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Howdy, I need some help here. I have two FI 15 BTL subs. Double voice coil,heat ring,etc,etc all options on the sub and built for daily playing. I have two brutus 2600's run by a controller. the amps or subs are not wired together. I also have installed besides the two 850 cranking amp ford battereis, two Kinetik 3800 watt batteries. The altrnator is (was) a 250Amp altenator built by Excessive amperage. After a week to 10 days the alternator gave out. I mean fried. I never ran the system at full power because I am still breaking in the subs. What could have caused the alternator to fry?? or was it just a bad alternator?? Altogether the system at full power is +/- 10400 wa…

So getting ready to order my head unit and was wondering if anyone has any experience with my choices. right now i am debating... JVC KW.R900bt Clarion cx501 kenwood dpx500bt pioneer fhx700bt Alpine cde w235bt Anyone have any experience with any of these? Pretty sure all will do the job just the reviews are all pretty much the same so looking for better opinions

also if i turn the music up to loud the volts drop way to much and my amp will go into protect i have a 250 amp alternator and a optima redtop under the hood and 2 deka intimidators in the trunk and a sundown 3000d im guessing the problem is the red top what do you guys think

hi, i have this amp : KOIILER XM-6666 2CH 420W and i want to add to my 2001 bmw x5 , i have one each door 2 speakers -1 bigger size regular oem speaker) and 1 a smaller size (twitter oem) and also on the top dash i have 2 twtters oem's and i see in trunk that i have all wires coming there, i also have a box with 2 speakers (it looks that is the sub-woofer) so now how should i connect all this to my above amp with out burning those twitters ? the head unit in front that i am using is the new dynavin e39a (d95) from dynavin[dot]com let me know ,any advice! thanks

Hello SSA I am wanting to know what are the subwoofer settings on the head units supposed to be set at? I am trying to get the most possible but I'm assuming if they are turned up all the way up I'll be clipping? no really sure where to set them at. Anyone please help lol also sorry if this has been posted before, I couldn't find a thread on it.

ok i have had this amp hooked up before.i have a deka intimidator in the trunk and 2 100amp fuses going to the amp. it was a beast but one day the fuses poped randomly and i have no idea why. i bought new fuses and now it turns on for 5 seconds then the subs pop and it turns off... i have redone the grounds thinking that was the problem but it still does it idk what to do anyone can help me??? :/

I have the option of a Alpine mrp-f300 Or Focal solid 4 black What is going to be the better buy, on paper specs on alpine are better but in a real world situation I hear focal is the shiz

I was going through some boxes of my old belongings and stumbled upon my old school Autotek stash. A 7050 BTS, 7100 BTS and a 7003X electronic crossover. I do not have any other information on these gems (I do know they were made by Zed Audio), and there is very little on the internet about these. I contacted MaxxSonics and was emailed a owner's manual, however it was missing a few pages. I'd appreciate any information anyone has to share about these. Other then having to purchase some new Molex connectors for the speaker wires, I'm looking to put these back in service. Now if I could only find a box with a stash of 9050's or 9100's....

Ok so I want to install my new sundown amp tomorrow but Im not exactly sure what to do with all these knobs and stuff because my old amps basically just had gain and my JL amp the dealer tuned for me.. I wanna get this right and you guys know all. I have 1 18" FI SSD in a 7.3 cubic ft ported box at 33hz with dual 2 that I'm wiring to 1ohm to a Sundown sax 1200d. I just wanna know what is suggested or you guys suggest for alll the settings.. i dont know exactly how do set them ... Like the LPF SSF and gain and umm.. crap i know there is more. Please help ME LOL. I know gain i am using a 50hz test tone with sub unhooked and a multimeter, but I don't know how to figure o…

Memphis 16-XO3 ( i can get it refurbed off ebay for 90 bucks) http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseac...Product_ID=3434 JBL GTX47 http://imezak.com/gtx47.html or JBL MX1000 http://imezak.com/mx1000.html the Memphis seems to have the best slopes (18db high, 24db low) but the GTX47 looks liek it would have more features. im leaning toward the memphis right now.

So I was changing out a CD in my P9 on Saturday and the HU motor to open up the face does not open all the way up. It opened all the way open and spit out the CD today. I have taken it apart and hit it with compressed air and checked, Ramos and I did not see anything showing wear.....any ideas?

So thanksgiving is coming soon which means no school for us who are still in it! Which for me means being bored out of my mind. I also just so happen to have 500 blue LED's handy. Out of all the things i could do with them, i decided to see what it would be like to put a bunch of them in the back of my explorer! For getting power to them, i was thinking about wiring them up in groups of series and then connecting them directly to the speaker wire input on the SAZ-3000d. Since i don't know nearly enough about that, i was curious as to whether that's a good idea or not (whether it will break something or not!). So the idea is that when the bass is really loud, the amp produ…

