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[HVerLX]

Hello too the audio phreaks. im one too so dont worry heheh can you post the specs of your stereo i wanna see what i dont got.

[shepherd79]

here is mine,
Alpine CD player, 2 alpine amps, 4 alpine type S 2 way speakers, and one type S 12" sub.

[NOAHS88accord]

clarion cd player, 2 pair infinity perfect 6.5 components, 1" planet audio tweeters, pair 12" rockford fosgate subs, planet audio 300 watt amp, remote start, alarm with pager, soon to have ps2, 2 5.6" screens in headrests and a 7" flip down screen on ceiling

[dXsquared]

kenwood eXcelon Head unit, JBL P632 fronts, PPI 69.1 rears, 240 watt 4 channel amp, 2 300 watt 2 channel Jensen amps, 2 12 inch 525 watt Jensen Subs, custom box

Travis

[HVerLX]

Ok that prooves i have way too much Stereo Equiptement.
Here it is:
1 Clarion Head Unit with Fiber Optic Digital Output, Eq outputs and more.
2 Orion NTense Carbon Fiber 12" Subs.
2 Sony Xplode 12" Subs
2 Orion Ntense Carbon Fiber 6" Mid bass speakers.
2 Orion Ntense Carbon Fiber 5" Mid Bass Speakers.
2 Shitty JD Audion 12" subs.
3 1000waTT Alpine V12 2-Channel Amps
1 1600waTT Boss 4-Channel Amps

[dXsquared]

my back speakers are carbon fibre...
but i paid less than 1000 bucks for my setup and it sounds pretty decent
Travis

[HVerLX]

i paid less then 500$ for my stuff:)

[dXsquared]

then it was hot or used... there is no way that 3 brand new alpine V12's can be had for 500 bucks let alone the rest of your junk

Travis

[dXsquared]

then it was hot or used... there is no way that 3 brand new alpine V12's can be had for 500 bucks let alone the rest of your junk

Travis

[HVerLX]

yes it was used it was all in 1 truck my sister is selling her z71 so she sold every thing to me for 500$

[pimp86LX]

Kenwood KDC-271 w/remote
2x 6.5" 150w pioneers
2x 6x9 pioneers 150w-or so
Audiovox 300wx1(190rms)
cerwin vega 10" 450w(i think) in sealed

total cost
$750Can

[shepherd79]

6 subs? do you lose nuts and bolts when you drive? your car has be rattle. man i think you have way too many subs in there.

[dXsquared]

6 subs is alot.. but not that extreme... im thinkin of putting 4 15 inch woofers with 4 1200.1 amps in the back of my hatch... i know it will weigh alot.. but i can make it quick release and use a cherry picker to take it all out of the back... that would be funny


Travis

[HVerLX]

i just got done instaling 6 15" subs with 6 1000 Watt Alpine Amps in my friends car. hehe thats a real system.

[dXsquared]

hell yes... that would pound... 155 DB is my guess

Travis

[HVerLX]

well we installed it all and i turned it up fully and the windows blew out so we had to get extra strengh plexy glass crap and put that in and it works great. im going to 4 12"s takign the crappy jd audio subs out and selling them. so yea hehe.

[dXsquared]

what are the specs on the JD subs?

Travis

[HVerLX]

crappy crappy and even more crappy.
they have the small magnet so it cant take the low dbs' ill sell you them for 20$ each hahah

[HVerLX]

Heres a pic of my crabon fiber speakers and alpine amps.
http://www.clansonline.com/pics/crap.jpg

[86hatchbackLXi]

can someone please tell me the point of putting lots of random subs in your car?? if you ask me it must sound sloppy becuase they cant all have the same frequency response unless you tuned them properly. but IMO it seems like you threw in random stuff with no consideration of sound quality, you just want to tell people you have 6 subs in your car

[HVerLX]

umm i work part time installing car stereos im full quality. its tuned perfict the clarity on the subs are sooo smooth and the speakers are even smother.... ive takin hours on tuning my equiptment so dont say what you dont know...

