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808 represent! Nice videos, and nice numbers! Keep it loud -Trevor

Can a pair of strapped 1500's run a Dual 2 BTL safely? Its below the rated two ohms, but seeing as the power test were dropping insane numbers, I figured it was worth a shot to ask if its been done.

Thanks for the replies. I might just go with some coax 6.5s. I think I've settled on the BTL12 or 15, depending on how much space an enclosure would take. As far as the amp, I think I've got it down to a Sundown 1500d.

Hmm, looks like a Fi it is. I'm thinking Ill just go with a single SD 1500d for now, and when I can afford another one, strap it. Whats the optimal box for a BTL15?

Holy cheeze balls. Thats a lotta juice for a 2k rated sub. > Also, how will the BTL15 sound on one Sundown?

I'm looking at a BTL15, because I've heard good things. But until I get enough, I would probably be running 1 Sundown 1500d on the BTL15. If I got it optioned out, would it be able to handle a pair of strapped 1500d's? How much can a optioned daily driver BTL handle?

Ok, so as the description describes... I've never built a car system before, and I don't know whats good and whats not. I do have some experience with home audio, so I'm not completely clueless when it comes to the technical. I ask your assistance in helping me choose audio components that sound pretty good, and are mid-range in price. System will probably be built into a 2nd Gen Scion xB. I'm quite the SPL lover, I get a crazy grin when the mirrors start vibrating. SQ isn't so much important to me, but I want to be able to hear the words, just a little at least. The xB has a 8 1/32" deep, double din factory headunit. The front and rear speakers are both 6 1/2". Given that, I'm on a limited budget, and will probably buying one piece at a time, and slowly building it. I'm thinking that since I'm on a budget, and the car being audio'd isn't the biggest in the world, it would be good to just have one good subwoofer that can slam. If I ever get a bigger car, or more money, I can always add another sub and more amps. I'm all about expandability. To start, I will need the following, feel free to correct me if I leave something out. HU - iPod Connectivity - Tweeters - Mid-ranges - Subwoofer - Sub Box - Tweet/Mid amplifier - Sub amplifier - Power Cable - Something from KnuKonceptz? RCA Cable - Dash kit - Maybe a battery - If something isn't there, let me know! I'll be updating this list as I select components. I'll start with the HU I don't need DVD or Nav, just something that will play CDs and have an iPod hookup, optional or standard. One of those attenuator buttons would probably save my rear... And from what I've read, the higher the Preout Voltage, the better. I'm guessing most HU can play MP3 CDs, so I won't worry about that. The xB is a Double DIN, but there are adapters for that, correct? Also, I don't want a really fancy looking HU, I don't know how well it will blend in with the interior. Tweeters - I have no idea who makes good tweeters. The MB Quarts in my friend's ride (Two DD 15"s, hes nuts too) sound pretty good, but again, I don't know who makes good stuff. Suggestions? Mid-ranges - Again, no idea who makes good ones. A couple people I've talked to said that Polk made good budget speakers, but you guys are the experts! Subwoofer - The good stuff here. I've looked at the Fi Audio, but people say they're overpriced. I've heard DD subs, and they rock, but I would think they're pricy. I'm looking at 1500W, and later, 3000W bridged to another amp, so the sub should be pretty beefy. A 15" would be good sized for the xB I would think. The most bump for the buck, so if that means one good DD or Fi, I'm not adverse to that. Sub Box - I might be able to fab something, or have a local shop build something. I have no idea what calculations to do, but I'm willing to learn. Tweet/Mid amp - I'm not sure who makes good amps for this purpose, but I'm thinking that I'm not going to need too much power. Sub amp - Now pretty much all I've read about is the SD 1500d. From what I've read, its pretty much awesome. If I get one, I could always strap it with another later for 3000W. But if theres other amps out there that do the same job for a better price, then I'm open to that. Cable - I don't know how big of a cable I need, but I'm guessing 4G would do the trick to the sub amp, and something a little smaller to the high/mid amp. Dash kit, not sure who makes good ones, or where to get em... And battery... Will 1500W need a new battery? I wouldn't mind having an optima or some other heavy duty battery under there just for reliability's sake. Thanks for helping me out. I love bass, and I have some serious boom in my room, but would love to have some on the road too. If you could also let me know the best places to buy these things, that'd be spectacular too. Mahalo, Trevor

The lower models Titanics have a High level input, however on the 15" model, only a RCA L/R or LFE input are there.

Sweet! Love the username.

lol, thanks.

