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I hear that... No Pun inteneded .

Goofy question I know, but my 100.4 just came in and I was admiring it... Tehn as I was looking at the lil knob that come with it, I had the thought that I don't normally adjust my gains or boosts after they are set... Also, I don't really have a place or want to mount 2 knobs up front on the TrailBlazer when I get my system in and if I ever do get the system in teh Blazer, I sure don't want 6+ more little knobs up front there...

Well that settles it... Not using them...

I've asked about Shirts and hats Several times, but I got no love....

The reason why I was asking was I was concerned with not having enough space... hehehe I want to much, I want all the bass, but I do not want to give up my whole cargo area for the Audio system...

Cool... I liked it...

Drawing is no where to scale, I suck at teh scaling... Ports in grey... sorry crappy drwing I know... I'll have to play with some measuements, maybe able to go a bit wider to get more airspace... Right now I'm just tossing ideas around... When that other amp shows up, I'll take;em both out there and lay them in in for a test fit and see what space I have for the enclosure... I'm concernd about the heat too... I was thinking of adding a few small 12V cooling fans... I saw some low profile squirell cage fans I could do 1 or 2 pushing air then 1 or 2 pulling on the other side... I dunno... Gonna take a buncha test fitting... 98% of the time there will be no cargo in there.... But that 2% of the time I need some room for a few duffel bags for going to the cabin and some room for the goodies when I go to the gun range, monthly...

Top part would be top view, bottom part would be view looking in from tailgate, so you can see my amp false floor idea and where I think I'd put the Battery/Yellow Box Click below for Full Size, biggert pic.... http://www.imagebam..../c3622659303421 Please excuse my drawing skills or lack of.... I used Visio, then saved it as a .jpg and u/led it real quick... Jay-cee, I think that size batt you quoted would/should work.... I'll have to take some more measurements and play around with box sizes... This may force me to step down to the 12" vs the 15"..

Thanks for the replies... Yea I guess knowing a size would help you guys.. Its one of those things, that I don't really have a size... Just don't want something Huge, if I don't have too... I want to save as much cargo room as possible. but I also know you have to give up space to make bass too.. On Budget, I really don't have one... Whatever it takes... I mean I don't want to waste money and say, ohh a 1000.00, but then again, I don't want to cheap out and say 50.00s... I'll spend whatevers needed, within reason you know... I'll try to draw up a top view of my idea of how I want to lay out the cargo area to look nice when I show it to someone, but remain semi-stealthy as much as possible with a Sub enc and two amps... My idea is, facing/looking into the cargo area the left side would be an enclosure/battery box, the right side would be a false floor, with the two amps longways.. If I remeber right those amps are just under 3" tall... So, I'll be able to put a cover them and still put stuff in there when I need too... I want to stay under the window line too, actually under the cargo area cover line... So I can keep it more hidden... Lemme see if I can draw/post up something...

Thanks for the info... I really dig getting info straight from the guys in the know on current and new products... ***Edit**

Somewhere I saw a post or an article, I think by Jacob, that was telling about Sundown amps having issues with certian RCAs and working better with some... Can someone direct me to this article or info??? I did try the "Search" button, but got no love....

So what are your Hobbies besides Car Audio??? I think I've got to many too really excel at any one and my top two or three I keep alternating in between and never finish a project because of it... In order I think FireArms Collecting/Target Shooting/ Building/Customizing each weapon to my liking... Car Audio Home Theater (collecting and watching Movies) Working out at the Gym Hiking/Camping Geocaching Fixing up my Blazer Riding my Mountain Bike Riding 4 Wheelers (sold my two, but my best friend has extras I can use) Riding Wave Runners Collecting Ninja Weapons Coin Collecting (kinda stopped that and put everything in a Safe Deposit Box and holding till I get old, to see what its worth) I by far do the most reading and spending on the top two...

Russia. Ahh, that explains the difficulty with English... Now maybe the guys will cut you some slack as its not your Native Language... The way I type sometimes, I don't have a very good mastery of the language either ... Welcome to the forum...

Gotta ask, Where are you from???

Seems like its size would make it a bit uncomfortable, but I don't see anything worth anyone giving you a hard time about.... Remember, this is the internet... You could post pics of the most laid out Italian Sports car or a German luxury ride and someone would have something to nit pic about... Or they really are trying to help... I say, just take your time and enjoy the project... If you don't like the way something come out and you have the time and money/Materials and a better game plane redo it... Looks pretty cool so far to me...

