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No problem! I'm happy that I could help someone! Yes, Volvo's do seem to require a plan of attack when modifying them lol. I swear the engineers that design them purposely make it a pain in the ass haha. I'm envious of your S60, that's my favorite of all their sedans. I'll keep an eye out for it. Which 6.5" speakers are you putting in there?

The amp is in! It is a beast. It's the most awesome sight I have ever seen lol. I can't wait to hook this baby up, it's ridiculous. For those of you who don't know, it does 3600 watts at 1 ohm, 12.8 volts rated. That means even more powah at 14.4! According to some sources 4600-4800 watts at 1 ohm. It's pretty sweet. Anyway, on to the pics. Wow that is a huge box. For some reason I could not get this picture to come in clear. I think the amp was distorting the camera's image by being so awesome lol. I really like the input section on this amp. Quite the step up from the Punch 500-2 lol. Very nice, very nice... This is the Incriminator badge on the front of the amp, it looks really bad ass in real life. Here is a pic of the amp guts. Looks really nice! Just thought I'd throw in a pic of Kendra I'm really impressed. I'll be sure to post more when I get some more progress going.

Well it comes down to power draw mostly. The 90% efficient amp is going to take less current (amperage) than the 70% efficient amp will to produce the same wattage. The 90% efficient amp will draw ~43.4 amps at 12.8 volts to produce 500 watts and the 70% efficient amp will draw ~55.8 amps to produce 500 watts at 12.8 volts. Music is dynamic though, so it will vary. But the point is that the 90% efficient amp is going to take less power to produce the same wattage as the 70% efficient one.

Oh yeah, I'll be sure to. I think it's really fun to share this stuff with other people and hopefully some of it is helpful to someone else who might be thinking of doing the same thing. I can't wait to get things rolling again it's limited to my pay schedule lol. I'll be sure to post some updates along the way though, especially with the 40.1.

Just to add to the excitement, I'll be getting my 40.1 on Thursday! I'll be sure to post up some pics in my build log.

Happy Birthday!

Did a little more tuning today, and I've got to say, these things rock! It's like having mini-subs in my doors lol. On top of everything the xmax is just fun to watch lol. I'm getting much closer to the punch feeling I desire.

That sucks man! I'm sorry to hear it. Hopefully you can it get it warrantied.

I know that it isn't optimal, but have you considered the logitech z-5500 system? It's around $300 and it has a hardware dts/dolby decoder if you run optical or coaxial cables to it. I use one for my computer and it actually sounds pretty good considering the price (especially with optical/coaxial out, the channel seperation is perfect. Much better than just straight 3.5mm headphone cables). You can mount the satellites on walls or shelves or whatever, they have screw holes. Heres a link: Newegg.com - Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Digital Speaker System

Thanks man!

Ok, sorry for the wait! The drivers are in. I took a few pictures along the way, but I was really tired after work the past few days so I never got to post them up. So here are some of the pictures of the progress. The vinyl did not come out well I am sad to say, I kind of messed it up. I'm going to find a way to redo or fix it soon, but for now its all about the sound. I took out the stock tweeter mount and cut it a bit and fit in the new tweeter in there. It actually came out really good. Here is the tweeter mounted in position. Hmm.. Which one is better? lol I put a ring of SDS butyl rope around the speaker hole so the fiberglass back piece would make a good seal. I also put some leftover pieces of CLD tiles around the ring to seal the hole completely. Oh, and the fiberglass piece didn't line up with the stock screw holes, so sheetrock screws came to the rescue lol. I just put a small washer around them to prevent them from going right through the fiberglass. Again, the vinyl makes me sad . This is how it looks in the door. Pretty sexy Overall it came out pretty well for my limited skills. I just wish I had done a little more vinyl work before I did these. So I got it all hooked up and I went to set my crossover. I thought that my amp had a pretty flexible crossover, but I guess it does not. I was thinking of a different 4 channel amp I have that doesn't work. Luckily my brother had an old California Profile crossover that just so happened to have exactly what I needed. I switched out that crappy rca for another one of those beefy ones btw lol. I still need my own crossover, and apparently one with a bandpass option is unobtainable. M5 might be helping me out (eagerly waiting his reply) in that department, I'm going to buy his DX-28 as soon as I get my next paycheck. Finally, for how they sound. They sound awesome! With minimal tweaking they already sounded great. The staging with the stock dash mounts is actually really awesome. I'm happy I didn't cut up my a-pillar for nothing. I have a lot more midbass, and the clarity is awesome. I am very pleased with my purchase, those speakers were worth every penny. I plan on getting an equalizer or something though, I'd like to tweak them a little more and the pioneer I have right now only has a 7 band equalizer that is a little too broad for my tastes. I'd suggest these speakers to anyone who is on the edge about them.