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03-13-2009, 07:00 PM
#81
I've got an older Clarion deck, wanting to replace, but not sure with what.
Sub: 1 - 10" Rockford Fosgate Punch XLC
Amps: Rockford Fosgate Punch 500w(for the sub)
Alpine MRP-F300 74w x 4(for speakers)
Speakers: Focal 165 A1 Components
Focal 165 CA1
I've got a 1 Farad capacitor too, can't remember brand though.
I'm running an Optima red top battery, but I think I need a beefier alternator or something cause sometimes my volts drop a little low on the gauge in my dash. I've got my sub in a stealth enclosure in the hatch and my amps and capacitor on the deck behind the back seats, can't put em in the hatch cause it's a t-tops car. I'm getting rear seat deletes when I get all moved to HI, then I'll prolly move the amps and capacitor to where the back seats used to be.
Sub: 1 - 10" Rockford Fosgate Punch XLC
Amps: Rockford Fosgate Punch 500w(for the sub)
Alpine MRP-F300 74w x 4(for speakers)
Speakers: Focal 165 A1 Components
Focal 165 CA1
I've got a 1 Farad capacitor too, can't remember brand though.
I'm running an Optima red top battery, but I think I need a beefier alternator or something cause sometimes my volts drop a little low on the gauge in my dash. I've got my sub in a stealth enclosure in the hatch and my amps and capacitor on the deck behind the back seats, can't put em in the hatch cause it's a t-tops car. I'm getting rear seat deletes when I get all moved to HI, then I'll prolly move the amps and capacitor to where the back seats used to be.
03-13-2009, 08:12 PM
#82
Finally got to Hawaii and picked up my car, here's a pic of the sub enclosure and the location of my amps and capacitor. Nothing special, but it gets the job done, still thinking about picking up rear seat deletes and rearranging. My components are under the stock grills, so nothing to show there.
hide those wires and paint the stealth.
03-14-2009, 02:53 AM
#83
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Ditch the capacitor they are worthless. Remember is 85% installation 15% equipment. Btw all the sony's I ever had where crap. The amps never put out the watt ratings that sony claimed. Stereos where ok, speakers no way, sub's maybe if I planned on sending them 250 watts or less. I say look into Image Dynamics to get your money's worth.
03-14-2009, 03:14 AM
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Finally got to Hawaii and picked up my car, here's a pic of the sub enclosure and the location of my amps and capacitor. Nothing special, but it gets the job done, still thinking about picking up rear seat deletes and rearranging. My components are under the stock grills, so nothing to show there.
03-14-2009, 02:40 PM
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Go with BOSTON Speakers. I have them amped. its like...OMG it sounds so good....never gone back. I went through sony speakers, Polk speakers, and another set of sony. sony speakers are crap. BOSTON is where you want to go for.
03-14-2009, 06:04 PM
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03-15-2009, 06:31 AM
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03-15-2009, 08:07 AM
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not many. thats like looking at our cars and saying fast cars have more crank horsepower than rated while normal cars have less than rated. no our models just happen to have more. a few good amps put out more, most dont. but yeah the cheaper brand ones are often rated at 1ohm etc to try to make it seem like it has more. doesnt matter, because they are still usually cheaper to put the same rms to your speakers than the "quality" brands. and most dont have any more distortion or interference.
03-15-2009, 03:37 PM
#91
My old school EARTHQUAKE amp witch is rated at 169 watts rms is highly under rated i say it's closer to 350 or so, my US AMPS 25hc is rated at 25 x 2 at 4 ohms, bridged this thing puts out about 400 watts rms. Like I said when it comes to amps there is a deference, quality amps will ALWAYS put out more than they are rated at. That's why old amp's are so sought after, brands like ORION, US AMPS, LINEAR POWER, PPI, ROCKFORD FOSGATE, AUTOTEK, etc. will put out way more power than they are rated at, some will do 5x what they are rated at, pretty much all the newer stuff is junk with the exception of a couple. Do some research so you can get your moneys worth.
03-15-2009, 06:30 PM
#92
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My old school EARTHQUAKE amp witch is rated at 169 watts rms is highly under rated i say it's closer to 350 or so, my US AMPS 25hc is rated at 25 x 2 at 4 ohms, bridged this thing puts out about 400 watts rms. Like I said when it comes to amps there is a deference, quality amps will ALWAYS put out more than they are rated at. That's why old amp's are so sought after, brands like ORION, US AMPS, LINEAR POWER, PPI, ROCKFORD FOSGATE, AUTOTEK, etc. will put out way more power than they are rated at, some will do 5x what they are rated at, pretty much all the newer stuff is junk with the exception of a couple. Do some research so you can get your moneys worth.
03-18-2009, 11:11 AM
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Quite a few amps are underrated. I think you guys saying otherwise need to lurk around this board a bit more before posting. Or, even better, check out some of the dedicated car audio forums. They are always going to be the best sources for general car audio information, whereas boards like this are better for car-specific stuff like installation, etc.
