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General Audio

An Open Forum Dedicated To all audio questions that do not fall under the other specific categories.

  1. Started by bigarsenal,

    well it went from never doing to doing it alot i will turn it up so everything is shaking then the subs cut of even when my voltage is still around the 13.6v's its pissing me off i have a 160alt two red tops two AA arsenal 15's and a orion 2500d pushing them could my amp be going bad. I was thinking I need to get bigger gauge wire i have 4 cause thats what the amp can fit. PLEASE PLEASE HELP MAN

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  2. Started by Tirefryr,

    Well, my buddy gave me all his old stuff, but I feel kinda bad because he just had a kid and could use the money, so I'm gonna sell all of it and give him the money, BUT, I need some help with prices as research is leading to me to nothing, so What would you guys be willing to pay for this stuff. NO BS either. Rockford Power 501bd, and Power 451s. Both in immaculate condition. Come with a bridge to connect the two together.

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  3. Started by frogcase2002,

    alright well i have a zcon 15 in my trunk in 4.5cf tuned around 31,32, ap3000,ho alt. 2 runs of 0 and 2 80ah batts,,, just did 143.2 at 31hz , just trying to see what all i can do to gain dbs without tuning higher cause i really like the lows,, will alot nicer amp help? more batts? what, i know deadening will help, should i just put it on everything thats metal? i did gain over a db with my girl sitting on the trunk so is there a way to make the trunk more sealed or something?

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  4. Started by Briggiboy33,

    Alright well iv decided to get a 15"ssd with a soundstream rub1600. I need power wire... and should i get a capacitor?... i have all stock electrical. But i ordered a volt meter to watch and make sure my voltage dosnt go to low... but i am thinking a 5 cuft box with pvc ports... tuned to like 35hz... or lower... not sure yet. Possibly square interchangable ports.. its going in a tundra access cab.. any ideas? I have a sheet of like 3/8" plastic for a window in the box. Possible leds in the box... not sure yet but def a window. So any crazy ideas to make this build original? Im 18 but pretty skilled with a saw and router.. let me know.

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  5. Started by jmenace,

    where can i find them i need some for my next build please help

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  6. Started by yenwen,

    So what happens if you pump a 12 CVR in a Bandpass box with a 800watt ppi pcx amp? what are the concequenses?

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  8. Started by Peteyglad,

    My buddy in Atlanta just started his own Internet Audio Store. Here is the link. Unfortunately the site is still being worked on so there is not much there. It will get better with time though! http://www.autosoundconcepts.com/ He can get just about anything (trust me, I have had him quote some pretty funky stuff ) If you need anything just give him an email and he will do his best to answer your question or get you a price. By the way, he goes off for his Marine Reserve 2 week duty the 15th of Sept so he won't be around to answer emails.

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  9. Started by dennisp,

    i'm considering going active with some ribbon tweets, using the xovers on my HU. i just need something with better dispersion, im not completely happy with my regular tweets. i'll most like mount em in kicks. anyone have experience with ribbons? whatre your opinions? TIA.

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  10. These showed up in teh mail. IDK what they be.

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  11. Started by antoinez28,

    I been buying all the chip mdf at my local Home Depot for 50% off that 15.00 even no tax #winning Now only if they do there tools like that lol

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  12. Started by Firtyfwe,

    Im thinking about running 2 american bass xfls at 1 ohm off of the kicker amp good idea i know its not but will it work? edit the subs only come in dual 4 ohm VCs

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  13. Started by jonbearsmt,

    i did some repair work on a truck, the guy had it installed a few years back at a place in austin that went out of biz after year and years of serving the austin tx area, anyhow.. they had a rope, that went from the highs amp, up the head unit.. so that you could just tap into the factory door speaker wires from the harness, inside was of course 2 puple 2 white 2 green 2 grey. and a remote wire blue, all inside one rope the size of 0 gauge, i wish i would have remembed the name of the company planly printed on the can casing, but i dont, has anyone ever seen this ? and ya know where i can get a bunch? thanks,

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  14. Started by MikeMartel,

    Here is the little back story.. I bought my car off my dad, who previously installed some aftermarket audio system. I decided i wanted to upgrade the components and he said that he has Infinity Reference 5.25" components in there already so I decided to go with the Bravox CS50k (5.25") component set for ease of install. Today, I go to install the Bravox's and notice that the Infinity's are indeed 6.5". So now iv payed $150 dollars for a downgrade in size.. Great.

