Thread: wadda think of this setup?

I still need to tuck up some of the wiring, gonna get that started soon, now that it's finally warming up. 2 infinity 12's 2 kicker comp 10's 2 infinity amps, and 1 1 fared cap. I'm gonna ad another 2 channel infinity amp as soon as my budget allows. problem is becoming the lack of space. and need at least one more cap and maybe a battery in the back?

Ya I'm hoping to do some shop work finally, I actually had to do everything out in the street of my old apt. I bet my neighbors loved that, seats, and carpet, and dash lying all over the lawn lol. I just bought a new house with a nice 2 car garage so I can actually work on doing it right the first time. The 2 10's I pulled outa my last vehicle and they were just laying around so I figured why not. I thought that they would really mess with the sound quality, but with everything turned all the way down, the bass and mids, are super tight.

only thing I see is the one box is awful close to the surround on the one 12 (I like some extra space there myself)

that's where my sub amp is lol

I would suggest getting rid of the two tens, porting the box with the 12s, and replacing the cap with a decent sized batt. The lack of the two boxes will give you more space, less wires, and the batt will definitely be a better option compared to the cap which really doesn't help much.

Originally Posted by captaincheesey

I would suggest getting rid of the two tens, porting the box with the 12s, and replacing the cap with a decent sized batt. The lack of the two boxes will give you more space, less wires, and the batt will definitely be a better option compared to the cap which really doesn't help much.

all a battery is is a bad cap (they store energy, but can't discharge as fast) they are great for key off runtime, but not transients

Originally Posted by JCG's-GTP

When I competed in SPL we used Batcaps. Been a few years and I don't even know if they still make them but try looking them up. One of my old team mates had about 8 of them if your interested I'll look him up and see if he still has any.

They do still make bat caps, and are nice to use. I am on a bunch of audio forums and know people who still use them. As to the battery being a bad cap comment, anyone who is serious into audio does not use caps. They discharge too quickly, and store too little power. 1 farad is equal to roughly 1 second of power, nice little demo huh? Look into putting maybe a Yellow top back there instead of the cap and you should be fine. The stock alt is I believe 105 amps? So that, a nice batt up front, maybe a red top, and then a yellow top in the back should hold you over for a while. Batts hold more power than a cap and discharge slower so you can get more power out of them. If you need some good proof here is a link: Click here

I am on a board that Richard was a major contributor and he still recommended caps when needed (they are for transients not to band aid a weak alternator) check out CARSOUND.COM Forum - Powered by vBulletin also bear in mind I have been an IASCA and CMAA judge (when I competed if you had a second battery you lost points every time)

when I competed it was by amp power, we usually ran train batteries (think 75 car batteries in 1 case)

Originally Posted by s1795so2

1)I guess that means Steve Meade, Dave "Danger Boy" Johnson, Gary Biggs, Micheal Hughes and quite a few other of my friends that I have met over the ears of competing and installing are not serious about audio. Also I guess that by default makes me not so serious about audio.

2)Putting 2 different designed batteries in without a isolator is horrible advice, in fact putting 2 different sizes and type batts together in any case is not very good advice at all.


I am not going to comment on which is better a 2nd batt or cap, because I think they should be used in conjuction. As do all the other competitors I mentioned above believe.

what is your opinion on my point of them being similar (only the cap is faster) I am just wondering?