bass in the 80's ha!

[fredster34]

my earliest memory of car audio was in the mid 80's. guys were just starting to put big-ass bass boxes in their cars n trucks. one of the coolest and loudest setups i ever saw n heard was from a guy down the street. in his Camaro, he had a Cerwin Vega 12" mounted free-air in the rear deck. then he had an 8" Cerwin Vega on each side of that 12", so 3 subs total in the rear deck, all powered by an old-school Fosgate Punch, ha! Alpine tape deck and EQ.

man, that thing was loud. even for those size speakers, u could hear him a block away. i sat in the back seat and the bass pounded my head. i think it worked well becuz that old Camaro rear deck was pretty solid, good for subs. and all the subs fired directly into the cabin.

jus reminiscing...haha!

[LiquidClen]

Wheres a "This thread is worthless without pics" smilie when you need it?

lol

[Phatfantom68]

Found it:

[lZl jody lZl]

My first memory of bass was a setup in a dodge daytona with a wall that had 4 Lanzar 12s.

[aaron7]

This is as old skool as I can get... my first car with my first setup!

[New'rolla]

here's my first system, Rockford 160.1, and a Kenwood 4069 (i think that was that amp)

custom made floating floor, and rockford dist. block, and audiobahn(i love audiobahn) 10" in a bandpass box

it was only three years ago, but i am only 18.

[TurnItUp]

haha i hope you were sarcastic about the i love audiobahn thing

[aaron7]

Audiobahns are good subs... if you like loud boomy bass. For clarity they aren't any good. I still have 4 of them, and they sure sound good when it comes to rap and techno! But they suck at metal and the like.

[TakeABao]

Originally Posted by aaron7

Audiobahns are good subs... if you like loud boomy bass. For clarity they aren't any good. I still have 4 of them, and they sure sound good when it comes to rap and techno! But they suck at metal and the like.

Audiobahn's don't sound good playing ANYTHING.

Not exactly the best reference point for "good".

[david in germany]

What got me started was my best friend's sister's boyfriend's old 1985-86 Ford Taurus. it was all Fosgate. 2 Punch 10's in a sealed box powered by a Punch 75 and Highs powered by a Punch 45. The deck was an Alpine Cassette. He played Michael Jackson's Bad album... I was hooked.. That also fueled my drive for an Old school Fosgate collection and will soon be installing a retro system in my Celica consisting of a pair of Old school SP10's powered by a Punch 150hd, Fronts powered by a Punch 75hd, Rear Powered by a Punch 45 or a Punch 30hd crossed over by a Punch X2.

My collection consists of a Punch 30hd, Punch 45, Punch 75hd, Punch 150 (series 2), A Punch 150 rebadged to 150HD, a Power 100hd, a Power 300, (highlight of my collection because it is the only one know to exist outside of Fosgates collection) Power 360. and Various old school Fosgate subs.