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Classes

                                                                                             Classes are calculated by cone area of subwoofers only

National Bass Association Competition

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Consumer Street

 Basic Street 0 – 300

 Semi Pro Street 301 – 600 

Pro Street 601 – Up

Street class was design for all vehicles must have all seats in vehicle, except the option for suv’s with the 3rd row seat allowed to be taken out. All  panels,  headliner, headrest, door panels, sun visors must be in the cabin of the vehicle .Now in extended cab trucks enclosure has stay below back window and must have all amplifiers mounted in side the ab of truck not passing b pillar. Batteries will be ok being in the bed. Trunk cars don’t necessarily have to have the trunk liner in the trunk area. Also has to have some kind of speaker grill on rear deck where there speakers mount or has holes for them. No cutting of any kind to a vehicle running a consumer street class is not prohibited. No trapping of any kind will be permitted with the sensor. No doghouse boxes or any type of bowls covering the mic to trap pressure to increase spl score will not be allowed. Has to  have seatbelts in all vehicles. Can not have any part of the  vehicle body cut inside or out to allow more space or bigger opening will not be permitted. Can’t have any deadener in plain site has to be cover by panel or headliner. Can not put any deadener on any glass or it moves you into no wall divison.

This class is for sedans, hatch backs, trunk cars, suvs, convertibles, and single cab trucks.  Vans will be consider as a suv. amps, batteries, must not pass the b pillar and only be located back of seats or on floor board or under seats if acceptable not passing the b pillar. Enclosure must remind in cargo area of the vehicle ,  with any part of the enclosure including sub surrounds or motors have to stay below the highest part of the back seat line, not the headrest . Single cab trucks can either have enclosure behind back seat, or with a console box can not exceed pass the front seat bolts. All audio as amps and batteries got stay behind the b pillar  and can be mounted in bed ,only for single cab trucks. Now amps or battery can be mounted outside the cargo area in only suv’s not pass the 2nd row front seat bolts . Subwoofer boxes laid in back seats is ok as long as it remains below the top of the back  seat line. Hatch backs vehicles has to have the sub enclosure in the cargo area of the hatch only below the rear seat line this also includes the surround or motor of the subwoofer. Now with hatch back cars  batteries must also be in the cargo area along with the sub enclosure, but any amps can be mounted on the back seat if needed. Cars with trunks same as follows as hatch back cars but only thing is the sub enclosure has remain in the trunk area only as well as any batteries ,amps can be mounted to back of seat. Sensor placement will be allowed anywhere in front of the B pillar facing forward, not breaking the plain of the back part of the front seats in a lock up right position. Allowed up to 1 persons only in vehicle during run opposite side of the mic placement, no person will be allowed to seat on the same side of the vehicle as the mic is place No  RPM restrictions, nor voltage limit. No stripper poles in vehicles allowed. Doors open or closed, windows up or down. Up to 2 runs allowed after that will be $5 additional run. Unless there is equipment failure will allow 1 extra run. When it comes to borrowing a vehicle, no same vehicle will be allowed to run in the same class division.

Advance No Wall

 Basic No Wall 0-400 

Semi Pro No Wall 401-800

 Pro No Wall 801 – up

Advance No Wall was design for vehicles to have option to be able to remove 1 front seat. Can have wood front doors panels, wood on the roof or deadener. Can have deadener on the back, and side windows if someone like. Now any part of the enclosure, amp rack, or battery box can’t exceed pass the B pillar in any no wall vehicle. The enclosure  has to have more  than  3″ width  that is width of a hand either side of the enclosure or from the roof down. This class is design for  extended cab trucks, hatch back cars, sedans cars, suv’s, and vans. Trucks with blow through will be allowed in the class as long as the enclosure is below the back window line, and there audio  such as amps and batteries remain behind rear seat bolts in cabin or in bed of the truck.

