JohnHinerman

I understand. In general, how do the two brand names match up?

Wires burning up with 1/0 Cable and that amp are not from too much current being drawn through them. *I don't think* wires burning like that sound more like a short to groud, on something grounding through that circuit. Check engine and body ground resistance. I would also check your ground resistance at your amp and see what it looks like on a DMM. Other than that, I think you need to just start eliminating parts untill you can trace it down? I don't think a lower output alternator would cause this issue.

They def are.. Love them....

They are in a ported enclosure tuned to about 35hz.. Can't remember if it is 1.2 or 1.3 cuft per speaker, but somewhere right around there. I also have 1lb of poly fill per speaker.

Looking for a parametric half din eq that has adjustable q. I've seen a couple that allow you to adjust the q for the subwoofer center freq, but I have yet to find one that will for your other freq's. Is this an option only available in a full size trunk mount type eq?

Crap, my bad... I wonder if there is a way I can move that....

These are all the goodies for the Ram Quad Cab..... - Front and rear speakers, clean sweep, amps, and some sound damping. - Front and rear speakers, crossovers, F6 amp, M12 amp - 1/8" plate for the front doors - XS-65 in my plates for the front doors - CTX-69 for the rear doors - Fi SSD 10 D2 new style & vented enclosure - KnuKonceptz copper 1/0 & 4ga power cable. (not show: lots of feet of Knu 12ga Kord speaker wire (from F6 to each door) 10ga Kord from M12 to subwoofers) Knu Krystal RCA's - Optima Red & supplemental AGM Battery - Not shown: JL Audio Clean Sweep, 180amp Alternator, polyfill, speaker gasket BONUS PIC!!!! - One of the shelves in my garage - RF P1 and a Pioneer Premier 10" (nothing to do with all the rest of the stuff, just found it while browsing through my pics)

Awesome.. I used to have a few of those olds a/d/s grey power plates. I also had a honda Civic that was completely equipped with the black power plate anniversary edition amplifiers. That old a/d/s stuff was awesome. .Really good stuff. Plus, I don't think I've ever come across a 6" mid bass driver like the old a/d/s AL6 drivers. Used to use them in EVERYTHING.

Trust me, having your mirror flip down is not cool, its a pain in the ass! I'm constantly flipping it back up again lol

I don't know why I was just thinking about this, but since so many people seem to be so impressed by trunks shaking, wipers bouncing, door panels flapping, and all the resonance and noise that some sound systems produce in the vehicles we drive, I just felt like throwing this out there... Is it just me, or do some vehicles seem to be more willing to do these kind of things than others? Everything has its natural resonance frequency and has the ability to shake, flex, rattle, or anything else it may feel like doing. That being said, I've seen plenty of vehicles with extremely loud setups, and killer bass inside the vehicle, yet while standing out side and observing, they tend to handle everything very well, and you don't hear every part of the car buzzing and rattling away, and you don't see deck lids jumping in the air. And then you see other cars with a mis-match of equipment throw together in what looks like 1st grade art project that sounds horrible, yet from out side the vehicle it looks like the thing is going to fall apart where it is sitting. When looking at my own vehicles, My RAM plays what I consider to be pretty loud (no, it wasn't built for SPL, yet it is uncomfortable for many of my passengers) and from outside the truck maintains pretty damn good control. Of course the mirrors shake like they should, but aside from that, my rear power sliding glass track and/or glass makes noise, and there is crazy turbulence noise coming from the two cab ventilators as air they are flapping around in the area between the cab and bed. On the other hand, my Toyota Camry which while driving feels like a very solid car, shakes and flexes like a mofo from a system that was thrown together with parts I had laying around, and does not play nearly as loud as the Eclipse or Truck. And finally my Eclipse which is not quite as powerful as the truck bounces the rear wiper off of the glass, makes my rearview mirror flip straight down so I can't see anything, yet the door mirrors shake only slightly more than the factory sound system. Whats the deal? Then when you throw youtube videos of roofs blowing off suv's and stuff, it just seems like there is no real pattern to how vehicle is going to react. All of this really doesn't mean anything, but as I said before. a TON of people judge a sound system not by how it sounds from the listening position, but by what it is doing to the vehicle it is installed in. I'm all for super loud, extremely hard hitting sound systems, but I am WAY more concerned about the how it reproduces the music I am listening to on my 60 mile round trip to work and back each day, and not what the people are thinking at the stop light next to me....

Just wanted to hear some thoughts...Being that your front stage is what is important, does anyone use rear equalization also? And if so, did you eq from the drivers location faded rear? Or try to adjust everything as "one"

It actually did make a big difference in the stability of of the electrical system. So far I am happy with the increase in power it has added.