General Audio

do you trust buying alternators parts from Hex autoparts? please forgive if this is posted elsewhere

wut exactly is a Powered4Sound Snail Shell Enclosure? thanks.

Alright everyone with a zcon needs to hurry up and make some videos haha!! I know people have been buyin em up...so stop being greedy and share it

My friend told me about this audio company that just came out. Apparently they are really goodbut i have never heard of them nor found some demos on the internet. I also cant find their site for their stuff or prices. Have any of you guys heard of them? I wouldnt mind trying their equipment out lol. Like on YouTube all i see is them showing their stuff but not actually playing. They have like 2500w minimum amps and go up to 5k.

How many ft of wire? what wires? and where do the wires go? Thanks!

I got a new incriminator 20.1 a month ago and just got a used one two days ago they look the same but the link cables are differnt on the new one it looks line a phone jack and the used one is RCA my question is how would I go about linking the two together

i thought i was done deciding on my new setup but something else crossed my mind, and now I need a little help choosing. I'm gonna be running the SSA Dcons which are 300 rms a piece. My amp is the Elemental Designs Nine.1(1200 rms). Instead of building the system around the car I've decided to get a car around my system, though the car will probably be around a 95-97 Cutlass Supreme or Monte Carlo. The new dilemma I have is I want something different than the usual, which will be 10's I just can't decide on 3 or 4. I know that in a trunk car subs back port back is louder to the ear (the three tens) but if I did four 10's sub up port back would that be louder since there w…

Hooked up the big 3 and first time start up the car was running really rough rocking like crazy, something is wrong. Started it again this time it ran fun but The speedometer stopped work!? wtf did i Do Charges @ 14.2 so the alt is working Neg -> Frame Neg -> engine block Pos -> Alt

well the positive on the box terminal melted and warped. this is the second time it has melted but the first time it didn't get ruined completely. but this time it did. the wiring from inside side of terminal to sub is 12g and the wire on the outside side to amp is 16g for 2000 watts rms i know it should be 8g. i know. but havent had the money to buy any yet. both times this has happened it has been the same case: the sub wouldnt hit until almost at 2/3 volume. or if i messed around with the terminal peices. (tightened and loosened them) in the first case i came to the conclusion that the two gold prongs that you see in the pictures on the inside side of the terminal…

I just installed 8 brand new cadence comp. speakers, took out the factory speakers. I wanna blow them up, can someone tell me how. I heard that hooking them in 120 volts (regular outlet) will do the trick. Is there an easier way, or another better way? Kinda a goofy random question, and if not allowed on this forum, an admin can just take it off. =] thanks

Hello everybody I need help on selecting subwoofers for my setup. I finally saved up enough lunch money to do it. I just can't decide on what subs to get. I've broke it down to 4 subs. 1. Fi Q ferrite 12's @ 1750rms 2. Sundown U serious 12's @1500rms 3. Soundqubed Hdx3.1 12's @1500rms 4. Skar zvx v2 12's @1500rms I have all the electrical and a H/O alternator to run everything I just can't make up my mind. Can someone please get me over the hump? Thanks for your time.

Hey guys i need help on a port design for some Fi bl's. Like width and height.going into a 2003 camry. LET ME KNOW IF MORE INFO IS NEEDED.

So my girlfriend's older sister (30?) hears the system I put in my girlfriends car and now what's me to do one for her. She drives a 2000 Toyota Sienna Minivan and she doesn't want me to replace the factory radio (she says she likes it) I told her yeah this is possible but honestly I'm not to sure what to do. Factory radios don't have RCAs do they? What must I do? Line out converter? How do those work? I'm thinkin simple 12" kenwood kfc. 400rms. And Ill her get a sundown audio sax 1200 at 4 ohm (380?rms) had to rep sundown But yeah what must I do to complete this project. There's no rush. I'm not in a hurry but really don't want to mess up on my gf's sister's ride. She…

Just spreading the word to all the Michigan people... We have a even set up for next month! Post from the smd forum: just use the fbook event page to stay up to date & if you don't have a fbook post that here. Then I'll post updates here...

just bought a fi audio 18 inch sub guy told me me btl but not sure I wanna get a recone kit for it but not sure which one it has single layer looks to be split magnet I looked at images on google I think its ufo btl series is their still recons available for it

I have 2 JL audio 12w6 and i had a post earlier about bandpass boxes and people told me to buy a different box so now i need advice on what kind and where to find a good box for two 12w6.

is there an audible difference between 2000 watts and 3400 watts? or an audible difference between 2500 watts and 3800 watts? and i don't mean ac mic or termlab difference, i mean human ear difference

Justin has went to EVERY show, and has gained alot of King of Bass points making him the champion. With each entry he has also gained the most entries to the free SMD subwoofer, thus winning him the SMD woofer in the draw at the end of the show. This goes to show what going to EVERY show and being there each time can get you. Congrats Justin! It pays to support manufactures who support the shows at the roots, this is one prime example!

So I want to do the "Big 3" and I'm also about to re-run my amps power/ground because i'm upgrading amps and was looking for good cheap wire. I went to home depot and they have wire there that is much cheaper but I want to make sure it still works just as good? I saw they had 4awg and 1/0 and many others and they said they were copper wire. I just didn't know if it will do just as good. At my local audio shop its like $2 a ft for 4awg and $4 per ft of 1/0 but home depot is $0.85 per ft 4awg and $1.85 per ft of 1/0. It was just on their electrical aisle with all the random wires by the foot and crimps and all that good stuff. I was wondering because I saw people on here…

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Does any one of the manufactures have a 'official' youtube channel, Sundown, DC, Fi, Kicker, etc? If so whats the channel name, and if not I think it'll be a great idea. Since a huge following is on the net and such. I mean you could do burps, walk out how to tune stuff, show new products and everything else. It'll be cool to watch, and also keep me entertained at work (Im a civil drafter, it gets boring after a while....lol ). Just a thought. Enellz

Just picked up a 99 Tahoe!!!! It has front end damage but can be fixed by yours truly. Was my step moms for 8 yrs then my sisters for 2 yrs and has 170xxx highway miles!! It's 4wd and champagne. My sis said if I gave her 1250$ it's mine! So I snatched that hoe up!! Will hopefully transfer my 18's to it and use my truck as a toy hauler And daily driver!

Alrighty peeps, I'm adding a second battery but I don't want to run my batteries in parallel could I run 2 wires off of the alternator to the separate batteries

http://www.carstereo.com/installs/h2h_profile.cfm?H2HID=2336 my first h2h challenge, he has more pics up than me, but i've been temporarily(sp?) blind today (eye infection) so i couldnt post more pics...thanks for the votes!!

Looks like AudioQue has taken a step backwards and changed there name to SoundQubed.... http://www.audioque.com/