Recent content by kottke

Ok. Thanks for all of your help! I'm just really anal and am trying to make sure I'm getting all I can out of my setup without screwing something up. Thanks again.

Alright, it sounds like I've got my gain set correctly then....I just didn't want to mess my amp up. Also, what happens when you have a recording that is much more quiet than other recordings, therefore forcing you turn the volume up quite a bit higher, just to get normal volume output. For...

I still have the factory HU, unfortunately. The combination of the fact that my boss...I mean wife, keeps an eye on my spending and that my car (2006 Honda Civic sedan) has the HU integrated completely with the dash have made it tough on a decision to upgrade the HU. I do not know what the...

This sort of leads me to another question. I have to turn the gain almost all the way up on the Panasonic to get it to put out 400 watts. Is keeping the gain turned up like that all the time hard on the amp? Would this be another reason to upgrade? I don't want the amp to blow after a year...

Hi all, I've got an Image Dynamics ID10 sub in a .75 sealed box. I'm currently powering it with a Panasonic CY-PA2003U amp. The amp puts out 480 x 1 @ 4 ohms. I set the gains using a DMM and the gain tutorial from the forum. I'm a bit inexperienced and still learning about all things car...

This actually sort of leads me to another question. The max. my head unit goes up to is 40, therefore 30 is 3/4. However, I rarely, if ever, listen to the volume higher than 20. Most of the time, when I'm playing something loudly, I have it somewhere between 15 - 18. So do I still need to...

Hmmm...I may try this, but I'm a bit concerned about my judgement of distortion on lower frequencies. I think I know what low end distortion sounds like, but I afraid I'll screw something if I don't. As far as I could tell before, when I was playing around with the settings, I wasn't really...

Hi guys, Ok, so I've been spending a lot of time trying to get things set on my new setup. I'm also pretty new to most things relating to car audio. Please forgive me if this is a dumb question. I have a 2006 Honda Civc sedan. I've got an ID10 in a sealed .75 box, with a 480 x 1 RMS amp...

I have an ID10 V.3 and I love it. I say get it. Great SQ and very loud for a 10" sealed box in a trunk.

Hey guys, thanks for your input. I just got this message this morning....and I went ahead and ran inputs from my front speakers last night. Crap! This sounds like a good idea. So far it is sounding better than before, however. I've got it faded about halfway to the front. Haha about the...

Alright guys.....I guess I'll have to run some wire from the front speakers. Man, I'm really getting sick of taking my dang car apart . This will be like the fifth time I've had to take the center console, back seat, and dash apart. Most of this is my own fault, however, as I am a noob and...

Hi all, I've been working, trying to get my setup to sound good. I have a 2006 Honda Civc sedan. Currently, I've got a ID10 in a sealed .75 box, with a 480 x 1 RMS amp powering it. I also upgraded my front door speakers to 6 1/2 Pioneer coaxials. I still have the factory speakers in rear...

I was thinking of this also. The 6.5s are mounted on a plastic adapter made by scosche for Civics that are 2006 model and up. The Civics have this pain in the butt speaker hole that is shaped a bit like a horseshoe, with these two extensions that stick up in the hole. I wonder if I could...

Yeah, my boss....I mean wife:) , keeps me on a strict budget. I wanted some nice components (rainbow:yumyum: ), but had to settle for a set of pioneer coaxials. It is a shame. Regarding the phasing: "You've got a phasing issue. I don't know if your amp has a phase knob, if it does try that...

Alright, it seems as if things are beginning to sound a bit better. I tried changing the phase of the woofer and checked everything else. I don't think anything is/was out of phase. I decided to start from scratch and re-evaluate all my components. First of all, I used a digital multimeter...