Amplifiers / Head Units / Processors / Electrical

Hey all. I have a Saz2500D and an excessive amperage 225 amp alt. Big 3. Autocrat gold batt up front. Anyways, my voltage runs off all over the place (it will drop down 2 volts and sometimes spike up to 16V!!!). Sometimes those spikes will even cause my radio to turn off for a second. Do you think adding a yellowtop or something similar in the back near the sub amp will help voltage drop and these irregularities? Resting voltage is 14.9V. Maximum drops are high 12's. Thanks

What voltage is bad on amps.

Alright, so I got my amp yesterday (Diablo Audio Technologies 1000.1) and it's great, except for one problem. Every time I turn on the truck, about 5 min. later the amp turns off and a blue light (alarm) on the amp goes on, even if I don't have it that loud. Can somebody tell me what might be the cause? P.S.- There is only one L.E.D. and Red means On/Power Blue means Alarm

So my jeep has a stock 160a alternator. I plan on upgrading to about 2k rms here in the next few weeks. I was wondering if that alternator would cut it if i did big3 and got some extra batts. What do you guys think?

my kw-nx7000 finally died. I am looking at this unit as a cheap replacement: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_42331_JVC-KD-X50BT.html. My goal is to find a cheap , reliable HU with bluetooth, ipod control, at least 2 RCA outputs. Thoughts?

Presently I own two Coustic 505DR's, three Coustic 510DR's and one Soundstream Rubicon 702. All pretty sweet old school amplifiers (if I do say so myself ). However, I'm very seriously contemplating selling them all and picking up three or four Rockford Fosgate T3002's. I'm wanting to compete in IASCA 0-600w class. With the RF's, I would have potential power of well over 2kw, yet still remain in the 0-600w bracket. With my current amps, I would be pushing the limit of 600w with even two of them, and I wouldn't have much more actual total power output than that 600w. Plus the RF amps are 1ohm/channel stable, were as the Coustics are not.....so the RF's really have fut…

so i have looked EVERYWHERE and i cannot see to find a fill kit for a 1999 for taurus with digital climate controls, it is drving me crazy a buddy of mine need this last thing to finish his system and cannot see to find it anywhere PLEASE help me

i have my Viper 2500.1D on 13' of 1/0 (OFC) power wire and 2' of ground (CCA). I have a 2500W inverter that I am going to install and need to run more wires for. I have a group 49AGM directly under the truck where the amps are. I have some pure copper 2/0ga wiring that im going to use for power and ground. the power inverter and the viper both have dual 4ga inputs for both power and ground instead of single 0ga. what connectors would you recommend for the dual 4 to 2/0 connections? would it be preferred to run the current 0ga to the power inverter and then run new 2/0ga to the battery under the truck? so as im typing this im thinking: it would be best to just use a…

who make a bass processor like the basscube

i was wondering if someone could explain it to me i picked thisamp cause its the first one i found 500/1 Class D Monoblock Subwoofer Amplifier Features: 500/1 Description: Class D Monoblock Subwoofer Amplifier Patented Technology: High-Damping Class D Circuit with discrete control circuitry (U.S. Patent #6,441,685) Differential-Balanced Input Topology: 1 pair of inputs On-board Crossover: Fully-variable (40-200 Hz), selectable-slope (12 or 24 dB per octave) LP Preamp Output: 2-channel (independent active filter, parallel with amp filter or pass through) Bass EQ: Single-band parametric with variable boost up to +15dB and Remote Bass Option Infrasonic Filter…

Alright guys, I'm looking to expand my knowledge on car audio and I'm wanting to look into active setups and how they work, do's and dont's, ect. I'm not trying to look lazy here and not able to do my own research but I cant seem to find some quality websites explaining this when I search it up. Anything will help, either your own knowledge or websites that you know of. Thanks -Mike

has anybody heard reviews or have used any hifonics brutus amps? are they good? write back

I am looking to install a Sundown SAX1200D in my truck after I get the money up. My question is to run it at 1 ohm what all will I need to upgrade on my electrical besides the Big 3? If I need a larger or more batteries what size should I run and what should I run for the alternator?

I have a new kenwood head unit I'm trying to install. I bought the scosche wiring harness for my toyota tercel at walmart. I ran into a problem, none of the connections on the wiring harness fit into the back of my kenwood cd player. I'm a noob when it comes to this so help me out? Here are some pictures showing the backs of both head units and the factory wires and the scosche wiring harness. The wires that went into the back of the stock head unit The back of the stock one, see the place to insert the plug? My kenwood doesn't have that There is only one place that looks like a harness would go there, but none of them fit Here is the wiring harness IDK WHAT IM DOINGG…

Yes hello i have a question about wiring i have 2 us amps md1d and 2 kicker l7 15s i have 4ga wiring sometimes my fuse blows every now and then when i turn it up my homeboy has almost the same set up but has 0ga wiring and has not blown a fuse so my question is should i go to 0ga wiring and how should i run it. Thanks

if i have two of the same amps can i link them or are there only certain amps that you can link together?

Does anyone know if it is a true remote gain control or just a bass boost? Also if it is a true gain control, will the actual gain on the amp supersede the remote knob? By this I mean no matter how high I crank the remote knob, it will not go past the gain setting on the amp, correct?

I was reading about the PG tantrum 1200.1. I have a 13w7 in a prowedge box. Im gonna wire it in series to push a 3ohm load, would this amp be efficient for that setup? The amp I believe is 2 ohm stable, i hear its much easier to use a 2ohm stable amp rather than finding a .5ohm stable amp.

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

Not having good rcas or remote wire in a system install can that have any effect because I some cheap off brand RCA and remote

Quick question for all of you who are a lot smarter than me! My math told me it wasn't enough but I wanted to double check with you all. If my sound system drives 4100 watts will a 270 amp Max 200 idle alternator be able to support it? Especially accounting a/c etc. If it will that would be awesome, but if not I'll just go with SSA Icons instead of xcons. Ps I know I could probably get multiple alternators but it would be a tight fit, and personally don't have the capability so it would probably cost too much.

Hey guys! OK, my third post is supposed to be here so here goes. I am about to purchase a pair of Alpine SPR-17S component speakers for my truck. Here are the specs: Power Handling:Peak: 660 watts per set / 330 watts each sideRMS: 220 watts per set / 110 watts each side[*]Impedance: 4 ohms[*]Hybrid layered-pulp woofer with rubber surround[*]1" Textile ring-dome tweeter (silk)[*]External crossovers — 12 dB/octave (high -pass) and 6 dB/octave (low-pass) crossover points[*]Frequency response: 65 Hz - 27 kHz[*]Sensitivity: 87 dB The two amps I'm considering are these: JL Audio Slash v2 300/2v2 (link click here) Slash v2 Series 2-Channel Class AB Car AmplifierRMS Power Ratin…

when bridging a 2 channel amp do i need to have y adapters @ the hu as well as the amp inputs or do i just wire the rca's as normal? thanks in advance

hey guys i hav $300 to buy an amp what can i get i need a deal

i was woundering if you guys can give me some input will i tell a difference between using 12 gauge or 8 gauge for wireing my sub to my amp i have a 12" btl w/cooling daily d2ohm ans i got a saz 2000d going to wire it down to one ohm wow just realized i cant spell !!