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  15. Started by DarkTinman,

    I will soon be working on walling my 1997 Honda accord with 2 18 inch DC subwoofers (level 4 with level 5 soft parts), running on 1 (soon to be 2) HC1800 batteries with stock alt, 1800 kenwood amp, zero gauge. Now i will be working on this project and i should be done sometime after December. My question for any car audio smarties out there is this, I will post the stats of the subs below for the level 4's and the level 5's. Now keep in mind that they are STILL level 4's but they contain level 5 parts (such as motor and spider). So my subs will fall in the middle of level 5 and level 4. Now the real question is this, What amp do you think i should be running to these woof…

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  16. Started by aemeth,

    Ive been trolling here for awhile getting ideas and researching various things and I finally have a reason to post. Im posting because I need some advice. I had 2 15" alpine type R subs come way for dirt cheap. $150 for both I need help deciding on an enclosure, an amp, and even a head unit. I honestly dont know my 'goals' as its been a very long time since I have had a system. A long time ago when they were new I had 1 MTX 9500 sub that I really enjoyed. I listen to all kinds of music, mainly rap/pop and rock with some heavier stuff (Avenged Sevenfold) This will all be going into a 1998 Eclipse GSX As far as budget, im somewhat flexible, Lets say I'd like to stay und…

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  17. Started by jlwbmx92,

    this may be a stupid question, but i am unsure of how to order wire from knukonceptz. do you just put the amount of feet you need in the Quanity box and they will send you that length of a strand? in advance thanks for your help

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  18. Started by JoshM20,

    Hey guys, I wanna take all my seats out when it gets warmer. The only thing I am cautious about is that my front seats have airbags in them... Is it ok to take these seats out? Do I just need to unconnect the wiring and be carefull doing it? Thx Josh~

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  19. Started by JoshHd6,

    Ok I have a 2013 ford fusion with ford mytouch. Touchscreen is connected to all the electronics in the car so running an aftermarket HU is out of the question because it will affect everything in the car. I have a 15" sp4 and im planning to run it on a sundown 3500. My question is if i use a line driver (audio control, LOC, etc) to connect my amp to my Factory HU will I lose output or my lows by doing this compared to running an aftermarket HU? I just don't want to run an amp and sub if i can't get its full potiential. Thanks!

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  20. Attention guys who work at shops: on a Pioneer AVIC-S1 portable G.P.S., how do you go about in upgrading the maps?

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  21. Started by jemorgan85,

    That's Me............................. Anyone else on here joined yet?

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  22. Started by tobio,

    hey guys, building a new box for my 18" btl, as the old one wasnt done right and was my first build so yeh, here are the specs, just wanted to run them by you guys before I go off and start. cheers

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  23. Started by PESteele,

    Im trying to build my own sub. Im wondering where i can get a basket and softparts. If anyone has any im interested

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  24. All of the sudden my amp took a chit on me and whatever I hooked up to it just made this noise http://www.mediafire.com/?e9y93yxto0l any idea whats going on? thanks O and this all happend the night before a competition i prepared so long for it sucked ass any help is appreciated

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  25. Started by blackga,

    hey im just wondering if these 2 batteries would be enough to feed my rockford bd 2000 and a alpine pdx 100.4 . i drive a 2006 monte carlo ss 5.3 v8 and i have no idea what my idle output is on my alternator. i found an irragi alternator for the car but i am scared of getting it because of the negative reviews i heard about them so i would like to try to stray away from buying a new alternator. thanks in advanced for the help

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