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I've been a loyal kicker fan for years. I've been sold on an 18" Fi Q but I just need a little reassurance that it can have more output than a 15" L7 with 1000 watts rms. I know the Q will have better SQ but I mostly listen to country so not a lot of hard bass to keep up with. I have enough room to port either of the two.

All of the sudden my amp took a chit on me and whatever I hooked up to it just made this noise http://www.mediafire.com/?e9y93yxto0l any idea whats going on? thanks O and this all happend the night before a competition i prepared so long for it sucked ass any help is appreciated

well I have my new amp.(from gntar) SPL2-1200. so now i'm wondering what kind of speakers and subs would work well? need some new 61/4" for the front doors. i was thinking of a component set but i'm not sure. also what subs to get. i was thinking of getting two 10"s. if possible i'm trying to get all this for under 500. any ideas? Jeremy

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/oem/assets/2007_Lancer_RaveCard.pdf That's the system that's currently in my car. I'm wanting to replace the ENTIRE system. I know the amp sits under my driver seat and is a B**** to get to but I want to rip the entire system out and start fresh. I really want bass so I have 2 12" SA-12s waiting to go in. I need: Headunit (preferably single din so i can get an eq) ~$200 4- 6.5 mids - ($100) 2-4 tweeters - ($30? no clue) 4 channel amp to power them. Any suggestions at all will help. Thanks guys. Also if your selling something let me know I like to keep the headunit red to go with the rest of my buttons/lights in the car.

Kids Bop kills it in his car!!!

if I need to Measure the current draw from my Alt ? how is is done ?

Ok well i'm from southeastern Massachusetts and I need an XS Power D3100. I don't really want to buy one online so I was wondeing if anyone on here could tell me where I could find one. If anyone knows a place in my state please just hook me up with the name and number so I can figure it out. I'd even be willing to drive to Rhode Island or Conneticut if it wasnt too far.. Thanks!

Hello all! Love the forums. I've got a Kenwood Excellon Z828 deck, two 1998 Diamond Audio Motorsport 5.25" components with the tweets backed of -4, tweets in the grill panels, running off a PPI PC4400 C amp and two JL 10W0's in a Power Wedge box up against the back seat. The passive crossovers are @ 55hz, but that's WAY too low for them. The sound good between 80-100Hz, and the subs sound best at 80 or below. I'm using the 12db/oct x-overs in the amp. In this car, what are the resonant frequencies? I listen to electronic and rock (311!!!). So, getting the bass guitar to sound clear and phat is a chore. I have standing wave pads behind the speakers, the wiring was done r…

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?

so i didnt know where to put this, but feel free to move it i am doing an overhall on my car and setting up a friends so i figured i would do it right the first time i have installed a few systems, but never but a second battery in a car so im putting the same system in my car and a friends which consists of a 3000W fusion amp, FI BL12 fully loaded subs (dual 2 ohm) and an extra battery the cars are an 03 525i and 2008 Wrangler so i figured 1/0 wire to connect the new battery and 4 gauge from the battery to amp do i need a fuse between the car battery and audio battery and audio to amp or just on the power wire to the amp, and how big of a fuse (the amp has 4x40amp fuses)…

I have an 1988 camaro iroc z. I have drawn out a box plan for the box to set on the hump area. the box numbers are 8"h x 22"d x 40"w. Which is 4.07 cu.ft and 3 net. I have 8" clearance for the port. I am roughtly 2" from the glass on the end of the box. with about 6" from the glass in middle - where the subs would be. I haven't built a box or done any figuring on the numbers. Math was never my strong area, lol. I am looking at doing 3 DD 1508 or 2 SSA Icon 10s. Would this box work? What would my port need to be?

Does anyone know where i can buy Tang Band speakers? Also, has anyone on here bought from ikesounds.com? are they legit or scammers? thanks!

