Hippo's Audio Build Help

**Fatboy501** · 03-09-2012

Sweet... it's always nice getting new audio equipment in the mail.

**Hippo Machine** · 03-09-2012

^^ It is! I have gotten 4 boxes in two days haha. My Radio came in today, along with the dynamat. I will hopefully be installing the hu tomorrow! It looks awesome. 6x9's should be here monday.

I have enough to order the morels but I think I'mma wait til next Friday.

**Hippo Machine** · 03-11-2012

Ok I got the radio installed and it looks and sounds great! Here are some pics:

I need to get some sort of adapter for the stock antenna to fit the radio antenna socket. Also this mount was a PITA, the pieces snap when you try to put them together, but it still worked out.

**Fatboy501** · 03-11-2012

The adapter you need should be less than 10 bucks at wal-mart.

**Hippo Machine** · 03-12-2012

My dad got the adapter for me at work. Kickers came in the mail today, should be installing soon...

**Hippo Machine** · 03-13-2012

Ok I have the 6x9's in place, just need to wire them up. Gonna run to best buy or cartunes to get some new 4" speakers that I just discovered I had back there...

Here's some pictars:

**Hippo Machine** · 03-13-2012

I just installed the new 6x9"s and new 4" speakers. All I can say is AMAZING! The difference is substantial. This setup really adds 5 tweeters to the rear deck, giving crystal clear highs and some added bass,with muss less distortion.

I can only hope the front speakers make that much of an impact as well!

To those who said that 6x9's will not make a difference:

Da f you talkin' about?

**Hippo Machine** · 03-13-2012

Here are the four speakers I installed today:

The Kickers give the car good clear bass and mids ($89.99), while the Kenwood's give super sharp high's and mids ($29.99).

Thanks to everyone that has contributed so far. The Morel Maximo component set is next.

**Fatboy501** · 03-15-2012

Nice... glad to hear that you're happy with your investment. WARNING: you are on a very slippery slope... the audio bug is an extremely ravenous creature.

**KeithGTP03** · 03-15-2012

Are you running them like that off the HU, or are they aftermarket amped or factory amped?

**Hippo Machine** · 03-15-2012

Just off the HU, unless there is a factory amp i dont know about somewhere..

**KeithGTP03** · 03-15-2012

What was your impedance (ohms) of the speakers you took out? The reason Im asking is because you're possibly running a 2ohm load to the deck. Im just trying to prevent you from blowing channels on your new HU.

**Hippo Machine** · 03-15-2012

Everything I took out was 4 ohm, everything i put in were 4 ohms as well.

**KeithGTP03** · 03-15-2012

Weird. If you dont have a factory amp, they must be factory wired in series so the radio sees 8ohms. But if that were the case, they should have installed 2ohm speakers from the factory. Anywho, you're all good.....carry on

**rynoman03** · 03-15-2012

I had a Olds 98 that had all 4 doors setup that way then it had rear deck speakers too. It was ran in series. Both Left doors were the front L and both Right doors Front R. That car sounded good with a set of 10's in it. I kinda miss that car.

**Hippo Machine** · 03-16-2012

Just hooked up the antenna adapter, sounds great.

**Hippo Machine** · 03-16-2012

How much power do you guys think my HU sends each speaker? I have 8 speakers (including tweeters).

**I800C0LLECT** · 03-16-2012

10 to 15 when it's ballz out. But uh....you'd be surprised at how LITTLE power speakers actually receive even if you think you have 8.2 jigawatts worth of amplification

**Hippo Machine** · 03-16-2012

so I need an amp. I was thinking this one for the 6x9's and fronts Sound Ordnance™ M-4075 4-channel car amplifier — 75 watts RMS x 4 at Crutchfield.com

and maybe one for the 4" speakers.