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Amplifiers / Head Units / Processors / Electrical

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

  1. Started by goldmax99,

    I'm going to hook up the rubicon 702 to an FI SSD12 with copper coils in a sealed enclosure 1.6 cubic feet. This amp has 700RMS watts. Now what should I set the low pass crossover frequency to? Should I set the subsonic filter? If so to what frequency and should I also set the boost?

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  2. Started by 2000LaDe,

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Sterling-UPS-Battery-1...1742.m153.l1262 vs http://cgi.ebay.com/KINETIK-KHC3800-POWER-...1QQcmdZViewItem HMMM WOULD I RATHER PAY 280 SHIPPED or 480 SHIPPED???? HMMMM

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  3. Started by shizzzon,

    I know what amp this is. IF you guys don't know i'll let you know later but i have NEVER seen an amp look so .... well confusingly different. I dont know if i should be scared, shocked, surprised or disappointed.

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  4. Started by lilblacky,

    So yea I was looking for some 1/0 awg wire for the car.... and i remember somebody posting a link to some welders wire that was fairly inexpensive. I looked for one of the 2 sites i remember being listed but couldnt find them.... anyonehave suggestions?

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  5. Started by 2000LaDe,

    alright ive been searching for used 2400s and d3100s and i just gave up because i just found this deal. figured i would give them a try. i already have 10 hc2400s and 1 d3100. http://www.powerhousebattery.com/cgi/displ...em_num=UB121100 i found out it was cheaper to buy the batteries 1 at a time then buying all 5 at once so i did 5 seperate orders 205 SHIPPED EACH 205 was in my price range so ill give them a try.

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  6. Started by jack,

    What is the difference between marine audio and car audio? Will the typical marine audio amplifier work in a car? Are their wny special considerations? Wiring? Air Circulation? Voltage? Thanks for the input.

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  7. Hi, I am looking for a monoblock for Infinity kappa perfect 12d VQ - 400RMS dual 4 ohms voice coils. I practically looking for a class D monoblock with: ~500RMS @ 2 OHMS ~1000RMS @ 1 OHM (1 ohm stable) What would you advice? My budget is around 200$-300$ Thanks, Dan.

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  8. Started by 2noma0s,

    this is the amp im planning on running to my subs and was just wanting to hear yalls opinions on the amp as to how good it is or if it actually does rated power etc.

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  9. Started by luninox,

    Does it matter that much about the audio cables I think they run from the amp to the head unit. At sound advice they have 25$ and they have 100$ ones is there that much of a difference I wouldn't want them to have to re run them.

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  10. Started by sick6ness,

    I ran new wires today, and installed the 9887. I tested the deck out with the passives, so the deck is fine. On active I seem to not be getting sound out of the tweeters. I have the deck set on "3-way" mode, which I think is correct. The manual says to run the tweeter wire to rear channel for me is 3 and 4. And I ran the mids to channel 1 and 2. I'm thinking it might be the "input channel" setting on the amplifier. I also shut the crossovers on the amp to Off. Input Channel Options: 1)"Setting this switch to

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  11. Started by dbjunior,

    anyone have any opionions about there amps slowly designing a comp system and was looking at the two top amps from them i was also looking at the stetsom 7kd and the cadence zrs 9000d they are all around same power and i can get each at close to same cost if i find a better option i will look into that looking to spend around 1k or less

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  12. Started by loudferio13,

    looking for the biggest oem fit alternator for a honda civic. i dont mind going up to 200 amp but there not a direct fit. and looking for a single wire alternator as well.

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  13. Started by SKEEMASK,

    UPS showed me some love yesterday before I headed into work. Refurbished and doesnt have a scratch on it. The only thing is it didnt have a birthsheet....so I may take it somewhere this week to get it benched. average birthseets range around 320rms x 2 @ 2ohm which is how I'll be running this on 4-4" Dayton midranges.

