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Thank god for sum progress!! Looking good timmy

Oh yeah! Great news, I also just recently got some new bling yo! 3k Black Diamonds

@Swift, No not yet, I dropped off my Pioneer off to a authorized Pioneer repair center thought last Thursday. So its been a full week. So this is good news, I hope. This, to my guess, means that there was something indeed wrong with the unit. So maybe waiting on parts or something? I was hot swapping the RCAs many times during this installation and troubleshooting

Ok, so here a decent build update, hope you guys enjoy. I started yesterday(Thursday) at 6pm and it is now 9:20 (Friday). Wasn't a lot of work done persay, one job, but just involved a lot of time that I really haven't had lately. I'm dead beat right now though lol, covered in saw dust and sticky glue fml. Well what I did was flatten my false floor to be flush with the rest of the cargo area, I wrapped it in the same material as my box, cleaned the interior of car, I ran cable under the false floor and mounted both amps. Here are the pics. I used these blocks to level the false floor. In place, one on each side and two and the far ends of the hatch side. Stacking them prior to above image Here are a few imaged of what it looks like underneath. Good amount of area down there, I will be utilizing this area later on Amp guts of the Aq 1200 Installed mounting feet of the ZED Floor wrapped in Pleather from Hobby Lobby Floor installed Most wire ran Amps installed VERY tight fitting on all wiring Another view Not so blurry version No wires are visible with seats up Anotther angle of the amps, rear passenger door Notice it is now light out >.< I love this photo here, ZED and Got Port? Notice how flush it looks!! And of course the Z And thats it for this update, overall, I am VERY pleased with the results. The thing that inspired me to do this was, well it was messy, but also, I am a new member of my first car club! Project Mayhem of Nashville. So now the new challenge while competing in MECA will be to be loud AND looking good while doing it Thoughts?

haha thanks! A huge improvement for me over the monoprice. Although you will never be able to beat their price, they just weren't right for my application. But these bad boys really bite onto the female connectors and I love that.

Sorry sean, didn't mean to make you upset, was just wondering why or why hasn't it been done before, I suppose your input helped. haha, ok, will steer clear of that one.

Haha yes, if the amplifier did not gave onboard processing, then this would be a bad idea, but in my example/idea, it is built in.

Interesting... The Optic Cable I currently use, has NO wiring inside, it is simply a clear tube, where the light travels by reflecting from the interiors material. Its nothing fancy, just an Optic Cable from Wallmart. But I've dealt with better ones before, the image I posted actually. I do believe that it is rather easy to deal with. Don't see how one could mess it up, no different than running RCAs in the handle/care aspect of it.No conduit needed, as you can observe from the image I posted, it has its own shielding just as an RCA cable would, and is flexible. Not 90 degree flexible, but maybe that could be another draw back sure, for those who run zig zag wiring. Cableguy, In my idea, the source would be the Head Unit, and then the processor would be the amplifier. So in this scenerio, there is no need for multiple transmitters as you described from earlier correct? Since the processor(in my case, the amplifier) would decode the signal, right? lol

I would win both fights...

Oh ok, haha, I trust you now, but listened to your opinion anyways So you say you would need transmitters/receivers for all channels, why is this? As I've stated, my mixamp takes the sound into my headphones in 5.1 surround. This is my confusion when you say that we would need a separate receiver for each channel. But your correct, my X-box only has one output. My idea would be, From source, one output to lets just say a 5-channel amp. Thats one cable. Which obviously has many advantages over 3 RCAs would, IMO.

You gave me a mobile link? lol, doesn't work for some reason. Top right corner of your phone, if android, the youtube app will have a drop down icon, select "copy url". But when I just researched it, it is intended to be used in park, connected to a computer to configure/tweak your system. I noticed there was still a few pairs of RCAs for the signal from source to amp/processor.

Thanks for your input CableGuy. I never imagined that it would uber expensive to have Optical recievers since the cable itself can be had for a few dollars or less. At home, I have mixer/amp that I use for gaming that utilizes the optical input from my xbox and I can tell a HUGE difference in sound compared to normal RCAs. This cable is only 6ft long, and this mixer is nothing of SQ oriented to my knowledege. Can be had for less than 150$ and is designed for gaming, not Audiophiles. Call me loco, but for some reason I was thinking there was a difference between "Fiber Cable", and "Optical Cable". Notice images below. Fiber Cable Optical Cable

I checked it out, but that is for computer hookup? You can't utilize it in a vehicle in the same way as RCAs. I'm sorry, maybe I should make myself clearer. I am speaking in regards to the role that RCAs currently play. Transmitting the data from the source(HU), to amplifier(s)/processor(s).

Picking up T2000 12s friday. Should take take the power I know the SAs will take it for a few burps Powerbass XA4000's from what I've seen they'll do a little more than rated and take .5 all day I guess I just don't like your choice of subs. Diamond Audio, and then T3... And then Atomic amps... IDK, w/e makes you happy I guess. I hope it works out for you! And yes I'm aware of the numbers you have achieved, I state my opinion simply out of my opinion.

DAMN tio, you got any more?

I was just wondering if this is possible, or even worth it? I have never seen any manufacture attempt this, but I believe that it would improve the quality of the sound as well as be cost effective in the aspect of less material/weight/mass that three sets of RCAs use. I'm not sure if anybody will be able to answer this question, but I was just wondering what is the reason for manufactures pursuing this route. Any opinions are welcomed.

Nice job, your definitely gonna feel that bass!

Sucks about the rear end. Hope you get that taken care of. What amp will you be going with? You should get some SSA subs in there.

If you have any intentions of upgrading in the future, as far as power is concerned, I would suggest the Gcon. But the Dcon is a monster sub in its own right as well. What sub will have more output with that much power, I'm not sure.

So where do I insert my 1/0 power/ground inputs?

naw, never too old man.

Damn those are nice!

I've found that a lot of rattles can be fixed with closed cell foam in the exact spots it rattles. I'm anal about rattles and in a 15 year old car they were plenty. I have panels flexing and I want to have a VERY quiet vehicle. CCF will help, but with a portion of my problems. Now that my itch for a lot of bass is scratched next thing I'll settle for is a nice front that is not disturbed by road noise. I laughed so hard at this teo, wishful thinking there man, but I do feel the same.