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Hi I'm in New Zealand and looking at opening a car audio shop in the future, will mainly focus on car audio retail and installs, in mid range - high end and also car alarms, tining etc. Tossing around names/ ideas of a shop names. Must be professional and not already be used. Any ideas?

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of course i have 2 8ohm speakers that are less then 150 watts... and i need to run them 4 ohm stereo on the amp, i remember seeing somthing befor that you run inline to propose a ohm load to the amp, so im guessing i will need, two 4 ohm dummy loads,=4 ohm at the amp, or two 6 ohm dummy loads =2 ohms at the amp i can run this amp at 4 ohm stereo or 2 ohm stereo,. i have seen a few things on parts express... but not too sure what exacty i need... so someone that has used these be for would be great! thanks

So far this has been a learning experience to say the least. It's been frustrating at times, especially with the AZ heat. I'd like to list some advice/say a few things that I've learned so far. I'll update with more pics later. Think about your space! I've had to measure and visualize my trunk 20x over before I finally agreed on some concrete dimensions. This is how I came to purchase the XCON 12 and fit it in it's optimal enclosure in my trunk. I also have room for 2 amp racks if I need as well. Tools It's been quite an investment for the tools that I had to buy, but it's incredibly worth it. These are my first tools, and they're for a project that I really care abou…

The first verse will make any SQ junkie cringe. I just think it's hilarious!

Ive heard the exacts but never the SPL components. They are older 2 ohm components. Anyone here ever hear a set? I'm thinking of picking some up.

hey guys i was never really good at equations or whatnot if i was id probably be working cnc and making $35 an hr..lol but i have a answer but i just need to know if im right here..if i have a sheet of papper thats 12'' wide and 20'' in length does that make it 1.5 sq ft?

Trying to make a few decisions. First, I have a 2005 Ford 500 SEL Edition, I am trying to decide if I should have my subs facing the trunk, or facing the seating part of the car. Second, anyone out there with XCON's that has had them sealed and ported and could tell me which one they seemed to think is better. I've have them ported, but I am curious to hear what they sound like sealed. Third, If I decide to stay ported, I am going to redo the enclosure for them, but having a hard time deciding what tuning to use, any recommendation? My last enclosure, I can't tell you anything about, seeing as it was junk in my opinion, and the person who built it in my opinion was an idi…

well i had some time to mess around with things today in the gf's car (05 grand am) and got to taking apart the doors. to my suprise the stocks are 4x6's and not the 6.5's i assumed they were . didnt really want to get to involved with it as i said, its the gf's car. think some decent 4" or 4x6's with amp would be good enough or should i bare down and custom the 6.5's? if you were in my sit. what would you do?

My girl leased a new Rav4, and looking to make some changes to the factory stereo. Keeping the stock touch screen HU, and want to keep everything as factory looking as possible (drop in speakers, no cutting/custom) in the chance we turn it in at the end. In the title I put "reliable" as, there is a good chance we will buy this at the end of the lease and have it a long time. My back isn't so great, so Id like to do this once, and have it last. I have a couple sets of Crescendo CCX65s that Ive had since 2011. They were only used for about 18-20 months though, (only 4 months amped at 60w). The surrounds are loose, they don't sound as good as they did, there is rust on/aro…

I was wondering if anyone here has an Expedition or any other vehicle (other than a tahoe) and has put a D3100 under the hood. I think I saw a picture a while back of someone with a Ranger or F-150 with one under the hood but they mounted it sideways. If someone can offer some advice on something I could do to make it fit I'd gladly take it. I'm gonna get it under there one way or the other!! Thanks.

