Ambassador of Bass Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone! I am brand new to this forum and I am glad I can be a part of it! THANKS IN ADV. FOR YOUR HELP! I saw a Orion HCCA 12" and a 3,500wrms Kole amp for sale...anyways the price is right but I am not sure what I need to do to power this beast... It is just a stock alternator now and just a regular battery. Do I need a new alternator, battery and/or capacitors? I am newer to car audio and I would like to do this as cheap as I can. lol Oh, now I have a RE AUDIO SRx12-D2 12" subwoofer in a sealed box on a crossfire vr402 amp in a regular cab truck. It is pushing 300wrms and I think it pounds pretty good! (but nothing like the hcca i hear). So what kind of a difference in sound can I expect? Edited April 26, 2012 by Ambassador of Bass Quote Audi A6 Quattro Wangin' Wagon Pioneer Premier DEH-P5901B Headunit w/ IPOD control American Bass SQ5.25 in the Doors Compression Drivers and Horns under Dash 2 American Bass SQ475's for Mids/Highs4 American Bass HD 15's American Bass 500.1 17cuft 3/4" Double Baffle Birch Enclosure 240sqin port @38hz1/0 AWG Stinger big 3 under hood4 Runs of 1/0 AWG Stinger Power and Grounds Stinger Fuseblocks(3) XS Power D3100 Powercells120 amp AlternatorBlue Streetglow Underglow and Interior with Music InterfaceEscort Passport 8500 X50 HardwiredScanGuage II with voltage Readout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getlocivic Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 that 3500w kole amp is a joke it wont even properly power thAT hcca.if the price is good then id consider it and you ALWAYS need to do the big 3 upgrade and with a amp that can power the hcca you need at least a 2nd battery in the back capacitors are junk..stay away from them they do more harm then good.. bc they only store instant power and discharge just as fast..then to keep itsself "charged" it pulls more from the underhood battery..therfore draining it more.. even tho its already supplying everything.. so your electrical will suffer.. and plz do research before you go asking a bunch of questions that could be asked in greater detail if you just did 10 mins of researching on this forum there are at least 2 or 3 threads about capacitors and batteries etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambassador of Bass Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 ok that all makes sense i'll check into all of that. I have heard of the the big 3 before. Great thx so if the amp is rated 3,500rms you really dont think it can do even 2,000rms then? lol and in summary basically look into additional batterys, read older posts and skip upgrading alternator and definetly skip caps right? and thx a ton bro! Quote Audi A6 Quattro Wangin' Wagon Pioneer Premier DEH-P5901B Headunit w/ IPOD control American Bass SQ5.25 in the Doors Compression Drivers and Horns under Dash 2 American Bass SQ475's for Mids/Highs4 American Bass HD 15's American Bass 500.1 17cuft 3/4" Double Baffle Birch Enclosure 240sqin port @38hz1/0 AWG Stinger big 3 under hood4 Runs of 1/0 AWG Stinger Power and Grounds Stinger Fuseblocks(3) XS Power D3100 Powercells120 amp AlternatorBlue Streetglow Underglow and Interior with Music InterfaceEscort Passport 8500 X50 HardwiredScanGuage II with voltage Readout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranny Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 yeah it'll probably do 2k, probably. but dont expect the amp to last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambassador of Bass Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Ok gottcha just a ballpark what is a good price for a a used HCCA, box and that amp? Also alot of respect for you guys hitting over 140dBs! Quote Audi A6 Quattro Wangin' Wagon Pioneer Premier DEH-P5901B Headunit w/ IPOD control American Bass SQ5.25 in the Doors Compression Drivers and Horns under Dash 2 American Bass SQ475's for Mids/Highs4 American Bass HD 15's American Bass 500.1 17cuft 3/4" Double Baffle Birch Enclosure 240sqin port @38hz1/0 AWG Stinger big 3 under hood4 Runs of 1/0 AWG Stinger Power and Grounds Stinger Fuseblocks(3) XS Power D3100 Powercells120 amp AlternatorBlue Streetglow Underglow and Interior with Music InterfaceEscort Passport 8500 X50 HardwiredScanGuage II with voltage Readout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getlocivic Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 kole audio is the same thing as power acoustik its prolly what a 3500d model or someshit and fused for under 120 amps.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambassador of Bass Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Ok that is good to know...so basically amp is a pos but sub is good then...ill check out older posts about the big 3, batteries etc. Thx that helps! Quote Audi A6 Quattro Wangin' Wagon Pioneer Premier DEH-P5901B Headunit w/ IPOD control American Bass SQ5.25 in the Doors Compression Drivers and Horns under Dash 2 American Bass SQ475's for Mids/Highs4 American Bass HD 15's American Bass 500.1 17cuft 3/4" Double Baffle Birch Enclosure 240sqin port @38hz1/0 AWG Stinger big 3 under hood4 Runs of 1/0 AWG Stinger Power and Grounds Stinger Fuseblocks(3) XS Power D3100 Powercells120 amp AlternatorBlue Streetglow Underglow and Interior with Music InterfaceEscort Passport 8500 X50 HardwiredScanGuage II with voltage Readout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstream15 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 2k is about all it will put out but it will be dirty power, if you get that sub then i would sell that amp to someone and go with a audiopipe or hifonics if your on a budget, but a second battery and big 3 will need to be done, however it will be louder but depends on car and all that great stuff they have a kole audio 5500 for 195, now that right there should tell you it will not put out anything near it also another decent company is planet audio, alot of people run em and they do get loud. if you ever get your hands on a old big bang amp well there nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getlocivic Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Ok that is good to know...so basically amp is a pos but sub is good then...ill check out older posts about the big 3, batteries etc. Thx that helps! yes the orion hcca line is no slouch very beefy woofer.. i actually ran a 12" version a few yrs ago and it did the job for me and yes the planet audio BIG BANG series does rated power.. only the big bang series tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstream15 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 i had the old bb1250.1 i actually liked it alot but i soled it and it was before i knew about the big 3 and that lol also the mb quart onyx 1500.1 is decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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