Notorious97200

I love this forum. even if they have nice (SSA) products, they only want you to improve your car sound system ! They won't push you towards theirs products. Buuuut I can tell you their speakers sound very good. I've tried several SSA subs and loved them, and the Evil tweeters are still in my car : they're amazing. Check the available room you have for the sub box, and work from there.

The prs 80 is nice...and looks good too ! If you already have that Alpine h u, maybe you can find a good little DSP to have full control like you want. I don't think you can find the Alpine processor H800 (or something) for cheap. It would have been a really good solution. I was in the same boat, I wanted to go active but mu head unit could not do it : I bought a mini dsp , following M5 advice (always !).

No love for iPhones here ? You don't have to get the latest one. An iPhone 6s+ or 7+ should be cheap enough to compete with those Pixels or Huawei phones. I'm thinking about getting a red XR.

Welcome to SSA !

I've waited 5 months for 2 Fi subs, a few years ago ! That was crazy, but now it's not like that anymore. I'd love to try some Evil subs, but I won't ever have enough power. If you can, just do it. How did you like your Level 6 ?

Oooh, that's sad.

Some news since november ? How do you like your Evil sub ?

Get the BTL and the Sundown amp : you'll love it. If you don't know what to choose between the Fi Q or the Fi BTL (or BL) : the BTL is for you. I love my BTL N2 : I've heard it on several amps, from 1500 to +3000 wats, it's loud and clear. Honnestly, you can try an SSA Zcon too : they are fantastic.

On other forums or facebook pages, people swear by o'scope or all those s mdd -1 tools to set the gain. They say if you don't use those, you can't have it set right ! That is confusing if you don't know about car audio.

I can only understand the need of an o'scope for fine tuning in competitions. But for my daily listenings habits, I don't need nothing to set the gain on my amps, except my ears and some music (or tone eventually). If I feel it sounds bad, or weird, I turn it down. Sorry for that speach, OP !

I'm very happy with my mini dsp 2x4 on my mids & highs. If you like to play with the settings it's not fun :its only negative point is that you need a laptop to set it up. You want a pretty loud system, with a good sound quality, and you want to show your equipments. Some like to use large mids and horns to be loud. Good luck !

Very good start. I want to see that.

I had an Icon 15: what an amazing sub ! The Xcon was more "powerful", but still smooth. I tried a Zcon, but It was not my thing : maybe it was too strong ! I will never hesitate to tell a friend to get an SSA sub. Keep doing your thing, SSA.

I would love to listen to that car, with that setup. Congrats. Surprising choice on subs, but Focal is super legit : one of my favorite brand.

4 Ga input to 4 Ga ? why ? Keep posting pics.

Welcome to the forum. I hope you'll find some good help for that box. You'll love those Icons !

The old box was nice. He should/could have went with 15s for the new one. He will be loud, for sure.

I'm a too bad electrician to tell you that! Sorry

That rounded box is beautiful ! My box builder tried that on my last box, but only on the length, not on the sides like yours. That is a great idea for my next box, someday. Good luck for the build.

WoW ! That kerfed port is nice ! Beautiful box. Can't wait to see it painted and installed. Congrats.

A 500 amp relay isolator ? That will need lots of current to blow/pop.

You are in good hands, here ! I'm still "new" to the active thing, after a year I had all the help I needed from the helpfull SSA members. The mini dsp is cheap, but I am so happy with mine. I did hide it in my glove box. And the 2V rca outputs are fine for me. I don't even know if it's 2v or 4v, or whatever volt it is.

It looks like that.

Welcome back ! That SSA amp is a Nice choice from S.deYoung. Take a look at the Sundown, and the Incriminator Audio amps on the SSA Shop.

Nice choice : all SSA equipments ! How did you make your choice for SSA ? I'm curious Waiting for the build pics, we love them !