15th July 2007, 17:40
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15th July 2007, 17:44
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So if you are NOT putting in an amp NOW: 1. if your car is pre-wired for sound (some are), the existing speaker cables would be good enough for the HU power 2. if your car is not pre-wired, it may be a good idea to put in speaker cables recommended to handle Amp power. In that case you will only need to put in the Amp power and RCA cables when you put in an amp | |
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15th July 2007, 17:49
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15th July 2007, 17:51
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15th July 2007, 20:27
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15th July 2007, 20:32
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16th July 2007, 00:00
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But when it comes to HUs, amps & speakers, do we really need any service as such? I believe all these components will either work fine without requiring any maintenance or just blow, mid-bass or woofers being an exception, that too only to some extent. And when blown, it would be very difficult to say whether it was due to ignorant usage or the fault in the product itself (typical clauses in warranty statements). Only thing is that the person can feel little safe in warranty period. But I believe on an average, warranty on electronics does not cross 1 year. Am I missing something here? Is it any different when it comes to ICE? | |
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16th July 2007, 02:32
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 Sorry Sam. I actually tried avoiding the lure of unnecessary spending but some how couldn't live with my old set-up. After reading so much about ICE setups, I realized that whatever I had done so far was purely fictional. Becuase I had no idea of what I was doing. I wanted to start from the scratch and build a match for my car. And I did. I got a new set-up installed last week. I was very busy and couldn't write this post earlier.The only thing I have retained is my Alpine 9881 system. The specifications are as follows Alpine 9881 with 2 Volt RCA output (it has three pre-outs) I now have three RF amplifiers (2 P450.2, 1 P300.1). I couldn't get P400.2 here in b'lore. 1 P450.2 is powering the front components, and the other one is powering the rear 6x9. The 300.1 is powering the subwoofer. I now have Polk Momo components (6.5") and Polk Momo 6x9. The subwoofer is RF P12D DVC 4Ohm (wired to run at 2Ohms). The cabling is all Monster. I did spend some addtional 80K on the system after exchanging my old equipment. The only satisfaction I derive is that I understand what I have done in my car. I have taken a lot of pain to understand the science behind this. The RMS matching of the speakers and amplifiers. SVC V/S DVC wiring flixibilities and a few more things like RCA output voltage, crossover frequencies, et al. Whatever inputs I have got from this site were also of great help. This is the just the beginning and I know I have a long way to go. The sound quality is at-least 35% better. I am almost (95%) their as far as the loudness and clarity of the sound is concerned. I feel that I still have to do some more tuning to get the best possible output from this installation. Initially I had put the amplifier setting on all pass for my 6x9 and was controlling the HPF from the head unit. But I was not sure if that will affect the Subwoofer RCA output as well. Well I have now set the HPF to off on the HU and have set the HPF thru the amplifier for my 6x9 as well. I am experimenting with the settings. Let me share this with you all - It was a busy day at the shop when my setup was being carried out at the shop. There were a lot of people coming their for something or other. There were many cars that came with jazzy systems installed and decibels from their system were for all to hear. But when any of them heard the system in my car, their jaws dropped. As I said the sound is still 95%. I don't want to spend more lacs to get that 99% percent mark. The fact is that if you match all the components well, you will get the best sound from the set-up. Don't go just by brands. First thing to check is specification. Then ofcourse brand. If anyone has read up to this point, thanks for spending time on reading this. I might be making a point which most of people know on this forum, but I just shared my experience. | |
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16th July 2007, 09:45
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16th July 2007, 13:39
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16th July 2007, 14:03
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16th July 2007, 14:24
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16th July 2007, 15:30
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