So Found this on WoofersETC today and was wondering on opinions. I am going to get the Soundqubed Q4-120 but from what I've read in the last few months Focal is VERY VERY good but expensive. After seeing this Focal amp for 200bucks i'm thinking did I find a sweet deal or is it a bottom line amp from focal that isn't worth it and spend the extra 100bucks on the Soundqubed? Opinions please. thnx. Focal- http://www.woofersetc.com/p-6762-solid4-focal-4-ch-400-watt-amplifier-black.aspx Soundqubed- http://www.soundqubed.com/Q4-120_p_150.html Please let me know of any other 4 channel amp to run 6.5 component Hertz HSK 165 set that you believe is very good. Want quality w…

let me break it down for u what im currently running n what i want to. Pioneer hu 6950ub 1 15' kicker L7 in a 3.83 cft box tuned to 33 hz 1 Solid audio f2000 giving around 900rms to the sub a pair of 6*9 pioneer D series powered by Solid audio Ms42 auxil rca's Stinger 1/0 ground n power wires Stinger Distribution block n fuses 110 amp single 12.5v batt 80 amp alt (stock) In Honda civic 05 Big3 Daily driver. music preference: hip hop Now im planning to upgrade my system to a single Fi 18 BTL. i can manage 7 cft with ease. i also hav a brand new DDz1 amp to power it .. ill probably buy 2 stinger spv44s but the main question is that do i have to change my stock alterna…

thinking of buying one...anyone have an opinion of these batts

So I need to buy a battery for my 2012 Fusion. I wanted to buy the XS XP3000 but I came across these batts on ****. I can get 2 of these for the price of 1 XP3000. Which would you guys choose? The Discovers are 2.5 years old they say but are in excellent working order. I have a 150A alt in it already. I have 2 Crescendo BC2000s and a kicker ZR1000 (which wont be used past like 200 rms). http://www.****/forum/wiring-electrical-other-installation-equipment/140850-7-discover-g31-ups-batteries.html This is the thread for them. Please check it out and let me know what I should do.

I purchased a Sundwn 3000d last week and will be getting it in soon. I was just curious about what Size fuse I would need to run from rear battery to amp? 150a, 200a, or 250a? I currently have 150a fuses from my sundown 1200amp that I use to own. Now that I upgraded to the 3000d sundown, I wasn't sure what size fuse to run between this amp and rear batt.

Hi So basically Im debating between which brand I should go for. Alpine or Pioneer. This is for a single din head unit. Will mainly run factory speakers (for now) and a single 12inch Pioneer sub. No, I have not heard a premium Pioneer headunit before. Yeah, some entry level ones and they have sounded good. On the other side, my friend just got installed a CDA-102 and I was astonished by the sound, of course is not fair to compare an entry level pionner to the cda-102 as the 102 is more advanced. Until today I wanted to go for the CDA-9887 since I plan on changing my factory speakers to Alpine Type X, that way I can keep Alpine all around. Now the problem comes when inspec…

So I got home and had a package waiting for me. I picked up the 4 channel ssa amp when there was that friends and family sale going on. I was always on the fence about em but once that sale kicked off I just had to pick it up. Loved the pics of it and in. Person this amp is beautiful and has a nice strong solid build feel to it. Im replacing my hifonics Zeus 2000.4 amp so I can't wait to hear the quality this amp puts out. It it will be powering a pair of 8" Rockford pro audio. A pair of Rockford punch 6x9, pair of the ssa evil mids. And evil tweeters. Just thought id share. I don't see much of real hands on experiences with the amps.

My amplifier randomly went into protect last night after i started the car, everything is hoked up right. This morning i unplugged the sub and it was still in protect, so i know it isnt the subwoofer. Then i unplugged the RCAS and it was still in protect. Then i redid the remote wire and restarted my HeadUnit and was still in protect......The Amplifier is a Hifonics BRZ 1700.1, They dont come fused and i did not have a fuse on it. Im also running it at 0.5 ohm. Im thinking its blown but im not sure. BTW it can handle 0.5 ohm no problem.....

KnuKonceptz has a 1/0 CCA amp kit for 60$. Their 4 gauge OFC kit is 52$. I know pure copper is better than clad, but is 1/0 clad better than 4 gauge pure copper?

Is it possible that the 900 d can out do the memphis amp? Thinking about going all powerbass. Switched from my f-150 to a xterra. 3db jump to a 144.5. Hoping to get better going with all powerbass. Thanks

as the title says I need a downloadable users manual for the cda-7949. Alpine doesn't have them or pac parts. I'd be glad to pay for copied one of you have it. All help appreciated. Thanks, Joe. P

alright figured i would star a new topic ablout this. I came across this topic and thought this would be a good way to go. http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...?showtopic=9618 So if i was to go this way i wouldent have to get an new expensive headunit. But are there any other amps i could use for this that are a little cheaper.

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/products/pr...29&locale=en_US i didnt even know they made this.. 500 W x 4 @ 4 Ohms RMS 1000 W x 4 @ 2 Ohms RMS 2000 W x 4 @ 1 Ohm RMS 3750 W x 4 @ 0.5 Ohm RMS 2000 W x 2 @ 4 Ohms bridged RMS 4000 W x 2 @ 2 Ohms bridged RMS 7500 W x 2 @ 1 Ohm bridged RMS 180 Lbs. the downside MSRP $19,999.99