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d3k4y0
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by d3k4y0 » 27 Feb 2006 09:59 am
mmmmm
Makie SRM450
if only I could fit the pair in the boot...
and power them...
and pay for them...
...damn...


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foggyjames
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by foggyjames » 27 Feb 2006 07:27 pm
You're drooling over a Mackie powered speaker?! Get outta here...a pub gig awaits you
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by thyzerrr » 27 Feb 2006 08:31 pm
lol, just what I thought...
however, I wouldn't mind having a pair of d&b's in the back...

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foggyjames
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by foggyjames » 27 Feb 2006 09:22 pm
I nearly got a job working for d&b. I may well still end up working there ultimately...we're in touch. Very cool company, and awesome products. I digress...
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by thyzerrr » 27 Feb 2006 09:55 pm
That'd be great!
They do make really great products, although I've never had the chance to work with them.
One of the rental companies I regularly work for has purchased the new yamaha M7CL... hope to be able to use this baby in the very near future...*drool*
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by willowdog » 28 Feb 2006 07:01 am
I ran around with a set of Quested monitors bolted to the boot of the WhiteBox for 9 months.
That was fun.
Then I had to give them back.
That was not.
Snif, Snif
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d3k4y0
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by d3k4y0 » 28 Feb 2006 11:05 am
Well even if I could get the d&b rig off site I can't fit an F-series rig in the car! And for what they are the SRMs are exceptionally good quality, at under a grand they are damn efficient, and nowhere near as heavy as you'd expect, I like them.
So balls to you james! I'm gonna go and play in my anechoic chamber!


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by Cornholio » 28 Feb 2006 11:43 am
I used to have a pair of EV SX-500s. They looked sweet in the back of the 340, I must confess that I did sometimes wonder if I could get some juice into them.
What fun it would be, driving around the local chav estate with J S Bach / John Coltrane / whatever rattling their windows
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d3k4y0
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by d3k4y0 » 28 Feb 2006 02:03 pm
Cornholio wrote:
What fun it would be, driving around the local chav estate with J S Bach / John Coltrane / whatever rattling their windows
I remember being on broad street in brum (the main road with all the clubs) and a beige micra full of early 20's guys posing with the frog chorus on incredibly loud.
the smile stayed on my face for hours!

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Cornholio
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by Cornholio » 28 Feb 2006 03:13 pm
- Affie - 1987 340 GL 1.7 - scrapped
- Sausage - 1990 340 1.4 - banger raced
- Rory - 1989 340
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- Brian - 1991 940 SE 2.0 Turbo Estate - murdered
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foggyjames
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by foggyjames » 28 Feb 2006 10:26 pm
d3k4y0 wrote:And for what they are the SRMs are exceptionally good quality, at under a grand they are damn efficient, and nowhere near as heavy as you'd expect, I like them.
I agree...they're a totally badass pub rig...

Just kidding...I have a problem with those things because of the kind of people who generally own them...ie: idiots. SX300s may not be much better, and may be a lot more expensive...but they're less likely to come with a complimentary moron owner. SX500s are ugly as sin, but actually damn fine speakers. My colleague has literally just bought a set on eBay for £400....total steal at that price.
Having said that...so goes the old saying..."I admire more the man who can achieve a great sounding mix on a Mackie than a Midas".
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by Andy's-Old-Beast » 28 Feb 2006 10:27 pm
Ha ha ha! Frog chorus wins!
I remember driving my gold Montego round Cambridge city centre with all the windows open and five long-haired friends squeezed on board, all of us headbanging "Wayne's World"-style to the relevent guitar bit in Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, which was being played repeatedly at full volume.
I'm not sure whether the passers-by were laughing with us or at us, but it seemed to amuse most of them.

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by Chris_C » 28 Feb 2006 10:35 pm
You need the Bottom outtro, plus a set of thick rim joke specs, and a job that gives you the key to the local park

Got some proper looks hanging out the windows with that on full blast.
Or coming out of a classic car show at a steam railway car show, in a line of 5 300's Volvos, playing "Battle Without Honour or Humanity" from Kill Bill, and having Steve looking back from the front trying to work out why he can't hear his own stereo anymore

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by SteveP » 28 Feb 2006 10:55 pm
Chris_C wrote:Or coming out of a classic car show at a steam railway car show, in a line of 5 300's Volvos, playing "Battle Without Honour or Humanity" from Kill Bill, and having Steve looking back from the front trying to work out why he can't hear his own stereo anymore

A slight exaggeration

But I could atleast hear some resemblance of "music" from Chris's car

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by cam740 » 02 Mar 2006 12:22 am
MJ wrote:Original radio and front speakers

Gotcha covered - my radio has crapped itself so i'm using a bloody MP3 player with earphones
