Recent content by ls20

if your HU is up, and your amp gain is up, and you hear no distortion, yet its not loud enough, maybe the speakers have low efficiency (though their listed specs say otherwise)

HU sends out a voltage signal (waves), the amplitude of which is determined by volume control amplifier boosts/amplifies/multiples that signal, the scale of which determined by gain control because you never want to amplify a clipped/distorted signal, you'd want to set the gains so that the...

x2 just because you hook it up to a 1200w amplifier, doesnt mean youre setting it to run 1200w, and if you set it up so, doesnt mean you even run it at 1200w

check out this comparison http://www.nissanclub.com/forums/car-audio-multimedia-ice/235654-cams-8-subwoofer-challenge.html

ahhhh yeaaaaa this thing pounds at sub level 12-15. it wasnt getting progressively/linearly louder from 0-10, so i thought my install/setup was wrong. i thought default/flat level was 0, and didnt want to "artificially boost" the setup now ive only got to get this thing to blend in well with...

serious? i read this suggestion while researching, too... thats really BUNK!!! i presume this is with newer alpines? i had 9815 with a weak kenwood amp and baloney cheap subwoofer and that one performed well without tweeking up the sub control. jimrhit - when i set the amp on Flat (no...

a little JBweld and ducttape goes a LONG way

I went home at lunch today to pick up my new Image Dynamics ID8 v.3 dual-2ohm today. I didn't have much time, so I hastily wired it up and threw it in the trunk It plays , but very very quietly - I can BARELY see the cone moving. Its definitely NOT using its 17mm of excursion!!! Since I am...

car amp = lets say 20V wall = 120V.

be mindful when you bridge amp to power components. if the R + L channels are discrete (stereo), and bridging flips the other channel to constructively add the (voltage) signals... then youre getting a distorted mono signal can someone informed confirm?

boston pro60 can take it

having actually dealt with ED's CSR, I feel that I *must* chime in. A while back I bought a multitude of stuff from them. My final purchase was for wires which. Of course, after I had purchased and PAID for it, I received notification that they were out of stock. Quite inconvenient. Other...