So should I be safe with anything from Knuconcepts??? Or is there another brand you recomend?

I hear ya man... I really do, but on this on wants an needs are a different story for this ride... Again, this one is my Daily... It also has to have WAF (Wife Approval Factor)... So I'll be lucky if I can give up the space/power/money for 1 15 Sub and 1 Set of Componets per each Front/Rear doors... Now My Blazer, that will be a different Story all together... With this thread I was just wanting to make sure that the Power I was planning, would decently push the MoMos... Yea, I'd love more power, but I gotta Draw the line somewhere... I'm just wanting to do a basic system here and with a quik really basic off the top of my head estimate I'm already well over 2K... 700 Headunit 300 Front Set MoMos 150 Rear Set MoMos, Buy 1 get one 1/2 off 365 4Ch Amp for Mid/Tweets 615 Sub amp 300 Sub 200 Wiring accessories 2630 Sub tot Thats no Deadener, no install if I have some of it done, no alarm... It'll take awhile just to get all this in... Once the dust settles then I might try to eeek in some Upgrades... Have you looked into buying used from Db-r for the amp? Ntt really, as I hate to buy used or refurbished electronics... I have in the past and had problems with it... Any cost savings were ate up in shipping the stuff back and fourth, time on the phone and pulling the gear out and putting it back in.... However, I may have to look into this again...

I picked up a new Daily Driver, its a 2005 TrailBlazer and I want to put a decent system in... This system will be strictly for Music no SPL comps or anything crazy, I just want a really clean install, a system that sounds really nice and is Dependable... Of Course the Stereo nut SPL Freak in me wants it as loud as possible, but Still as good as possible... Not chassing the DBs... I listem to Mostly Rap, some R&B, Some smooth Jazz, some Rock, Wife listens to the same, plus Country and some old Blues I guess it is.... I've got some cash saved up, so this weekend I'm going to go look at getting an alarm put on (I'll do another post on that somewhere) and maybe look at ordering a headunit if I can decide on one... The question is on the Mids/Tweets and amp(s) to power them... I'm looking at getting a set of Polk Audio MM6501s (a set for Front and a set for Rear, Buy one, get one half off) http://signature.crutchfield.com/s_107MM6501/Polk-Audio-MM6501.html?tp=95 Now, powering them is really the question... I'm considering running Sundown amps for this system, 1 for Front/Rears, one for a Sub... The Polks I mentioned are rated @ 2.7 Ohms.. I'm thinking of going with a single SAX-100.4D to power both the front and rear sets... So with the ohm load (2.7 stated above) it should be putting out somewhere above 100wpc but below 160 wpc max... The Polk sets are rated at 25-125 rms and 250 Max I think... Will a single 100.4 will be enough??? I don't really want to buy and give up space for two SAX-125.2s... Space is a bigger concern those Amps aren't small... Again, this is a daily Family Ride... You figure, 1 Mid/Tweet amp, an enclosure for a sub, its amp, bound to need a extra Bat, but hope not... Still, we're eating up room left and right... I figured in order I'd add 1. Alarm, 2. Headunit, 3. Big Three - Mid/Tweets& amp for them 4. Sub & Amp...

What year T.B? Your setup sounds kinda like what I want... 1 4ch amp for my front/rear mids/highs, one sub amp, 1 15 sub... Any pics of that??? Last question, you said you had 5.25s in the rear... I'm hoping that was not because 6.5s would not fit... I just ordered my 2 sets of 6.5s or should I say 6.75s (a set for the front and a set for the rear)... Crutchfield has them buy one set get the second set 1/2 price... Of course they are a tad higher than some other places so I guess it evens out...

Thanks man! I kinda dig'em... Now if I could just shrink down an Esclade front clip, It'd be on... Not to many Blazers done like that...

