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Just got my order in and it was a pain to carry it all. 9 box each weighing about 45lbs a piece. Never knew 6.5in speakers could weigh so much but i guess when they come in boxes of 6 it gets heavy. I need to take a pic. But if anyone is interested in CDT products i am now taking orders via email. Store shopping cart isn't up yet but the site is a go Click Here for AlterAudioUSA If you order via email please noted your SSA name so i can give you a discount and also watch for when i post the SSA discount code when i get my shopping cart up.

Looking for someone close to Charlotte NC that has a term lab meter that will be willing to meter my ride.

This my current situation: 2006 Honda Accord coupe, stock everything. I plan on keeping the stock door speakers and just adding a subwoofer. I have: Pioneer DEH-p6000 headunit Sundown SAE-1000D amp SSA 10" Icon Subwoofer I had everything hooked up in my xterra, but recently sold that and bought the accord. This is what the radio/climate control area looks like The only adapter I have found is this for ~$150 which I think looks pretty bad. Ignore the lower headunit in that picture. I am thinking about just buying an AUX or Ipod input for music, and staying with the stock headunit. I did some research, and it seems like a line out converter would allow me to hook up m…

hey guyz.. If I have 4 super tweeters that are 8ohm each and want to wire them to 2 ohm, once I wire them together and got my positive and negative, Would I only need one crossover or will a crossover be needed for ech one still?

Well i just put 100 dollars in the bank and was bout to send the money to crescendo to get their new mp6 pa mids, come to find out they ran out of stock 2 days ago!!! they said they still have some 8 ohm versions left for sale. i was gonna run 4 on a mb quart onx 4.125. well i planned on using the front channels for the mids and the rear for my tweets. well i cant buy the 4 ohm versions so would it be better to get the 8 ohm and run them 2 on left front channel and 2 on the right front channel for half the power i would have been getting, or wait 43 days til the 4 ohms get back in stock?

i have a 2000 ford taurus with a 1500w rms powerbass amp and two 12" kicker cvx's. does anyone have any experience with the taurus for bass? basically i am wondering how involved it would be to upgrade the + wire from my 130 amp alternator (my lights dim and voltage drops), and how well the car handles bass. i am trying to decide whether or not to dynamat extreme the trunk.

Are these banana clips for the inside of the box terminal or the out side? And i plan on buying this box terminal Banana Clip-http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_7889_Banana+Clip+Terminals.html# Box Terminal-http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_7888_Sonic+Box+Terminal+with+Banana+Clip+Terminals.html

Okay, so i am wanting to build a box for my two Sa-12s. The width of the box is 40" The height is 13" The depth is 16" The total box volume without subwoofer displacement or port displacement is 3.709. Im trying to get a frequency of 35hz. I want to go with an aero port but im not really sure what would be a good size? I did the online calculators and for a 6" aero it would need to be about 12" long. My only concern is if this is going to be enough port area for two Sa-12s? If its not what could i do to get a good port area for theses subs?

Hey guys, long time since i've actually posted on here. I've recieved my 2 12' FI Q's a few months ago, and i have to say, great subs. Beastly handling, but what i'm about to show you is kind of pathetic. I took my first video of these subs, and i have to say it isn't the best, but it gets the general idea of what i need to work and improve on. First i'd like to say that i'm only 16 and i had minimal help in installing this system. Therefore i didnt have any money to invest in a deck or any half decent equipment , what can you do when you don't have money? So here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaACs2NjaEA Its not really a video to show off, but i'm seeing it as mo…

Don't know if it's the correction to post this, mods please move it if it's in the wrong section. Boston Acoustics Exits Car Audio February 23, 2012 by Amy Gilroy Filed under Car News, Home Page Featured, Industry news 5 Comments Boston Acoustics, a 23-year fixture in the car audiophile market is exiting the 12 volt aftermarket as of April. The company will instead focus on its home audio products including speakers, soundbars and radios, and will also enter new home audio categories, said Sanjay Sharma, national sales manager of Boston Mobile Audio. The maker of GT amps and PRO speakers informed reps and key accounts this week, that it will exit the market by the end of…

Ok, today was the first time ina long while that I have built a box away from my old shop. These are a few things I learned / remembered while building a box today. 1. Measure twice, cut once (this goes for the cuts on the woodas well as the overall size of the enclosure). I made a few bad cuts and ended up building one box too large. Grrr. If you are going to cut it wrong, be sure do it larger than what is needed. 2. A pneumatic or electric brad nailer is the way to go! I was doing it the old fashioned way with a hammer and finishing nails. There was some frustration with bent / broken nails as well as the lack of speed. 3. A jigsaw may cut wood, but it is a far cry fro…