[danronian]

Nothing to brag about just a very low cost system:
Pioneer DEH-34 50wattX4 Mosfet Head-Unit
front: 6.5" Jensen 2-ways w/pivoting tweeters
rear: 6.35" Panasonic speakers, from friends stock 99' passat
200w 2 channel Optimus amp
2 jensen 250RMS subs which came in a dual bandpass box(only problem is the ports go straight up which rattel the hell out of my rear deck, and loosened my third brake light(gotta fix that soon))
total cost:$305

[wob-vr6]

where did you get those subs??? :eek:
honestly, they look like something I'd pick up at a local liquidation sale...carbon fiber? cmon, buy a real carbon fiber sub...not these Ames brand dealies...
and those speakers? I pulled a set of sony's from 3 years ago out of a wrecked car that look and prolly sound better than those...
As for the alpines, I have respect, but definitely not 1000 watts...:flip:

[86hatchbackLXi]

ok where do i start... there is no way your 65 amp honda alternator can power your claimed 2600 watts of power. im running 350 watts and it is barely enough. i owned sony xplod subs and one point and sold them promptly because they distorted at high volumes and anything lower than 65Hz. i have yet to see an alpine amp rated at 1000 watts RMS. i wouldnt put anything in my car made by BOSS audio. and everything looks really nice sitting on the table , lets see what your install looks like. and who are you working for??? no professional would put 3 different subs in there car. thats all for now, im sure ill think of something else later

[HVerLX]

acually i am putting 2 kinds.... 2 Xplode Subs and 2 Orion NTense Subs... i also have a 30 band filter for all this... oh yeah heres a customers speakers and amps im putting into his car today.. oh yeah i have 2 betterys.

http://www.clansonline.com/pics/new.jpg

[loco87]

betterys.

[86hatchbackLXi]

having an extra battery only allows for more playing time when the car is off.

[86hatchbackLXi]

what the hell are those subs? and the amps for that matter? where do u come up with this stuff???????

[wob-vr6]

i'm tellin ya...local liquidation sale

[HVerLX]

haha when i get these installed i want you little bitches that are dissing me to come up here i show you what true sound.. sounds like...

[HVerLX]

ohh yea and i dont got the stock altinator in my car i got a high power altinater...

[pimp86LX]

ohya...

[86hatchbackLXi]

wtf is an "altinater" ??? and can we please see some pics of all this. come on now

[HVerLX]

well i would but im selling my 3G its going to take more money to fix up then my Probe and they make more stuff for my Probe.

[Neuspeed87lx]

the sony xplode stuff i have had was junk .... i hated the quality

[AccordEpicenter]

yeah I hear ya... Alot of people I know had probs with them, esp the subs... What did you guys hit db wise? It all comes down to that, not how many subs or how much power you have. I mean if so and so has 2 10s and he hit a 143 hes better than the guy with 4 12s that hit 136... you get the idea

[Grant2k]

Alpine 3 disk in dash head unit (free)
tiny little alpine amp (free)
2, 8" Pioneed subs in a Q logic box ($50 at a garage sale)
stock paper speakers
the subs are loud enough, although they could take a lot more power. a better amp would be the best thing, but i am thinking of getting rid of the subs, or moving them so they don't take up so much room in my trunk.

[HVerLX]

its all in the setup. im finally realizing i need my ears for the future so im only going to put my orion shit in with my alpine.

[dXsquared]

its definetly the setup... i paid 250 bucks for my bass... i put the subs in a .5 cube box for each sub and they were OK i thought.... i alsways had to turn the Non fade out UP on my deck to get it to bump a little harder.. now i built a 2 cube box for each sub and itt bumps sooo hard when the non fade out is at 0.. i usually have it at +3 for a bit more bump, but at -3 and max volume b4 distortion it still pounds..

i have 2 12 inch Jensen Subs, 2 300 watt jensen amps

Travis

[dXsquared]

i hit 134 db with this setup... i could have even gone higher... i didnt wanna blow my shit up.. probably would have hit 137

Travis

[pimp86LX]

setup is key. i would say there are two important things i keep in mind

1-sub/speaker airflow. Calculate the proper/most efficient volume for your subs, port or seal depending on type of music

2-wiring! routing/fusing and quality. i recently took my subs out of my box to find very shotty wiring. i used 22 guage braided copper with new terminals and convered all exposed wire with lithium grease. Also, before you go at installing a system, calculate everything! its a good idea to get a top view layout of your car and route your wires accordingly. avoid anything that could cause line noise, keep RCA and power as far apart as possible. Use proper guage wires. keep total power usage in mind, alt output etc. etc...

