bassing it up
05-18-2004, 02:28 PM
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bassing it up
quadnie and I have been discussing how to bring bass to my car in PMs for a little while and he suggested that I start a thread to help some of the other ricers on this site get some bass in their slow *** cars.
those are some speakers I took from my mom's house (probably stolen) with my LS block on top for a size reference. they're ------- huge, that box won't even fit in my hatch. problem is the speakers are blown, quadnie said to ditch those pieces of ---- and just start over by getting some good subs and building my own box.
quadnie said that stolen ---- is cheapest. I don't want to get stolen ---- because what that does is contribute to stealing and then the next thing that I know I go outside and all my ---- is stolen and somebody is trying to sell it to me for a real cheap price, ---- that.
quadnie says that ebay is a good place to look, as well as pawnshops, I haven't checked out either because I'm a lazy ***. He also said to check for clearance and good sales at places like circuit city.
those are some speakers I took from my mom's house (probably stolen) with my LS block on top for a size reference. they're ------- huge, that box won't even fit in my hatch. problem is the speakers are blown, quadnie said to ditch those pieces of ---- and just start over by getting some good subs and building my own box.
quadnie said that stolen ---- is cheapest. I don't want to get stolen ---- because what that does is contribute to stealing and then the next thing that I know I go outside and all my ---- is stolen and somebody is trying to sell it to me for a real cheap price, ---- that.
4 speakers
Head Unit
8 gauge power wire running from battery to amp location
RCA cable running from head unit to amp
Amp with built in crossover
Speaker boxes/speakers
See what kinda hookup you can get on stolen ----, otherwise, look here for the following parts:
speakers - check your junk yard for cars with the premium audio system that you can pick up cheap (will tell you how to test if you want to go that route)
head unit - stolen route, or check ebay for a decent used one for like $20, I can go into that more later
amp - once again, ebay. I check into that for you later
woofers - find some decent ones on ebay
woofer enclosure - build it yourself from cheap materials
You can also get something like a bass tube, where it will have the amp built into the tube with woofer. I have found that they don't sound all that great in hatchbacks, sound best in a trunk of a sedan/coupe car.
Head Unit
8 gauge power wire running from battery to amp location
RCA cable running from head unit to amp
Amp with built in crossover
Speaker boxes/speakers
See what kinda hookup you can get on stolen ----, otherwise, look here for the following parts:
speakers - check your junk yard for cars with the premium audio system that you can pick up cheap (will tell you how to test if you want to go that route)
head unit - stolen route, or check ebay for a decent used one for like $20, I can go into that more later
amp - once again, ebay. I check into that for you later
woofers - find some decent ones on ebay
woofer enclosure - build it yourself from cheap materials
You can also get something like a bass tube, where it will have the amp built into the tube with woofer. I have found that they don't sound all that great in hatchbacks, sound best in a trunk of a sedan/coupe car.
05-18-2004, 03:11 PM
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Re:bassing it up
Yeah, I'm a former bass-head. I ran fosgates and orion amps.. well I had a lot of ----.
Auto security will help you prevent getting jacked, but like I said, nothing wrong with hot ----. If it has a serial tag on it, rip it off.
"no officer, I don't know if this is stolen"
I remember back when I was 17 I was installing stereos/systems in cars and I used to drive around like a crackhead with all the equipment in my back seat, first time I got pulled over the cop was ------- with me thinking I was going around stealing head units.
Remember that posession is 90% of the law.
Auto security will help you prevent getting jacked, but like I said, nothing wrong with hot ----. If it has a serial tag on it, rip it off.
"no officer, I don't know if this is stolen"
I remember back when I was 17 I was installing stereos/systems in cars and I used to drive around like a crackhead with all the equipment in my back seat, first time I got pulled over the cop was ------- with me thinking I was going around stealing head units.
Remember that posession is 90% of the law.
05-18-2004, 03:22 PM
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Re:bassing it up
I use to have 2 Solobaric 12's in a bandpass box in my Crx. My buddy use to work at this real high end stereo shop so we got my car dialed in pretty good. Soundstream Reference 700 AMP, all with 1'OT gauge wire, farad capacitor's blah blah.. the works. It use to make my ears practically bleed.
Once it all got stolen, I never cared to do it again...
Once it all got stolen, I never cared to do it again...
05-18-2004, 03:27 PM
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Re:bassing it up
I had 2 12" Kicker Comp VRs (2002 versions) i a 5 cu foot ported box (HUGE/heavy/solid) with a Lanzar Vibe 1200d at 1 ohm, it put out about 1250wrms (tested it)!! 4 gauge wire and a 140 amp rewound alt were needed to sufficiently power it but holy ----, that thing was hitting about 147db from the trunk, imagine if it were in a hatch... thats seriously loud for a daily driver.
05-18-2004, 03:33 PM
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Re:bassing it up
Originally Posted by AbaZ
I use to have 2 Solobaric 12's in a bandpass box in my Crx. My buddy use to work at this real high end stereo shop so we got my car dialed in pretty good. Soundstream Reference 700 AMP, all with 1'OT gauge wire, farad capacitor's blah blah.. the works. It use to make my ears practically bleed.
Once it all got stolen, I never cared to do it again...
Once it all got stolen, I never cared to do it again...
05-18-2004, 03:43 PM
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Re:bassing it up
It's been a while since I've been in the boomin' game, but I think the best setup in a hatch/CRX would be two 10s in a full enclosure box. That's what I had, worked well in the old rex.
Brand name is going to be sacraficed for budget here with kyle.
Brand name is going to be sacraficed for budget here with kyle.
05-18-2004, 03:49 PM
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Re:bassing it up
yeah ive been out of it for about a year now... somtimes i miss it somtimes i dont, id rather go fast. Just remember, the sound is 5/10ths enclosure 3/10ths sub, 1/10th amp. SO if you were going on a budget and wanted some slam, either make yourself or buy a very good (you need accurate specs reccomended for the sub) enclosure, although most premade enclosures suck ***. You can get good sound if you have a good designed box and ok drivers with a crappy amp... alot of it has to do with the enclosure.
