PDA

View Full Version : Tons of information



87DXHatch
06-16-2003, 09:02 PM
I thought I'd start a thread with all the tutorials/guides/etc I've massed, to benifit as many of my fellow 3geezers as I can.

Advanced audio theory, including imaging and staging, very helpful, but advanced. (http://www.betteraudio.com/geolemon)

A design tutorial, may still be under construction (http://www.sounddomain.com/id/sgrannat)

Aiming a woofer box (http://installer.com/tech/aiming.html)

Gain setting (http://totoro.efiregate.net/HTMLPages/Tuning/GainSetting/GainSetting2.htm)

Calculating your own TS parameters, and other Hi-fi stuff (http://www.mhsoft.nl/messen_en.asp)

Making door pods/baffles (http://www.autospeed.com/A_0498/P_1/article.html)

Passive crossover design, and choosing the right crossover (http://www.passivecrossovers.com/#index)

JL audios tutorials on fiberglassing, DVC wiring, and enclosure designs (http://www.jlaudio.com/tutorials/index.html)

Fiberglass and Alpine (http://ecominet2.alpine-usa.com/html/adc/acura/acura_home.html)

kick pod theory and fabrication (with fiberglass) (http://www.elitecaraudio.com/article.php?sid=20)
Aperiodic Enclosures (http://www.elitecaraudio.com/article.php?sid=105)

Horns (http://www.elitecaraudio.com/article.php?sid=37)

Amplifier install tutorial (http://www.mmxpress.com/technical/ampinstall.htm)

Another Kick Pod Tutorial (http://www.caraudioanswers.com/article.php?sid=3)

Yet ANOTHER Kick Pod tutorial (http://ccs.exl.info/sp_pods.html)

Custom center console tutorial (http://www.termpro.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=32&t=000571)

More kick pod fabrication (http://hem.passagen.se/gute/Corrado/byggbilder/front.htm)

Oh my God, do the kick panel articles ever stop?? (http://completeaudio.net/Tutorials/pods.htm)

No they don't, here's another (http://www.completeaudio.net/Tutorials/xterratutorial.htm)

See, I told you they don't stop (http://www.sounddomain.com/id/jeep98)

Sound dampening (http://www.partsexpress.com/tech/268-010.html)

Tracking down noise in your system (http://tools.autoaudio.com/flowchart/)

Fiberglass wheel wells (http://www.carsound.com/columns/borgardt/borg0002.shtml)

All sorts of tutorials and articles and stuff... enjoy (http://www.carsound.com/columns.shtml)

Head unit installation (http://www.installdr.com/TechDocs.html/999003.pdf)

How to prevent your system from being stolen (http://www.diymobilesound.com/tutorials/jacked.htm)

Do-It-Yourself RCA cables (http://home.new.rr.com/zaph/audio/audio-cables.html)

Gains, resistance, building boxes, kicks, rear view mirror (http://www.diymobilesound.com/tutorials/tutorials.htm)

crossover, notch filter, attenuation circuit designs along with assorted box building and other tutorials (http://www.lalena.com/audio/)

Box calculator (http://ccs.exl.info/calc_box.html)

Fiberglass (http://chris.pfharlock.com/glass/)

More fiberglassing (http://web.njit.edu/~cas1383/glassing2/)

Basic car audio help (http://www.caraudiohelp.com/)

Some more fiberglass (http://www.termpro.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=32;t=000549)

A fiberglass sub box in a Fiero (http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20030204-1-023080.html)

Valuable and helpful hints and tips from Scott Buwalda (http://www.carsound.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=004193)

Stephen Kephart's awe-inspiring 10" Brahma subwoofer in his center console (http://www.sounddomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=304268&page=4)

Information on how to make Ratshack SPL meters work properly, and more (http://www.gti.net/wallin/audio/audio.html)

Kick panels and trim rings (http://www.sounddomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=164608&page=2)

Audio Calculators (http://www.doctorproaudio.com/doctor/calculadores_en.htm#calc_humid)

The death of dynamic range in today's popular recorded music (http://rvcc2.raritanval.edu/ktek9053/cdpage/)

The ProCo sound guide for speaker wire selection (http://www.procosound.com/downloads/speaker_guide.pdf)

