Build Logs

Alright. It's time for a new build as I'm bored of my home theatre subwoofer. I already talked with Mark a bit and I'll be picking up 4 MJ-18s along with a Beringer EP-2500 amplifier. I'm thinking it will be made up of 5 pieces. (2) sub boxes, (2) speaker stands, and the main unit. The sub boxes will have 2 18"s each, and I'm probably going to go taller this time around and get it a bit skinnier. The speaker stands will hold one B&W DM 560 with the bottom of the speaker at 30". I believe at that height with our couches should be almost ideal. The main unit is going to hold out cable box, my Denon AVR-1707, the PS3, the PS2, the N64, the Beringer, my mini-fridge, and…

This is the car that got me the name audio-neon. The car that started it all. It took me 2 years to pay off. It lived several iterations of equipment, and it was my baby. The journey starts in December of 2004. I was a Junior in High School and I received this car fresh in paint, completely rebuilt. It was my baby. A 1998 Dodge Neon Coupe 2-door. In 2004 I added polk dB series coaxials. 6.5" in front and 6x9 in the rear. By late 2005 I was getting an itch for more. I went to my local car Audio shops and decided that Audio Obsessions was the place for me. Top notch customer service, and they were professional. They added a jvc 2 channel amp and a 12" Eclipse subwoofer. …

1.8 ft^3 tuned to 33hz. This will be my first attempt at a kerffed port so we'll see how it goes : Not much to look at yet...

This is a build for someone on another forum but I thought I'd post it here also. Boz is for an OZ Audio ME10 it is 1.25 ft^3 net tuned to 34hz using a 3" Aero. It will be double baffled. flush mount with an amp rack on top for an Autotek XS-900.4 Design, the amp rack was a late addition . Wood all cut Building...

Just a few new pics of my install.

Ok so this is my first time trying to build an enclosure on my own so it will probably end up looking a little rough. I started cutting yesterday and some of the pieces didnt turn out so well so I'm re-doing a few today. I will have some pics up later tonight when I finish. The enclosure will be right around 1ft^3 with a 3inch aeroport after all displacements. I'll be picking up either a 10'' Icon or 10'' bl when I get some more money. I'm looking for a daily pounder that can replace two 12'' kappa perfects that were sealed. Do the flared precision ports need a special type of 90 degree elbow in order to make a bend or can I just use any old elbow?

Just built this a few days ago...havin some power issues so I can't put it in the car quite yet, but here's the build. Hopefully someone can help me out here... as you all know, the edges are easy to clamp down so they don't move while you are screwing them in, but how do you do the port...my port kept moving like this. What I had to do, was just glue it down, and Silicon it until it dried, THENNNN i tipped the box on its side and screwed it down, but this kinda defeats the point of the glue then.. any techniques you guys could give me?? Thanks. I used silicon II and resin on all the edges and corners..... somehow a few pieces of 1/2" MDF got in there... I ho…

2003 Toyota MR3 Hmm what to do with the free unused space Hmm the start of somthing Plain failed Retuned my idea added the top Test fit, sucess 2F^3 after displacement Close up Coverd and woofers installed Close up of amp(600w).....oops missing a Xmas tree All in all it was a fun little build (Customer was verry happy) So all that was installed: Pioneer hu DEH-P80MP Kicker amp kit 4awg eD 6000v2 components eD SQ10's subs Directed D1200 running a 1.33 ohm load

well i reconed the second apx 10 yesterday and decided to build the box today. i actually went and drove on the interstate to see how it sounded. the box is 4.25 cu ft after all displacements with two 4 inch aero ports. i do need to add more bracings to the top and bottom pieces though. i will be doing the added bracing tomorrow. I have two braces in the box now. In the last pic it only shows one, but i have one right next to that brace going from the top to bottom.

I decided to post some pics of my build. This build is gonna take some time, still waiting on some parts and Uncle Sam's good old tax rebate check!!! Basically I plan on running 2 Fi 18's off of 2 Alpine PDX 1000.1's I am leaning twords the Q series but i havent made up my mind. I want something that is going to stand up to everyday driving and will sound good with all kinds of music. All this great equipment is going to be installed into a 2000 GMC Safari van. Here is a couple of pics of it.

Yep, nothing fancy, no rims, no lowering or lift kit, no fancy exhaust. But I kept the truck exceptionally clean for one that is nearly 10 years old. Well, it's may 23rd and I have purchased over 60% of the current future setup components which currently stand at: HU: Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X891 - *Bought* (Kick-Panel)Front Stage: Rainbow SLC 6.5" Components (Doors)Front Stage: RainbowSLC 5"x7" Components Front Stage Amp: Profile AP1000 2-Ch Amp - *Bought* Sub Stage: 15" DVC 2-Ohm Fi Q - *Bought* Sub Stage Amp: Brutus Bxi1606d Class D Mono Amp - *Bought* Enclosure: 3.35ft^3 @ 34hz - *Bought* Deadening: RAAMAT BXT/Ensolite Wiring/Dis. Blocks: KnuKonceptz Kolossus/Krystal/Kar…

just a few pics of the stuff i got laying around atm and will be putting in the van soon still wating on my btls but they should be here sometime later on today and i will get some pics of the subs and maby a video or so in the next couple days also its my first box that i have ever built lol so go easy on me if everything does not look up to par box is 49"w 27"d 25"T port is 22"L 7"w not to sure what the tune is