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  14. Started by Keith,

    Hey all I am new here and semi-new hooking up car stereo... that being said I need some help hooking up my new Sundown 1000d the manual says for 1-4 ohm 1 speaker configs to use both positive and then runs a neg line fom the woofer towards the amp... notice i said towards... the positive leands stop on the positive terminals of the amp but the negative lead routes toward the amp and then stops.... Im a newb I know but Id rather ask how then to tell you how I burnt my truck down or fried my brand new amp!! thanks in advance.

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  15. Started by carbonmonoxide,

    lately my kicker zx1000.1 has been acting wierd, when i first set everything up, it sounded great, then, not so great. before the sub was broken in ( a 12'' fi fully loaded bl in a 2.25 cu ft box tuned at 32 hz), i had the gains set and everything with the dmm. now, at the same voltage, my sub sounds like its distorting badly, and i have to turn the gain all the way down. my hu's setting are set to -2 of all bass enhancement. and im not using the bass knob for the amp either. do fi bl's sound like this when theyre broken in? i know there more of a spl type sub made to get loud, but i have only had 2 other subs so i may just be overreacting. any help guys?

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  16. Started by streetbeater07,

    which of these would be the best suitable for a daily driver setup at 14.4volts & 1 ohm? Which would be the best overall in terms of efficiency, power output, reliability, and current consumption? thanks

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  17. Started by mwerling1212,

    i want to get 2 fi bl 18s, but im not sure whether to get them in dual1 or dual2. i want to get a hifonics bxi2608d amp. im confused with the whole ohms thing.

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  18. Started by WildSebring,

    Allright guys, I was working on the car last night, and re-doing my grounds and re-running everything neatly...and what not...and put everything together nicely. I got done, and now my amplifiers stay on constantly even when I kill the car. And my headunit will not turn on. I did pull the H/U but I checked everything behind it, and nothings loose or broken. If I un-plug the Remote wire from the amps, they turn off.....seems like they are getting power from a hot source, but the H/U will not come on. I didn't let anything touch in the trunk, or anything...no fuses have blown...no loose connections anywhere. I'm stumped .....never ran into this problem before....has any one…

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  19. I am still waiting on pioneer's avic f90Bt because they have to do a firmware update like 3 or 4 weeks out anyone else dealing with this. I have been waiting for 2 months now, any input on kenwoods DNX 8120 in how it compares Im getting tired of waiting. Should I go with the Kenwood or stick it out for the pioneer?

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  20. Started by appleyard,

    I installed 3 batteries which one in the engine compartment and another 2 in the boot. Since I owned a small car, I cramped those batteries on the side of the box and its almost impossibel to take them out without taking the whole enclosure with it. So my question is it safe to charge the battries while it is still connected to the amp and the front battery or should I unhook all cables before charging the batteries.

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  21. Started by KING,

    Does any one know what are some good sites to buy amps online.

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  22. Started by SouthPole1989,

    hi, i have 2 sundown sd1 v1 12" and i am thinking about using them until i can get enough money to buy to system i really want so if i can limit how much i spend the better. anyway i already have a sundown sax100.2 that i was going to use to power them but the problem being that it does not have a subsonic filter on it. and i was wondering if i could get away with using my alpine 9887 crossovers and my sax100.2 crossovers and bandpass it, if that would ok an ok alternative.

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  23. Started by jcardin,

    I've been keeping an eye out for amps lately with the intent to buy a sax-100.4 but looking at crutchfield they have a p450.4 which is rated at 60x4 for a pretty good price. I looked at ampguts and it seemed to look pretty sparce inside, but I'm no engineer so what do i know? I would run this amp with the front 2 running generic 6.5 speakers on the front and the rear 2 bridged to an id10v3 D2. What do y'all think? Thanks John

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  24. Started by lilblacky,

    Where can I get one and how much are they?

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  25. Started by Parker,

    I'd like to know who all has a Audiovox DVD Player. I'll explain later why I need to know!

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