Recent content by jonatbaylor

Think the cap is a bad idea? I'm adding two 8's and another amp to power those...so I'm thinking 1. zapco or butler amp for the8's 2. some kind of 8's (soundstream maybe) 3. cross over 4. EQ. Man, I'm getting close...I can taste it. Thank you for your time!

K, I picked up a McIntosh Mcc404 amp 100w x 4 If that doesn't do it I'm going to get a Butler Tube Amp 575. Hopefully this Mac can push my boston Z6's. I guess I need some 8 inch speakers (want to run 2 8's), an EQ and a digital crossover and I'm done.

Gutting the Acura and installing new seats,interior and sound system

Other than a capacitor and a Big 3 upgrade (which I'm working on), anything you guys think I'm missing for this system? Maybe an EQ?

I really appreciate your insight on the percentage usage of the amp..thanks!

You know, I asked my shop guy about the Boston amps and he said they sucked...I do realize that is only 1 persons opinion..but I rarely hear boston mentioned when I hear about amps. (in nor order) Tends to be Zapco, Arc, Tru, Butler, and old Soundstream amps. (not sure what models). you heard...

Man, that reference series 1000w Zapco is **** enticing..only 700 bucks too.

Thanks again for all the help and suggestions. Finishing the Audio component part of this car took a back seat to tearing the interior out and redoing the upholstery etc...Now is the perfect time to do the audiowork.. New Head Unit setup as of 3 weeks ago. Ditched the eclipse. Mcintosh MX4000...

Well let me throw this out there. Are we still playing by this rule:Don't use more than 80% of your amp power? The old theory was this would help alleviate a number of things, such as heat, distortion and signal/noise ratios by not having to crank the amp way up. I.E., I'm planning on running...

Your insights are helpful, thank you. Man, so still doing the old ear-tune eh? That shit took probably 10 hours to get everything right last time I ventured this far into a project. Which reminds me, I was using a sound stream amp in those days. Do you think they still make quality amps? I was...

Thanks for the links, I'm going over the specs for them all

Gotcha. Well, the Eclipse is the CD7200 and offers an auto-tuning capability called the e-iserve (which you probably know). I wish I could offer some acoustic / noise measurements for you within my car, but I have not taken such measurements. you meantion a DSP, are you referring to digital...

I'm running an Eclipse CD dead-head unit. I'd love to put a nav system in the car, but I can't seem to find a head-unit that has superior sound quality that is Nav. Seems like you lose a lot of SQ when you get away from audio only decks. It's going into an Acura coupe, although, I'm not sure...

I could do 1k total for 1-2 amps to powers these two pairs of Z6's, unless for a bit more I can get something substantially better - I doubt thats the case though, but you never know so I put that out there.

Hey everyone, First, I've read a lot on this forum for about 6 months prior to posting. I suppose I'm just research oriented. I really appreciate all of the information and specs that people share on here. I have a much better understanding of what to ask, if nothing else, but I'm still...