Well my previous setup consisted of 2 15" icons powered off a Soundstream pca2000d at 2ohm doing 1500 watts so each sub was getting around 750 watts each. My door speakers were boston acousitc sl60's in the front and infinity kappas in the read powered by a JLe6450 getting 75x4 at 4ohm. Heres the new! 2 15" icons powered by a kicker zx2500! so each sub is getting about 1250 each. A kicker zx650.4 I am gonna replace the sl60's and go with the PG rsd's take. Gonna take out the infinity kappas and just throw the sl60's in the back for the hell of it. I also will be doing big 3 having a kinetik hc1400 under the hood and a hc2400 in the rear. All kicker wiring as well! Heres t…

well i wrecked my 08 Mazda 3 sedan taht i had a 15'' FI BL and 1 1500 sundown in.. doing 145 at the headrest.. so im starting over in my 01 volvo s60 T5.. i hope this car gets loud as easy as the mazda did.. anyways what you see here is my incomplete isntall with 2 SAZ1500.1 and 1 SAZ100.4 as well as a rockford 360.2 and two batteries.. one is under the trunk floor in factory location.

HERES A COUPLE PICS OF MY BUILD

I've waited til I accumulated almost all of the parts before making this build log. This is my 1999 Chevy Blazer ZR2: I got it right around 2 months ago, and have been slowly accumulating audio parts for it. I took care of the important things first (fluid flushes, new hoses, new filters, oil change, fix rear differential leak, etc) so it took a bit longer than expected. The truck itself has a 2" shackle drop and nearly as much torsion bar crank and 31" Cooper STTs. I haven't had the time to take her off-road yet, but that's going to change very soon . The equipment list is as follows: Sundown SAX 100.2 Sundown SAE-1000D SSA Icon 15D2 Polk MOMO 6.5" Components Alp…

The project has begun. My first step is to make the car a bit quieter and eliminate some possible rattling and ambient noise for a future system and just plain comfort. Here's what I got so far. Supplies: 2 Rolls Raamat 45 sq.ft Vertex Barrier (will be here soon) Ensolite (will be here soon) I've installed the two rolls of Raamat in the cabin floor, back seat, and all four doors. I still have about a 1/4 roll left that I will use on the doors before I install the Ensolite. -Floorboard has two or three layers all around. You will notice that not every inch is covered in my install. There are several solid spots in the cabin of the car and I couldn't justify adding the BXT …

but it's what i do. for work, lol. it's the start of a set of simple channel letters. these will be LED lit, on a raceway with a different font set of letters that are neon lit. i'll add pics as the process moves along. supposed to be done tomorrow, lmao. yeah. that's going to happen!! these are cell phone pics, so don't judge too hastly..lol anyway... how it all starts. a pattern, a piece of .090 aluminum for backing, and 5" wide strips of .063 alum for returns (or the sides) look closely, that red line? it's the carbon paper tracing i did of the pattern onto the alum. a few bends gets you this a few more bends gets you that..... to be continued. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…

Whats up guys, This is the 2nd box I have ever built, so bare with me if it's not the best in the world, but I am trying to do everything based on everyone's input so far. It is for a 99 Nissan Maxima, for 2 15" Type R's tuned at 38Hz. My last box was tuned at 32Hz, so I am just trying a little different sound, and if I don't like it, i'm sellin it all and gonna toy around with something new. I have Goldbond 3, Silicon 2, predrilling all my screw holes like a good boy... using 90Deg. Clamps and straight clamps Here's the pics: Just started today May 8th.... still workin on it...just letting stuff dry, then im gonna get back at it. my only question right now is how…

Well, I just finished this install not too long ago. Once the amps get in I'll get video of it running at it's full potential. Here's the link to the build on ca.com. http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=312198 Tell me what you think.

This is in the pre-stages... about 75% of everything i need is being sent from everywhere and will be arriving next week... This build might\will progress til the mid to more likely the end of MAY before it's completed. For a teaser pic, this is to keep the voltage up in the back-

Title says it all right? I've pre-ordered the subwoofers, I will get them near the end of may/ early june. This is the stratus: I will be tearing out the old baffle, and the front. Making some kind of base, battery rack, and amp rack in the trunk. Clamshell will go behind the seats, then I will seal the trunk off, stuff it with polyfill. I bought E8's (sundown) The final specs will look like this: Re = 3.37 ohms (4 ohm nominal) Fs = 34.9 hz Qes = 0.5323 Qms = 6.93 Qts = 0.4943 Vas = 7.6 L BL = 13.3 N/A Mms = 127.7 grams Cms = 162 um/N Xmax = 12mm one-way linear (70% BL method) Rated RMS Power = 200 watts Depth = 4.25" OD w/ gasket = 8 5/16" Cut Out = 7" Sealed Box: 0…

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

well it took about 2 weeks after the mazda wreck but i got a new ride.. its an 01 volvo S60 T5 .. i will be doing a single 15 at first but with my calculation im pretty sure this car will be getting 2 15s soon... hehe.. PICS TO COME..

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