[HVerLX]

well said.

[dXsquared]

22 gauge? thats sooooooo small!

Travis

[pearldrop]

I used to own two of those Orion Ntense 15s and I have to admit those are nice speakers. I had them running off of an Orion 2250sx and I hit 147 db in my accord. They were not swap meet stuff back then (1996) but they may be by now because they are so old. I paid $460 each plus tax for them when they were new.
I haven't met HVerLX yet but if anybody doubts his stereo I can meet up with him and give it a listen. I have been into stereos for 12 years now and I know good systems when I see/hear them.

[pimp86LX]

Originally posted by DXHATCHBACK
22 gauge? thats sooooooo small!

Travis

oops my bad, 22 was in there i put in 16 :P

damn typing too fast :D

p.s. my subs are 250w peak, i play a lot of rock music so my frq resp. is tuned for 200-450hz, it kicks plenty hard but put in some rap or something with a lower frequency kick and it wont sound as good.


I would also like to say to everyone..PLEASE balance your frequency evenly, what i mean is have a strong mid and high range as well as bass. I don't know how many times i've seen a car go by with the windows down, music cranked and i could only hear bass. i was like "what song is that?"

[dXsquared]

thats also my philosophy... i have prelty of mid and highs.. and the bass doesnt drown the music out at all.. from 50 feet away and the system is cranked with the windows down, you can hear the words perfectly

Travis

[HVerLX]

Originally posted by pearldrop
I used to own two of those Orion Ntense 15s and I have to admit those are nice speakers. I had them running off of an Orion 2250sx and I hit 147 db in my accord. They were not swap meet stuff back then (1996) but they may be by now because they are so old. I paid $460 each plus tax for them when they were new.
I haven't met HVerLX yet but if anybody doubts his stereo I can meet up with him and give it a listen. I have been into stereos for 12 years now and I know good systems when I see/hear them.

hey perl i would hella like to meet you i also need help im reinstalling my stereo and going at it a diffrent way if you could want to help? hehe i decided to keep my probe and fix it up so now im going to put every thing in it.

[NOAHS88accord]

hahahahaha this guy is on here bragging about how he installs part time and he is awesome at it, then he is askin pearl for help (no offense to pearl i seen his shit) but dont be braggin about installing ROCKWOOD??? that shit is wannabe rockford and kenwood put together. just like sherwood, and all that other gay ass shit la sound, get some good shit then start braggin, and you say you got a high output alternator? lets see pics! an extra battery, WHOA!!!! you can play your stereo longer than me when your car is off OH NO!!!! I could guarantee my system is louder, better SQ, and better install than you.


:flipa: :flip:

[HVerLX]

that is my friends stereo not mine... mine is the orion 12" carbon fiber subs and speakers. and i want to see what perl can do because i asked if he wanted to work with me installing stereos it helps having a extra hand.

[AccordEpicenter]

btw I have 2 12 Kicker Comp VRs in a 5 cu foot ported box tuned to like 33 hz with a Lanzar Vibe 1200d (1200wrms @ 1ohm) 4 gauge wire, 16 gauge speaker wire, 140 amp rewound alt, a pioneer deh p33 cd player and jbl 5 1/4 in the front doors. It was good for 145.6 db

[pimp86LX]

Originally posted by NOAHS88accord
hahahahaha this guy is on here bragging about how he installs part time and he is awesome at it, then he is askin pearl for help (no offense to pearl i seen his shit) but dont be braggin about installing ROCKWOOD??? that shit is wannabe rockford and kenwood put together. just like sherwood, and all that other gay ass shit la sound, get some good shit then start braggin, and you say you got a high output alternator? lets see pics! an extra battery, WHOA!!!! you can play your stereo longer than me when your car is off OH NO!!!! I could guarantee my system is louder, better SQ, and better install than you.


:flipa: :flip:

Ohya.... well my cock is bigger than yours! :flip:

who cares man, chill

[86hatchbackLXi]

haha, well his ford probe is going to be faster then your 3gee. hahahaha a probe

[goldyaccord]

Originally posted by HVerLX
that is my friends stereo not mine... mine is the orion 12" carbon fiber subs and speakers. and i want to see what perl can do because i asked if he wanted to work with me installing stereos it helps having a extra hand.

