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i bet evryone will want a piece of this, seeing evryone has an opinion.
when i bought my classic sub it had a bailey vta on it, i ve lived with it for a few months and hell, v. occasionally liked it ,however i have now tired of its non too dulcit tones. my question is this, would it do any real harm to muffle it by 80 percent with a filter type rag. i only do 6000 miles a year and it doesnt seem to be a fire hazard, is this feasible or do i have to go to the expense of a recirc.
please help, without jerk type remarks after all as you can guess i m not mechanically minded.