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Amplifiers / Head Units / Processors / Electrical

Discuss Head Units, Amplification, Processors, And All Electrical System Inquiries Here.

  1. Started by ShaiTan,

    Has anyone had any experience with Shruiken AGM batteries? Can they be used as main battery replacement? Or are they just for auxiliary use only for audio?

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  2. Started by SaxMan,

    i was just wondering how much the EXILE XI1500.1 cost?

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  3. Started by Goldberg07,

    I bought a SAE-1200Dv2 and i have it hooked up... i am running two alpine type r 12s duel 4 ohm voice coils at one 1 ohm and the amp keeps shutting dow... it will play for a while and it shuts down and gos into protect.... i turn the volume down on my HU and turn it back up and t works... what could be causeing this...? any one know?

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  4. Couple weekends ago I was at a car show and a hertz sales rep was talking massive trash about sundown amps (and other non-mainstream companies). He stated that it is impossible for sundown amps and other amps of similar build to do rated power on strictly pcb board. he said hertz amps had a solid copper plate underneath the circuitry to deal with producing high current (1000watts+ or whatever). So my question is, do sundown amps (and others) have any plating underneath the boards? If not, then how do they handle all the current without frying? I'm not in any way, shape or form questioning sundown quality (as I have a saz-1500d myself , but just interested in how all this …

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  5. 2 sets= 4 mids, 4 tweets, and 2 crossovers I was looking at the Alpine PDX 100.4, But i want other suggestions. BTW, the amp must be a minimum of 4x100watts. Thanks for the help! Joe

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  6. Started by icy_chris,

    i have a budjet of 350$ im looking at the hifonics 2600 or the power acoustic 5500 does any one have any sugestions to witch is better to run my 12 fi btl daily driver 2ohm w/cooling best ?

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  7. Started by sailorman_cky,

    is there such technology? i had an idea hmmm... wouldnt it be great to watch digital broadcasted tv in the truck. so what im basically asking, is there a headunit out there that can pickup digital tv broadcast? give me a link & or reason why they dont exist

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  8. Started by Dpaw37,

    Everything working fine until just a second ago. Move the amp and battery around a little (Shuriken BT100 and RD 1750.1D) because they move when I drive which I hate and am looking to fix somehow...but pretty much all I did was increase the subsonic filter a little from like 20 to 23hz, turned the car on and no power to the sub........amp light is on no protection. Checked power connections and everything is fine. Fuse rating for the amp is 4x40amp but I'm assuming they are inside the amp as I cannot see them on the exterior. My only thought at this point is that when a small piece of wire protruding from the amp ground to the amp power that it zapped a fuse? I saw a spa…

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  9. Started by SaxMan,

    im so confused! so is a bass remote bad to use if you want ur subwoofer to be "quiet?" i know i know Who would ever want their sub to be quiet but im just wondering. ive heard it can hurt the amp/sub or it cant, i neeed answers!!

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  10. Started by j3ffr3ybak3r,

    Would I be able to run 2 alternators on my 2003 Lancer if i made the bracket and had room for it? If so how would I go about wring the second one in, or could I have it wired to just my audio battery ?

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  11. Started by hardballer7,

    MTX re-Q, Fosgate's 3.sixty, JL's Cleansweep...there's a metric crap-ton of these Factory stereo processing units out there. Anybody got any experience with any of them? Are they even worth it?

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  12. would running dbl power and ground wire to my aq3500 help me in anyway or is this just a waste of money? I saw someone else do this to his aq3500 and also I see some other amps already have the dual inputs. How about dbl up on power and ground on your batteries bank in the back does this help any? I'm just tring to get the max out of my aq3500 before I decide to upgrade or not.

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  13. Started by SaxMan,

    i was just wondering if anyone knows how much a Memphis 16-MC1.1500 would cost?

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  14. Started by harveywong,

    Which is better to run to the amp, fuse or circuit breaker?

