Notorious97200

Hi everybody, I'm getting rid of my rear speakers : I can't hear them with my 15" Icon playing! I will only keep my Focal 165 KP front speakers, but I don't want to go active. What should I do? Keep my current 4 channels amp and bridge it to the Focal? (This amp puts out 2*225 watts rms) Or sell it and buy a 2 ch amp (to save some power , and maybe some space and weight) I was looking at the Sundown amps : 125*2 or the 100*2. What do you think? What would you do?

I would love to have an XCON ! You,re lucky that you can run 1 or 2 beasts like that!!!! But I must admit the 15" ICON is more than enough for my car. Even with Damplifier, sometimes I feel like my car will fall apart, or explode!!! (I must do something for thz tunk lid rattles) The XCON must be insane!

I vote for only one 15" Xcon. You have the space and the power with the 2000w amp! It should be perfect, and easy to do !!!

Surprising !!! You did not tell what you needed to buy,................ I did not imagine life was so hard in Michigan!!!! We learn everyday!

you're a (too) good guy !! You will be blessed!!! But you may not do that too often !!!!!!!!!!

I have the same question for Martinique (French West Indies)!! Trinidad is not so far from my country, but I will not be able to order something from them. Do you have any dealer here or in GUADELOUPE, or even in St LUCIA ?

With 2 15's Icon in the back, you will never hear the rear speakers, unless you open only the rear doors : too much bass!!! Your passengers on the back seats won't hear them, with this bass hitting them! Put more money on your front doors speakers, a good amp and deadening products : and it will be "GOOD TO GO"!!!

OZ audio ? It is an italian rims brand !!!!!!!! Very good rims, beautiful and a little expensive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They make subs now, do they?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope they sound good, for you !!

This thing will be loud !!! Waiting for the pics!

What did you use for the rattles ? How many tons of deadening ? Because you will have lot of pressure with that beast !!! I hope the windows will be able to handle that! I would love to hear such a van! I am just waiting for your review when everything is ok in the van.

Focal K series, Phenix gold rsd, and so on The choice is yours. Try to go listen for whatever you can and come back on the forum with more info about your tastes on each one you listen to. People will be able to give you more advice or info. There are hundreds of brands in the caraudio market!!!!!

get something with less power! You can find good sounding products at the SSAShop. Maybe you can step down from the BTL to a ??? BL or Icon, or whatever is cheaper than the BTL! FIRST : You'd better buy some good component speakers : Kenwood coax , noooooooooooo!!!Run them with a Sundomn 100.2 for example (look for them, used, at db-r). Why don't you keep your 750.1, for the moment? You will upgrade it later if you need to. Just my 02cts!

I got mine recently (1 month) and I am VERY HAPPY with it : accurate is the word, YES !!! You can easily listen to jazz, or any kind of music. But the output is incredible in my ported enclosure !!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to turn the gain down! And just imagine I give it 650 watts (at 4 ohms). I cannot imagine how would sound an Xcon!!! I may order one for a friend of mine : I will tell you. You made a great choice : it's a hell of a sub!

I am still afraid of this 1 ohm thing !!! I run my 15" Icon sub with 650wrms at 4 ohms, and it plays very well : the output is FANTASTIC !!! I had to turn down the gain because my trunk lid was going to explode ! 1ohm is suitable for some good quality amps, but I really think it's better to run amps at higher ohms (2, even 4 ohms) when you can afford it. What do you think about it ?

Focal Polyglass sound good, but are expensive when you compare them to the KP or K2.... The K series are really really sounding GOOD! Take a look, see the price difference and decide or save a little more!!! You can find wonderful sales on a french official internet site: sebastoautoradio.net. Nice guys

You like your setup, but you want something new !! I understand it like that!!!!! Take a look at the SSA XCON (1750 wrms, low end monster........)It may be a good choice for you. Just my 02 cts. I have never heard it, but only read good reviews about it. I run a 15" SSA ICON, great great sub, abd I will soon order a XCON 15 for a friend of mine: after a listen to my Icon, he wants his big brother bad !

Take a look at Secondskinaudio Damplifier or Damplifier pro. I tried Fatmat before, for my trunk, and ordered Damplifier after : much better! Secondskinaudio have a subforum here. Their customer service is really good, and I live far from the USA !!!

That's a serious build! A monster van !!! I'm waiting for the next pictures. This will be your daily driver ? You're a lucky man!!! but don't forget the rims!

I'm keeping my round port, for sure! Flared ports may be more fancy and sound better, but I don't want to add weight in my trunk. More wood, so more weight :not good for me !!! If you want to save space, ithe flared ports are not the best choices. Thanks for your informations:)

It looks like a beast, but can it play music ? must be pretty heavy !! Some people have 4 of them in a car ? What car is it ? a truck!!! (yeah, I know you have big cars in the USA !!!)

This is what I was talking about : flared ports ! These flared ports tend to make the enclosure bigger, and seems way more difficult to build. So, you think it is really worth the deal? And, YES, these ports are sexy !!!!!!!

FI SSD, FI Q would be your best bet. ??????????????????????? It seems to be a good and honest answer, but very surprising !!! I was not expecting this one !!!

I run a 15" SSA Icon in a 4 ft3 ported enclosure, but I just have a round PVC port. I can see that most of the ported enclosures use beautiful "slot" ports (is it the good word ?). Those are more difficult to do, and you have to make it right the first time ! It's difficult to change them after. I want to know why do people use those ports? What are the advantages, comparing to simple and adjustable round ports? Sorry to bother with all these questions, but I am here to learn, and to run my sub correctly. BTW I love the sound of my sub with this enclosure, and I will try to tune it lower !!!

I ordered a 15" SSA Icon . It is a fantastic sub. The customer service is MORE THAN GREAT !!! They took care of me and answered all my questions,as if they were waiting for them !!!!!!!! I live in MARTINIQUE (French West Indies), so the shipping took some time (one month with USPS, but I could have choosen Fedex for a 3-day delivery!)), but the sub was sent right after they received my Paypal payment. I will come back !!! I would love to try the Sundown amps : the 100.2 and the 3500D. And the friend who built my enclosure wants an Xcon now, after hearing my Icon !!!!!!! He is getting ready for the money, like me !!

Ouch, that will cost you $1500? You need to start over, but tell us your goals instead of an equipment list. The only things on your list I'd buy is the Kicker amp kit and the PDX, but only if I really needed a small footprint amplifier. I've used them in numerous installs and never had any noise issue. In fact, I've used the cheapest RCAs known to man and never had a noise issue. I want it LOUD, Listen to rap, i want sound quality, but I want it to beat hard and low. Wacha think of my new list I've come up with. 1. Kicker KS60.2=119.99(each)=240 2. Kicker ZX350.4=219.99 3. F150 Box, 2 12s(139.95+22)=162 4. Polk Audio MM1240DVC=129.99(259.98) 5. PowerBass ASA-1000.1D= 249.99 6. Kicker PKD1 Dual amp kit= 102.99 7. Stinger SPL2120=15.99each=47.97 8. 100 foot 14 gauge speaker wire(HOME DEPOT)=50 Total: 1400.68 Shipped I think you shoukd really try the Sundomn amps, even the refurb ones. Try the ssashop, or db-r.com: there are big sales and big deals for a limited time now. Why don't you take a look at the SSA sub or the FI ? You can't be disappointed with them! Last point : I am not sure if you need rear speakers, take the money for the 2 sets and just buy a Better one, so you will only need a 2 channel amp for your speakers. TAKE YOUR TIME, read a lot, do some good research, and maybe you will be satisfied with your choices!!!! Good luck