General Audio

Companies who under rate their equipment such a drastic amount, then have everyone believe they are "magic" subs or amps. Some how producing/handling way more power then their RMS say they can. Do you not see what is going on? The woofer isn't "badass" because it's rated "600rms" but you magically put 1,000rms-1,500rms on it without it dying. Guess what? It's not a "600" watt sub. It's a 1,000-1,500w sub rated at 600wrms to make the stupid people think it's the best thing since sliced bread. And guess what? It works..... Same thing goes for amps. If you have a "2000" amp. But EVERYONE who tests it gets 2500+ out of it. Guess what, It's not a mega powerful 2000w amps t…

What changes do you have to make to an enclosure to increase the sensitivity and or frequency response of a woofer?

Looking over my setup, now that it is out of my car, I have a question just because I want to recheck myself. My setup consists of (2) 12" D2 XCON's, (2) SAZ-1500D's Strapped, and 1400 Kinetik Batterey, along with the wiring and blah blah blah. Would I want a Series/Parallel wiring setup for this, or a Parallel/Parallel? Or does it even matter?

I just purchased 2 Fi Q's 12" dual 2 OHM and was wondering what gauge speaker wire to run with these. I am looking into getting the Rockford Fosgate T2500-1bd. Just to help if there is any confusion here are some specs. T2500-1bd: 1000 Watts RMS x 1 @ 4-Ohms 1800 Watts RMS x 1 @ 2-Ohms 2500 Watts RMS x 1 @ 1-Ohm Accepts Speaker Wire Gauge from 8 AWG to 16 AWG Fi Q 12 cooling - yes p champer - yes it comes with the cooling option high QTS - yes i will be using a sealed box extra spider - yes I heat ring - no Any other knowledgeable advice is accepted. Thank you

I have 2 orion hcca dul 2ohm on crescendo bc2000. Should i buy another bc2000 or sell the orions and buy 1 zcon 18. My goal is to be able to do hair tricks. Im on i tight budget.

When a person puts 4 12's rather than 2 15's what are there goals? What are they trying to get out of it?

I've searched for answers, but I've not been able to find anything definitive. Sorry, this will not be a short question. On most crossovers that we find on car amplifiers, there is a range silk screened on the crossover, let's say 50 hz. -500 hz. I don't know if the slope actually matters if you can get far enough away from the crossover point or disable the crossover. I believe that the setting on the crossover is the -3bd down point, but there isn't a way to know what your setting it to by looking at the potentiometer and the numbers on the amp. Allot of things I've read on this topic are extremely vague. Maybe I'm not asking the question correctly in my search. Such a…

Someone told me he doesnt trust setting the gain by a multimeter so he goes by um i believe the sub burning up then lowers it to a stable point Now that doesnt sound safe... how did you do it?

Is this a terrible idea? Iv set my gain using the way JL audio reccomends, and i seriously get little output with this way to do it. I basically need to turn my bass boost on my HU from 3 (where i orignally set the gain) up to 7 before i even feel likes my 18" BTL is up to the output my old 10's have. Tips for setting my gains by ear?

How close can you set the gain using the dmm method?

I read some of the former posts and it said that it's bad to use the bass boost on the amp. So is it best to leave the bass boost off on the amp but ok to turn up the bass on the beck instead? I set my amp myself today, I'm pretty good with doing it by ear. These audio shops around here are either shady or stupid. One of the turned the bass boost up on my amp alot and turned the gain down lol. It didn't sound right to me, so I went to another place and he said it was bad to use the bass boost on the amp and re-adjusted it for me. I thought he was trustworthy until I was banging my system and my Icon 15 smelt funny, so I turned it off and felt the sub and it was pret…

Theres been many topics like this before on forums, people wanting comments and suggestions. It always comes back to what that person wants/likes. Ive got a system setup in mind and obivously am looking for things i should look out for, considering im quite new with sundown amps...any questions/concerns/coments/suggestions all welcome, but as i said i would like to stick with this setup. If there is something that is obviously better/ would work better with this setup i would like to know.... Much appreciated 08 explorer 200amp alty (powermaster) yellow top/ powermaster (dont know yet) big 3 saz3000d 2 13w7's (ported box) hu - Pioneer AVH-P4000DVD

So I am going to do a new audio install on a '00 mercedes e320 and I'd like to run it by this crew to see if anyone has any suggestions. I am not very experienced at car audio but i am convinced that with a set of Crutchfeild mastersheet instructions and the help from a friend who has done several installs i can do it. So heres the setup. Head Unit: Alpine iDA x305s with the PXA h100 imprint processor along with the KTX h100 to get it set up (this is extremely intriguing to me and I want to try it any opinions on wether I should get it or not?) Component Speakers (front only): Image Dynamics CTX 65cs Speaker amp: Sundown Audio SAX 125.2 Subwoofer: 15" Fi BL (still looking…

