skittlesRgood

Hey Rob! I was actually talking to you about trying to get a second alt in my car a couple months ago. Think you can make something for my car? 06 buick rendezvous, CLX, AWD, 3.5L

WHAT?? are you kidding me? lol the sub is THE thing that will get hurt by clipping. when you clip, the sub actually moves less and has a bit of a pause at each peak. so there is less air being forced through the voice coil and it overheats. just look at a sign wave, that wave is exactly what a speaker is doing. if there is a flat part, the speaker is holding at that point.

use a -6db tone. songs almost never equal a 0db tone. where the gain is will depend on the voltage output of the HU. mine is half way, one friend's is almost all the way up, another had the gain all the way down and it still clipped because he had an 8v preout.

ya the knobs are weird. not much of a difference after half way up. what do you have the subs wired to? 1ohm, 2ohm, 4ohm?

anything under 12v is a bad thing. i always try to stay above the batteries resting voltage. as for clipping, your gains aren't set correctly. you need to turn the gain down or just dont turn up your remote knob so much. clipping is horrible for subs. the sub will move less and therefore cool itself less, while getting more heat from the amp putting out dirty power. it is the main reason for a blown sub.

still have no idea what im putting in those pods lol.

this box getting loud, was an accident... then the bug bit me... now i cant stop chasing tenths lol.

eh, it worries me a little bit. i do have foam rubber under the mounting rails. i think having the amps upside down helped with the old amps. all the components are sitting on top of the board instead of hanging from it. takes away some pressure. at least thats my theory. but these amps have a 2 year warranty so... who cares lol.

decided to make some new pods today. not sure whats going in them or my long term goals for my front stage but here is what i got so far. ill do more work once i find a setup i like. those doors pods will probably be coming off and new ones made. guess what side my cousin did.

who cares who is louder outside? you want to be louder inside. i mean, if you really care about pissing other people off on the road, just put the speakers in your grill. but you old told us your friends subs. we have no idea what you have, subs, box, amps, car. you didnt say shit lol.

my goal is 152. i havnt done any testing with the new amps so i think i can push it once i get some TL time.

lol ya, ive heard that a few times. thanks for sticking with it till the good part.

Rusty at DC told me about the same thing. seemed unbelievable. im sure it depends on the box but i say give it a try. just put the wood in place with some silicone so its easy to pry out if it doesnt work. and of course if it does work, make it permanent with wood glue.

cool. ya, SMD is getting flooded with noobs and their advice while the experienced members have stopped caring. but i do know a lot of people on smd so its still fun. BTW, i just moved to nebraska from cali, so if there is anyone in lincoln nebraska on here, hit me up. i need to make some friends in this town lol.

lol a lot of people think they are 10"s. i get that question at almost every show. then when i reconed them to 1ohm coils i thought rusty had sent me 10"s lol. thanks again for the welcome guys. people here pretty chill? hope its not at all like CA.com lol.

thats cool man. thanks for doing it. you think itll be over 1 month?

thanks for the welcome guys! let me know if there is anything else you want to see. i cut out all the pics of deadener and a few progress pics, mostly of the door pods. i dont really like them, functionally, so im looking to do something new. either A pillars or a sound bar across the dash. oh i forgot to add the other component specs. ill go edit that. oh, nvm i cant edit it already lol. i have: pdx 150.4 running rainbow 6.5" midrange and crescendo 6.5" midbass alpine mrp running the tweeters and rear pioneer coaxials JBL MS-8 for the processor pioneer z110 HU DC power 270xp alt one kinetik 1800, two 2400s, one NGT G31 two 1/0 runs of power and ground front to back. im also starting to compete in SQ.

my cousin is in town. havnt seen him in... i dunno... 5 years. said he wanted to hear it so i gave him a demo today.

heres some other stuff.

2006 buick rendezvous cxl, awd, 3.5l v6. there is a space in the front, on top to fit a skinny alt. want to try to get a second one in there.