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been a few years, everything has changed, need "sound" advice
Ok, I was an audiophile back in 94, 95 when contests featured stereo's
that played music, not tones. (really, i was there) I used to kick ass all over town with a 72 Olds Delta 88 Royale with a Kenwood pro deck that had 7v of pre amp output. (was told this was one of the keys to the system) An alpine 3505 (i think) amp that was 25x 4 but was capible of more depending on load.... this ran 4 fosgate 5" mids (1 in each door) and matching tweets, A pair of JBL 6x9's 3 way in the rear deck, basketed. I also has an LA sound? i think, 120x 2 which powered a pair of Fosgate 8's in the rear doors with a basket style box behind in door and a pair of 6.5" mb quartz 2 ways in the kick panels. FOr bass I had a punch 150 bridged mono running 2 dual voice coil MTX terminators on a 3 cubic foot sealed undivided box firing backward. For control I had an audio control EQX EQ and xover. I ran Bass, mid bass, midrange, and tweet all seperated by the amps. This system is to date the most impressive I have ever herd without sponsership, litterally would change your heartbeat when the double badd drum kicked on metallica One, or Korn Blind in the begining there is a 50Hz tone that was unbelivable..... NOW, I have a 89 Prelude and I have started my system and am STUMPED on which way to go.... I want my old's system, shrunk and modernized for the prelude, and if this is proper to say, what is most important to me is SQ for mids and highs and SPL for mono bass. SO i have started by wiring the car proper, or maybe way overkill, I used 2/0 welder copper strand cable from optima to trunk with a castrophy 50A fuse inline to a power dist block, to 3, 4 gauge cables to my amps which are all grounded with 4 gauge as well. I used 4 guage speakerwire to everything and top o the line rca's on the oppisite side of the car. I am currently running a old school Punch 150 (the ones you could link together from about 95) NOT the "HD" series. This powers my sub, 1, 12" JL 12W6V2 2ohm. Wired bridged mono, of corse, and in a JL audio Pro Wedge box with aprox 1.5 cu feet of air apace. I took atvantage of what came with the car to get the system off the ground which was, JBL 2 way 6.5" pros in doors and pioneer walmart specials, 6.5" 2 ways in rear deck. These are run off of P.O.S. Jensen Rampage 60x2 amps because they were $8 each and I wanted system in car now! Plans call to replace those 2 amps with a 4 channel and a 2 channel, yet to be decided. I plan on again running an Audio Control EQX and possibly a matrix, I want seperate bass, mid bass, mid range, and tweet. My head unit is a sony CDX-F7710 because it was the highest pre amp output voltage deck I could afford at the time. SO, THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS COME IN, lol. I need help catching up on the last 10 years..... they sell fosgate at best buy, MB quartz are now the price of a used civic, NO ONE belives there can be an 18 speaker system run off one old school punch 45... Now there are class A, B and ? amps??? And i can't find a single stereo store guy's system that hits as hard as my car 10 years ago. I've asked around and noone can catch me up. Hell I tried to buy a GIANT amp from the local stereo shop it was some kind of newer Fosgate, Class A 1000W 4 channel amp. It was on clearence for $300 and seemed like it was the 4 channel for my long term goals, but the guy wouldnt sell it to me because it was a class A and I dont have 2 alternators. I want to get some component 6.5" and 1" tweets to run in the rear and doors and mid/tweet and to later be complimented by component 8's as mid bass....(in rear deck with basket and in pod in door) What brand??? I have a wholesale hookup on boston acoustic, so for price this would be cool, my #1 best speaker experiance has been MB quartz, cant afford new, is it safe to buy on ebay? (used speakers a nono right?) I plan on using the passive x-overs that come with the speakers untill I buy the EQX, if that matters for anything. The guy at the stereo place is pushing Focal, are these good? For Bass I think I want the modern equvilant to my old punch 150 but i dont get the changes and when i search on here there are those that say there hasn't been a better bass amp made yet, what about McIntosh I mean I want to save $ but if I can drop $300 at a time on layaway lol, I just want the best sound. I thought I wanted a single 12" but I think I want 2, I Loved the low OHM, dual voice coil make the amp work bit. Is that still the way to go? I see these $1100 subs that will take 1000's of watts but in the stereo shop that don't sound that much better.... aaarrrgggghhhhh THANKS to ANYONE who will help me here lololol |
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been a few years, everything has changed, need "sound" advice
THANK's clears it right up.
I can see why the guy would sell it, 1000w class A amplifiers are unheard of. SO, THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS COME IN, lol. I need help catching up on the last 10 years..... they sell fosgate at best buy, MB quartz are now the price of a used civic, NO ONE belives there can be an 18 speaker system run off one old school punch 45... Now there are class A, B and ? amps??? And i can't find a single stereo store guy's system that hits as hard as my car 10 years ago. I've asked around and noone can catch me up. Hell I tried to buy a GIANT amp from the local stereo shop it was some kind of newer Fosgate, Class A 1000W 4 channel amp. It was on clearence for $300 and seemed like it was the 4 channel for my long term goals, but the guy wouldnt sell it to me because it was a class A and I dont have 2 alternators. I want to get some component 6.5" and 1" tweets to run in the rear and doors and mid/tweet and to later be complimented by component 8's as mid bass....(in rear deck with basket and in pod in door) What brand??? I have a wholesale hookup on boston acoustic, so for price this would be cool, my #1 best speaker experiance has been MB quartz, cant afford new, is it safe to buy on ebay? (used speakers a nono right?) I plan on using the passive x-overs that come with the speakers untill I buy the EQX, if that matters for anything. The guy at the stereo place is pushing Focal, are these good? For Bass I think I want the modern equvilant to my old punch 150 but i dont get the changes and when i search on here there are those that say there hasn't been a better bass amp made yet, what about McIntosh I mean I want to save $ but if I can drop $300 at a time on layaway lol, I just want the best sound. I thought I wanted a single 12" but I think I want 2, I Loved the low OHM, dual voice coil make the amp work bit. Is that still the way to go? I see these $1100 subs that will take 1000's of watts but in the stereo shop that don't sound that much better.... aaarrrgggghhhhh THANKS to ANYONE who will help me here lololol |
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