I'm really new to car audio and i'm going to get a full set up. i need advice on what to get. i want a system for mostly hip hop and rap. I'm on a budget of around $1,600 Max h/u - $550 max speakers - $250 i'll most likely ill get the btl "15 or "12 but i need suggestions on how to order those i'm pretty lost when it comes to amps and i really need help with them i also want to get higher quality speaker wire. any helpful suggestions would really be appreciated

Hello all I have a 2015 Silverado crew cab and I finally have the funding to play a little my goal is to have a 5k amp and 2 15s subs in ported box, the whole back cab will be sacrificed. I need to know if a 250a alt and a good batt would be sufficient for what I’m looking for or maybe that and an extra batt? Also I keep reading about this donut deal on my negative battery cable that regulates alt voltage, and that it’s a pain to get around? I haven’t dug too deep into it, but i wanted to start with at least a big 3. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I've got a small trunk space to work with. I'm looking to do 1 12 ported or 2 10s sealed. I listen to mainly rap a little metal then whatever fits the mood. Sub budget around 250. Amp budget around the same. What are some good options with the given info?

So I am going to do an upgrade and was wanting some feedback on how it will do. The upgrade with consist of 2 ssa icons in a a 32hz box which I would like to have a 3.5cu ft after displacement of .16 x 2 from driver with a crescendo bc2000d and will run of 4awg power and ground til I have the money to get a spool of 2 or 0 ga wire. I'm a bit confused on the rms rating of the icons since they only show 1250rms but no info on peek, which I would like to know how far I could push them. Which way would or should I have to face the box so that more of the bass goes to the inside of the car and vibrate the seats to help massage my back after a 10 and a half hour day of work. Th…

I have to obsidian 15's an two directed 750 amps wit a box tuned to dont know how many hertz. But it has a big.port. In a 93 honda civic dx. Gettin ready to upgrade the.amps. What should i go.with. The subs pushing 1000 to 1500 rms. A pioneer head unit premeir

Well since Ive put it up on all the other boards I thought I would share it with you guys too, as some of you know Im from CA.com, most of you I know but some I dont... Ive decided to move to better forums that arent going to crap like over there... Anyways for my first post I figured I would show you my dads SQ setup, I only got things that were out in the open, because I didnt wanna take pictures of the DynAudio 7's in the doors and the Velodyne tweets in the kicks, or the baffle job under the cover for the tens, so Without further ado, here's the cover for the subs in the rear deck: Here's the Deck and Symmetry: Here's the amps: Here's the pole vent shot of one of t…

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Let me introduce myself first, hi my name is Matt lol. This is going to be a long one, so let me apologize in advance. I started car audio when I was 16 and started teaching myself stuff through Car Audio mag and Crutchfield lol. My first "system" consisted of a Panasonic deck, some kenwood 4x6's in the front, a Profile Baja sub amp, and a Pyle 8" cut into the bottom of a 5 gallon water jug in my prized 79 BMW 320i...Sad huh? I ended up going with four 10" Hollywood Sound Lab Excursions and a US Amps Exterminator 100 I think, dB dragged once and got a best of 124.8 lol. Anyways, I got a job at Circuit City as an installer at 17, learned a lot. Worked for Circuit for about…

I want to put my 10o in the room for HT use.....but the spot i have picked out for it it a lil close to the tv....and putting the sub there doesn't create a lot of friendship between the two...is there any way to shield the enclosure/driver so i can use it there....? i can always relocate it....i'm just asking cause i really like how it looks there

Woot! Two 15" Icons on their way up to Canada! Time to get loud fairly soon.

Hello all. So I just sold a sub for the first time and I need to ship it safely. Its a 10" Icon and I still have the original box that it came in, I also still have the 4 pieces of foam that were used to keep the sub from moving during shipping. My question is, how do I reattach those pieces of foam safely and securely? I am worried that just gluing them back in place is just not a good solution, I feel that they would come loose too easily. My other thought is to cut out pieces of cardboard/foam the size of the box and stack them until it secures the sub in place. I am worried if I use cardboard there is potential to damage the surround. So any ideas, suggestions o…

Well I have two tc sound ultra lms 18" and want to ship from the states NC to Kuwait. What should I do and or who should I use to ship them if I have to? Should I separate them and ship them that way or take them back with me in two separated suit cases. I like option two my self, but what do you guys think. I leave on friday so please help me out. Thanks for your time friends