Stupid things you heard today

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:22 am

This doesn't need to be stereo related, so anything goes.

Ok so here is my story.

I was in the BX (base walmart) helping a guy pick out a cheap headunit. Well they have a 12 inch prefab box (made out of 1/2 inch partical board) and I make a comment about how small it is, and how easy it would be to destroy with a decent sub.

Well my friend ask why. So I explain the basics of box sizes, and how it affects a sub. Well this goof ball decides he want to add his 2 cents.

Goof Ball "I always measure the sub, and make the box twice as deep. That way the compression is perfect"

Me "WHAT??????????????????"

Goof Ball "I do, I measure from the magnet to the top of the speaker, and double it. That way the box is perfect. You can always make he sides smaller or bigger"

Me "Uh........... (trying not to loose to many brain cells on this one) So what do you do with a sub like the JL 12W7? Using your rule the box would be over 2.5 cubes, with the box barelly big enough to fit the speaker from side to side. Thats almost twice the 1.375 that JL recomends."

Goof Ball "UUUHHHHH????? Well, UUUUHHHHH?????

Me "You know they have programs on the web like Bass Box Pro, and WinDLS, that help alot when designing a box."

Goof Ball "Yeah I just build them myself."

Me "????????????????????????? :help: :help: :help: "

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:25 am

I had this doofus come into my shop about 12 years ago..

doofus: I want the very best you have in your shop!

Me: You do, do you? McIntosh is the very best in our shop.

doofus: I didn't know you sold computers.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:27 am

lol wow... i had a guy tell me today this. Boxes dont need to be sealed (hes making a sealed box for 2 sony POS's.) he said he doesnt glue the edges so the sub can breath the gaps help cooling! then he told me the flex on the edges shows how powerful the sub is. then he said if the sub doesnt stay cool the cone will warp and pull the surround apart. o i forgot to mention he was coming in for new subs lol

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:14 am

Haha, i love people.
I was talking to this kid once about capacitors, alternators, power, etc, You know, the usual stuff.
He said that HO alternators are bad because the stock car isn't made for the extra power. It'll overload your electrical system.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:53 am

When we had our shop in AZ, we had one of those guys who would come in all the time to just hang out or what ever. His way of telling whether a box was good or not was to stick his face up to the hole and yell "bass" into it and see how it sounded. If he liked the sound he thought it was a good box. What do you make of that? lmao

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:53 am

lol are you serious? ^ i have one of those guys 2... he comes to my house/garage and hangs out while i work. i am gonna hit him with a piece of 1/0 in a min.

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:52 am

by hit you mean whip right? So your into the S&M thing?

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:55 am

yea matt you're not too far! maybe you could stop by

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:09 pm

lol, I'll stay in my little shell, I'm sure Terry will join, I heard he's into that type of stuff.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:15 pm

who did you hear that from?