As I posted on another section I got a new (to me) Daily Driver... Its a 2005 Chevy Trail Blazer... Cliff Notes: Before I haul off and put a few K into an audio system, I kinda want to get a really good Alarm... What Systems are the Best and Why??? What Systems are are POS and Why??? I'm trying to do alot of reading and researching on this to make sure I make a good descision.. My concerns are the Alarm being a POS and the install being a POS... The reason, my last two Alarms were DEI - Viper systems and I had several issues with them... Long Story if you wanna Read the whole Novel: The 1st (a low end unit, probably a dealer add on) came on my 1996 GMC Sonoma, Ex Cab, when I bought it... It fried or something and left me stranded in a lot... After checking every fuse and connection I could find and making a few phone calls, I finally, just unplugged the big wiring harness that goes in each side of the brain and it started and drove fine no problems, cept no more crappy alarm... Second was a higher end Viper on my 2000 Blazer thats my play around vehicle mostly used for crusing and car shows... I can't remember the model, but it was the one that has the two way remotes that have the LCD of a truck and shows it running (via autostart), shows shock senser, Glass Break Senser, what Zone was tripped, etc... I had about every option too... Three back up sirens each with Backup Batts, a hidden back up bat for the brain, Interior Pain Generator (damn that thing was LOUD) and anything else they had to add on at the time... This thing was problems from the start, The batteries in the remote only lasted a week or so, not long after I had it I discovered that everytime I used the Autostart, it caused problems with the transmission and shifting out of 1st, till I let it sit for awhile, and turned it off and on a few times it would straighen up... The I had problems with the lights and locks... It goes on and on..... I tried to take it back to the plae that did it, but it had been like 3 months and while I was in the process of fighting with them, they up and closed their doors... Outta Business... So, I'm a bit shy on spending good money on a alarm and having it give me a ton of headache... There are so many wires and the newwer vehicles are so F'in complicated.... Gives me pimples... Cause when you have problems, What do you do? The Car Dealer will Blame it on the Alarm Dealer while But Raping you and not fixing it, the Alarm Dealer will just Blame it on the Car Dealer while you are just ass out stuck... OK, Enough of my ranting... Back to Business... What Systems are the Best and Why??? What Systems are are POS and Why???

I hear ya man... I really do, but on this on wants an needs are a different story for this ride... Again, this one is my Daily... It also has to have WAF (Wife Approval Factor)... So I'll be lucky if I can give up the space/power/money for 1 15 Sub and 1 Set of Componets per each Front/Rear doors... Now My Blazer, that will be a different Story all together... With this thread I was just wanting to make sure that the Power I was planning, would decently push the MoMos... Yea, I'd love more power, but I gotta Draw the line somewhere... I'm just wanting to do a basic system here and with a quik really basic off the top of my head estimate I'm already well over 2K... 700 Headunit 300 Front Set MoMos 150 Rear Set MoMos, Buy 1 get one 1/2 off 365 4Ch Amp for Mid/Tweets 615 Sub amp 300 Sub 200 Wiring accessories 2630 Sub tot Thats no Deadener, no install if I have some of it done, no alarm... It'll take awhile just to get all this in... Once the dust settles then I might try to eeek in some Upgrades...

For sure on the deadener... On my Blazer, I put it on the door itself, then I put a layer on the back of the Door Pannel where I could thinking it might help a bit more... Mighta been overkill, but too much is better than not enough in this case...

And those Polks should fit in the front and Back doors of the Trail Blazer??? After doing some further reading, I think the front doors take 6.5s, no idea about the rear... The concern was, going on the thought that the T.B. does take 6.5s front and rear... Cut frm Crutchfield site: ""Polk describes this model as a 6-1/2" speaker. Most manufacturers designate this same frame size as a 6-3/4" speaker. For simplicity's sake we list it as a 6-3/4" speaker."" Just want to make sure they are going to fit....

Last mostly completed System was in my 2000 Blazer... I had Kenwood DVD Head Unit 910-DVD or something (Single Din No Screen), still have it.. Two Smaller Hifonics Amps power pairs of Eclipse "Point Source" strange (Components, but the tweets were made on the center of the mid like a co/ax) Hifonics Zeus (older model, When Zeus was a model, not one of their lines) pushing 3 JL12W6s in a Sealed Box (bit to small and under powered in my opinion) 3 Optima Yellow tops in the back 1 Red Top in the front Big 3 All Phoenix Gold Wiring and accessories (power and signal) Dynamat deadener Several LCDs in the Visors, in the Back Xbox Radio Shack Ausio/Video Switcher for switching video sources, etc... Here is a pic of the box... Sounded great Musically, jsut not loud enough, so I ripped it out and sold most of it off.. Decided I wanted more BASS... Still wanted Good Music, but more Louder and more BASS, so I bought a Buncha RE subs and Componets and never got it back together as thats when I got married, go into the house, working 60+ hours a week and all kinds of other crap... I did put one of the 12s in a Temp box for a bit, just to have something to listen too... But like I said never finished it... Still plan to and was starting to ramp that back up, but I picked up the TrailBlazer and now I'm really sidetracked with doing a small daily type system for it... Man, Its a sickness...