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thank you for the compliment on the car, i am trying to get 22s my friend is trying to sell haha....anyways do you think 2 15s would be just as good as 2 12s, and if i run the 2 15s at 1 ohm on a sundown 3000d, will that be good, or should i do like you said 2 1200d's on 2 12's? please let me know...thanks, and big 3 will be upgraded definitely and it looks like i will have extra space for another battery in the trunk The only reason that i didn't recommend the 15's is just that they require significantly more airspace than the equivalent 12" subwoofer, generally speaking. I have a feeling what you have in mind is a setup that gets as loud as possible without sounding like complete a$$, so typically you would want a ported enclosure for that. After compensating for the materials, sub and port displacement, etc. you would be surprised by how little airspace you might have. IMO you would probably rather have 12's with enough room to really pound and get low than 15's that are a little choked up. To give you an example, i just ran through a rough dimension of 40w x 16h x 20d which would probably even be a little tricky to fit through the opening in the trunk, with a 14.5 x 5" port (72.5 sq in) and not even factoring in the woofer displacement which would probably be a total of about .3, you are looking a 4.68 cubic feet, around 4.3x after the woofers are in and all is said and done. That is good for most 12"s but lacking for a lot of the 15"s. I would give that setup a shot, i think you will be pleasantly surprised and if for some reason you are not, you always have the option of adding one more, or selling them. Woofers like FI's hold their value pretty well

i would get two 12" BL's, put them in around 5 cubes tuned to the low 30's, and 2 sae 1200d's. start off by doing the "big 3" upgrade with 1/0 gauge, and adding a single additional battery in the trunk like a yellow top or a kinetik 1800 or something. get some sound deadener, enough to do the whole trunk and a few strategically placed sections of the front for starters. if you decide that you need more, which i doubt, you can easily buy one more sub and amp this way. also you can see how you are doing for current with the stock alternator before going too crazy Nice car BTW

great setup! yeah, i'm from NY, hopefully i'll make it out to some shows up towards you next season. Have a lot of work to get done in the car by then. I wish i had more room to work with in my trunk

315 tq is no joke, and i would imagine it responds well to mods

That is actually incorrect. Regulated power supplies routinely double rated power for every halve in impedence. What regulated power supplies do is provide a constant output no matter what the input voltage is. So that JL 1000/1 is going to put out 1000 watts no matter if your car's voltage is at 14, 12, 10, etc. It will just pull more current when the voltage is low to keep the output power the same. An unregulated power supply, on the other hand, changes output power in relation to input voltage. So that memphis may put out 900 watts at 10 volts, 950 at 12 volts, and 1000 at 14 volts. I stand corrected then

with ample power, even in a small sealed enclosure, all of those will be pretty loud i'm sure. if you are planning on doing SPL comps i would say otherwise, but for a DD system thats sounds good on a variety of music and gets plenty loud you should be fine with any of those drivers in a sealed setup

any reason that you are choosing either one of them? i've done installs with both and i would say the JL has a VERY SLIGHT edge in performance, but the memphis is a nice small amp and very good overall, if it's the same model that i speak of. Still, there are many competitive 1kw monoblocks on the market right now in that price range or for less EDIT, the JL does have a regulated power supply, so it will provide rated power to a wide range of VC configurations, the memphis is rated at 1 ohm i believe. So if you need to power a 1 ohm final load get the memphis because i have heard that the JL doesn't like 1 ohm. If it is 1.5 or above, go for the JL

actually from what i just read, they seem to be just as unreliable as the 3sixty, and the user can only adjust a 3 band parametric eq? I'm looking for a bit more flexibility

actually just saw the 650, it may be my best bet. I hadn'y read about the balnced input issue with the 3sixty but if that IS the case it would suck so maybe the 650 will be better choice. I also like the remote control for setup

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I'll try to get some from him next time i see him, that is from a thread over on CA that someone else posted from a show. It's a 94, with 24" DUB spinners, suede interior, and a bunch of other stuff. That setup replaced 2 13w7's and 2 zapco 9.0's, which were doing like 151 in their last incarnation iirc

for the amps i would go with 3 of the refurb rockford T3002's that are floating around ebay for like 140/each. for the subs, if you are looking to go small but get reasonably loud and keep it in that price range, maybe a pair of the sundown E8's would be nice

