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I'm looking to get terminal rings for when I do the big 3. Where do you guys find ones big enough to go over the battery terminal for 1/0 cable? Is it worth getting one of those fancy battery terminals that can accept two runs of wire? Where would be a good place to find those. This thread can also be used to post websites etc. of where you get your nuts bolts and goodies from. Thanks, Jeremy

Okay, I've found myself lately to be more keen on the particular sound of paper cone drivers. I am wondering if anyone else feels this way or differently. Is it perhaps just the better driver or application, or does cone material in woofers/midbass/midrange have a noticable affect on the sound? It's clearly evident in a lot of tweeters between metal/soft domes or otherwise, but how do people feel on the woofer side? I'd appreciate any knowledgeable on the subject who could give some insights on which materials may have better sonic characteristics.

I kind of asked about this in my thread about my box, but didn't get any replies, so I figured I'd start a new thread. I know that using bus bars works. I'm mainly planning on doing it since I'm running 1/0 and I need something smaller for my amps, and there aren't a ton of distribution blocks that will work for that, and the bars will be cheaper, free really... I've got an old 300 amp panel in my barn that I got off a job a couple years ago. I'm planning to hack out the bus bars from it, run my 1/0 from batteries to it, and tie my amps into it also. I might plasti-dip the positive to prevent arcing. I'm also thinking about mounting them to my box. Opinions or recommenda…

So just got out of my car. Recently just installed my powermaster battery and finally had my sub turned back on. As i was driving my front left tweeter started to just sing static. The words from the song sounded like a DJ was trying to scratch it for real. I have a pioneer 9800 headunit and was thinking maybe my preouts went bc i heard that was a problem. I havent checked the main connections like amp output or even the headunits preouts yet. I will tmw in the morning. Just curious what people think. Thanks

well guys i made my first box not the best looking but thats not the issue it goes in the trunk im asking if i did it right "of how to tune the box" the dimensions are 38.5 L,22w, 15h. those are the measurements from the inside and there sharing space 2 subs space 15 L5 and the port is 15L,13w,5h and theres where i fail i cant figure out how tune it is. supposedly when i did all the measurements it came out to 32hz . so if someone has time to do some math can please tell how much it is i use some internet but i cant seem to find it oh i almost for got if this help but i did the box sub up and port back its going in a crown vic

A few weeks ago I started a build log which I had planned on updating as I went along with the equipment I was installing. I quickly realized I had a baseline I was traveling, but quite often got off course. I'm in need of some recommendations or for someone to get me started/finished on this process. Below is what I've purchased already or have had gathered over the past months. Subwoofers: Two 12" Fi Qs Subwoofer Amp: Orion 2500D Mids: "AA" Carbon Mids Tweeters: Mids/ Tweeter Amp: Orion 8004 I had planned on running the carbon mids and a set of Seas tweeter from Madisound actively, but thats as far as this idea has went. I knew I either needed a headunit that coul…

looking for other monitors similar to this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824179015 i had that one, sold it...like an idiot...basically i was gonna do a carPC, and that monitor has a 12v power supply, so it'd be easier to wire up in a car (with a dc-dc regulator im guessing?) than getting one with an AC power supply and using a power inverter (what i dont want to do, noise/interference, etc.) are there any other brands that have 12v DC power supplies, around the 15-17" range (wide screen preferably, but if not, 4:3 will have to do) heres a test fit of it in my dash, as you can see, 16:9 would look better, but i could make this one look decent...

I have a 4 channel amp (Alpine PDX 4.150) I have a component set with passive crossovers. I have a dual 4 ohm 8" sub. Channel 1 on the Left Front Channel 2 on the Right Front Channel 3 on one of the 2 4 ohm voice coils on the sub Channel 4 on the other 4ohm voice coil I thought the amp would bridge down to 2 ohms but it does not so can I power each of the 4ohm voice coils off one channel of the amp? Thoughts? The Hammer

http://adireaudio.com/Home/TheMuse.htm Look very interesting. I will never have $6k to blow on them....but interesting none-the-less.

ok well im in a bit of a tight squeeze. My car is old and i am unsure how long it will be running for, it might go for a year it might go for 7 more i dont know. So i am looking at cutting my old alt out of the question and putting a battery bank, well sort of in the trunk of my car. Im looking into prices and i could get 2 red top batts from wally world for the price of one g31 yellow top. The red tops are about 800cca, g35 i believe, where as the g31 is 1000+cca. now my question is which is the better alternative. running 2 batts i was thinking would help keep the voltage up but i am unsure of this because i know nothing about batterys. Or the other alternative is i cou…

i was wanting to get a custom decal made.my question is most decals are 1 color....like all black or all white.....i was wanting to get a nendo army sticker.....u know the one if u seen it.....the one with the bars or arrows regarding to military rank and it says nendo on top then bars then army on bottom. but i wanted to get this decal in camo colors and not regular camo colors.....i wanted the crescendo colors .....is this possible? and if so does anybody on here know anybody who can do it?

