Build Logs

Doing a rebuild in the blazer with all crescendo audio equipment. 6 BC5500S 12 contralto 12s 2 10s 4 8s 1100.4

System Specs... Amplifiers (4) Diablo Audio Technologies 2500.1s (1-2)Diablo Audio Technologies 4125 Subwoofers (4) SSA Xcons Mids/Highs Undecided, but most likely AA carbon fiber mids Electrical (4) Stinger SPV70s in rear (1) Optima Red Top in front (1) Iraggi 200A alt, soon to be a 300A DC Power Alt. Big 3 in 1/0 3 runs of positive to the rear All wire is TryStar Cable 1/0 Suspension Function & Form Type 2 coilovers to help support the weight 24mm Rear Sway bar upgraded from stock 14mm to help with body roll Moog end links to support the upgraded sway bar Front Strut Bar Misc All wood will be Birch Second Skin Damplifier Pro Sound deadening to replace areas that h…

This was my first time ever trying to fiberglass something on my own. for my door panel speaker. i only have one done right now ( still gotta sand, prime, and wrap it) ill do the second this weekend. let me know what you think and any helpful tips would be appreciated. thanks

Hey everyone, hows it goin. ok, so today i started my first ever fiberglass project in my little brothers SUV, it's a mitsubishi montero. im putting a single 10" mtx 5500 single 4 ohm woofer in it. he listens to rock so i figured a 10 would be perfect in a sealed enclosure. today i went to the store got all the resin, hardener, mat, brushes, aluminum foil, making tape, ect ect. ive never done this before but i have read alot of forums on it and thought i would try it out. ( not in my vehicle of course ) so far tonight i got the foil layed in the area i want the enclosure. after i got that how i wanted it i put a quick thin layer of resin down then put the mat down. i lea…

Hey guys Im in need of some advice. I'm currently piecing together a setup which will be in a Trailblazer SS. So far I have my two BL 15s fully loaded (newer versions), JL 0/1 awg, and will be powered by a Crescendo BC3500d. I plan on buying a mechman 240 alt, xs power 3400 for under the hood and 3100 for out back. I'll probably have car tunes build my since they did a great job last time. I'm aware I should be running dual 0/1 for the batteries so I will but what else am I missing or should also do? Currently have 12 awg for the subs, should I go bigger? Also will my battery setup work fine at idle without crazy voltage drop? What about dual amp inputs? Any help and advi…

Well many of you know of Hanks old van....well my buddy/teammate bought that van ......so time to do some work! Starting with the doors and back hatch......11 mids in each door (Crescendo Pro Audio) and much more ....so we got a few teammates over and did some cookin! literally.......this is a mostly video build log....but here is a few random pics....pt.1 vid processing now!

Hello, I haven't logged into this site in probably 6 years. Hello again. At any rate I recently acquired a new to me vehicle, a 2004.5 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Duramax. I haven't had any interest in car audio for a long time but I bought this truck and it has some odd Kenwood head unit and factory speakers which sound really bad, even by factory speaker standards. I planned on just getting a pair of speakers for the doors and calling it a day, while shopping I got the idea to do some other stuff with things I found in my garage. It won't be anything fancy but it will do the trick hopefully. I also don't want to spend very much money. The truck came with a …

Well, just to update, I went over to wobbly woofers and had them "tune" my amps (which they did by turning my gain from less than 1/2 way to 3/4.....so at 1/2 volume I was at 10v), so I was like whatever, they know what they are doing.....(I hope), and i asked to get metered on their tl. With the mic in the kick and my door open, I did 142.8 @ 30hz, with the volume 1/2 way and at 12.2v Needless to say, after I left, I went back and adjusted it the way I had it, which is louder and sounds better to me and I can turn up the volume to about 3/4 and still have 13.5v banging. I love these woofers, so crisp, clean and immense output! I wish I had more SSA products. I'm going to…

Hi all. I started this build over Christmas break for one of my roommates. The box is 4.8^3 ft after all displacement and tuned to 23Hz. I picked up a Stereo Integrity Mag D2 15" subwoofer off of here from a member. The amp is a 500w O Audio plate amplifer. The goods: The build: Sadly I don't have pictures of the round off I did on ALL of the corners. The paint and the install: That's it! The partial review: I have yet to really put this thing through a whole movie, but I have picked out a few of my favorite scenes from Lord of the Rings. I chose the scene at the end of the 3rd movie right before Sauron is destroyed. I'm able to compare …

i just got this memphis mojo 2500 watt amp and i thinking of putting it on my 2 12 mtx 9500's dual subwoofers.. i know they rated at 1000 rms each but i heard people say they can take 1500 rms with no problem.. so tell me what you guys think.

Sup folks? I took out the dayton ho 10s and cadence txa6004s to downsize some. Purchased a Kicker 06ZX700.5 for amp duty and (2) Sundown E8's for subs. decided to run them sealed since the objective was to save space. guess we will see if i can deal with it. lol. so equipment will be alpine 9887 (running active 2 way front stage) kicker zx700.5 mach 5 mli-65s in factory door location (well deadened) seas neo textiles in the kicks 2 sundown e8's Goals for this were to downsize and save some space and still get decent output, and clean up the wiring some. Will eventually pull the 0awg and go with some 4awg (for now itll just be the 0awg to a dist. block with 4 off of…

1.5 cubic foot tuned to 35hz. The SSD is the older 08 style with copper coils and BP option. The sub is going to be powered by an ap1500d at 2 ohms in a trailblazer.

well I built a center console enclosure for my truck this weekend. It's 3.1 ft^3 tuned to 32 hz for my TC sounds dvc 2 15 3k. the port is 3" x 14.5" my last enclosure was a 3.25 sealed. this is way louder yet still sounds great. (other then the new found rattles , more sound deading needed) here's a few pics. I got on a roll and forgot about pics here it is in the truck view from the drivers side back seat here's the sub it still needs more work but I ran out of time. thanks for looking Chad

EDIT - 2.2 cubes net tuned to 34hz with one 4" PVC pipes with rounded 90 degree angle turn. This will be right up behind the back seats of a 2000 mustang and will have a carpeted wall flush with the box. The baffle angle is 25 degrees. Powered by a AP15001D. More to come soon.