I got my orion 2500d back from the stereo doc. last night and wired up one of my subs to the amp @ 4 ohms. didn't play much with the eq. and junk, just set it at about 80Hz, and gain about 3/4. My kinetik 2400 has not got here yet, so its only drawing from the yellow top under the hood at the moment, but it seems to do fine with the load boss 230A alt., at all but full volume, then I need to step on the gas a little to keep the volts up around 12. the box is a "team toxic bass/ hexi-base" horn enclosure tuned to about 45Hz. guys were bored at the shop so I stopped in to test out the single 15" 144.7 db thats on music, a random song.... not bad huh? sounds amazingly clean …

You guys are great here and I know you know a lot. I have a friend that needs to find a high quality line out converter with a remote out for an amp. I don't want the Scosche because it's not the best out there. I was looking at the Southgate LOC but it doesn't have a remote out for the amp. Do any of you know a very good quality line out converter??? Thanks guys.

im planning to build 4 15" RE SRX on a toyota 1983 corolla DX.. the car is very small, and for me to fit them is to build a wall.. the car was used for racing and is in pretty bad shape.. so what i did to make fit the 4 15" was to make a new flat form for the boxes to stand on.. a new rear wall to have a flat surface.. now im building the box for the 4 15s.. the problem is. the car its self is pretty small.. and for me to build an independent box for the each 15 and go ported i need a bigger space but it seems i can only get 1.8 cubic ft. for each 15s. so i plan to go sealed on the 15s 2 subs in one common chamber.. what would cause these subwoofers to have cancellation? …

Hello everyone Im kind of new too car audio and this forum and I just needed some opinions on my first system =) so im thinking about a 15'' fi ssd or 2 IA 187's run off a sundown 1000d. Im looking for a loud daily driver that can be heard from a nice distance. So can anyone give me some thoughts on which one i shoud go with?

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

Should I point the subs forward and ports up or subs up and ports back?

Question. Do passive crossovers need space for cooling? Reason, I am tired of the HD crossovers being behind the seat. I have seen other installs in the same make and model as my truck with the crossovers mounted on the door between the sheet metal and the door panel. Does or has anyone ran into any problems in this area? Thanks, Justin Example of what I am thinking of doing. http://www.icixsound.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11586

Umm, Just like the title, Are there any magazines made that are dedicated to car audio? Thanks ~MadroX

so in my blazer my current setup right now is 4 p3 fosgate 12s on one sundown 3500. my box is a little under 8 cuft tuned to 37ish hz. my score was a 147.2 and it peaked at 46hz. I'm fairly pleased with what it did considering when we clamped the amp for my second run, I did the same score but the amp was only doing 1863 watts!? I'm pretty sure that my alt might have something wrong with it that's why the power wasn't there. well what do you guys thiink? is it a respectable score?

I'm not sure what I'm doing or not doing but this is my problem: I'm running a single Memphis MClass 12" sub in a 1.2cf sealed box that's powered by a USAcoustics2100 (300x1@4ohms/12.9v)in a '93 Altima sedan. My HU is a Pioneer 5500mp w/2v preouts, 2 cheapo (soon to be replaced) Jensen 5x7s in the front doors which are amped by a Hifonics Falcon (90x2 @4ohms). When driving around, w/the gains down on the front speaker amp, my average listening volume is around 20-30 (20 if my wife is with me) out of 62 (car's quiet inside and volume at 30 is plenty sufficient from front speakers). Any louder and the midrange and highs start screaming at me but toning down the mids/high…

I'm kinda new to car audio. Right now I'm just running a sundown e8v3 on a boss armor 1500 which actually puts out the ammount I need. Anyway I really want to upgrade and be loud. I'm not about spl and hitting high dbs more about music and perceived loudness. I can work with about 3.5 cubic foot box. I'm considering either a fi q 18 or a fi bl 15. I just need advise on which would be better.

Has anyone seen ?Almost makes me wanna drop out for one just to see what it does...

i have multiple questions. 1) i have two MMats 15 P3.0 . that can take 700 rms each. What amp should i use to push these? 2) i have a big custom box tuned to 30 hz . it doesnt fit in my trunk so i will be having them on my rear seat(tightly secured down) should i have them facing the roof or the front of the car? and how will it sound? thank you for everyones help. im a newbie.