Wasteland_Audio

My mechman alt charges at just a hair under 15 volts and doesn't hurt anything. You'll see a voltage gain going from an old lead acid to a new agm battery anyway. .2 volts isn't going to bother anything.

Witchcraft, pure witchcraft

infrasonic/subsonic filter is your friend Word, my level 6's like to dig low, but i still set the subsonic around 26hz and put a -6db slope at 30hz on my head unit just in case. It sucks having a trunk setup and not being able to hear a sub hitting its mechanical limit tho, may have saved it if he heard it.

XL subs are rated to 2200rms so you are running the right amp to it, so the only thing i could think of is you were running it way below tuning and unloading it with that big of a box.

Definitely slower than usual on my end.

I got it figured out, turns out internet explorer doesn't like to copy and paste so i switched to chrome and it works fine now.

sooo I feel like a dumb ass now, the 2 test posts I did neither of them had the pic in them, one had an "image not available" message and the other one just had the code, no pic (after I actually posted, not in the actual reply box that you type in). then I tried the image button and that's when things started getting really funky. like I said when I try to paste it directly to the reply box nothing shows up, no code, no pic, no nothin', that's why I'm a little confused on how you did that.

I've been trying to add photos with the little image button in the tool bar. When the window pops up to add the bb code it will allow me to enter it but when I go to hit ok it won't do anything and when I try to close the window I get a popup that says "the window options have changed, are you sure you want to exit?". I click yes and the window stays up. I actually have to back up to the previous screen to get the image upload window to go away. Please help, I am trying to post my first build log and I can't without MOAR PISHEEERRRRSSSS!!!! lol

That all makes sense, and that's why I like to post on the DC threads because you guys are so knowledgable.

Do you think those M38's would sound any good in a box ported super high?

Will are you running them infinite baffle then?

Just sitting here at work when a thought crossed my dome. Could you run a couple m38's as a 100-250hz midbass filler? like put them in a ported box under the back seat and tune it to like 80hz or some ridiculous number like that so they come in as the 18's roll off? sorry just brain puking here and wondered what other people thought.

^^ word lol

Those things better sound like Jesus just nutted in your ear...

Hey I just wanted to give a shout out to you guys for helping me out with my damaged sub. I ordered 2 DC level 6 m2's and thanks to the fine package throwers at UPS one of them had a broken basket. I honestly thought I would be out $900 but I called Sonic first thing and made the process of getting an exchange as quick and seamless as I've ever had to deal with. They even offered to cover half the cost of overnight shipping. You guys are awesome and have never done me wrong. Keep up the good work and you'll always have my business!

I was thinking that as well. I may just get a couple regular car batteries to boost the XS power ones I have now until I can get another 4 or so agm's. Then i'll have a little bit of time to break everything in before i go ape-dodo on the thing. think that'll work?

Well guys I finally broke down and ordered a 370 amp MechMan alt, hopefully that should be enough to get this thing pounding. If there's any other advice you guys wanna throw my way then I'm all ears.

By the way I don't think I ever mentioned this but its going in a 2004 suburban, not that it makes a whole lot of difference but I figured i'd let everyone know lol

Well its like Will said, I may just have to downsize until I have the electrical to back up the lv6's

Thanks Will, I always thought of them as an alternative to an extra battery but that makes sense, do you know where I could get an alternator for a decent price? i'd love a mechman but those are a little steep for me.

I know I'm gonna catch a bunch of shit for this question but why does everyone hate on caps so much? I'm definitely gonna take everyones advice and ditch them for an alt and batteries but no ones really ever explained to me why they suck so hard. And the reason I got the audiopipes is actually from a thread on this site stating they ran the same boards as a lot of the higher end brands.

I do appreciate the advice, I may just hold off on installing it all until I can get a bigger alt, I have a single DD 15" that im replacing with all this, its running at about 1700rms and my lights are already starting to dim so I can imagine what these will do even with the extra batteries. so probably just return the caps and put that toward an alternator then?

as painful as it is to say the alt is stock. I got the caps cuz I ran out of money and couldn't afford more batteries or a bigger alt

So I just ordered my first big system and im looking for a little advice on if I got the right stuff. Here's a rundown of everything I ordered: 2- Lv6m3 18" subs 2- Audiopipe APK 4500.1 Kicker 6 3/4" 2-ways Kicker 5" 2-ways Pioneer 600.4 2- XS power D1200 Batts. 2- Boss 35 farad caps Big 3 upgrade 100ft 1/0 guage and other random distribution blocks, wires, etc. any advice on what else I need or if I should change anything would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys!