Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Don't let this happen to your driver!! (ugly)

As some may know I had 2 SS SVS subs delivered that were dropped, dropped real hard actully by UPS. Here is the first removed driver, The TV-12 or "ultra" driver. This thing is a monster, I weighed it for the hell of it at 40.4 pounds. The voice coil is unreal, anyhow, tell me they did not thrash these drivers. The other one is just as bad, if not worse, I have not pulled it yet.

dude, if you need to borrow my Ruger .45, you just let me know. thats the kinda crap that makes people go on killing sprees. i think UPS might find themselves with a few vacancies if they fouled up my subs like that.

geez louise.. it looks like the delivery man used the sub as a trampoline!

bigjohn

Have you received the replacement subs yet?

I was thinking my Ruger MK-ll (22 cal) slab side with the screw-in silencer, and the laser red-dot scope. No noise, I can't listen to any speakers in jail. Blowing the dust of my Colt phython 357 magnum might just be easier, thanks for the offer though, I'll say yes if it has your finger prints on it. LOL. The whole accident is getting worked out. UPS sent their "investigator" here this morning for the insurance damage claim.

My passive cylinder SVS Ultra sub weighs 79 pounds!! Waiting delivery today.

Well then the math is easy 50% cabinet and 50% driver, Pretty astounding, I hope they use fedx for your benefit

I have my fingers crossed. UPS.

Well, The way they package them, with dense rubber like quarter circles, kinda like half moons that go around the whole cylinder is great for protection. You have to almost try to damage them. If you drop an 80 pound speaker on concrete, somethings gonna give. So if you don't have a total idiot, you will be fine.

*drops his 140lb PB2-Plus on everyone*

Death from above!

IF my sub had shown up like that, I would've broken down and creid like a little girl....

I'm glad it showed up with only a little dent in the box.

- D

bigjohn, read your post about the ruger. used to drive by the factory to & fro work when i lived in newport, nh. small world.

**official hijack in progress**

i LOVE my Ruger P97DC. its a very reliable and accurate hand-gun. not too bad of a kick for a .45.

mine looks like this, except its got the silver slide instead of the black.

never leave home without it.. at least when i go out of town..

bigjohn

I like that you left the bud in the picture.

I thought the Bud was just part of the "ugly" reference

I'd need something stronger to deal with this kind of tragedy.

Gorillas.

Oh, come now. Bud is the best ultra-macrobrew to come out of America.

I'd respectfully disagree, Peter. If forced to drink American Factory beer, I'd probably choose MGD. If forced, mind you; I'd rather drink good water than ordinary beer. I suppose you could say they are "similarly swill" and it comes down to a matter of preference. I don't think you can prove that Bud is the "best" at anything except hydroplane racing.

I know, take it to the beer thread. Craig started it!

At least Bud is clean tasting - that MGD just mucks up the pallette. It's like chewing on a sponge.

Good analogy! I can taste it now. Yech!

MGD is my favorite beer for BBQ on a hot day. Seems to be another requirement for being a Nor'Wester. Beretta 92FS Brigadier.

If I couldn't drink real beer I guess I'd have to say Coors Light.

Ruger 22/45, Para 14-45. Not the only handguns in Canada but some days I wonder. I don't suppose this is the first "guns 'n axioms" picture on the Internet, is it ?

LOVE the Ruger!

Nice! 2 problems with real beer and BBQ. If you are smoking brisket for half a day or more, microbrew can get expensive! Plus, you don't want to waste it pouring it over your meat every once in a while, do you? McTarnahan's Scottish Ale is meant to be drunk in pints from a freshly tapped keg.

Oh, man....if we're gonna start posting gun photos, that means:

A) I havta get out the camera, yadda, yadda, yadda...

B) We're gonna scare the nice Canadians away.

Hey, I posted the first photo and I live in Toronto

WOW!! I must say that this is one of the funniest thread hijacks I've read in a while. Us "Beer Threaders" take no mercy on other threads.

Yup, I start out with a driver that looks like I made a mistake building my pipe bombs, and yhaall end up with a beer and gun hijacking yeehaw!!!!!!!!!

Anyone remember the Monty Python joke about:

" American beer is like making love in a canoe"????

Bridgeman - yikes...how do you manage to carry those around in our tame society...and more importantly, where in the big smoke do you hang out - so I can avoid it?!?!?!? LOL

I live in a surprisingly crime free part of darkest Scarborough

Seriously, per-capita gun ownership in Canada has always been fairly similar to the US numbers, but it wasn't real noticeable because we tended to have smaller cities, less crowding, less poverty and less racial tension. Toronto is starting to catch up with the US cities in that regard, unfortunately.

Owning handguns in Canada just takes a lot of paperwork. Predictably lawyers, engineers and IT folks are the only ones willing to put up with the paperwork so attending a pistol match around here is like going to Comdex.

"Carry" means something totally different here, though.

US - stick the .45 down the back of your pants. Carefully.

