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  12. Copper Buss Bars w/Set screws

    in For Sale: Car audio related equipment only

    Posted · Edited by TahoeJoe

    1. Product: Solid Copper Buss Bars - Maximum power transfer

    2. Specs: 10" L x 1.5" W and H. 9 holes with Alan wrench head set screws. Holds up to 2/0 gauge wire. 1/0 fits without having to mess with it.

    3. Description/Condition: Bars are solid copper and all set screws are threaded. As you can imagine they are pretty heavy. Will give an install eye pop value. That is what I used them for.

    Bars shipped in the Cont US $160 for both

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  14. HellFire 1000.1 on 2 18" DC LVL 4 w/5coils

    in Member Videos - Host 'em & Post 'em! System Vids / Off Topic

    Posted

    We better get a wide lens to capture the brutality of it to ensure my Oscar nomination. No men in green suits running around needed for this carnage. No special effects needed but I have no objections if we want to throw in a car chase though. We can strap Roscoe to the hood with the camera!!!

    The Maxxlink we can tie to the back of Rodneys bike and have him take off!! That way we can see and feel the fear of the maxxlink!

  15. HellFire 1000.1 on 2 18" DC LVL 4 w/5coils

    in Member Videos - Host 'em & Post 'em! System Vids / Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by TahoeJoe

    Yup 2 subs one amp .5 ohms and I will be the camera man for the violence to ensue :D

    We better get a wide lens to capture the brutality of it to ensure my Oscar nomination. No men in green suits running around needed for this carnage. No special effects needed but I have no objections if we want to throw in a car chase though. We can strap Roscoe to the hood with the camera!!!

  19. I need Midbass

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

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    This would be going into a 95 Jeep GC, so obviously the sub is in the same airspace as the rest of them. I have the sub crossed over around 70hz, but the box is tuned to 28hz. The front mid drivers I have crossed over at like 100hz (they are shallow mount woofers and couldn't take too low of a crossover) and the rear drivers (the ID's) I have playing like 60-200hz. They can play low and sound good, but just not loud enough. That's why I was thinking of building a ported box for them.

    Ok speaking in general about your set up. In the rear you have 18" sub 70hz and 6.5" starting at 60hz. You can pretty much forget about hearing your rear mids from 60hz-80hz because they are competing with an 18 at full RMS power. Now if you start your freq for mids at 70hz you need to up your mid power across the board. You will need more power and cone area (add'l 6.5s) to hear an audible difference in the mid bass. May even want to look to 8" subs in a small enclosure for this.

    If money is an issue I would move the mids up front and concentrate on your front stage only until you can dump some cash into it. Plus even though your sub is a Q you may want to consider downsizing if you aim is to achieve solid SQ.

    Don’t know what else to tell you but unfortunately you can’t fix your problems without cash. For instance I have 2 18’s with 1200w per sub and I have 6-6.5 and 6-1” tweets. I still need more balance.

  20. I need Midbass

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

    Posted

    Since I got zero responses to my thread in the mids-highs section, I'm going to repost it in this section to get some responses....

    As you can see in my sig, I have an 18" woofer tuned low and a pair of 6.5" comps in the front doors. I just installed my new kenwood hu and got all the DTA and positioning set up. Front stage sounds great, real similar to my studio monitors image and sq-wise. Only problem I have is that the front comps don't play midbass very well. They are shallow mount because my doors aren't very deep, so it makes sense that they aren't great for midbass. Now what I want to do is take a pair of 6.5" ID CTX mids I have and port them and have them sit behind my back seat. I will time align them with the front stage, so hopefully it should sound more like the front stage. My questions are

    A. What should I tune to? I was thinking 80 hz.

    B. Will the ID speakers work alright, and if not, should I buy 6.5" subs or 6.5" woofers?

    C. What should I cross them over at? I was thinking around 60-200hz and have my sub play up to around 65-70hz

    Please let me know what you think.

    80hz is fine for a freq response general start point but you need to first look up the CTX model and check the freq response zone of the speakers. Many mids don’t start at 80hz and may start response around 100hz. Even though I think you have other issues more pressing, if your mids were not designed to recreate a freq that low you may be out of luck having your current mids sound the way you want them to.

    What type of vehicle is this set up in? Is the sub in the same airspace as your mids? (all in the cabin or sub in the trunk?) What is the cut off freq of your sub? You said it is tuned low but how low are we talking?(not box tuning but crossover wise) How are you crossing the mids over? Amp high pass? What are your settings adjusted to?

    Other than my questions keep in mind that you have only 2- 6.5's competing with an 18 on your human ears. Sounds properties make perfect sense but almost all studies have been recorded in controlled environments (ideal space, temp, constant controlled power etc) and don’t always work in theory inside a terrible acoustical environment. (all cars) Have you listened to the mids with the sub off? If so, are they responding to the midbass freq or just sound like shit on the good midbass notes? If they sound good you may need additional mids to achieve a complete sound.

  23. puting movies on to itunes ? need help

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

    Posted

    okay so im trying to prepare for my flight to hawaii this coming friday and i was wondering how i can take a dvd and put it on my ipod if it can be done

    I file once on your PC needs to be converted by itunes into the proper format. If you drag the file into itunes, then from there you should have the covert option in your files options. It will take awhile for a movie.

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