General Audio

K FIRST OFF I FEEL STUPID its one with the 2 prongs coming off do i need to solder those on there and if so what would be the best solder to use i think i got 60 40 or do i need special fitting almost got my door speakers in and done just need some advice on this also i ran out of aluminum wire so i ran copper to two of them i dont think that will hurt will it

I hope this isnt a stupid question but here it goes... I have watched a good amount of videos on clipping a signal and what to look for on a o-scope (square waves). I was just thinking what if the producer makes the waves square in production? I know a lot of dubstep artists do this. I do listen to it on my system and some djs / artists do make good low bass. Just wondering if this will just amplify the clipping of the already square signal made in production and damage my system (like clipping any other signal). <- go to about 1:40 to about 2:04 to see what I mean. He will show the signal...examples: <-- bass is WAY squared off in this songhttp://www.youtube.…

How do you estimate an items worth when you don't have anything to compare it to? I don't know what it cost new back then; I don't really know what it would have been worth when i got it (kinda a gift/trade type deal). I can't find any "red apples to red apples" comparisons (ebay, etc...); so I don't know what I could sell it for. Any ideas? It's a old Q-Logic box... ...with two oldschool 10-inch RF Punch's (not sure of the version or impedence). I used that setup in a certain vehicle because I don't drive it that much (in winter, I hardly drive it); and, I needed room to but more stuff in it (tool bag, cleaning accessories kit, "junk drawer" bag, spar parts, and other …

About 20 Min. ago i was reading a topic that someone had posted. I had to turn off the computer but i wanted to save the topic so that i could read it later. I Clicked the "watch topic" button and i thought i would be able to go under my profile and look at the watched topics or something like that but im not able to find anything that has that. Is there anyway for me to see the topics that i am watching? If not the topic was about howa guy called a local car audio shop to mess around with them and see what they really knew about car audio. And when he stated that he was running 3000 Watts RMS he said his lights were dimming. What could he do about that The Car audio deal…

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I have heard before that port noise can be increased if the port is too close to the sub. Is there any legitimacy to this?

Hello, I called Power Surge Batteries today and they gave me awesome prices on their batteries.. I did not ask if I could share them BUT, I figured that I would since they were so good. These are the batteries that I got prices on... PS 250 - $109.00 PS 350 - $129.00 PS 500 - $159.00 PS 600 - $189.00 PS 750 - $219.00 PS 1000 - $239.00 PS 1250 - $279.00 I think they have some more models but, this is all I asked about.. Hope this helps any and everyone! Ohh, and their website is www.powersurgebatteries.com

Hey everyone I'm looking for a box design I'm trying 2 build a box for my brother as a suprise for when he gets home from iraq I've tried the website calculators and I get more frustrated than I get accomplished please help my max dimensions are 23.5 tall 21 deep and 38 wide he has a 15 inch brahma mk2 looking for ported sub forward port forward I hope my friends in the car audio world can lend me a hand on this one hell be home in a few weeks so time is of the essence thank you you can email me 2 at [email protected] appreciate

I'm sure this will sound very juvenile to pretty much everyone on this board, but after doing some research on the topic and not finding what i was looking for, I found this site and thought i could get the answers i'm looking for and it would be a bit more clear as to what i'm trying to do. I have, in my boat, 4 5.25" sony speakers (1xx watt peak \ 40 wall rms) attatched to a sony HU (52x4). my problem is that it's just not loud enough while i'm driving at cruising speeds. i want to add an amp and possibly 2 more speakers. i was thinking about getting a 4 channel amp. can i use the 4 ch amp to power all 6 if the amp is capable? or should i just buy a small 400 watt amp (…