Ok, so I've done a lot in car audio, and have used a dmm to set gains before, but it was a cheap one from radio shack and i don't feel it was really worth crap even using. Never blown any speakers, but also know I've never had a perfectly correctly set gain on an amp. I just do it by "feel", "sound" and performance. natural abilities you may say, complete crap you may even say! lol but hey it's worked so far but i'm tired of trusting myself. What oscilloscope has anyone used? know of? how much? where? and what will do the trick/be best for setting gains? Thanks in advance i'm very interested!

thought you guys would liek to look at my new gear i got in today. it is 1 sundown 3000d and 2 shocker 3 10's. there going to be in 5.5 cubes @ 35hz here next weekend. but for right now their in 1.8 @ 35hz and they still sound great. well here are the pics

well jamie (xtrmeasures) has finally turned his twisted mind loose on my truck, and its sic so far ill get some pics of the progress up a lil later

Because i'm always changing my mind and many other reasons. I'd really like to start getting into designing boxes. building them is just a matter of putting a cutsheet togther and building. but the designing part obviously is key. i have a mac just fyi so idk what programs to use but i dont know a thing about designing. tips and tricks? id like to know what program to use what major things to take into consid. what specs of the sub matter anything else you wanna suggest! lol

i know i kinda talked about this before, but i wanted to update what i was doin. i have 2 psi 18s in seperate enclosures. Before i had only .50ft of port area in each box according to Torres. now i have about .98 which is double the port area than before. it apperently brought my tuning from about 31hz to 36 or so hz according to Torres. will this still be ok for daily? Was this a good idea or do you thing i will regret doing this? not quite finnished with this change..your thoughts.....

well here I was sitting in the Magnum in the Hardee's drive thru(not moving) and this guy in a Ram van trys to squeeze by-------he didn't make it-----this is killing me----for anyone that knows my love for this car knows this is a dark day in my life-----happy St. Patty's Day though to all!!! pics below http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s40100290kh.jpg http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s40100305iw.jpg http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s40100317sf.jpg http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s40100328tb.jpg

So I will be pairing the 4 ohm Crescendo STS-1 Silk dome tweeters with 4ohm Crescendo PWX 6.5's . The tweeters came with crossovers just for the tweeters. Amp is a nvx jad800.4 which does 125 x 4 @ 4 ohms. if I have the pwx's hooked up to channels 1 & 2, can I connect the tweeters on channel 3 & 4 and essentially barely increase the input sensitivity on those channels? Doesn't seem accurate whatsoever to me and I am thinking I could seriously fry my tweeters from the get go. Would that still be considered going passive with tweeter crossovers or am I diving into active territory? Am I better off getting a different passive crossover that I can connect both pwx &a…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW How many of you actually know what these are? I was lucky enough to see and hear one in my teens. FREAKING PIECE!

Beh. Have a hard time deciding. No point of return once the saw touches the mdf. CHOOSE!! going in a 95 pathfinder that is why I am asking... level 4 xl will be 15

My e12 came in the mail today (sweet sub btw!) so I put it in my custom sub box in the car to see how it looks (2.00cuft tuned 32hz) and the sub hole is sliiiightly too small (won't fit completely flush). Any ideas on how to make this work? I suppose sanding down the hole till the sub can fit flush. What would be the easiest and safest way to get the sub to fit? I know for sure that I want to use this box, so another box isn't an option. (paid $120 for box) they even said oversized subs may require slight mod to box. I'm a little upset though that the sub won't fit. But any ideas please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Sorry so long. Thought this would be a good share. Email received from XS Power: Thanks for contacting us regarding the proper way to charge sealed lead acid (AGM) type batteries like the ones we produce. Unlike conventional lead acid batteries, AGM batteries are completely sealed, meaning that all of the gas and electrolyte is safely stored inside the battery. In order to keep AGM batteries in good health, and to maximize their performance and life expectancy, it is important to properly charge and maintain them. Leaving a battery (conventional or sealed) in a low state of charge over a long period of time is bad for the battery because it allo…

what amp should i use to run 6 tweeters by clarion, i have a 2 channel amp to run to of them but iwant to get louder, and i have the battery power to run the beasts, so suggestions anyone.

Ugh. So i was driving in my car the other day and my speakers sounded all fuzzy like listing to the radio if not worse. Dose anyone know whats wrong with them. im going to take them out and look at them this weekend when i get the time.