Show us ya sound!/Ultimate stereo/video system

[senergy]

thanks doug, being an elec engineer i knew what it do but was unsure of the REAL world benifts. Guess im off to elec store to buy one then figure out where to put it... poor feroza's dont have much spare room for these things

[RobF300]

Ive been assembling bits and pieces over the last month and almost ready to go.
Please everyone, before goin to your retail outlet check out ebay for the best deals on car audio! 6x9s i paid $136.50 were $419 at JB!

Blaupunkt GTA4100 4x100 amp ($50)
running
Pioneer TS-D690R 6x9 ($136.50)
Kicker 6.1i Impulse Component 6.5" ($80)

Kenwood KAC-5201 250w bridged ($70)
running
Alpine Type S 12" in enclosure ($50)

4 Gage cable system run to rear terminals (free off a mate!)

Im skippin the headdeck for now and hopin to use my MP3 player into a RCA splitter mounted in the front. Maybe get an equalizer and capacitor later on. Ill also be doin the checkerplate and custom pods while im at it on front and rear.

Shop around be patient for your parts they will show up eventually

[tufferoza]

Also with my experience building enclosures, don't seal the entire box air-tight. Allow a small hole like where the wires enter to allow for alltitude changes while your driving up and down mountains. If you think your shampoo bottle explodes after opening it on top of a mountain, think of how much less cone excursion you have with your speakers in a sealed enclosure.

there are quite a few different types of enclosures for subs, but a sealed enclosure is just that, 'sealed' completely air tight.
if your worried about alltitude changeing the density of the air? (which i've never heard of with sound systems and do not beleive we will ever have that problem here in Oz) make a tuned length port for your enclosure.

[Rb25sil80]

I've got a pioneer 4x50w mp3 player, pioneer 6 inch 2 ways up front, pioneer 3 way 6x9s in the back, kicker 12 inch sub and a kicker 2 channel amp. Sounds decent, sub box occupys half of the boot space and is strapped to one seat, amp under drivers seat.

Cheers
Brad

[senergy]

there are some good bargins to be had on ebay if you are willing to take the risk.
I got an alpine 4x50w amp for $135, took 3 weeks for it to arrive EXPRESS post from S.A though...

But the best bargins i got was from a mate at one of the Large car audio shops. Top of the line Black Widow alarm for $85, RRP $399. Cost price is a great thing.

[Sneezing7]

I've got a pioneer 4x50w mp3 player, pioneer 6 inch 2 ways up front, pioneer 3 way 6x9s in the back, kicker 12 inch sub and a kicker 2 channel amp. Sounds decent, sub box occupys half of the boot space and is strapped to one seat, amp under drivers seat.

Cheers
Brad

Any chance of posting a pic up of how / where you have mounted the 6x9's?

Thanks in advance!!

[RobF300]

Almost there just a bitta tidying up... still gotta install the capacitor too, sorry doug your instructions no good, this one has 4 terminals (2+ and 2-) to pass through the system... im just trying to find out where the second negative goes, ill earth one side, but the other side does it go back to the battery or amp?
Anyways some piccies

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[dougfreeze]

Ya, My capacitor has only 2 terminals, sorry I couldn't help more.
A capacitor is pretty much just a battery (A device that stores energy) so I would think that those 2 + terminals and 2 - terminals are connected to the same thing. Your 4 terminals just make things easier to connect power cables to.

Good luck,
Doug Freeze

[RobF300]

Yeah got it all happenin just grounded the cap through one terminal... no idea what the second one is for, anyways all in soundin fantastic, ill grab a pic of the complete setup tomorrow. I have a set of splits on the way from ebay but might offload em as not so much needed, 6x9s and sub go hard enough
Cheers for the help tho

Rob

[murcod]

A multimeter would sort out what the terminals on the cap are. Sound like they are just commoned.

[RobF300]

Well finally bolted all my gear in there, looks and sounds great. Unfortunatly my funds have run short and I will not be able to get the 30gig screen for a while, so im using my trusty nokia ngage to run tunes at the moment.