Recent content by elsberry

Sound deadening is in the plan. I planned on pulling the door panels, dash, seats, and carpet and making sure that wiring ran down separate sides of the car, and that all the wires were down cleanly on the floor pans, and while in there, putting Dynamat on the doors, hatch, roof, floors, etc...

Sweet! I had those exact two amps at one time. Swapped them out but I missed them. They were SO clean! you could rip the knob off and they never broke a sweat. I'd sell a kid or two to have pics of my last install, it was in the back of a Chrysler Conquest, and was so clean you couldn't see...

I had heard that the Sound Stream stuff went downhill. I only used their reference series amps, and then only briefly, but liked them, though they were kind of drab to look at. Yes, cabinet design is critical for subs. It's been a while, but I think I remember most of the formulas, but will...

I do understand the pro's and con's for the most part still. There's new equipment around, stuff that wasn't there before, and all the brands have changed and either gone downhill, or had rough patches and I don't know what I can trust anymore. You are absolutely correct. Yes, power is MUCH...

Yeah, Budget and Amp really shouldn't belong in the same sentence, should they? Garbage in is garbage out. I'd rather use less power than try to go on a watt hunting expedition. I was surprised to see though that the prices have come down quite a bit in 15 years. I think that Orion HCCA 2250...

Thanks for the welcome! It was a bit awkward to admit that I've been out of this so long as to not know what to buy anymore... Then again, the setup for my pool is all Nakamichi old school amps, with Klipsch speakers (eight of them) so I'm not 'totally' out I can move the JL Audio speakers...

I'm guessing off the top of my head right now since he's at school, but I figure that there's probably eight to ten cubic feet to work with. I'm donating his entire cargo area to the project, so amps will go there too unless I get old school and build a custom overhead up front for the...

I can do a single or a dual. I always ran dual 12s, but I barely had the space for them, especially running the strokers. I'm pretty flexible in that area. I want it to 'look' good, and duals tend to have a better curb appeal of course, but then again, one big 15 or 18 was always pretty...

Firstly, let me introduce myself. I'm 42 now, but back in the day I worked to design and install some pretty nice stuff. Old school stuff now though which is the problem, as I've been out of the game now for about 15 years and everything has changed. My last system was Infinity components...