You should have done your duty as a friend and told him to take back those rockwood subs.... gosh, should have gone with CDT's and Brahma's. :D

Last nite, a friend next door came over to ask me if I knew how to install an Amp. Mind you, this is a 20 year old Cowboy who laughs too loud. Anyways, I go over to check it out. .and lo and behold he tried to get the amp powered with the same power from the Deck and there was no remote turn wire hooked up.... :huh: *I dunnow what's wrong I followed the instructions*.. blah blah.. I told him to throw out the instructions and He needs to wire the power to the batter WITH a fuse and get a turn on wire to the deck. I advised he get an amp kit from walmart or something..

the next day, I went over to check on him and he was trying to get the power wire hooked to the battery, I didnt see a Fuse holder anywhere so, I asked him hey, where's the fuse holder? Oh, the dude at walmart said i didnt need one... :mad: I had to give him a lecture about the safety of using a fuse and the reasons why... He made him swear to me that he would get one tommorrow. We'll see what happens tomorrow. :rolleyes: I'm going to be there to make sure he does it right.

he didnt even know what OHMs were or A cap was.........

Looks like I"m goin to be doing some more lecturing.....:rolleyes:

[TwtrLX]

Eclipse 6 disc in dash changer/am/fm, Kenwood satellite radio fm modded, boston acoustic 6.5" components in front, JL 300/2, (2) JL 500/1, 12" Eclipse Aluminum (soon to be 12" IDMAX), Clifford Concept alarm/remote start, SVR batteries, (2) Eclipse 8 disc changers, Monster Cable wiring and 1 farad capacitor, orion 4 band equalizer:pimp:

[Justin86]

Right now I have a Alpine CDA-7893 headunit with four 6.5" Infinity reference speakers. I plan to run 6.5" components in the front, two 6x9 in the rear deck possible one in the rear seat, and a 15" sub. But these thinks cost money and I need to finish my EFI conversion and get some Koni's to smoothen out my ride. That will be about $500 and I still need to pay for my ticket. (cough...bull shit...cough):mad: :wtf:

[Microstreak]

look at my sig, nd im gonna be gettin a system in a few mths

[Strahan]

Originally posted by HVerLX[B]acually i am putting 2 kinds.... 2 Xplode Subs and 2 Orion NTense Subs... i also have a 30 band filter for all this... oh yeah heres a customers speakers and amps im putting into his car today.. oh yeah i have 2 betterys.

Hmm. I wouldn't really waste time installing Rockwood, you may want to save up and get some higher end stuff. Rockwood is a cheap knockoff brand. I know, I used to carry their stuff. It's no different than Thump, Kenford, Mobile Authority, etc.



Originally posted by NOAHS88accord[B]just like sherwood

Actually Sherwood makes decent stuff, they just happen to have "wood" in their name heh.

[chris92181]

got a pioneer head unit 3 rockford fosgate hx2 12's 2 rockford bd 1000 and a power 800 a4 2 set of infinty perfect components 2 stinger caps

[Pntbal]

i have:

1.) Sony Xplod head unit
2.) Sony Xplod 6 1/2 speakers in the doors
3.) Sony Xplod 6x9's in the rear
4.) 500 watt kenwood amp running my mid's and high's
5.) 150 watt kenwood amp running my sub
6.) Alpine Type S 10 sub

[jigga89SEi]

Pioneer Head unit
Pioneer 6 1/2 in the doors
Pioneer 6 X 9's in the back
200 JVC Amp
1- 12" Pioneer 450w sub

This is just temporary......I got 2 more subs I'm going to put in a custom box with the 3rd one.......I'm getting another amp......(Don't know what yet,prolly pioneer of some sort)......Then I would like to eventually add some tweets.......

Uninstalled
I have 2 more 12" pioneer 450w subs
and 5.5" in dash and 7.5" flip down LCD screens (don't remember what brand they are......They're cheap but the picture is so fackin' clear I couldn't believe it..plus I got a good deal for them

I'm waiting to finish my interior to put them in plus I need to more for the seats

[87accordDxRocFosStyl]

Note: None installed yet just waiting for car and a little funage for enclosure materials.

