Recent content by jcraft

Hi all, Question to see if anyone has done this before and if I could damage anything. So I have had a set of component speakers in my front doors for years on my PT cruiser hooked up to a 50x4 amp and the woofer speaker finally blew but the tweeter is fine. Dont want to spend any money on...

Hi all, Have an issue and want to see what you guys think. I have a set of components in the front of my pt cruiser. not stock but aftermarket Infinity reference 6030cs. They have been working well for about 5 years and noticed that one of the woofers is toast. if I play a test tone through it...

Hi all, Have had my system in place for years and now have a problem with sub. It is a 12" sub fed from a 2 channel bridged amp at 250watts. Speaker is rated at 300w or 400 peak. Anyways, no base sound is present. I pulled the speaker out of the enclosure and the neg. Braided wire from the...

I am using a Sony HU and the HU has one set of Rear/sub RCA outputs only and no front RCA outputs so in the HU steup you can pick if you want the RCA outputs to be rear or sub ( if set to sub I can change the output volume. So I have both pairs of RCA outputs back to a Rockford Fosgate 300-4 (...

Hi ALL, Trying to see if I have this amp wired the best way. I have 4 speakers in a system hooked up to a 4 channel 50x4 amp. I also have a 12" sub with its own amp. I have an older HU with only 1 pair of of rear RCA jacks out. I bring the pair to the rear and feed them both into y splitters to...

Hi All, Would like some recommendations on the best layout here. While the current system I have had in place for years, The amp recently went and I want to make sure I connect the best way. I am running a set of infinity components in the front doors ( rated 75w rms max) and a set of Polk...

I know the 12" bazooka I have the rating of it w a s 250 watts so I am currently feeding it 200 watts. So are you saying if I add another 12" sub with another 200 watt amp I wouldn't increase my bass volume and thump. I would be running 400 watts off bass.

Hi all, So do to money constraints have been building my system up gradually over the past year and a half. Right now I Am happy with it however, I am wanting a little more thumping bass. Currently when system is at low volume ( maybe normal everyday listening level) there is not a lot of bass...

HI all, Need help here as I am on low budget. MY current setup, won't go into to many details was done over time and I have a 12" subwoofer in an enclosure with its own 250 watt JVC amp powering it I put in a couple years ago. Now I am looking to add more bass. I am looking at adding another...

Hi all, I am new to car ausio and have never had anything other than a stock stereo. I now have the following. - jvc amp 200x1 for sub - 12" bazooka subwoofer - Sony HU - Rockford Fosgate 50x4 feeding front and rears - Polk 5x7 rear and Infinity components in front Now my question. I...

Hi all, Another question as I am new to this stuff. I just installed my components on front end and re-adjusted gains by ear on my 50x4 RF. Couple questions, first, I adjusted the gains by ear so everthing sounds good an clear from HU all the way to almost max. on HU. Now I have a front aux...

Hi all, SO I installed a set of INfinity reference 6030cs in the car. I fed both channels from a 50x4 RF, one to each crossover and then wired the woofer and tweet back to the crossover. Now, I wanted to make sure my gains are properly set with the amp and I have never had component speakers...

Hi All, Another component question. JUst getting info to see which is the best way to wire. BOught som Infinity reference 6030Cs ones for front. They have a crossover so basically I was going to run both channels from 50x4 amp one to each crossover then run the woofer and tweet to each...

Hi All, Just wanted to get you guys opinion befroe I play around with this. I will changing out the three ways in my front doors to Infinity reference 6030's this weekend. Never had components before. Anyways, I currently have a Rockford amp off HU rated at 50x4 at 4 ohms ( 75w @ 2ohms)...

Hi all, Just bit the bullet and ordered a set of 6.5" components for the front hof the PT cruiser to replace three ways in door. Couple questions, first has anyone played around with location of the tweeter. I had stock dash tweeters in corner pointing up towards windshield. The mid will be...