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My name is Corey and I am from Lansing, Michigan. I have been installing car audio components and designing/building enclosures since I was 14 years old. I will be 32 this year. Needless to say I am hooked! I have always creeped around the forums but never really posted anything. I am in the process of doing my own car now and I figured I would post it up. Look for me in the builds section.

Hey guys I'm new on here and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Travis and I just got into car audio. Just put a new Kenwood HD head unit in my car, 4 Rockford Fosgate 5 and 1/4 in the front and back with an Alpine MRV 300, and infinity tweeters. Just got my Sundown x 12 yesterday!!..waiting on my Crescendo S1500 today along with my Kinetik 1200. Nice to be here!

Been here for a long time figured I introduce myself...... My name is Russell, DBlevel here and DIYMA but eg9 on just about every other forum. Located in Winston-Salem, NC. Big old school fan so always in for seeing what everyone is holding. I collect the US Acoustic USA series goodies, always on the hunt. Specially for the USA2300's! Any other NC members here?

Right now I have 1 Rockford t2 with a jl slash 1000 amp. I want to stay in the budget of 2500 our 3 what would you recomnd

Im new to SSA but on a cpl of the other forums. Glad to be here. Been out of audio for quite awhile and seems to be alot of changes. Guess im just use to old school stuff.

Hello, I have a SAZ1500v3 and I'm curious to hear some opinions/thoughts on the clipping light that's on the bass knob. Do you guys absolutely make sure that your light doesn't flicker what so ever...or will a small amount of flickering not be anything to worry about? My current frustrations are all revolved around this. I feel like my clipping signal is somewhat premature. I drive a 2013 optima SX. Stock HU/alternator/battery under the hood. I have a Stinger battery in trunk. 0g wiring. 1 dual 2 ohm 12" Fi BL running off the SAZ1500v3 wired at 1ohm in a ported Khaotik enclosure. (I'm aware that I sound like a total noob right now). The shop that installed everything al…

Hi folks, new poster but old owner of a q12 sub. I love the driver but I can't use it right now because my bonehead buddy tore the surround with his finger lifting the sub up one day. There's a 1" horizontal tear in the surround now and I'd like to know if I can repair it or if I have to send it in for a recone. Also, it's an older dual stack motor, is there a way to figure out the options on it without tearing it apart? Thanx for any help.

Just checking in. The last amp I installed in my own car was a Hifonics that was made in the USA and MB Quarts were the speakers to have. Yup, I'm gonna say it, times have changed. After a few weeks of catching up on what has been going on in the car audio world for the last 20+ years, by lurkin' the forums, I landed here. I'd like to say "Thank You" to all of SSA for providing a great place to gather information, ideas and purchase equipment.

Whats up guys? Found out about this forum through the Fi website, and its by far some of the most useful info on car audio on the net! I just recently received my BLs the other day and im really excited to get them hooked up to say the least lol. My old subs were CVXs so im sure these will be a bit louder but gotta upgrade the rest of the system before I load them. Anyway glad to join guys!

Hello all, My current system consists of all Kicker mids/highs in an '04 Accord. I have an Alpine MRV-M500 at 2 ohms connected to a Polk DXi DVC 12" in a sealed, rear-firing custom enclosure that measures around 1 cu ft (maybe a little more). Listen to all kinds of music, love heavy bass but am realistic with expectations from only 500 watts. I smoked the voice coil on the Polk within 4 months of installing it. It was rated for 360 watts rms and I got it in a Best Buy deal of the day sale for $40, so no big loss. I'm searching for a 4ohm dvc sub that will easily handle 500 watts from the Alpine sub amp without burning another voice coil AND will be happy in that s…

Hey guys Casey Here, im from Lake Charles louisiana. Im in the middle of a build right now and just enjoy the forums. Lots of knowledge in here. hope to meet everyone that is close to me!

I've been a lurker here for awhile but finally registered. Great audio knowledge available on this forum, glad to be here!

Hey guys, I am looking for ideas/knowledge on setting a IB setup in my cruze. I have not purchased any subs yet. I do not want a box, do not want to break windows. Just want a nice solid punch. I am thinking going to a IB setup so I still have my trunk but not sure where to go for this. Against the seat's or maybe rear deck? Any idea's? Any of you guys have worked on a cruze? I have a zed audio 600 watt mono I would like to use to save money on this build. The rear deck had to empty holes in it (6x9) Not sure if I have room to enlarge the holes to put 8's. Need to measure. thanks!

Hey there, I'm Jamie. I currently drive a 1990 VW Golf, 1.8l 5spd base model (which I am very happy about... no sunroof/no power options). At the moment I have 2 x Incriminator Audio DP 12's dual 2s on a Exile Audio 2500.1, I just picked up a second 2500.1 for a steal of a deal. One of those times where you just can't turn it down. Head Unit - Alpine 9835 Front Stage - Alpine Type R 6.5 components (they work for the time being) Mid/Highs amp - Exile audio 800.4 Just wanted to say hello as I am new to the forum and I am excited to get to know some of you and try to pick of some of the wealth of knowledge on this forum. ps. if there is anyone on this forum from Va…

i dont like to bug but i ordered my subs two weeks ago..i missed competition and someone asked me where i was getting them from and they told me it was a bad site and now im scared.i dont like to badmouth noone but i spent like 800 and im on a fixed budget so that was a good chunk of savings.thanks..

