Calgary Car Audio Get-Together

[JimmyDee]

There's a handful of us, located in Calgary, that intend to get together on a regular basis.
Just meetup, have a coffee, talk shop, compare systems and ideas...
Feel free to join us, if you're in the area.

The first meeting is this Saturday (Feb 1) morning.

10:00am at Tim Horton's
723 46th Avenue SE, Calgary.
(it's a large parking lot, so we can demo our gear)

https://goo.gl/maps/xxFBi74pmwt9y8wq8

[Hillbilly SQ]

Nice turnout! Wish I had some people here in Arkansas to meet with every once in a while. Got a few Olskoolers in the area but they're not really into car audio anymore far as I know.

[Audiogal]

I wish I could have made it out. Still in bed sick ☹️

To bad about your sub JimmyDee.

Thanks for the pics Blockrocker!

I sure hope a sub sacrifice is not required for all our gatherings, lol

[JimmyDee]

THE SACRIFICIAL SUB... be sure to bring one for the next meeting.

Actually, it sucks when you lose a $550.00 (USD) speaker. But I'm sure it can be repaired. I'll look into having the butyl surround replaced.
But in the meantime; I've got a Hertz Mille 2500.3 Legend on the way to replace it. The Hertz sub is an upgrade... which I'm a total sucker for.

The tear in the butyl surround is so clean, it almost looks like it was done with a razor knife.
I suspect Blockrocker was trying to sabotage my system, in a cheap effort to make his sound better... (kidding).

Here's how much of the surround is completely torn away from the basket (I highlighted in red).
As mentioned by Blockrocker; it's actually shocking that the sub still performs fairly well.
I mean; I could tell that something wasn't right (you get to know the sound of your system)... but it still thumps fairly well!

[blockrocker]

Now that I have someone has destroyed your sub and forced you into another, I guess you'll have to sell me the repaired AF really cheap. After all you won't need it any more.

[goatpanda]

If only London Drugs still sold super-cheap Pyramid subwoofers, our tradition could be to sacrifice one at the altar of Bass to start every meet-up... I'm still giggling to myself remembering Blockrocker's demo, the song had a quiet, subtle kick drum in the intro and I was like "hmm, thought there'd be a bit more from that 15"...Then the song actually kicked-in with heavy bass notes and said 15 began rearranging my internal organs while the windshield wipers started bouncing off of the windshield. I forgot, SPL is fun! Wish I had time to hear Casey's Golf.

[blockrocker]

I think I have an old 10" clarion we can burn at the alter next time.

It's inevitable that my demo's devolve into SPL shows, lol. The demo starts fine with some typical Sq songs, then the volume goes up and the bass takes hold. Suddenly no one wants to listen to Toto or Nils Lofgren. So I pull out a little Breakage or DJ Russticals and the SPL show is on. It's fun having the flex to go along with some stage presence. It's just hard to not feed the basshead in me. I promise next time to show the SQ side of things a little more.

Casey's was also a real pounder, but with the Audible Physics in a-pillars, the system had a good balance too. It was fun sharing people styles.

[SkizeR]

God damn, how cold was it that you tore a surround?

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[Hillbilly SQ]

On the flip side we have to worry about the heat where I'm at. How long my gb25's last in my dash with the sun beating down on them is anyone's guess. At least they're in the dash with a grille and not getting a direct hit like the tweeters.

[JimmyDee]

Now that I have someone has destroyed your sub and forced you into another, I guess you'll have to sell me the repaired AF really cheap. After all you won't need it any more.

If that was your end-game... it may have worked!
I'll probably put it up for sale (cheap), after I get it repaired.
Even cheaper, if someone wants it damaged (and deal with the repair themselves)...

[blockrocker]

God damn, how cold was it that you tore a surround?

A few weeks ago it stayed at or below -25C for atleast 6 days. That was the daytime highs, lol.