Recent content by juststartin

As far as a new head unit that has 3 5V Preamp RCA outputs, how much does the 5V impove your signal quality compared to most head units that provide 3 2V Preamp outputs? i would think it impoves the signal quality pretty well if you use pretty good cables. My head unit now is an older model...

ok so a 220Amp alt. should be big enough to hopefully power the system? i know dc and mechman and a couple other places make like 270-390 amp alt. and price wise, there is no way i can afford to buy one of those. I did find a couple 220 amp ones that i think i can afford. As far as my amp issue...

ok i just finished up my second battery install. i have the big 3 under the hood all 1/0 gauge. I have my fused power wire going to the back of the truck to 2nd amp, then just grounded battery in the back of truck to chassis. I used all 1/0 for my runs. My 2nd battery is a kinetik hc2400 my...

i was going to get a secondary battery but i wasnt sure if i should get 1 big battery, or 2 smaller batteries. im going to have about 2700watts rms. i have upgraded big three already, but have not installed H.O alt. yet, not sure if i will depending on the battery situation and if i feel i need...

also i do have an aftermarket alt. bolted up, but it has same specs as my stock alt. i think it is like 120 or 140a alt. i had to buy factory alt. because i the time i had warranty on my truck for my loan on my truck so i couldnt change factory setup

ok so im getting ready to dig into my big 3 install and i had a quick question about that before i get into the battery stuff. With the big three uprade, is it a good idea to replace your old factory wires with your new 1/0 gauge, or should you leave your factory wires and just add your new...

alright so im in the process of upgrading the bg 3, and i had a couple questions. First, when it says you can use any unessential bolt for the engine block ground, does that mean i could use a bolt that bolts on my headers? its like right there in the open so id like to use it if i can, if not...

i was thinking of maybe wiring in series instead of parallel and if so, i would deff. get one of those 2500.1 because i too love kicker. if i wire the subs individually, i could get 2 (2) channel amps, say like 2 1500.1 and just wire each subs to a channel and go that route, i guess it just...

Alright guys, I have 4 kicker L5 12's, all dual 4 ohm v.c. I was wanting to get some new amps to power them, or if the price and power is right maybe just one amp, I don't want to spend a fortune, maybe 800 or so total for 2 or 1 amp. Being that my subs are 4 ohms I planned on wiring parallel...

Can you use a fused dist. Block on your power wires going from battery to amp. Like this... use a 1/0 power lead wire from your battery to your fused dist. Block, then on the output side run your 4 gauge your amp. Im asking because I didn't want to go out and purchase a 1/0 amp kit when I...

Ok ill be sure to look at the manual again, but yea thanks for the help guys, and I am going to do the big three install here in the day or so, I have to look at my receipt from when I bought my alt. I can't remember if I got the stock alt. Or a high output, but if I didn't, that will be the...

Man that is awesome thank you so much, I really hope this will improve my sound problem.. my only question is, do I wire all 4 subs into the master amp or wire the way I have it now, 2 subs per amp wired down to 1 ohm?

Thanks for the input, I am going to try to do the big 3 soon. I don't know about the hi output alt. I may buy one if completeley ness. And the humm happens when I piggyback the 2 amps. I find it hard to believe that both my outputs would be bad on the amps causing the humm, because I did try...

i am powering amps with 2 seperate 4 guage wires from battery, and 4 guage grounds to body. no distrobution blocks. i have not done the big 3 upgrade, could that be the issue? even though im running seperate powere wires, could i still not be getting enough current to powere both amps at the...

I recently upgraded my system from 2 12's to 4 12's. i got the same subs, the same amp, same amp kit, same speaker wire, same box, new optima yellow top battery, the whole nine yards. In doing so i havent really made a drastic sound improvement. my 2 12's i had hit very well and i thought i...