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Active just means running active crossovers, i.e.- using crossovers on the head unit and/or amplifier, not passive crossovers that come in the little box with off the shelf component systems. You then wire one speaker to one channel on the amplifier. It may be less power than bridging, but you can often get drivers with higher sensitivities when you run active, plus it just sounds a lot better if set up properly. But since you don't know much about this stuff, I'd just say go with an off the shelf component system until you get more comfortable with it. Don't want you to get in over your head and be disappointed.

Oh my bad, when I was recalling your first post the "don't" part got left out of my memory. Well, you should get one then!

With that budget I'd definitely go active. The speakers you'll buy could only be 100-200 total, then you'd have the extra money for processing if your head unit doesn't already have crossovers on it. Or you could buy a new headunit that does with the extra money.

Just bolts. You could even probably use the factory seat mounting holes.

Just got the internet up in my new place. My place is f'ing sweet. It'll be even sweeter when Nebraska Furniture Mart gets my TV and entertainment center in from being on backorder in 2 weeks. Seriously, if chicks don't come flocking it must be......... well, nothing. They should just come flocking. It's going to look like a sophisticated bachelor pad.

Basketball takes precedence over sleep!

haha that's funny

That's what I'm going to do. I'll just use my TV wall mount. It takes some fairly hefty screws though, so I'll be making some decent sized holes. But my center channel weighs about 50 lbs so I'll need them. I totally overdid it with the 3/4" MDF! But it was just what I had lying around and I didn't realize it would be that heavy. Thanks for the option though.

Since you have a DMM, measure the resistance of the voice coils. If they don't read what they should, it's blown. Subs don't all blow in the same fashion.

Deleting this.

Moved to a more appropriate forum since it has nothing to do with Fi. How much do you want to spend? What kind of car do you have?

It will be fine. Might just throw in an extra brace or two to be sure.

Hey

Those JBL BP amps are solid enough. You will gain nothing.

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/store/products/18%22-SSA-XCON-D1%7B47%7DD2.html

I merged your threads.

Yeah, I'm afraid you aren't as responsible as you think. After a year it is no longer a manufacturer defect. You simply had too much power on it.

Those probably aren't as much subwoofers as just woofers. I doubt you'll get much <40 hz playing out of them, even in top physical condition. So if you were wanting them for that application, you are probably wasting your time.

I would choose subs that would give the amp the 1 ohm load it likes. Putting it at .5 for daily just lowers the life expectancy. Four 18s is going to be loud no matter what subs you choose. So may as well start with more non-SPL oriented drivers. What is your budget?

Ditch any caps. Replace with actual batteries. You'll need at least one additional battery. What is your budget for front speakers?

Doesn't channels 3 + 4 have a subsonic filter? You can set the lowpass to 3,000 hz or whatever you want up there, then set the subsonic to 60 hz or whatever as your highpass.

What are the specs on the ports and box, and what subs are they, what amp? Is this the first time you've used the subs?

I thought those amps weren't supposed to be run daily anyways

Does anybody have a good design for a structure to raise my center channel above my TV? I bought a tv wall mount about a year ago and used that for a bit in this place, but my new place doesn't want any holes in the walls. Maybe it would help once I got my entertainment center. Although if I go that route, maybe it would be best for me to get an easy color to match. Like straight black. Hmm, or maybe have Ryan2 build me a huge honkin' entertainment center for my 47-50" TV that has sides and a top built into it to hold the center channel above the TV. What do you think it would cost for something like that Ryan? Something like this: http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?ProductID=25625401 only obviously able to fit a 50" or so TV. Or would that thing just be too big and awkward looking?

Hmm, last to post last night and first to post this morning.