. Will have up to 30 sec run. Sensor placement anywhere in front of the B pillar facing  forward, and no trapping of any kind will be permitted with sensor. No dog house boxes or any type of bowls covering the mic to trap pressure to increase spl score will not be permitted in any class .Breaking the plain of the back of the front seat in lock up right position. Allowed up to 1 persons only in vehicle during run and opposite side of the mic placement  . When it comes to borrowing vehicle , no same vehicle will be allowed to run in the same class division.  No RPM restrictions, nor voltage limits. Stripper poles will be allowed. Doors open or close, windows down or up. Up to 2 runs allowed after that will be $5 additional run. Unless there is equipment failure will allow 1 extra run. 

C Pillar Class

0 -1200

This class is design for suvs, vans, station wagons that have 2nd row seats in vehicle, amps, batteries can not exceed pass the rear seat bolts, and the enclosure including the subs motors or surrounds can not pass the c pillar of the vehicle. Walls and No Walls allowed in this class as long as everything is behind the c pillar back. There will be a speaker cap of 1200 cone area cap, anything over 1200will be in wall 801-up. Will have up 30 sec run. Sensor placement anywhere in front of the B pillar facing forward. No trapping the sensor of any kind will be allowed, No dog house boxes or dog bowls or any bowls of any kind are not permitted. Allowed 1 person only in vehicle during run and opposite side of the mic placement. No same vehicle will be allowed to run in the same class division. No RPM restrictions, nor voltage limits. Doors can be open or close ,windows up or down. Upto 2 runs will be allowed ,after that will be a $5 additional run.

Pro Wall

Basic Wall 0 – 400

Semi Pro Wall 401 – 800

Pro Wall 801 – up 

Pro Wall class was design for vehicles to have the option removal of all front seats. can have door panels build outs with wood, wood roofs. Wood consoles only in the pro wall 3 class are allowed. Enclosure can not pass the b pillar of the vehicle. Dash must remain OEM look no wood, no lexan glass windshields allowed.

Sensor placement front of B pillar  facing forward not passing plain of the back of front seat  only will be allowed. No trapping the sensorwill not be allowed, no dog house boxes, dog bowls or any bowls of any kind will not be allowed trapping the mic to increase spl.  

Will have 30 sec run. Allowed up to 1 persons in vehicle during run opposite side of mic placement . No RPM restrictions, nor voltage limits. Doors open or close, windows down or up allowed. Will be allowed to take 1 seat out. Up to 2 runs allowed, after will be $5 additional runs. Unless there is equipment failure will allow 1 extra run. Vehicle can not be run by other teammate or person in the same class division this will not be allowed in any class.

Trunk

 Basic Trunk 0 – 300

Semi Pro Trunk 301 – up

Trunk classes was design for trunk cars only.

Sensor placement front of B pillar forward not passing plain of back of front seat in up right lock position. Basic and Semi trunk must have  seats in vehicle. Must have all panels such as door panels, headliner, sun visors, all pillar panels. and must be covered in a fabric material. Its not necessary to have trunk liner carpet in trunk area. no cutting or grinding of any kind  allowed.  Enclosure must remain in  opening of trunk of vehicle, including any part of the box, port, or subwoofers. Can have amps  on the back seats mounted. The back part of the seat can be optional or can be remove but the bottom of the  seat part must remain in car. Batteries must be in trunk area of the vehicle. Don’t have to have trunk carpet panels in the trunk, the trunk lining maybe remove. No cutting modifications inside or outside of a trunk class car will not be allowed. NO TRAPPING THE SENSOR WILL NOT BE ALLOWED,NO DOG HOUSE BOXES,OR DOG BOWLS,OR ANY OTHER KIND OF BOWLS TO TRAP MIC TO INCREASE SPL. Vehicle can not be run by other teammate or person in the same class division this will not be allowed in any class. 

Will have 30  sec run. No RPM restrictions, nor voltage limits. up to 1 persons in vehicle during run. Up to 2 runs allowed, after it’s $5 additional run.

Port Battle

Port Battle was design to allow sensor go in to any opening of port. Can’t exceed pass the rear of port into the enclosure. Will have 30 secs to run. 2 runs allowed after is $5 additional runs. Unless there is a equipment failure will allow 1 extra run.