I'm not gonna lie...i would take the Sundowns over the MA without any doubt in my mind, but MA does make some strong amps. The main problem is that the are current hogs. My friend has 4 of the HK4000's. He is running a pair strapped to each of his RE MT12's, no crazy tuning or huge box, matter of fact i think he has 5 cubes or less. He does 156's on the new TL all day long in the 4runnerand still sounds decent. in the pic he has the optima's that are pretty much there cause they were from his old setup, but he is actually running 4 16volt turbostarts to the MA's

yup, originally the door panels had the mids and midbass both sealed with an enclosure made of 1/4 inch birch ply and expanding foam. I'm modifying the enclosure to fit on my doors without hacking them up so i will leave the sealed portion for the midrange in place and will run the 8" IB as per your suggestion in my other thread and numerous other info i have seen recently. That being said, i am really leaning towards the 3sixty.2 simply for the fact that it seems capable of what i want and can be had for not much more than the audiocontrol lc6 i was considering as a lineout converter anyway. at that price, if it works well then great, and if not i'm not going to be super disappointed. People seem to have mixed results with them from what i have seen, but i am willing to take the gamble for about 200 bucks

looks great, can't wait to see what she hits

you just have to remove Q240 from the circuit board. the 1000 does not have compression feature so you don't need to press the switch

For now, I will start with the seas prestige textile domes, whatever decent 3 inch mids i can find and either the Peerless SLS or Dayton Reference in 8" for midbass. I don't think i will make the jump to 4 inch mids even though they are alot easier to come by, cause i may upgrade to the Legatia Pro's down the road and don't want to cut the door larger than it needs to be for their 3.4" mid. I'll probably cross over around 200-250 and somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 on the high end, for starters, and then play around with it. the door panels that i have actually have the midrange and the midbass right next to each other, maybe two inches away. Perhaps those would be the best to share the T.A. settings. I really liked the DEQ-230 that i had in my BMW, wish i had never sold it. That combined with an audiocontrol 4xs would make me very happy

If anything just go with a lighter shade in the front. I like the car, what motor is that? i am used to just seeing the naturally aspirated 6 cyl and the 4.6 in these, never knew that the "supercoupe" was actually supercharged, although i do know a guy with a "turbocoupe" and that has the turbo 2.3 that was in the mustang SVO

From my understanding, the output of the stock Clarion receiver on the G35 is pretty damn flat, with some attenuation of the higher frequency range past 24-25ish on the volume, which i never reach anyways. I am running 3 way active in the front, i know that the 3sixty doesn't really have provisions for that so i had already planned on making sure that the 4 channel that i use for my midrange and tweeters has the crossovers to compensate for that. I know that that will eliminate the ability for time-alignment, but on every stereo that i have heard with and without back to back, i preferred the sound without it anyway. So basically i guess that i am just looking for a good EQ and X-over

With a pretty significant build on the horizon now steering towards higher end equipment, i still am not ready to part with my factory head unit unless it becomes an absolute must. I prefer the OE look and like the fact that my navi and bluetooth are integrated in the setup now, although i know that with a little tweaking i could likely make them work with something different, if needs be. On the G35 w/ the Bose system, all the processing is done at the actual factory amp. The leads running from the factory receiver are low level already and many people prefer the results with the RCA cables spliced/soldered into those leads over using an LOC. I myself initially had used a converter and was receiving a peak signal of about .3 volts with it set to the max position. In the future, i will either run the rca's directly to the leads from the receiver or purchase a decent quality "active" loc to bump up the output a bit, although i guess i would prefer to eliminate another piece of equipment from the chain if possible. This leads me begin my search for the ideal processor. For the money and convenience i am really leaning towards the 3sixty. I like the fact that speaker level inputs are provided if i find that necessary, and for the amount of features they an be had on the cheap. Everyone seems to rave about the alpine H701 though. I guess my main questions would be: Are they THAT great where it would be worth getting one over the 3sixty, even though i would need to buy the C701 as well to control it in my case? Would the results be much worse than using it with a matching alpine head unit? Also, would any of you say to just say screw it and replace my factory unit? I am a n00b when it comes to outboard processing in cars so i would appreciate some of you guys with more SQ experience chiming in and letting me know what/what not to do. I have been holding off on doing a SERIOUS stereo upgrade cause i want to take the time to do it right, deaden everything up, make sure i can provide the current, and proper signal for good results. Thanks in advance

The "yo" actually gave enough away. haha i needed to put it there, couldn't help myself

Does it need to be new? you could get a used SAE-1000 for a good price i am sure, and will be more than happy with that combo most likely. Other good amps in that price range new http://www.etronics.com/p-57952-massive-au...name=GoogleBase http://ikesound.com/product-product_id/2167 http://ikesound.com/product-product_id/7915 http://cgi.ebay.com/Rockford-Fosgate-Power...id=p3286.c0.m14

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People that don't know what model any of the equipment is or any of the true technical specifications, and just base everything on the GIANT max power rating on the box or the actual item. "yo, i got two 1200 watt kenwood amps and 4 15" xplodes that are 800 watts, gonna get me 4 300 watt 6x9's and 4 150watt horns on the rear deck" it absolutely drives me BONKERS. i love busting their chops though

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