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General Audio

An Open Forum Dedicated To all audio questions that do not fall under the other specific categories.

  1. Started by SKunk9381,

    Can someone help? Like a how to with doors. Do you spray the inside of the door and cover the holes with that rubber matt type stuff? Do you use it on your fire-wall as well as all over? What about that foam stuff to fill up holes? Is it a good idea? OR spray cans of deading spray? I would love a good writeup from someone that can help and mabe everyone can add some things and we make it a sticky? Thanks guys!

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  2. Started by mikee72,

    hi all i am going to be competing for the first time and was wondering what class i should run. i am going to using my fi x 12 in a 6th order bp which is 3.5 cubes a chamber and will be pushing 200w rms to it. also i have a kicker zx 1500 that i just aquired and was thinking of using it at 8 oms on the x so that should roughly be about 375wto 400w rms but was wondering if they would make me run a higher class since that amp can put out 1500w even though i would have it putting out around 400 since it would be at 8 ohms

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  3. Started by btchn1,

    So I bought an 88 Bronco and like anyone, I went out and found a place to hang out on the net. I found fullsizebronco.com and looked around. Seemed to know a lot about four wheeling but not a lot about car audio so I thought I would start a thread. Check out what some of these a-holes decided to say... http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153043 I know all of you are into car audio, just as I am, and this just pisses me off. AAAAAHHHHH!!!! Peace, Lee

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  4. Started by 808 PUNA BOY,

    Why does enclosure plans use dimensions for builds over ft. Measurements ? ie. displacement vs. total internal area ?

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  5. Started by coobies5,

    i plan on buying this for my system fi ssd 12" d2 with flatwind and bp options have it in a sealed box with Hifonics BXI1206D amp powering it sound good? let me know what you think about it....

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  6. Started by streetbeater07,

    hello, I was trying to see where I could purchase 1 inch mdf fiberboard and how much per sheet? thankds

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  7. Started by worstenemy453,

    Being a dealer for DD and working close with them i decided i should post this thread. Lets keep it intellectual of course but i want you feedback on over all DD products and everything. This information will be passed directly to them in an attempt to better their perception and reputation ( not that its bad of course ). Let me know what you guys think. Good and bad, give me good well written posts with positives and negatives about their products. I look forward to hopefully using your opinions/statements to help make DD a better company. I am trying to get someone from DD to come onto the forums themselves, so im also trying to show them there would be benefit in it.

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  8. Started by Mike Troll,

    So I am once again a free man and its time to get back to what I enjoy. I want to outline everything I will be getting and see if anyone has objections before I proceed with purchases! My main concern is the front stage and how well the mid/tweet combo ive picked out will mesh together. I will be purchasing and installing in stages so that is how I will list my ideas. So lets start where I am going to start in the build process.... STAGE 1: 100sqft of Raamaat BXT Full wiring from Knukonceptz Begin door pods for 7" Mid STAGE 2: Metra Dash kit for my car Eclipse CD 7000 STAGE 3: Seas CA18-RNX Seas 27TFFN Sound Stream PCA4.520 The mid will be mounted in the door down low in …

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  9. Started by cloud77,

    Does the air moving around in a sealed box take any temperature change in relativity to the cooling of the coil? Since air is bouncing off the back baff does it actually cool the coil more effieciently than a ported enclosure?

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  10. Started by Sniper,

    anyway, a little back story, I sold this sub to a friends brother, he brings it back to me and says the sub is blown and figures I could use it. with a little inspection I noticed a few things. the tencil leads were coated in the normal wire cover thingy that some subs use (red and black wires), well, the wires will still pretty much covered, but there are spots that seem to be missing wire cover. and the Positive wire is pulled out of the terminal a little (meaning it needs re-soldered) and this 18 has a dual spider setup right? the top one is glued on a big ring about a quarter to half an inch tall. anyways, the top spider seems to have pulled itself off of the ring pie…

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  11. A gremlin that ive experienced once before, and that disappeared on its own before, is back and making me a bit furious. Lows are diminished, kind of loose and hollow sounding. The higher notes are overly strong and seemingly impervious to lpf settings, have a sort of trembling effect to them too. Lower notes often come thru with an initial high note hit thats very pronounced and then goes into the actual note that should be playing but weak and with that "trembling" type effect mentioned earlier. Just sounds out of phase and shitty overall. Ive tweaked all hu and amp settings with no change. This most recent appearance of the gremlin occured after installing an EA alt,…

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  12. Started by frogcase2002,

    im looking for an alt. for my 96 grand caravan, anyone have one or know where it get cheap, like between 2 and 300

