive so if you want me to rip a cd into it to put on a flash drive for your demo I'll be happy to do that ahead of time.

Bumping this event. 3.5 weeks to go

Getting closer...

Bump for a great event. Come listen to great systems (SQL, SPL, oldschool, newschool, etc...) and save a tone off your PE orders. Past events have been 20% off everything in warehouse. Check out the speaker building competition and see what's up for sale for the swap meet.

Bumping this up

Room got booked and time requested off a couple weeks ago. My boss said he should be able to fudge the schedule to get along without me. Everyone else is just gonna have to step it up. He'll just have to stick his foot up the younger people's asses that think they're ENTITLED to a paycheck. Working every weekend makes me have to request off for anything more than a popcorn fart during the weekend but it sure is nice having a couple days during the week as my "weekend".

Just a week and a half away. Getting super excited for this event. Finally am getting my setup more and more dialed in.


YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME.....


$400 dollars to have 3rd party photo sharing? No thanks photobucket

http://i.imgur.com/Td74kfY.jpg


Here is the location we are to meet. Red Dot

Well I'm out. I'm about to make a rather large purchase (for me anyway). Been push mowing 1.5 acres for about 2 years now because of a worn out 2006 Yard Machines (was a pos when new) that isn't worth putting time or money into to get going again. The $500 or so this trip would cost me will go a long way for this purchase. Bout fell out in the heat yesterday with my very nice self propelled Honda 21" that of course won't cut grass without bogging down during the cool part of the day (wet at crack of dawn). Pulling the trailer to the Hoe Depot next week to cry as I turn loose of roughly $1650! Y'all have fun and TAKE PICS.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cub-Cadet...LT42/205617431

Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) - 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ Competing
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC
4) Jazzi (Justin) - Rental Car
5) soundstreamer (Alan) Ford Fusion
6) lowcel (Bruce) -white 4runner- Competing


Maybe


1) BigAl205 (Alan) (100% might be there)
2) unix_usr (Nate) - 2015 Mustang GT PP - new install almost ready for tuning!

I'm afraid I'm out also. We already have too many people on vacation, and now another guy is out for surgery.

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly SQ

Well I'm out. I'm about to make a rather large purchase (for me anyway). Been push mowing 1.5 acres for about 2 years now because of a worn out 2006 Yard Machines (was a pos when new) that isn't worth putting time or money into to get going again. The $500 or so this trip would cost me will go a long way for this purchase. Bout fell out in the heat yesterday with my very nice self propelled Honda 21" that of course won't cut grass without bogging down during the cool part of the day (wet at crack of dawn). Pulling the trailer to the Hoe Depot next week to cry as I turn loose of roughly $1650! Y'all have fun and TAKE PICS.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cub-Cadet...LT42/205617431

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Originally Posted by BigAl205

I'm afraid I'm out also. We already have too many people on vacation, and now another guy is out for surgery.

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Sucks but always "next year" :LOL:

Every Ohio Cleveland fans saying. I had to lol


Anyway its cool I plan to hold this again next year so sometime next July.

Attending


1) Beckerson1 (Justin) - 2006 Civic Si
2) Zippy (Bo) - 2013 BRZ Competing
3) thefordmccord (Jeremy) - 2007 Scion TC
4) Jazzi (Justin) - Rental Car
5) soundstreamer (Alan) Ford Fusion
6) lowcel (Bruce) -white 4runner- Competing


Maybe


1) unix_usr (Nate) - 2015 Mustang GT PP - new install almost ready for tuning!

Hopefully my setup sounds ok. Been trying to measure to get a complete system measurement and idk why REW keeps cutting off at 8k... I can't get individual drivers to measure correctly either. I have my mids for example bandpassed from 50-250hz (graphs show more but thats where my crossovers are set in the 360.3) and while the low end looks good by the look of the graph I have absolutely no LPF at or near 250hz. Graph continues to read all the way up to 800hz and then sharply drops and continues to go until 8k and stops. Makes absolutely no sense. All settings are the same as when I took this measurement:


http://i.imgur.com/kVltrJ1.jpg


Ya I know the range between 50-300hz is weird but here is each individual driver:


http://i.imgur.com/XjApI68.jpg


With both I get this null. It doesn't sound bad and doesn't lack at all in this range


Not to mention i can't seem to get a measurement on subs either so IDK. Might try a clean install of REW and go from there.