Articles, reviews, Do-it-yourself fabrication, and more (http://momentum.soundillusions.net/)

The Study Hall (http://www.prosoundweb.com/studyhall/ab_index.php)

Syn-Aud-Con Tech Topics (http://www.prosoundweb.com/install/synaudcon/intro.shtml)

Measure your own T/S Specs (http://sound.westhost.com/tsp.htm)

Sites with great info:

The site listed in "Get some education people!" thread. He's constantly updating it with more information, so check back every month or so, I always learn something new from him. (http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/caraudio.htm)

Thiele/Small (T/S) parameters defined (http://www.bilmegleren.no/ca/ca-st.html)

T/S parameters and other general audio (http://www.electronixwarehouse.com/education/speakers/theil-small.htm)

Do-It-Yourself subwoofers... lots of excellent info here (http://www.diysubwoofers.org/)

In car sound quality theory (http://www.elitecaraudio.com/article.php?sid=21)

What is sound quality and how is it judged? For SQ competitors (http://www.elitecaraudio.com/article.php?sid=18)

Music and the human ear (http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/EARS.htm)

All kinds of wiring, group delay, DUMAX and more information (http://www.adireaudio.com/tech_papers/tech_central.htm)

Physical and acoustic problems affecting sound quality in a car (http://www.elitecaraudio.com/article.php?sid=22)

Radio wiring for those of you who have chopped off your wiring harnesses (http://www.installdr.com/QuickWiring.html)

Another great all around info site (http://the12volt.com/)

Pretty extensive list of places to buy audio products online (http://www.termpro.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=40;t=005906)

How a speaker works (http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=speaker.htm&url=http://www.tune-town.com/Cars/stuff/how_do_speakers_work.htm)

Free test tones (http://kan3.freeservers.com/)

Outstanding, though very complex, article on speaker damping and the pros and cons of sealed VS ported (http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_5_2/cmilleressayporting.html)

Lots of good info, though it's geared towards home theater (http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/)

Advice for choosing the right online place to buy from (http://www.diymobilesound.com/tutorials/cheap_gear.htm)

Ripping good sounding MP3's (http://www.diymobilesound.com/tutorials/mp3_dummies.htm)

Free subwoofer modeling program (WinISD) here (http://www.linearteam.org/)

Great Info on loudspeakers and DVC configuration relationships (http://www.geocities.com/f4ier/speaker.htm)

Pictures of amp internals (http://arawndark.netfirms.com/)

Adire audio tech papers, lots of info here (http://www.adireaudio.com/tech_papers/)

Xtant explains speakers (http://www.xtant.com/html/techSupport/speakers.cfm)

Port calculators (http://www.mhsoft.nl/PortLength.asp)

All sorts of conversion calculators here (http://www.admiralmetals.com/metric_conv.htm)

Well that's it for now, maybe more in the future... enjoy your knewly acquired freedom of knowledge :D

87DXHatch
06-16-2003, 09:04 PM
Oh yeah, if anyone has any questions on anything, or wants any help, you can catch me on yahoo messenger ID: davemanthei or you can shoot me an email at [email protected] or you can PM me.

Osiris
06-16-2003, 11:00 PM
This should be in a Car Audio FAQ's or something. What is it called a 'sticky thread'? Wonder what the ops would think about that.:confused:

88accordlxcarb
06-16-2003, 11:07 PM
Damn.

Elijah
06-16-2003, 11:24 PM
Thanks in advance I will propily use it sometime.I can't beleave u did all that.U must have bin board.

A20A1
06-17-2003, 02:07 AM
Ahh ha... I'm soaking up all that fiberglass... going to do something special in the front. :D mmmm


thanks a bunch.

shepherd79
06-17-2003, 03:23 AM
WOW, yeah it has to be sticky post

cdscowboy
06-17-2003, 02:51 PM
Definitely sticky-able...nicely done. I'm sure we'll all use those at one time or another! :)

87DXHatch
06-25-2003, 08:05 PM
Not good enough for a sticky? :( *tear*

MrBen
06-25-2003, 08:07 PM
Yeah, apparently the mods have enough time to bash about the size of my signature but not enough time to make this a sticky. This is very useful mods...