Installed a 10" IDQv3 and JL 500/1 for a friend last week in 2008 G37, signal was provided from Scosche LOC connected to rear speaker leads, then 2 pairs or RCA's run to the front to a PAC Level control, 1 in, 1 out. At first we used the crappy JL signal sensing to turn it on, and after he would shut the car off especially when closing the door, he would get the loud feedback from the subwoofer, almost like it was just playing a test tone. I went and bypassed the LOC for him using a 3 foot rca, and hooked up the REM to a switched power lead on the car hoping that would help. While it isn't doing it when he shuts the door now, it's doing it sometimes when he changes songs …

Anybody ever deal with taking the dash out on one of these? I'm trying to install my single din radio (not sure if single din's possible) and i'm afraid to just rip off the dash like I used to do with my 2001.

have looked and searched and have found almost no info about them http://www.champaudio.net/merlon_menu.htm thanks for any help.

http://www.canadiancaraudio.com/cgi/ultima...ic;f=7;t=000634 Pretty neat - Steve

Yesterday I went out to buy polyfill and I bought a box that says "Premium Polyester Fiberfill." Is Fiberfill the same thing as polyfill? I picked the box up at wal-mart and it was sitting next to the bags of polyfill. When I got home I noticed that it said fiberfill. I just want to know if I have to go return it and get the right stuff, or is this the same thing with different wording?

Hi,can someone tell me if equalization can go bad in car cd receiver. I no longer have any crisp highs and midrange.I checked all my connections and even went and purchased new jbl 6x9 and still no highs.Could this be my stereo,thanks!

i wanted to know if any one could set me up with some plains for a box i have 3 12inch alpine type r im gettin a aq2200d to push em i want to know wheter to seperate each sub or not use slot of pvc ports i think i want it tuned to around 35 for daily also i dont know to much about box rise so if u know anythang bout let me know i just want it loud and maybe get good #s in bass race i asked on another form id like to get some differnt idaels thanx for the help everyone

Iv seen multiple bad things said about them.. and a few good things. But have said that, i found a used 200a Iraggi alt on here for sale at a very good price and I was just wondering if anyone has some information I could use or something. I was thinking that aslong as I get it bench tested and its doing fine, I personally see no reason why I shouldnt get it, this is mostly based on the fact I wasnt even thinking about getting one this soon because of the usual price tag. -Mike

I finally got around to actually designing a ported box for 1 12" Memphis PR. I played around on reaudio.com playing with numbers and made a box to my specs. And FWIW, you can download the caculator to you computer, by going to the parent directory... http://reaudio.com/speaker_box/ Here is what I have now... The person I'm making it for listens to mostly rap and hip-hop. What should the box be tuned to? Memphis's specs 2.00 / 45 / 12.5 x 2 x 19. Any help would be greatly apprecitated

I was at a show and I got a picture taken of me in front of my truck and the guy said he was going to put in the MECA Magazine. Where can i find this?

So im plannin on building a wall in my crown vic soon. i have a DC Power 270Xp alt plannin on putting 5 batts in the back 2 18" fully loaded Fi Sp4s dual 1 and going to buy a crescendo 5500 along with knuconceptz Wire. will wire subs down to 1ohm together also have 4 crescendo 8" mid range speakers for the doors plannin on a few 6.5s as well super tweets planing to deaden all over using murder mat. Now onto the wall i will be sending max dimensions to BHE soon and get a wall design i am going to be aiming for about 7 if possible 8 cuft per sub tuned to 33hz also was lookin to go for 15 16 on the port vol. sorry if this is a little sloppy im on my phone ill post some pic…

are these any good? or are they high powered fart-cannons? two of dese on a SAZ-3kd? worth the time it takes to setup? http://www.stompaudio.com/spl-15-2800-watt...3a79638fda3eed3

my friend wants me to build him a box for 2 12" rf p1's. right now hes using a pre fab box that is complete garbage. its for his dodge daytona, which is a hatchback, any tips on what size sounds good, or what airspace sounds good for a ported box, or if sealed sounds better with those, because i have no idea. thank you very much

i came across this article about bass and thought it was a good read, and has some good test tones... http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162:sound-reasoning-assessing-bass-performance&catid=69:sound-reasoning&Itemid=5