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  15. Started by abmoore,

    So I saw the beast is apparently for sale now? Its on the order link, but didn't see it on the site earlier. Anyone willing to take the first stab at it and get us some results?

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  16. Started by BJonsson,

    I´m not so god at english too start with cause im from Sweden! =) i´ve just bouht a saz-3500d and i´m wondering if i can load it down too 0.5ohm? At the moment im using it on 4 Audiotop 15.4 15" subs,and i had an Sundown 3000d before and the difference in preassure was really big and with the saz3000d i played 150.00 with music. But i´vw also bougt 2 Sundown nightshade 12" 2 * 2 subs and my otehr question is there any chance that i can play more than 150 db with the 2 Nightshade on the 3500d amp?

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  17. Started by SaxMan,

    all right, the stereo i want has been out of stock for like 3 months now, and im starting to wonder if it will ever be back in stock. my questions is, i want a flip up screen stereo, what are good brands? and i want cheap ones. if i cant find a cheap one ill just wait. i found some jenson but i dont know if they are a good brand, also fahrenheit is cheap but ive never heard of them. unfortunately alpine doesnt have any, oh i need 3 preouts, front rear and sub.

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  18. Started by wafsman,

    I am needing to upgrade my battery, but would like to know which setup is better since they cost roughly the same amount. First I will be running an American Pro VS-1407 and a Sundown SAE-1200Dv2. I plan to upgrade my starting battery. So would it be better for the car and the stereo to run a Duralast Gold up front and a Kinetik HC800 in the back OR to run only a Kinetik HC1800?

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  19. Started by joe_prince,

    I was wondering what a good amp would be for 2 fi bl12's. i've looked at the sundown saz-3500d and the audioque 3500, i'm leaning more towards the audioque. would this amp work? and do you have any other amplifier suggestions?

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  20. amp : sundown sae 1200d v2 vehicle : 95 gmc gimmy small one like blazer problem : set the gain by ear, right at half way, and when i have my 15s turned way up, maybe 30 secs amp will shut off but come back on maybe 5 secs, it only does it turned way up after 30 secs continuously slammin and volt may go down around 8 or so and jimmy went dead some of those times. so what can it be????? need extra batt in back or what makes it shut off?? when i fix the problem ill post a vid under video section, loudest cvr 15s ive EVER heard for just 2 lol

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  21. Started by ShaiTan,

    Has anyone used the TRYSTAR Flexible Welding Cable in any of your installs? If so is it a good wire?

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  22. as the title what are your thoughts on doing this? what are the pros and cons on using this type of power cable to run from my engine bay battery to my rear distributor block. i curruntly have kicker flex power and 4 awg from battery to dist block and 4 awg continued to two amps.my amps sundown saz 1000.1 d and a cadance xenith series 125.2. in currently runnig my sundown at two ohm and i what to be prepared to run the amp at 1 ohm in the future. feed back would be great thanks

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  23. Started by Rocknwoo,

    Hey guys I was thinking about going active with my mids and highs and before I buy an active x-over is it possible for me to band pass my mids with my HU front x-over (hp 80Hz up) and my amp x-over ( Lp 3KHz) can I do this or am I missing somethig. My amp is a arc audio ks 300.2 and has a x10 option 50hz to 5.5Khz

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  24. Started by pat656,

    I have a FI BL12 fully loaded and need a new amp, and i was wondering which was better, the rockford t1500 or powerbass ASA 1500.1dx Patrick

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  25. Started by deernet,

    On my T1500, I'm wondering if I should leave the Infrasonic Filter on or off. It came from the factory with it off, I can't tell much of a difference with it on. Right now I've got the frequency set at around 110. I've heard everyone say to set it around 80, and it does sound a little deeper there, but on some songs, "Late Night Tip" mainly, there are some bass notes that are left out with it at 80. With it set a little higher, I can hear everything. I've got the gain set at 5, and the Punch EQ set around half way. Anyone think I should change anything? Just figured I would see what everyone's opinion is.

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