I'm building this for another forum member, it is 2.3 ft^3 tuned to 32hz for a Maw 15

ok i only took a few pics, as i was in a rush to get it done before sun down. new sony deck i cant recall what number, mp3 ipod blue tooth mafaka 1 rf 1000 watt amp... nice small foot print for a 1k amp, 1 atomic quantum 15 2.5 cubed tuned @33 herz yeah you like that sexy belly iforgot to get a after shot, but you know its all pretty and coverd, fat man in a little truck? i mounted the amp on the back seat wall...... and then the box is mounted infrnt of the amp, to make for great trunk space while also hiding that high dollor amp. it was cold and exhaust was hot.. so the pics no so great. it really sounds great.. .nice set up..

So this is my first build. Box was made by mobileman at CAF.com. 12" BTL Crunch GP3000D Pro 2.4F Cap - Coming out when I get two Kinetic 2000s Optima Red Top 1/0 wiring FatMat 1 layer in trunk, 2 on the lid Soon to be Iraggi 200 amp alt Big 3 New comps and amp (not sure exactly) Maybe a new sub/amp layout. Will probably go with 2 12" btls with 2 GP3000D but after electrical upgrade

A few pics of my latest project. CLD CCF and MLV on all 4 doors. WAY more time consuming than I anticipated but I am pleased with the results. With Don's help it was really straight forward and not too complicated just super time consuming to get the fit just right with as much coverage as possible. Worth every hour.

Hi. I plan on starting a build very soon. It will go in an '06 Jeep Liberty. I plan on revamping the whole stereo. Since this is my first system, I have been researching different products now for about 4-5 months, so I already have a general idea of what i want. I don't plan on doing install myself because i don't trust myself enough, and I really want to do this right. There are a couple good car audio shops in my area that i trust for installation. I listen to primarily rap and music with heavy bass. I have a budget of around 2,500$. A. Headunits A new headunit will be the first thing that i buy. I have researched this a lot and i think i have finally narrowed it down…

Hey guys UPS dropped off my first bad boy today contents: 1 FI 18" fully loaded Dual 2..... http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/D...nt=PIC-0068.jpg Here is the Box that Manny @ T-Rex Audio made for me: http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/D...nt=MOV-0077.flv Here he is making sure that its gonna fit in the Camry: http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/D...nt=MOV-0078.flv http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/D...nt=MOV-0079.flv And here is what it looks like in the wagon: http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/D...nt=PIC-0073.jpg http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/D...nt=PIC-0074.jpg http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq252/D...nt=PIC-0075.jpg an…

i did this a few weeks ago for my uncle and finally decided to upload it. ENJOY!! d2 JL W6, and Slash v1 500/1 and 300/4. this stuff is like more than 5 years old, but still slams.... continue a few cuts and a smoke break nice fit, and he still has access to the the spare... which he didn't in his old car subs in, plexi in... plz dont hate on the plexi cut, home depot and lowes wont cut 1/2in plexi,.. so in went the router... everything fits perfectly some carpet and neons, showed him and then he wanted to amp the door speakers... i refused to do it unless he got at least some comps for the front. upon removing the radio for the first time. i found this and a navi…

well my brother had a bright idea that he wanted 8's in his doors for mid bass....i have one door ready for paint and still have to start the other since he drives that car daily....here are some pics of what i have gotten done and will post more up as i progress with the build.....

Well woke up this morning ready to start building my new box for my Icon 15 everything was going good, then it started to rain. So had to pull the table saw back into the garage. I only had one last panel to cut for the port. I guess there's always tomorrow to finish it but heres what pics I have so far. The Box is going to be 4.0ft cubed tuned to 31hz with 68 sq.in of port area The Design The Panels The Kerf Cuts The 45's More pics and a finished product soon to come. Damn rain.

Ok, I'm starting my new build pretty soon, probably when the next cold front comes through. But since I took everything out to measure, I needed some low end filler while I'm getting ready to start building, and until im finished...Best temp system ever. lol Tried facing them back in the back, but they kept sliding off of the little ledge and scaring the shit outa me when I would brake. What a mess. This whole setup aside form the box will be going in my gf's car around when I start my build. We're gonna use the leftover wood from my build to build a 4th order for her. She just wants a little bass till we can get some more money for some better equipment for her. It …

I just ordered an aq 2200 and a btl 18" n2 and I also ordered a khaotik box for my single 18 my electrical I jus have a vmax charge tank t1000 and I'll be doing the big 3 and also be running 0g kicker wire ... It's gonna be awhile till I get everything.. Was jw what u guys think .. And also my buddy has 2 15" ipipes with no electrical upgrade jus is running 0g and I believe his amp is an 5200 power acoustic oo Also I drive a four door blazer and he has a full size surban .. How do u think my system will compare ?? Thanks andsorry if I forgot something haha