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Introduce Yourself
b-dubs89 replied to meade916's topic in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"
better late than never i suppose ,hey i am bo , i am 28, live in mn and have a family of 4. i have always enjoyed listening to music jammin out and tinkering with audio equipment and building and modifying things , pretty cool to find this many people who are into car audio this deep . got a project or 2 coming up , i'll be sure to take some pics to put up found out from steve's video's on youtube -
stoked about my upcoming build 3-10s and a 15
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look for planet audio on ebay . not sure if they are worth the money or not
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looks like so good deals
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if you are on a budget and unsure of what you really want at this , maybe you should look for some quality name brand subs on ebay find a hand full of auctions that are low bids and watch them count down and try to get them cheap in the last minute , i say hand full because chances are most of them will get bid up , if you buy something cheap enough it's no big deal if you don't like it as long you haven't overpaid to get .
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alot of trial and error is your best bet to make this set up work as sound can be somewhat mysterious at times . if you prefer sound quality to volume i would stay with the sealed box . now that i have thought about it a while i think i would try adding some poly fill acoustic damping material inside your box and see if that improves it any
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i would say multiple amps so you better tune and refine it all
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most amps bass boost is around 50 hz you might try turn the bass boost on your down a little and see if it flattens out any , otherwise it sounds to like that's just going be how these subs are which would be ok if you only listened to rap i suppose .but if your like me you want your system to sound good playing anything. i had some alpine type r's and didn't care for them because of a wacky response curve kind of like the one you talk about . part of response problem could be do to the acoustic characteristics of your vehicle . you could try to figure it out but you might have better luck going shopping for some new subs .
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Anti-Corrosion product before crimping?
b-dubs89 replied to Amart88's topic in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring
i like to solder my connections in addition to crimping -
in that price range you could pick up some c3's from jl audio or alpine type x components but i myself am skeptical as to whether or not you would get your money's worth out either of those , but i would still be willing to give either of those a try . i have had some jl audio tr full range speakers and they were ok , right now i have alpine type s that i picked up used and cheap and i am happy with them for how cheap i picked them up they are better than many stock speakers .what ever you get, running on a good amplifier is the way to get the best sound . i have had my eye on jl audio's c5-653 3-way component set for a while now , i am kind of curious about cerwin vega for car after i picked up vegas for my house , like the mids and highs on my vegas in my house
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first off bose does some different things with there designs , i would expect to find 1ohm drivers or 2 ohm drivers or possibly 6 ohm 8 ohm 12 ohm ? so powering them with an aftermarket amp may be a learning experience to get it right , no you most likely will not find a gain setting on the bose amp . i would try a sound processor or line driver if you wish to keep the bose equipment ,but personally after owning 8 different models of bose speakers over the years for my house stereo , i wouldn't feel bad about loosing the bose gear to replace it with something better
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Trying 2 decide between these 2 heads units
b-dubs89 replied to teamjeffrey's topic in Head Units-Processors and Eq's
out of those 2 i would say kenwood as well ,but i happen to have a cda-9851 right now as well and i think my next deck will be another alpine although my other car has a pioneer that's about a year old and i was pleasantly surprised with the pioneer's performance -
well of course i am on a budget and rather thin one so mcintosh is probably out of the question for now, but i figure there has to be something descent in between the high end and low end of amps suitable for home audio . i have looked at a lot of amps , thought about a crown amp even though it's probably meant for pa , looked at older yamaha's like the m-80 which has some impressive specs but also carries a big price tag for a 30 year old used amplifier . i think i am willing to spend more than i have but that's another story but really 300-600 ?
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have a pair of cerwin vega e315 speakers but i am not sure what i should get to run them . pa amp ? high receiver like marrantz ? i am currently powering them with my yamaha surround amp which delivers an honest 85 watts rms per channel and it is clean enough that i haven't blown a fuse yet in my speakers .despite the e315's being rated for 400 watts each i do get some volume with this set up due to vegas being very efficient but at the same time that efficiency reveals amplifier's switching noise to . thanx in advance for any help to steer me onto a good amp to run my vegas