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I'm Chris Wallaker from sunny Yakima WA . This is my first post here , and keeping with the rules my second, and third post will be in this category as well. I hope to gain some knowledge in making some gains with my current setup . I say current because it keeps changing frequently . My system goals are that , I hope to be able to play any song from any genre loudly , and with clarity. I have no intrest in a one note wonder .

Hello everyone, I am just getting back in to car audio after 18 years . I have a 95 Accord Wagon that I am slowly building. Most of my equipment is from the mid to late 90s lol. I was a Kicker fan boy back then. Here is what I currently own, HeadUnit- Pioneer DEH-P9200 Subs- 12 NIB 10" Kicker Solo Barics (old round c series and d series) Components- 6.5 Kicker Resolution Series. Only item installed is the Pioneer Headunit. Big 3 is done and have ran 1/0 to the trunk.

Whats up dudes and dudettes? Hope everyone is doing well.

Saying "aloha" from Hawaii to everyone on this forum! Hope your day/night is going well.

Great forum! I just install my new evil 6.5s great product.

Hi guys, Just got the third 18 in this week and we are starting a new build in a 2002 Chevy Suburban. We've got a TON of room as we're going to go up to the B pillar. We're using 3 SSA Evil 18" subs on 3 Linear Power 2250 amplifiers which should be at 2500w ea (maybe a touch more at 15.8v we will be running with dual alts/batts etc). I've modeled these subs till my head hurts and I've asked a few people for opinions on the enclosure and gotten quite a mixed result. The most popular opinion has been a 4th order using 3 to 3.5 cu ft ea sealed and 9 to 10.5 cu ft ported...modeling looks best to me at 3.5 and 31.5 cu ft with a 30x17.25 port (roughly 90% of total Sd…

Well I am amateur at building systems, from Texas. Currently I have a F-250 super cab. I will be installing MTX thounderform box with (2) sundown audio SD-3 10 D4 powered by SAE-1500D. I have 4 kicker CS 6x8 in the doors that I plan on adding a SAX-100.4 V2 to. It's a work in progress so I'll be reading old post asking questions here and there, thanks for the add!!

Hello everyone, just wanted to say hi. Came across this site on the Sundown page. Continuing to learn and looking to build great sub boxes.

Hi, I am Roger. New to the site. Just purchased my first 3K watt sub. FI SP4 18. Waiting for it to be build and mailed.

HI all I just recently ran across this fourm and after doing some browsing decided to join. I have been into car audio for a long time. I recently got a 2012 Chevy Cruze and have a Sound Qubbed HDS 312 on order with a Q1 1200.2 amp. Im sure I will learn alot here as well as provide my knowledge on topics that I have experience with. Glad to be a part of the forum.

Just threw two x18 v.2s in my Yukon in a 15 cu ft box on an SCV4000. Very impressive, but I developed coil rub after just a month. It's really strange because there is no felt rub when you press down on the cone.. Actually, it only rubs when the coil is cold. After I pump one second of true RMS to it, there is magically no rub.. The other sub is fine. I monitor the clipping light religiously and the only time I see a red flash is on the attack peak of bass notes. From what I have researched, a slightly flashing clipping light is pretty normal and a fast flashing light is slightly overpowered. Solid red is clipping. \ As far as I can tell the sub is fine when p…

Great looking message board. I currently have some very basic car audio knowledge, but hope to learn a lot more from this site and apply it to my installs.

Looking to run a Sound Quality system just wondering when it comes to SQ is sealed better thing ported I here if you run sealed you need more power to push the subs.

Been out of the game for a while but still rocking with my 15" RE MT. I still see a lot of familiar faces on here! The last Caddy I had is RIP but I'm working with a 2008 Mitsu Outlander now, freshly plastidipped, recently scored a vintage 1971 Sears Kenmore sewing machine and lookin to get into upholstery soon.. Look forward to talking with you all again!

Hi all basshead here from Knoxville TN currently running 1 hdc315 with a cadence zrs d2500m. Two cadence zrs d1004 and 8 soundqubed 6.5 pro mids with two sets of soundqubed super tweets. Future work will include new box for two hdc315 and a second d2500m

Hello everyone! My names Mitch and I'm a non-recovering audioholic... Lol. Im getting back into car audio after not having the time for it the past 8 years! Im sure I'll have many questions for my build and I am very glad I can depend on SSA for dependable info and products!!! Thanks in advance for help. My build is in a 2003 Buick century, I'm sticking with one 12(already bought the GCON). All that's left is the amp. Ps my GCON is d2... Any help on narrowing it down would be great!

Just wondering has anyone used the Zapco amps with built in DSP. I was informed that they are the same ones minidsp uses and could I use these for an active set up?

So I want to run a active set up for my fronts and rear my question is what unit minidsp do I want to use a 6 or 8 channel and also what model number that would be any help would be great as I'm new to this kind of set up.

So many moons ago i was a member of TeamSSA with my wife's 2004 Mitshubishi Lancer Ralliart. Things happened and i got out of the car scene. Now I'm back and rocking my 1st gen. XCON in a sealed box of after displacement and bracing 2.8cuft3. on a Audiopipe APCL1800.1, this thing is a beast. I forgot how the XCON behaves and got tingles the first time it did its job in my 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX. I was running it ported on a 3.8cuft3 box tuned at 32 hz in the wife's old car. Besides the loss of incredible lows thats the only thing thats different, it handles completely different. It's way more punchy, has alot more response to it. could be amp choice but i think like ever…

thanks for any help guys, i plan on asking many questions i plan on doing my own research, reading articles and such, and learning terms. and then asking to clarify anything after ive read stuff, and for your guys opinions on certain components i already made a thread asking for help. i got one response so far but welcome any help at all, thanks!

Quick question. If I have two subs at 1 ohm each and they were wired into a mono amp with 4 connectors, would the impendance come to 1 ohms since they were technically in parallel?

Hello quick question involving wiring two 2ohm subs to an amp. If the amp is rated for 3000 watts at 1 ohm mono, how would one wire the subs to reach 2500-3000 watts? Should it be wired regulary or bridged?

Hey guys, brand new to the world of car audio and just had a few questions! Planning to get two 12" icons, and being 1250watts each looking for a good 2500 watt amp...but I was wondering is it better to get an amp around 2500-3000 watt or two seperate at 1250-1500 watts? Also to be able to run these I plan on getting an xs battery but which should I get? I also plan on doing the "Big 3", but is there anything else I should do? Thanks for the help everyone, like I said complately blind in this world but really want to learn!

Whats going on guys? Tito here just wanting to say whats up . I came across the forum by looking up estimated delivery time for the Fi SP4 i ordered a few days ago. I own an 85 mazda rx7 and a 2004 cadillac deville. The 85 rx7 has a simple setup with 2 kicker l5 12s in a prefab ported box, using a jl slash 500 to power them. The 04 deville has 2 sundown X8 in a 4th order bandpads enclosure, powered by a hifonics zues amp, soon to be replaced with 1 Fi SP4 18" in a custom 6.5 cu enclosure tuned to 31hz. I look foward to chatting with u all and learning some new ideas.