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It doesn't matter which way you put the strip on, since the amp puts out AC anyway. Also, it most likely won't put out 12v. The LED strip will be a weird ohmage too, not a nice low number for your amp. So it could end up going poof when the bass hits. What you want to do is make a nice circuit with PWM that varies the brightness depending on the signal level. Well, that's probably the best way to do it.

Yeah, true. I don't think he knew they are semiconductors and have no filament.

Not once have I seen anyone mention a resistor, if you're running a LED off 12v, you will definitely want a resistor otherwise it could eventually fry. Also, I wouldn't parallel it with a sub. That's asking for something bad to happen.

You could easily run 4kw to them, but you might want to start off with half that at the moment.

Yeah, I know you meant that, I was just kidding, hence the jk. Have a look at knukonceptz for wire, people on here seem to love it.

^ That did not come out right. lol, jk jk. What do you consider ridiculous bass? I don't think you will overpower your mid/highs with one 12", especially since you are upgrading them. You can always turn the bass down if it is too much, so having a box that makes the most of it is good.

Even more reason to run thicker wire. It is still expensive, but shouldn't be too bad if it is only for one side. And, yeah, go ported, you'll get the best from your subs.

There isn't really a cheap way to do deadening if you want to do it right. Plexi is damn expensive, you'd probably want to have 1" thick plexi if that's what you are doing though. Depends on the amp, if you have a master/slave setup you can easily, if not you need to get something that goes inline with the RCAs or a 360.2 or some kind of processor. I'd go for thicker wire then use a distribution block to split it into the biggest size that will fit your amp.

You don't have to but you should for best results.

Yeah, the shop probably ripped him off. It's probably only a few layers thick and it probably isn't even tuned to what they said. They probably overcharged him too. But yeah, see if it flexes when playing.

I'd check to see if it actually is an inch thick, it probably isn't. If it was for midrange and wasn't adequately thick it could make it sound strange. but for bass I would think it would be kinda hard to tell the difference. Does it flex when the bass hits?

If you make sure it is thick enough and that it is tuned correctly and has the correct air space it should be the same.

As in my sig . The wise words of Boon .

you should find someone in your area with a termlab and see what you are really doing now. Yeah, I screwed that up. Apologies.

money can count as a perfectly good 'purpose'. If you can make a nice profit from it, why not make them? I'm not saying caps don't have a use BTW.

Yeah, I'd make a bigger box, maybe 2 cubes instead. It wasn't on a termlab so we can't say how loud it is. It's a good sub, it will be the box letting you down. There is a list of people with termlabs, maybe you can find somebody in your area, i can't remember what section it was under, maybe the SPL one? I'd guess it is doing at least 125db now. And getting 130db is most likely possible. But don't get caught up on numbers, there are cars which are loud to the ear but suck on a termlab and some which do good numbers but don't sound loud if you sit in it.

oh, if you're only running that much then just chuck the caps in, then when you upgrade you can sell them and get another battery.

Yeah, sell the caps and get a battery. Unless you want to keep one for a voltage readout or just to look cool . But yeah, you could sell at least one and get a battery with the money.

Don't encourage him. 0.5 ohms + daily = Also, I challenge the OP to hear the difference between ~1600 and 2000 watts RMS.

Well, it will be quieter at 60hz so yes. If you have a look on sites like hometheatershack.com you will see that almost everyone tunes to below 20hz, some tune to 14hz (I think I even saw 11hz once ) But that's for movies where you have explosions and rumbles. In a car there almost no point in tuning that low. EDIT: oh and yes, bigger boxes are more efficient but you can't push as much power to the sub as you can with a smaller box (which is less efficient) but I wouldn't worry about that at the moment. Lol, yeah, slipped on the 'post' button Triple post FTMFL!

Why do you want 0.5 ohms? Is this for daily?

And different frequency ranges for each. Yes. Tune one to 28hz maybe and have it play below 35hz and tune the other to say 42hz and play above 35hz. Just an example.

That sounds distorted? You didn't bass boost it or anything?

Haha, I wish I could buy stuff just like that! Why sell it?

Ok cool. It's just that the sound may still be somewhat directional. But you should be fine until you get another amp.