what were some of your Kicker installs??? ZR1000 (x2) Round Solo Baric 15 (x2) probably my most loved install I would love to try one of the brand new L7 in a 10" and push it with a SX1250.1 in a sweet SQ box

my luck is horrible...I took my car through a pressure wash, and my back glass is cracked horribly. i am going to try to see someone tomorrow morning and try to get it fixed if anyone is open. i will try to make it down to va as soon as i can. Webster

Well it was extremely exciting and a great experience...... my first time ever on the meter. I was in SB4... First run got 141.~ because of a bad song choice Second run had a 145.~ after 16 seconds, then there was about a 3 second pause in the bass... bringing me to a final score of 142.~ My mind was on everything except for my camera.... So sorry, no pictures. If you become a member and run can't you find your score online somehow? Thanks everyone at SSA, ya'll are the reason I have such a bangin setup I would have went for another try with Throw It Up by Lil Jon (which has NO pauses), but I had already established a benchmark for me to beat next year. I also sa…

Hi all, A friend of mine wants a system for his class c Mercedes. He used to have some kind of spl system his cars, but wants now something small. He will buy a good Alpine head unit and a set of Focal comps for the front(without amp). He like the Icon but need something smaller, 300-600 watts rms. My first option would be a 10" Dcon sub and a small 2 channel amp(maybe a Sundown). Will that be enough for his trunk? will he be able to hear it in the car? The trunk is quite big, and seems to have no ski hole. What are the other options ? He would like to keep the budget as low as possible, but he is not broke, at all !!! To give a budget, hummmmmm : 300 to 400 $ max (witho…

Told me sundown amps put out dirty power I just laughed and left

it collapses the thread into a windows 3.1 view looks weird ! having to click on all comment lines, one at a time too read a thread is it suppose to do that, never did it befor

I want to set up my new, (refurbished actually but it's new to me) Sundown SAZ-1000D right, so I need some legit test tones. First question: What tones do I need? I know I'm looking for a 50Hz tone to set the gain, but is that a "50Hz sine wave" or "50Hz mono-tone"? I've seen both, so I'm confused. Square waves? Sine waves? I have a very loose grasp on these things, but I think that a square wave=clipping and a sine wave shows the maximum gain setting before clipping... I'm so confused... What other tones do I need, if any? Second question: On that pinned thread on how to set your gains under amp/head units main section, it gives two links for tones to download, a…

I have been doing some research, and have come up with absolutely nothing. Where could i buy one of these? here is a link to Audiopulse's page: http://www.audiopulse.com/products/components/rmb TC sounds FTW!!!!

It will house 2 RF P212d4's. Not the new black models the older ones with the removable magnet cover. I would be able to design one but I do not have the manual and rockford's website does not either. It is going in a Scion TC so I am going to build it to specs which is 1.75 cubes per sub. Tuning anywhere from 35-40hz. I will be powering them with a Diamond D3 400.1. Height cannot be more than 12", W cannot be more than 40", and D cannot be more than 16". Someone please design me a good ported box for these woofers to these specs. Thanks.

Is there anyone near bloomfield hills michigan that can come to my house and do my installation? I do not trust going to mickey shores or car tunes. I trust people like you guys there are experienced with this top of the line stuff. SO please anyone in my area ill give u a 80-100 bucks to install my system..

Why does one need two RCA cables (i.e. red and white) to plug into a mono channel subwoofer amplifier? It seems to play just fine with only one "channel" plugged in... Why is the subwoofer output "left and right"? Thanks for answering my stupid question.

im running earthquake 6.5 mid bass and 1 inch soft tweeters up front, coax rear door speakers.genesis 4 channel amp running front and rear. diamond audio D3 12D4 x 2,currently being run by earthquake pa 4030 4 channel bridged 2 channel mode 2ohm. celestion ap 15 run by earthquake pa 2150 mono.also using pg line driver, and old school rockford 0eq1. what would the good people of this forum, recommend for a d-class mono amp for the D3 12D4 subs.all makes considered.please remember im in london england.i have been recommended,MASSIVE AUDIO - PRO P1000.1, i dont know much about this can any one shed some light? i would like to go 1ohm if possible.willing to look at all makes.…

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But I need a good pair of tweets to pair up with them and possiby a crossover or I may jus use the crossover on my amp.