Stand and Pound

Street
Trunk
No Wall
Wall/Hardcore X

Design to pull up , sensor is place 30″ from door jam. Will have 30 secs average playing music with no test tones must have a break in the note change more than 3 different note changes. Sensor can be place either side of vehicle, can be place anywhere in door opening but sensor can’t break plain of inside vehicle door jam. Can have 1 persons inside vehicle during run. Same vehicle cant be run  by another competitor in same class division. Bracing allowed. Up to 2 runs allowed after $5 additional runs. Unless there is a equipment failure will allow 1 extra run.

Hardcore X Burp

This class was design to burp with no freq. cap. Vehicle built to the fullest from floor build ups with steel or concrete or wood, Concrete, steel cages, lexan or double windshields, wooden, steel roofs, steel, wooden dashes and consoles are all allowed in this class. Anything goes in this class. Sensor placement forward in front cabin area.  Sensor placement facing forward in front of B pillar.Up to 2 runs allowed 30 secs, after that $5 additional runs. Unless there is a equipment failure will allow 1 extra run.

Demo-nado

These classes were design for the folks who just like to demo. How it works is there is a trunk, street/no wall, and a wall division, with 2 cone area classes. In this division the competitor has a choice of his or her choosing on clean music. Test Tones  and  frequency  tracks  are not  permitted in these classes, so no big pimpin tracks,or 1note push that tracks, no music tracks with a long 1 freq. note. Your daily music, rebass, remix songs will be allowed Bass Mechanic, boom check all approve to use in the song at least 2 or more different frequencies. Sensor placement will be place in either driver or passenger front seat in front of  B pillar forward, now with the sensor  place at the headrest area ,you can face the sensor to the left or right of side widows ,facing backwards to subs, or face it forward.  Must have a seat in vehicle ,no boxes or buckets , milk crates has to be a bolted in seat,  Will allow up to 2 runs allowed 45 secs ,after that $5 additional runs

Music Classes

 How to determine what class am I in

Whirlwind

Trunk            No Wall

Street            Wall

Whirlwind class was design for vehicles to play for 30 secs. No freq cap, but music has to have a break in notes. Bracing will be allowed. Can have 1 persons in vehicle during run. No doghouse boxes or dog bowls or any bowls of any kind will not be allowed to used to increase spl. Only one competitor name will be allowed to run a vehicle that has not already run in a class division , so a competitor can not run same vehicle in the same class division.  No RPM or voltage limits. Sensor placement anywhere in front of b pillar forward no breaking the plain of the front seat backs in up right locking position. Allowed 1 seat be taking out. Only 2 runs will be allowed after that will be $5 additional runs. Unless there is a equipment failure will allow 1 extra run

Motorcycle/Golf cart/ Power wheels

This was  a class design for open cabin systems to be able to compete and have fun seeing what decibel your system can produce in  average scoring of 45 secs. You will have 45 secs to play what ever song or songs of choice to produce the most average spl. Sensor placement is place in the seat  and with the sensor facing forward. You will be allowed to hover you and other people around the senor to make a close in area since the sensor is in open area. Just be sure to keep music or song of choice clean.

Grudge Wars

These classes are design to go head to head after cards are drawn for classes with 3 or more competitors in a class. Each competitor will have 1min  to play   music as up to 3 judges walk around each vehicle that is playing at the time to decide which vehicle sounds better to move on to next round. Only one person will be allowed to run the classes that they are put in, and no one else will be allowed to run the same vehicle in any class once that person is registered in a class or classes. The same competitor may run multi classes as long as you fit in that class.You as the competitor will be allowed to sit in vehicle, reach in anytime while during your run. Each class is base on speaker count. BROKE CLASS is all factory speaker location with grills over the speakers, basically a factory look with only one set of tweeters can be mounted . Can change out to after market speakers, does not have to be factory. STREET CLASS is up to 20 speakers. All speakers need to be secured to the vehicle, some kind of way, bungee or ratchet straps, screwed or bolted down, or hinged holding speaker boxes or pods down. MODIFIED CLASS is same as the street class rules but with the speaker count up to 40. EXTREME CLASS is anything goes with speaker count over 40. O

All class divisions are calculated by cone area only

Size       Cone Area       Sq. Area

6″       28            36
8″       50            64
10″      78            100
12″      113           144
15″      176           225
18″      254           324
21″      346           441

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