Hey all, 1st virgin cherry-popping post here. Some folks on the CarAudio Forum highly recommended SSA for the outstanding lineup of amps etc. and even better price tags. I'm under the impression that these names here are young, hungry and trying to make a name for themselves while offering great values. So, I've only had 2 amps, both Kickers. One was about 2001, Impulse 405 which sounded great to start but destroyed my Excelon comps. Didn't know what clipping from underpowering was! 2nd was some 180w behemoth and the Alpine 505 IVA DVD player. DEF not high quality sound emphasis. Imprint junk blah blah. But in my Jeep are 2 sets of Diamond Hex 600's about 4y/o. The…

Mike here from Florida stopping in and saying hi.

Came here originally because my sub. I think ill stick around though. So im from NY been working on rebuilding my truck (Audio Wise) Some things i have,or added lately. Trucks a 98 silverado Sky High Big 3 x2 2 runs of 0 to back Mechman 270 2 xs3400 2 rockford 1500 bdcp 400.2 bdcp T1675 components BL 12s Hoping to build some tweeter pillars hear pretty soon..Anyway saying hello !

ok so ill start with the car I have.. its a 2002 chevy cavalier... I recently bought to drive back and forth to work. ok so I just picked up a bc3500 last night and im gonna order either single 12 or a single 15 ssa zcon.. undecided yet still looking at box designs with frogcase2002 (casey). anyway I need some info on the electrical aspect of it.. gonna do the big three.. just need info on batteries and alternator... I can get yellotop optimas pretty damn cheap the company I work for orders them in bulk and I can get them for their cost.. anyway which company should I go with on alts? I seen ebay alts pretty cheap but idk how well they perform... if you guys could recomm…

whats up guys? im new to this forum and found out about it from a friend casey.. frogcase2002 on here.. I live in a small town in ohio and am 29 years old. im no expert in the car audio scene but I love loud ass music lol.. but yeah just sayin whats up and happy to join the forum. seems full of good info

Like the title says, I've always had systems in my cars and followed forums like SSA and SMD back in high school, for the past couple of years I've cut back and now I'm started to put together a new setup for the spring. Currently I'm running a Kicker ZX700.5 with Diamond Audio components in the front doors, Alpine Type R 6x9's in the rear deck and a DC lvl 3 12".

I have done months and months of research and years of trials in car audio installs and have become intermediate in my knowledge. I am Interested in putting more muscle in the trunk of my 95 Mazda Millinia. My setup includes: A stock 90 amp alternator connected with premium 0/1 gauge to my Oddesy 65-PC1750 Battery that is also grounded with the same gauge. A Kenwood Excellon KDC X493 head unit with true 4v pre amps A Hifonics Zeus ZRX1000.4 amp powering Kenwood Excellon XR-1800P Components in the front and Kenwood Excellon KFC-X693 6x9's in the back. In the trunk: 175 farad "BatCap" and a 1 farad SWX capacitor A Hifonics Brutus BRX1600.1D amp for the trunk powering a Ro…

hello all for my 01 Pontiac Bonneville se, daily driver, I am in need of your suggestions for a complete system. my listening tastes are disco, HUGE house/techno listener, reggae, jazz, hip hop, and easy listening music!! 2-12 subs (no clue what to get), 4-6.5 mids for the four doors (eye-balling the jbl ms62c for sure), only 1 amp for the subs, and 1 amp for the 6.5 mids.. a good clean head unit, a sub box, wiring, etc, and interested in having a parametric eq to tweak the sound as I listen to various types of music. really not interested in setting off car alarms! but definitely want to bang pretty good as im on the hwy.. key importance is sound quality, clarity, and a…

What's up, my brand came here so I followed. I am pretty active on a few forums and do the whole YouTube thing. Most know me from my truck, The Black Nasty. I am pretty laid back and honest, also if you come off as a dick, I will be one right back, so suck it up.

Hi all! Thanks for having me! My name is Brandon and I drive a '94 F-150 I've always been into car audio but its always been major brands like Kicker and Alpine. I finally decided to get some SA-8s. I got a good deal on a new set on V1s. I have 2 Sa-8 V1s. The box I am using is a Ground Shaker SPQ28 http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_62689_Ground-Shaker-SQP-2-8.html. My amplifier is a Hifonics HFI1500 @ 2 ohm. They are brand new and have about 3-5 hours of play time on them. On some songs there is what sounds like a mechanical sound. Like its slapping inside of itself. Also the dust cap gets a pretty warm. I want to eventually rewire them down to 1 ohm but i want to ma…