Okay, so I got a pretty interesting setup. Heres me on my bicycle (its got a 40cc brushcutter engine on it!) crusin around my 'hood, when I spot a stack of stuff on the curb. Pull up to the curb... "Hey, this is audio equipment!" "Hmm..." Grab the Harman Kardon TU911 FM tuner, cruise back to my garage, plug it it.... and.... it works! Motor on back to the pile of stuff, grab one of the Harman Kardon PM645Vxi Amps. That worked too! So I ran back, grabbed the other PM645Vxi (with power cord lopped off o.O), and made another trip for the half working Sony tape deck. (I could only carry one component under my arm at at time, and still ride my bike) So, I get everything cleaned up, and rip the speakers off my old sony boombox. Everything works, so I set it up in a corner of my room with the speakers. "Sounds pretty good to me..." So, one day, I find my self at Goodwill Thrift Store. Looking though the stack of electronics... I spot a CD changer. 100 disc Sony model. Test it out in-store... doesn't work. Head over to the stack of speakers and I find a pair of Kenwood JL-505 3-Way, 8 Ohm, 140W Speakers. $30! Okay, price sounds good, so I buy them, throw em in the trunk of our Minivan, and head to RadioShack for some RCA interconnects and 16 Gauge Speaker Wire. I ended up spending $50 on all of that. My stack of junk is still looking a little empty, so I go to the best place to shop for budget electronics... Goodwill! This time, I leave with a 5 Disc Kenwood CD changer. Nothing fancy, but something to play CDs on. A second trip would net me a JVC 2 Deck Cassette Player. I had to do a little soldering trickery to the tape detection microswitch on the 1st deck, because it wouldn't detect a tape present, and wouldn't play. Soldering the contacts to short makes it think theres always a tape, good enough for my purposes. Then came a Audio Technica ATPL120 turntable. Not a real Hi-Fi model, but good price, and plays 78's too! I've always loved bass.... so I broke the bank and bought the 90 pound beast, the 15" Dayton Audio Titanic MkIII 1000W Subwoofer from Parts Express. Got that hooked up to the "Tape Output B" on my amp. This left me with MASSIVE, FLOOR SHAKING, WINDOW RATTLEING, PARENT ANNOYING bass, but subwoofer levels had to be controlled on the sub, because the Tape Out is constant level, as you probably know. (Note: The Dayton Audio sub is very good, and I love it!) Cruising down the aisles of WalMart one day brings me to an interesting block of translucent plastic that apparently allows you to add a amplifier to your stock car system! Now me, being the self proclaimed "King of Ghetto", I had to get this. This would allow me to use my awesome H/K amp with my awesome sub, and all would work harmoniously, achieving nirvana. Or my amp would melt. Either way, it was worth a shot. 15 minutes and some ghettoness later, I reveled in the glory of being able to blend bass and... the other stuff... all with one knob! But of course this meant that I would not be able to crank the bass as I wanted to, as turning the BASS knob on the amp would boost the bass to the 3-ways, which being of unknown age, with paper surrounds, might cause some severe damage to my... $30 speakers. So... while cruising the aisles of Best Buy, I recalled that "Bass Blockers" or "Speaker Savers" were designed just for the purpose of blocking bass, and would do exactly as I wanted! So I picked up a set of those, and went home. 30 minutes, some solder, heatshrink, and bathroom break later, I had the Bass Blockers nicely soldered and heatshrunk into my system, looking quite professional. The first thing to do was to test it out. I set the amp to Speaker A and played some of my favorite bass tunes. Hm... No bass here! Excellent. Turn the knob to Speaker A+B, and what do we get? BASS! Sweet. So I probably droned on there... But thats the story of my low budget home audio install. All together, its cost me around maybe $950 USD. Not bad for a system of this magnitude. Component List: 2 x Harman Kardon PM645Vxi, 60w/ch, 4 ohm stable (The other one, which I used an old microwave's power cord to replace lopped off cord, I use it to take places to crank the tunes and as a backup, if the first one should die) 1 x Harman Kardon TU911 AM/FM Tuner, 16 Presets, Digital Tuner, makes a loud popping noise when changing frequencys (Also has an interesting ribbon cable coming out of the rear soldered to the preset buttons, looks like someone retrofitted a remote of some sort. 1 x Kenwood DPR895 5 Disc Changer, nothing really special about it, except the output voltage is extremely high, compared to the other equipment. 1 x Audio Technica AT-PL120 Pro Turntable, has the AT DJ needle, +/- 10/20% Pitch, Forward/Reverse, Direct Drive, 33/45/78 1 x Parts Express Dayon Audio Titanic MkIII 15" Sub, 1000W @ 4 ohms 1 x TrippLite 10 Outlet Home Theater Surge Suppressor/Noise Filter, 5700 Joules, lots of LEDs to show line voltage, amperage use, and some other stuff. Mmm, LEDs. 2 x Kenwood JL-505 3-way. 140W, 8-ohm speakers 1 x JVC Two Deck Cassette Player. Normal/High speed dub, soft touch controls, selectable NR, nothing real special If you know anything about my equipment that I might not know, like when it was made, how much it cost, if it was high/mid/low end equipment at it's time, let me know, because most of this stuff came from unknown sources. I have the manuals for the amp, radio, and CD changer though. Any questions, let me know too! Thanks for taking the time to read all of this! Heres a picture of the stuff. Don't mind all the toys n bits on the stereo. Its just there to liven up the set. Also, notice I have everything above the amp propped on bottle caps to promote ventilation.

Sup everyone, I'm a SPL lover from Hawaii. Though I don't have lots of knowledge about car audio, I've got a pretty decent stereo in my room, equipped with the Dayton 15" 1000W sub, with an old 2 ch. Harman Kardon amp. The amp is pretty old, and it doesn't even have provisions for a sub. A car audio Speaker-> Line Level convertor was thrown in there somewhere. I'll be posting more about my home system in the Home Audio sticky in a bit. Other then that, I don't have a car system yet... I don't quite have a car suitable for one, as my current ride has no metal that you could bolt anything to. Don't think that means that my ride is crap though. Its whats on the inside that counts.