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About DeeCee

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  1. DeeCee

    2 SAZ-1500D vs 1 SAZ-3000D

    if you listen to music constantly with the engine running - ie you listen while driving, then I'd say go with the optima and that would be it. The alt is plenty of charging power for 1 batt. The optima has enough juice for a 3kD. I wouldn't expect you to be playing 135db+ with music anyway as you'd make yourself deaf very fast! Putting the batcap in would suffice for those heavy lows, so yeah, you'd be sweet as a bell with the 3kD without having to upgrade heavily on the electrical side.
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    what is 100 watts a channel really like?

    can I dissuade you on the monster cable? You really are paying around 200 - 300% more for monster cable than other brands for the sake of a brand name. Money which could be invested into other areas of the system. Tip - cover the utility holes in the door instead of using a mass loader / sound deadening. You want to make the door and enclosure. It will be cheaper initially I use comparable to McD's trays and cut them into shape with a jigsaw If you are concerned about weight, then you really have chosen the wrong hobby lol. A 2.5L engine is plenty to cart around an extra 50 - 100kg of gear. Think of it just as an extra person.. Nix the second component set in the rear doors and chuck in some coaxials. Unless you are taking passengers around all day, then there is no need to give them all the aural pleasure that should be reserved for you
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    2 SAZ-1500D vs 1 SAZ-3000D

    there is no need to change to a specific battery based on what I have said. uh - just read what a batcap 400 is... yeah, you may want to change that if you want to daily your system for long periods of time. Capacity is key for daily systems. Peak release is key for competition systems. So the system is designed for competition? You say car is daily while you don't actually listen to music much? Go with powermaster anyway.. great capacity with low internal resistance
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    what is 100 watts a channel really like?

    car audio is very different to home audio. It is mainly the difference in near field and far field listening perspectives. As you also touched on, the need for enclosures which are designed around the speakers is also important. A speakers output is the result of the speaker design, sensitivity, build and materials, the enclosure and the source signal amplified cleanly (which sundown amps do with aploomb) Having the power overhead of 30w extra for a 70w speaker will help ensure your music will not distort with dynamic pieces of music (unless you are clipping the hell out of it). As others have suggested, buying quality equipment will increase the listening experience.
  5. DeeCee

    2 SAZ-1500D vs 1 SAZ-3000D

    depends on whether you are daily or competition. A 120A with extra batteries would be more than sufficient for a single 3kd. Of course, that is depenant on whether you sit up with the car and play music or not. You'd be surprised at the amount of playing time you;d have with just extra batteries. A friend uses a kinetik 2400 in parallel with an optima up front and regularly plays at shows with 4kw on 2x RE SX12s for hours at a time with no major issue. He actually gets asked to turn it down at shows hahaha.
  6. DeeCee

    3db?

    i see enough info in the sig If Gary is running a wall then he can mount an angled wall behind the subs.. ie loading.. depends on room and how fast he can fab a wall for testing.. but you never know i know one local car that gained by doing what I have suggested.
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    Actual stats on 3500D

    its not running the sub in parallel and series for each sub.. its running parallel and series wiring at the same time if the subs is dual 1ohm, and is paralleled, it runs 0.5ohm. If you ran 2x subs which are paralleled in series, then that = 1ohm
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    Actual stats on 3500D

    from the real world testing here, the amplifier will output 3.5kW also, you'd want to figure out your sub impedence to get the best potential out of the amp for daily unless you were specifically looking at competition. With 2x dual 2ohm subs, you'd have a 0.5ohm nominal load, but I'd recommend either dual 4 or dual 1 in para/para or para/series respectively to get a 1ohm nominal load. Of course, it all depends on which way you want to swing it.
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    3db?

    psuedo loading wall - kinda 4th order, but not
  10. DeeCee

    New Website for Sundown :)

    I like the new look of the site.. very 2.0
  11. DeeCee

    SAX125.2 speaker hiss/distortion

    Meh - i dont' read everything lol.
  12. DeeCee

    SAX125.2 speaker hiss/distortion

    Check if your RCA barrels are grounding against each other at the headunit and the amp - cover with electrical tape to isolate Check where your RCAs are laid ie near a fuel pump etc - move away Seperate your RCAs min 1cm away from each other along the length of the car. RCAs are AC, so they generate and collapse an EMF field. When the cable is parallel and the fields interfere with each other, then they cause noise.
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    Box Modification SPL Gains

    Jacob, just remember when you resin, let it pool. You get a more uniform layer that way that doesn't require much sanding if any. The process takes a while as you'll have to let the resin set before moving the box to another position for the next wall. For the bottom, double side some duct tape leaving a around half to stick to something. As long as it prevents the majority of resin from leaking then you're good. To get the most uniform layer, you need to gently tip the resin side to side, front to back. You'll get the hand of getting level pretty fast. Not sure what you have for reinforcement inside the box, if any, but look at steel rod to tie top and bottom together if you have top panel flex. Pooling resin on a box wall. Using tape going across the base of the bottom wall to prevent leakage off the end and to the sides.
  14. DeeCee

    Dropped phone in the toilet......

    I think you need to start attaching bungy cords to everything and your body so things do fall all over the place lol
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    Dropped phone in the toilet......

    open up the back, take off the plastic shell, spray contact cleaner in it and leave out in the sun. Don't get onto the screen, lense or microphone areas hope the toilet was clean lol
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