Anyway not sure if its a issue with a wire run (be it the 3.5mm to 3.5mm run into the cabin) or if its a issue with the mic. Or heck if I'm missing something that got changed without my knowing it. Any thoughts is much appreciated


Will just hang with what I have for the event but am experimenting with something and need my measurements to be accurate.

Just keep in mind you don't want your response flat and it's normal for your ears to want a wide-ish cut centered around 250. And of course the ol slope down starting around 10k, and a cut in the 2000 range also for that matter.

Unfortunately, I'll be driving through there, literally, on the 14th.

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly SQ

Just keep in mind you don't want your response flat and it's normal for your ears to want a wide-ish cut centered around 250. And of course the ol slope down starting around 10k, and a cut in the 2000 range also for that matter.

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Ya that was pre "ear tune" I tried to follow Jazzi's house curve and for the most part it hit it within a couple db's along the curve. I further got it to follow the curve and with the ear tune it follows more of what your stating. Wish I could measure it but still cant seem to get it work correctly. I still have decent cut in the 300-500 range and some cuts up near 5k or so to clean up the vocals.

Unfortunately can't utilize the max potential of the midbass as I get a issue popping up with chuffing from the port and. It isn't port area being the issue I feel it's the closeness of the port to the enclosure walls causing the issue. It is quite tight. It's a .3 cu ft enclosure with a 2" port tuned to near 83hz give or take a couple hz. Haven't gotten around to it but plan to do a test enclosure with similar specs to see if it is actually a issue with the port sizing or something else.

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Originally Posted by chad

Unfortunately, I'll be driving through there, literally, on the 14th.

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Make a pit stop :D

Getting really excited to see everyone and listen to some vehicles. I plan on being there at 8 as i want to make sure I get my items ordered early so I know they will still have them as well as get in on some drawings. They tend to go quick and very early. I will have my measuring equipment with me as Jazzi and I are going to try and figure out my issues I've been having with the testing setup. Assuming we can get things to work I'll be glad to let anyone borrow the setup if they want to pick Jazzi's brain a little lol


Weather looks to be really good. Low 80's and little chance of rain. Make sure to bring some chairs, sunscreen if you susceptible to burning. Once again food and drink are provided by PE and past events it was donation based. I will have my camera with me and at some point would like to get a group shot of those attending.


I will have my yeti 400 and my homemade 5v power bank for anyone who may need to charge phones or other simple devices.


See you all tomorrow:cool:

Glade news. Was able to figure out what was going on with REW and my mic.


1) The RCA to 3.5mm I have is bad/pinched. Get some mad noise from it.
2) REW was way outdated. I never updated to v5.18. Was still on v5.1


So I redid everything as REW supports auto eq with the 3.Sixty.3 which the previous tune didn't have that option. I had to guess


It will still be fairly raw for tomorrow but hopefully with some feedback and some slight adjustments things can get worked out.


Warning now just in case I don't say anything about it tomorrow. I do have quite the noise floor.


Here are some measurements:


Full System


http://i.imgur.com/1bqmUCp.jpg




Full System Crossovers


http://i.imgur.com/AQo8b6S.jpg




Mid Bass


http://i.imgur.com/h5KFz6X.jpg




Full Range


http://i.imgur.com/CkgXZE2.jpg






Had to mess with the subs LPF crossover as with the ported mids the tuning of the enclosure is around 83Hz and the drivers fall off after that. I have them crossed at 50hz as it does help bring the bass more up front. So have the subs set for 80hz which helped fill the gap a little.


Anyway am pleased with the sound. Can play just about any genre for the most part.