Kenwood KVT911-DVD head
MB Quart Components in front and rear.
Rockford Fosgate Power 750x amp for components
six Rockford Fosgate 10" Punch HX2s
six Rockford Fosgate 1001.1 BD amps
8 Stinger caps and 4 Rockford Batteries.
Rockford and Stinger Wiring
Loads of Dynomat and Rockfords Dead Skin spray.

Had it all in my other car (the eagle) but its engine crapped out on me so gettin the accord. Its loud as hell or was........should be again , someday.

[87DXHatch]

Originally posted by TwtrLX
Eclipse 6 disc in dash changer/am/fm, Kenwood satellite radio fm modded, boston acoustic 6.5" components in front, JL 300/2, (2) JL 500/1, 12" Eclipse Aluminum (soon to be 12" IDMAX), Clifford Concept alarm/remote start, SVR batteries, (2) Eclipse 8 disc changers, Monster Cable wiring and 1 farad capacitor, orion 4 band equalizer:pimp:

Holy crap!! Where has this guy been?? He gets my vote for best system on this site... as far as I've seen, that is.

[Justin86]

That is a lot of stuff. I'm just going to got with one Audiobhan 15" sub. But its RMS is 50-1300 watts. It still will be louder than anything local I've seen. On sale for $250

[87DXHatch]

Justin86,

Do you want more than just loud? I could offer you a few different suggestions, ESPECIALLY for that much money, if you wanted more than just a driver that goes "BOOOOOOM" in your car. Most audiobahns are made for just boomy bass... not very SQ oriented subwoofers.

[Justin86]

Originally posted by 87DXHatch
Justin86,

Do you want more than just loud? I could offer you a few different suggestions, ESPECIALLY for that much money, if you wanted more than just a driver that goes "BOOOOOOM" in your car. Most audiobahns are made for just boomy bass... not very SQ oriented subwoofers.

Well what did you have in mind. I would like to have a good quality sound system. I havn't really looked into that Audiobhan sub to see how good it is, I saw the price and thought cool.

[87DXHatch]

Originally posted by Justin86
Well what did you have in mind. I would like to have a good quality sound system. I havn't really looked into that Audiobhan sub to see how good it is, I saw the price and thought cool.

Check these out:

www.edesignaudio.com
www.adireaudio.com

For $50 more than your $250, you could get an e12a subwoofer (12") from Elemental Designs. They can handle upwards of 1300-1400 watts, have around 25 or 26 mm of xmax, and are supposed to sound unbelievably good, and have the ability to get insanely loud, like mid-140's if you have it in the right ported box. Or if you wanted to wait a month, you could pre-order the 15 inch version... that's what I did and I can't wait for it! :D

For about $250 you could get two adire audio Shivas. Each one (12") can handle 600 or so watts. My friend had two of these with about 700 watts going to each, and it slammed pretty damn hard.

If you're more into SPL, then check out:
http://www.respl.com/

They've got several different lines of subs that are all quality, but geared towards different things.

[87DXHatch]

Or you could buy two e12k's and feed them ~700 watts each. I did an install for a friend with 1 e12k and ~600 watts and it slams pretty hard, but not nearly as hard as the two Shiva set-up. It also sounds very good too, not sloppy at all.

[Justin86]

Hey thanks a lot for the info.

[cdscowboy]

Here's mine:
Sony Xplod h/u 650x (i think...)
Sony Xplod 6.5" 3-ways in front
Sony Xplod 6x9" 3-ways in rear
Kenwood 250W amp (volume adjustable from front seat - custom)
2 JBL 10" subs (i know...not the best, but they sound good to me)
Rockford Fosgate .500 farad capacitor (i was surprised how much that helped, even with a puny system)
And mostly just for shits and giggles (and so I didn't ruin them), I got some of those Kicker sub cover things...kinda look like claws or something over the subs...pretty cool as far as i'm concerned.

Some guys diss on Sony, Xplod's included, but I have absolutely no complaints. I love my stereo!! :D

[Justin86]

cdscowboyb are going to school there at OSU. I will be there in maybe 2 years.

[AccordEpicenter]

ive listened to alot of audiobahn stuff and it didnt sound overly boomy to me but it didt sound very tonally accurate...