I've owned my car for over 10 years, and went through 3 alpine head units, and went from a pair of JL 12W6v1s to a single SI Mag and from a 600W Crossfire amp to a 880W Massive amp. I've always had a problem when I play bass heavy songs where the song would "skip" (actually, it stops playing for a split second) when the volume's at 16 (The gains were set by ear at 15 and I would never hear distortion with the gain knob 3/4 around. And I always turn it back to less then 1/2, because my ears can tell if it was distorting). I always thought it was the amp going into protect, but I just realized that the whole song skips and not just the bass. I'm thinking if the sub amp …

Does anyone happen to know where the stock amp in a 96 explorer. I'm in a bit rush, customer screw'd ish up thanks

So I have now went through 2 sets of Focal components. First went one of my tweets, so I replaced both (upgraded to newer version). then went one of my door woofers several weeks later(again replaced them and upgraded to a newer version as well as newer crossovers.) So now im going to start a anti-focal epidemic in my car. I currently have an alpine fully ipod deck the IDA-X001 or something. (the first version) and am running a Alpine PDX 300.2 with a Rockford Fosgate 360.1 sound processor. What do you recommend for the next set? and Any suggestion or is it just bad luck with focal? The leads keep burning off and you can smell them so idk if I need something a bit beafier…

Putting out some feelers for shops in West Texas that do honest, quality work. Specifically, rear seat entertainment. Primarily in Lubbock, but Amarillo would work too. Failing that, Abilene? DFW? Austin? San Antonio?

Do I need to match my components wattage??

Kids Bop kills it in his car!!!

So i will be doing my first install sometime this week. I dont know how to set the amp levels (i will be looking on what fits my needs) so in the meantime im posting this. I listen to mainly electronic (trance, techno, dub) and metal. So i want my mids to hit nice. And maybe some lows.

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I have a 99 4 door chevy blazer i would like to do a vented clam shell in but would like to have it ported. i have never made a clam and have no idea how to do one ported. the plan is for 8 sundown sa15s then upgrade at a later time to the x line. i will be running 2 kicker warhorses on these subs as well and it will be daily driven and used for many demos. any ideas on how to do it would be greatly appreciated. thanks, tyler

just pondered on the website, they have some pretty sweet deals on batteries and chargers. g31 for $230 g34 $180 ect... not sure how often they have these sales but just incase anyones in the market nows probably a good time cheers!

Soo my boss said I could put some beat in my work truck "2010 silverado crew cab" but it has to appear stock. I was looking at SubThump...the look ok....anyone have expieriance with these boxes?

I am planning on purchasing an Audioque HDC3 18", and I'm knowing I'm going to need to do some electrical upgrading. I currently own a 2005 civic coupe, but plan on later moving this to a dodge magnum. After my last install I learned the hard way to not be into so much of a rush and take care of some electrical upgrades first. What supplies is needed for " THE BIG THREE" and I would prefer to start off with buying batteries before I have to go all out for the alternator, knowing of course I will also need new wiring. Which brands should I be looking into as far as wiring and other needs. I believe the HDC3 18" is pretty efficient , don't want to go overpower it too too…

i was told there was a video online of an explorer with 4 18s ... i wanted to view this because i drive an aviator which is basically lincoln's version ... i wanted to reference how he made the wall as i plan on building a wall hopefully in mine ... i dont think he did a straight wall because there isnt enough height to stack 2 straight up ... if anyone has any information please let me know thanks

i've been planning a new box for my 10" bl for quite sometime. is there a rule to about how far a port can be from the woofer? would it be better to have the port fire out closer to the speaker or farther?

Please help, I am about to build a box for XCON 12 D2 ported, and know nothing about the port dimensions. As well as a ICON 10 D1 ported....

I worked this past weekend. Drove to the track and parked my car on friday afternoon. I went to leave tonight and when I would turn up volume to my normal listening level the red light would come on and my sub would not work. When I parked my car on friday everything was working correctly. Any thoughts why this would happen? We did get some pretty hard rains but I have had no issues with this previously. I have been running this set up since january. I have not had the chance to check voltages yet but any direction to why the sudden change. My current battery is just the standard car battery I purchased from sears in december. Just confused.