Canada - disable the firearm by locking the trigger, obstructing the chamber with a locking device, disassembling the firearm or removing the firing pin. Place the unloaded firearm in an opaque container and secure with a second lock. Store the ammunition in a separate locked container. Party.

There are two ways to get a handgun in Canada. Let's call them options 1 and 2.

OPTION 1

Attend a two day safety course. Don't make stupid comments in the classroom. Return a week or two later for written and hands-on safety tests.

Take the test results and apply for a Restricted Firearm Permission and Aquisition License (PAL). Fill out the 7 page form including your partner/spouse's name plus anyone else you have been involved with in the last two years, along with a statement from each of them that he/she is aware that you wish to obtain firearms. Send the application in along with $80. Wait while the firearms center checks with :

- the local police

- the RCMP

- the Chief Firearms Officer in your province

- your spouse

- your neighbors

- anyone else they feel like speaking with

Some time later, a permit shows up in the mail. Congratulations... this means nothing except now the police have the right to inspect your house any time they like to ensure that your firearms are being stored in accordance with the law, including unpublished "Orders in Council" (bypassing Parliament) which may make firearms you already own illegal without notice.

Oh, so you want to actually BUY a gun. Sorry, drifted off there. Next step is to join a club. Pay some money, provide references, get interviewed by the entire board of directors. If anyone on the board doesn't like you, too bad, buh-bye. Sign up for 10-12 probationary shoots, generally supervised by a cranky old ex-military instructor who will do his best to get you angry. Smile. Be careful.

10 shoots later, no bad vibes. Pay some more money, one more interview, and welcome to the club. Fill out some more forms, including something called an "ATT application".

Now you can go out and buy a gun. Go to the gun shop, pick one out, pay $1000. Not so fast there sonny, you might OWN that gun but you can't take it home without more paperwork.

Based on your membership in the club, the Chief Firearms Officer in whatever province you live will (after a few days to check with police, RCMP, spouse, neighbors) issue an Authorization to Transport document indicating that you may transport that specific firearm from the store to your place of residence, between specific hours on specific days, by a "reasonably direct route". Go to the store. Buy a gun case because you left yours at home. Now you own a gun but you can't take it out of your house.

A few weeks later, a more general Authorization to Transport document arrives in the mail. This is the one you applied for after completing your probationary shoots. It authorizes you to transfer the firearm from your home to the range, on specified days and times, for the purpose of target shooting, via a reasonably direct route, following all applicable safety and storage laws. If you filled out the application correctly, it also authorizes you to bring said firearm home again.

Woo hoo, now you're a gun owner. You can take the gun exactly one place, as specified in the ATT. If you want to take the gun somewhere else, you call up the Provincial Firearms Officer and apply for a temporary Authorization to Transport. If you want to stop at your friend's place for dinner on the way home from the range, you call up the Provincial Firearms Officer and apply for a temporary Authorization to Transport. You must have a hard copy of the temporary ATT, your "permanent" ATT, and your registration certificate with the firearm at all times. You get the idea. There aren't a lot of crazies running around with legally owned handguns (we get perhaps one every 25-30 years in the whole country) -- nobody can handle the paperwork.

OPTION B

Go to any school and ask a few questions. Bring $500 in the evening. Take your gun home. Take it anywhere. Party.

On the other hand, if you ARE willing to go through all the paperwork you can have a heck of a lot of fun and meet some really nice people. These shots are from the IPSC National Championship in Barrie last July. Almost 300 competitors and their families from all over Canada, including some from the US and Europe. I think I placed about 255th

Hey Jon? Were you done with that post regarding that whole UPS experience? I'd like to participate in this hijack if you don't mind!!??

It may be the most frustrating blessing in disquise I have ever had. SVS donated these to the NFL for charity. SVS shipped to NFL. The NFL charity assoc. shipped them out of Tampa, from Tampa to here (I guess) is where they got hammered. UPS sent an "inspector" over, he sends the report to the ins. co. They have paid the claim. The charity org. out of Tampa is going to refund the amount I paid them (did not get the money yet, but they seem on the up & up) And they have no interest in me returning the products, cause the claim payment is equal to what I paid them, and I have had alot of B.S. over it. That means I put in two drivers, which won't be free at all, but SVS is being real cool with me working on the situation, even though they had nothing to to with the mishap. And I gotta do some woodwork. it's been a headache, but it seems like it's gonna work out. OR I can ship it all back for a full refund.

I'd ship them out and order a set directly from SVS. I have no idea what you paid for them, but unless you stole them, you paid a decent price. The dfference in price between your current ones and a set of new ones is what you will pay for piece of mind.

Well put Michael, I paid 2400.00 not the 5K they sell for, SVS sent them direct to the company I bought them from. I know this for a fact, I spoke with the president of SVS. They are honestly on the up & up. It just has turned into a mess. However you are right, when you try to save a buck it always bites you in the a$$. I tell my customers this every day, I should practice what I preech.

So you DID steal them. Bummer that it didn't work out.