Yaris Sedan Deadening and Sound system upgrade

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by MyzticZ3r0

Been on and off yarisworld, but I haven't forgot about your amazing sound deadening project. Everything looks fantastic Derick - hope all is well.

I'm good thank you!

Myztic, I'm glad to see you around here, stay in touch!

D.

[sqcomp]

Oh yeah? I've been gone longer...��

Love the passion for the system Derick!

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

Oh yeah? I've been gone longer...��

Love the passion for the system Derick!

Thank you, it's nice to see my mentor around here too!

I remember your words... "Derick... if you like the way it sounds it's a winner!"

D.

[sqcomp]

Yup! It's YOUR ears that you must pander to.

That was one of the most unfortunate things about IASCA judging, was trying to appeal to someone else's ears.

Oh! You should see the new 8" woofer I'm grabbing.

http://ddaudio.com/products/subwoofe...s/z2-5-mini-z/


https://youtu.be/1NMNP0IjcAM

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

Yup! It's YOUR ears that you must pander to.

That was one of the most unfortunate things about IASCA judging, was trying to appeal to someone else's ears.

Oh! You should see the new 8" woofer I'm grabbing.

http://ddaudio.com/products/subwoofe...s/z2-5-mini-z/


https://youtu.be/1NMNP0IjcAM

Holly-cow! That woofer looks like from out of space!

I'm still using the IDQ12 in a small sealed box, I'm trying to find some time and try a couple of ID15's in IB configuration.

I know how wrong the judging can be, this is a selfish hobby and I love it just for me.

[derickveliz2]

BTW, about 2 month ago or so I made a big discovery, and I challenge everybody to try it out, specially if you have a trunk with a subwoofer in a box.

While playing your favorite song seating in the drivers seat, have somebody open the trunk!

Does the Bass goes up or down?

I did (fig.2) this and the Bass increased considerable, it's called "cancellation" (fig.1) I had the subwoofer facing forward behind the rear seat, then I rotated it facing towards the back. (fig.3)

I test it again, and this time the Bass didn't increased but my Bass had a bigger punch! no "Cancellation" anymore.

I had my subwoofer and amplifier working harder to accomplish the Bass, now without "Cancellation" (fig.3) I have a better Bass and my amp/sub is running more efficiently.




D.

[derickveliz2]

Hey guys! what is the best place online to get Toyota parts, I'm looking for break pads for my Sienna.

D.

[David C]

Originally Posted by derickveliz2

Hey guys! what is the best place online to get Toyota parts, I'm looking for break pads for my Sienna.

D.

I bought EBC pads and rotors off autoanything.com last fall, would definitively recommend EBC products. As for the retailer, many online auto retailers sells them, including Amazon. However get the Greenstuff pads instead of the base ones, because I cheaped out on mines and it's only after I realized that the base ones are rated medium dust and the green is low dust. Unless you enjoy cleaning your mags. Pad performance has been superb tho, same for their rotors.

Other than that, there's Napa or other generic brands. EBC is as good when not better than Toyota pads.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by David C

I bought EBC pads and rotors off autoanything.com last fall, would definitively recommend EBC products. .

Thank you!

D.

[derickveliz2]

Ohh... Boy!

SQcomp meets D in Boston!

It was my lucky day and an honor to have SQcomp sit in the Benz

[derickveliz2]

For the Yaris community who don't know sqcomp or me, he has been my Car Audio Mentor through all these years, we both had Yaris with Sound systems, he guided me through all my installs in my Yaris, he helped me put together this long.... thread.

A day I will never forget!



D.

[sqcomp]

We certainly needed more time to geek out on the Merc system.

I just got my hands on a nice “backup” amp setup just in case my main amplifier section selection doesn’t perform like I want

[KermitAUS]

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