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  13. Started by denalilvr,

    well has of right now what i have planned is a yellow top under the hood with 2 kinetik's in the back..i spoke to some people and they said no need for dual alts just add more batteries..1 said i needed to had 7 batteries..so with 7 in the back and up front wont 1 300amp alt have a hard time dealing with 9 batteries? also is 7 of these batteries over kill or is this something that needed? http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=4580 has you can see they are a bit pricy but very strong..i see them on ebay for about $350 each...so what do you guys think..battery/alt wise? by the way this is for around 4000-4500 watts total

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  14. Started by Canucknoob,

    During my night shift last night noticed the Nakamichi PA-1500 was the same price as the Soundqubed Q1-1200D. Is the Nakamichi the same quality it is famous for? Are they at the same level quality wise as the Q1-1200D or even better ? I've read how awesome Nakamichi was in the day but having troubles finding up to date info on the quality of there products? Also anyone hear the SPW-1210 their 12' woofer ? Any good compared to say Fi Q12 or SSA ICON 12? How are their components ? Any information on Nakamichi would be appreciated as the prices seem to be very cheap atm and I'm thinking quality might have gone down as well. Their 4 channel amp any good too? They claim to be…

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  15. hey everyone. im new here, but not totally new to car audio. now i am wondering, i want to run about 2500 watts and i only have room for about 2 12's which should i go with? im open to many options but my top three choices are re mt 12's fi btl 12's aq hdc3 12's now does anyone have any of these i could possibly buy?

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  16. Started by tommy,

    I need to test my old bd1000.1 but need to figure out what speaker wire is what to hook up to my line output converter. Nothing is marked in any way besides color. This is for a 06 impala without bose.all the power and everything is hooked up. Just waiting to test the rcas. The left rear speaker has brown and yellow and the right rear speaker has blue and light blue. Any ideas one which is positive and negative? I need to find out if this amp works or I'm gonna but a new one ASAP.

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  17. Started by subsbeating,

    Are there any sub box design programs that work for macs?

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  18. Started by jonbearsmt,

    a few, Circuit Breaker 300 AMP Reset / Self Test 12 Volt / 12V for 1 sundown 3000 at 1 ohm right? one under the hood, leading to the rear, then one in the rear before it gets to the rear cell's, then one more between cells and amp right? 300 amps or 200 thanks, these are better then normal fuses no?

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  19. Started by Wackzirth88,

    Hello all, I'm extremely bored and have been thinking about updating my system so i decided to make my first post in quite awhile. Currently I have 1 12" Fi SSD wired to 2 ohms, running off a Sundown SAE 1200 v2, in a 2 cu ft enclosure tuned to 32 hz. Electrical wise, I replaced my stock battery with a group 78 AGM from O'reilly's (supposedly made by deka) and I replaced the factory ground with 0 gauge. My stock alt is 130 amp and at idle when hot my voltage stays at 14.6 and up, even at max volume with the air off it may drop to 14.4 on songs with a consisent beat (only seen 13 volts maybe a handful of times with the air on and at idle in drive). Now that it's starting t…

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  20. Started by Jason Witt,

    I am going to be walling off my car soon and wanted some opinions on which subs to run. I really want either 2 15'' Zcons or just recone my Mayhem's to 15's. This will be a low and nasty setup with tuning around 30-33hz with 5k of power. I am not worried about number scores, I just like my bass loud and low. I know either one would get the job done, just fishing for input.

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  21. Started by ExplicitYourSelf,

    I was wondering where could i buy a subwoofer anybody know any reputaional websites that have good deals/prices i would like to know thnx

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  22. Started by lithium,

    i started a thread awhile back for my bro but plans have changed and his financial situation has improved so im back again. budget is 1000 bucks for equipment and materials. these are some of the things he's looking for; crisp clean sound upfront solid bass without taking up much room quality equipment (he wont buy anything secondhand) car is an 04 nissan sentra, (base model ) left over equipment from his previous build are just subwoofer amp, but no sub (his l7 got fucked...) and some wiring. unfortunately they didn't get the set of pg rsd's out either i've considered two basic systems, the first with a passive front stage and the second with a active front stage. thi…

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  23. Started by helotaxi,

    The title says it all. I live here in Vegas but had to work/didn't realize the show was going on until it was over.

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  24. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=7759f9f654d476def4e0aa63f8d34904 What kind of application could this be used for? lolwut

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  25. Started by mrbarky,

    I'm not sure about what RCAs to get.. I was planning to get some knu ones and I wasn't sure if the eKs were worth the 80 bucks or would it be better to get the next line down and put that 60 dollars toward something else? By the way, my amp will be a sundown saz 1500D

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