Yaris Sedan Deadening and Sound system upgrade

[sqcomp]

Check this out...



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will equal color matched trim rings. And yes, the left one looks bigger but it isn't. It's just the angle of the picture. If anything the right side ring is biger.

Anyway, I also have the kicks going through final coating before the final coat of high build, sanding, then it's onto the automotive primer, a couple coats of basecoat Toyota EO1, then the clear coat...

This should all be done by next week.

Then it's about epoxying the rings onto the door panels. Cross your fingers. Lots of pics to come.

[sqcomp]

Oh! And we're working out the tooling details on the Legatia 13 Pro subwoofer...

:)

I think you'll like it.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

Oh! And we're working out the tooling details on the Legatia 13 Pro subwoofer...

:)

I think you'll like it.

When ever you are done, send it to me I'll do the photo shoot!

D.

[sqcomp]

Is this track awesome or what? Talk about testing boundaries!

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

Is this track awesome or what? Talk about testing boundaries!

Track is absolutely AWESOME!

Specially with headphones! in the car sounds amazing too but it wasn't create it to be played in a car, even though it's awesome and a little odd to believe it's possible, there are some things off, like going with the scissors behind your head, or whispering in your ear happens at sail panel area like I said before is like you are inside your head.

Boundaries... it's 3Dimentional excellent. With the headphones and in the car, to the sides left and right, back and front (no back for car) up and down, many layers starting with your ears(glass), around you in a room(outside your car), and a door that leads to another room(far forward).

I had my wife and son go through the track (earphones only) and my wife didn't stop saying... "how can they do that?"

I would love to talk to this guys to make tracks for our cars, that would be really COOL!

That assures me that GOOD quality recorded music really makes a difference in car and home audio.

D.

[derickveliz2]

Here is the track (in youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA




D.

[sqcomp]

That makes sense because this is working as a binaural recording. Your head just got to be the size of the car. IMHO it shouldn't matter that it's a car because we're still working with left and right...like headphones.

I'm making this a standard for my demo.

[sqcomp]

Base coat is on:



Three coats of Toyota OE1 base coat. The kick has three coats of automotive primer so far.

[derickveliz2]

Looking good! any more shots of the kicks? I think I'm just going to use the OEM kicks and cut a hole, then cover with grill cloth, for the Mid-Bass (LOWS) I'm still thinking about it.

D.

[derickveliz2]

PAT M, sent me a few tracks, some similar to the virtual hair cut, the effect is good, but not as good compare to headphones, also sent me some bachata songs! that rock the Latin way!

Thanks PAT M.

[sqcomp]

I actually do have the kicks installed at this point...BUT...

I've got another plan for the door panels that I'm exploring right now. I think I'll hold off on pictures of the area until I'm done with the panels.

[derickveliz2]

I worked on more deadening, and guess what??

This is GREAT! very simple and effective:

There is something very easy to do that kills most of the engine noise and kills completely the noise from the little motor and mechanism of the wipers!

Materials used less than 3 square feet of MLV, 1 sq ft of thick MAT and left overs of 1/4 ccFoam, Time about 2 hours (for me at midnight)

Will try to explain later with more details.
Driving at about 80mph RPMs are around 3.5K and it's very quiet! 4k RPMs at 90mph and still very quiet! (O:

D.

[yojabbajabba]

Originally Posted by derickveliz2

I worked on more deadening, and guess what??

This is GREAT! very simple and effective:

There is something very easy to do that kills most of the engine noise and kills completely the noise from the little motor and mechanism of the wipers!

Materials used less than 3 square feet of MLV, 1 sq ft of thick MAT and left overs of 1/4 ccFoam, Time about 2 hours (for me at midnight)

Will try to explain later with more details.
Driving at about 80mph RPMs are around 3.5K and it's very quiet! 4k RPMs at 90mph and still very quiet! (O:

D.

.... you've left us hanging! Aduh! Can't wait to hear where the sweet spots are!

[derickveliz2]

Sorry, over the weekend I try to spend more time with my family, and try to avoid computer contact, jeje.

Well...
You know me I'm chasing noise all the time and after treating most of the areas in the car, I still get road noise in the cabin! what kind of noise:

Engine Noise

Wind Noise

The little Motor from the Windshield wipers

So I took off the wipers, lift the plastic cover and exposed the wipers motor system on the pilots side and a big opening into the cabin (COWL TO REGISTER DUCT SUB-ASSEMBLY), where the air goes into the interior air filter.

I knew that engine noise will hit the hood and travel up ward towards the windshield and the glass will transmit the noise inside, I'm aware of the wind hitting the windshield adding extra noise, but inspecting this area it's like a long channel made of very thing metal between the engine and the fire wall, right where the windshield begins and it goes from side to side (COWL TOP PANEL OUTER). See images below...

So I started adding some thick MAT (little peaces of CLD Tiles) along this channel, only in the inside, to prevent from reverberating due to the engine noise and transmitting that into the cabin via the windshield and the big opening for the fresh air that goes inside the cabin.

2 issues to resolve, "water" and "air flow" I can't really sealed. I start cutting small pieces of MLV the biggest one with a long shape (see picture below) and just lay it down on the passengers side, I cut 2 smaller ones for the pilot side that I slide under the wiper's electric motor, one more piece of MLV slightly bigger than the opening for fresh air, I cut 2 small triangles on the top side to prevent blocking the air flow.

Doing this I just hit 3 balls in a row, Engine noise, Wind noise, and wiper's noise. I know it's not completely sealed, but it doesn't need to, think MLV as sound barriers like the ones along highways, big solid walls blocking transit noise towards houses along the road.

The end result, a big change, why I didn't do this before, it's so easy and effective!

D.

[derickveliz2]

Re-cap...

FRONT STAGE HISTORY...

1st image: very narrow stage, image no good

then...

2nd image: better image but still narrow stage

and now...

3rd image: sweet!


1: very narrow stage, image no good


2: better image but still narrow stage


3: sweet! the BEST so far for me.


D.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by derickveliz2

Re-cap...

FRONT STAGE HISTORY...

1st image: very narrow stage, image no good

then...

2nd image: better image but still narrow stage

and now...

3rd image: sweet!


1: very narrow stage, image no good


2: better image but still narrow stage


3: sweet! the BEST so far for me.


D.

Going Active, with a DSP and a 3 way this is very true! Mids in the kick area provide a wonderful Front Stage.

D.

[sqcomp]

I can say that I've come to the same conclusion. The height on the second setup is probably the best...or at least how I had mine was. Still though, the trade off leans me more towards the third setup.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

I can say that I've come to the same conclusion. The height on the second setup is probably the best...or at least how I had mine was. Still though, the trade off leans me more towards the third setup.

I don't miss the height, because it's up there! I would never go back to mids on a-pillars, at least in a Yaris.

How is the new HAT woofer?

I'm doing a demo tomorrow.... another P99 owner with Focal speakers mmm... we'll see!

D.