Thread: post up your audio equipment

Kenwood Excellon 7" Indash LCD /// 2 CVR 12's /// Alpine MonoBlock 500 watt


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This coming week I'm swapping the CVR's for 2 Kicker 12" L7's /// Diamond Audio 800 Watt Amp /// I've already added HERTZ 6x9's /// Putting a 60 RMS amp on the 6x9's /// Taking out the little 4" speakers in the rear dash /// I've got an 8 guage power wire, adding 4 Guage /// Now I just need to get the Mille Front speakers, and some HERTZ tweets!

The L7's hit pretty hard in my Cadillac, so I'm sure they'll hit twice as hard as my CVR's do in my Pontiac!

I ran my 1000w amp on my 8 gauge wire in my old car and it got pretty hot, so i went to 4 gauge.. the grommet didnt like it when i pulled it through yesterday, but i got it

Originally Posted by 02gpgt88

lol whts wrong with them?
btw, is bridging both of them bad?

subs are about 300W rms @ 4ohm SVC
amp is a 4 channel so you have to bridge them other wise you get 150W rms 4ohm for both vs bridging the top with one speaker and the bottom with the other
but you still have the bass boost all the way up on the hu and the amp so its dirty as hell

Originally Posted by MrPhotographer06

I ran my 1000w amp on my 8 gauge wire in my old car and it got pretty hot, so i went to 4 gauge.. the grommet didnt like it when i pulled it through yesterday, but i got it

must want a fire huh?
i had 5 gauge threw there i tore that out and ran 0/1 4 gauge is a easy fit

Originally Posted by offroadfury6

u ran 1000w amp on a 8g ? wow why?

i had a 500w amp in there first, and when i got the 1000 i wanted to hook it up.

haha

it wasnt but for a minute, then i took it off.
Put my hifonics in yesterday and beatin the windows off places

First few posts here.. but I figured I'd make an appearance here..

I know a thing or two about some car audio. (Some would say)

The car..



A couple small wires. (Fuses are in the mail) This will be my first year fusing.. we'll see how it goes.





Car ready for some deadener..




Just some little 10's (Wired to .5 ohm)




Sneak preview of this years amp...



Little box.. with a little port..







It's not too bad having a nice shop like that to work in (Notice above picture)



Battery (Fuses are in the mail)



A trophy or two...



Trophy from dB Drag World Finals.. (2nd from right)

Originally Posted by matt5112

O noes... I see trophies... Usually the sign of audio "pros"

Since they're for SPL I respect it, SQ... not so much

wtf is SQ...

Originally Posted by casper129

wtf is SQ...

thorshammer?

SQ = Sound Quality

SPL = Sound Pressure Level

I think?...

lmao. ^ I was joking, I know what SQ is..

TurboTrav...

Thorshammer? No, that's not me. But he had a lot of influence in the design of my box.

Originally Posted by casper129

lmao. ^ I was joking, I know what SQ is..

TurboTrav...

Thorshammer? No, that's not me. But he had a lot of influence in the design of my box.

thats why i asked, it looked like his lol
anyhow nice build

Small video. 675 watts +/- 5% after a 4x impedance rise. *CRY*

YouTube - 2 AQ HDC3 10's in my Grand Prix

144.4 @ 39Hz

Will be updating in a few days or so with new numbers, wired it down to 1 ohm nominal, so hopefully around 4 ohm after imp. rise.

Originally Posted by casper129

Small video. 675 watts +/- 5% after a 4x impedance rise. *CRY*

YouTube - 2 AQ HDC3 10's in my Grand Prix

144.4 @ 39Hz

Will be updating in a few days or so with new numbers, wired it down to 1 ohm nominal, so hopefully around 4 ohm after imp. rise.

Haha, this is why you should look for something with a much bigger coil, vented motor and get some more power to make up for the vented motor. And I don't mean vented pole, I mean the drilled holes in the bottom of the gap. Also an aluminum former + cone would give you some more heat dispersion capability.

A 4 layer 3" coil on a 10 is plenty. Heat is no issue on these.. the cooling is quite sufficient on these... they use the same exact basket that the DD 9500 series does... Aluminum cone for SPL.. you're joking right? And my next recone will be to an Aluminum coil, which will handle more power, and stay cooler..

Let's see what you're doing on under 700 watts....

Originally Posted by casper129

A 4 layer 3" coil on a 10 is plenty. Heat is no issue on these.. the cooling is quite sufficient on these... they use the same exact basket that the DD 9500 series does... Aluminum cone for SPL.. you're joking right? And my next recone will be to an Aluminum coil, which will handle more power, and stay cooler..

Let's see what you're doing on under 700 watts....

If you have impedance rise, you need more cooling.

I can max out my rat shack meter which is good to 126 dB on 300 watts so I'm pretty happy with that. Not into bass racing so I don't really want to go much further.

Haha yeah man, aluminum cones are NOT what you want for SPL. Too much excursion ONCE and you need a recone.

Basket design doesnt affect cooling all that much unless you're talking about between the spider landing and the former/motor. That'd be a useful spot to have some extra cooling.

Copper coils? Copper = more mass = less efficiency. Aluminum is a good choice.