Recent content by PhatBoyG

I wish I had some specifications, the box I saw was only a driver, some foam and plastic wrap. The dealer said 1.1 ft^3 was plenty for a sealed box, so that would sort of go inline with the IDMAX.

I saw that TREO has a new subwoofer out, the TE. Does anyone have any comments on this new sub? It was described as being similar to the IDMAX in performance, but I wonder...

I miss my 7909, it was an incredible deck.

Analog. Unless the head unit is playing the files directly from the hard drive in the iPod. There are no digital outputs on the iPod, nothing in the dock connector specification has a digital signal.

Okay, so before I get too far down this road, let's say I build a subwoofer box with two massive 12" woofers with huge magnets (think IDMAX 12"). Now suppose on a trip I put my laptop in my backpack next to the subwoofer enclosure in the trunk and take an 8 hour drive or something. Is my...

Well, I've tweaked my plans a bit since the original post after doing some additional research and talking to a few people. The head unit (Pioneer AVIC-D3) is fine, people getting it say that it is great so we're all set there. I'm thinking a single Zapco DC650.6 6-channel amp (with the...

What would be some good subwoofers that aren't crazy over-the-top? Also, I wouldn't mind trimming the amplifier budget a bit, I'd like to keep power under $1000 if possible. The total cost right now is a bit higher than I wanted, so some ideas on how to economize would certainly be welcome.

Okay, so I've been out of the game for a while, but I'm trying (see my thread in the newbie zone if you care to see what I've done in the past). I'm looking to design a system for a 2007 Subaru WRX STI. Here are my thoughts on the initial component selection: Pioneer AVIC-D3 (with the second...

Thanks for the welcome.

Greetings all. I'm an old-school car audio guy trying to get caught up to the new things going on in car audio. First, a little history. I started working on car audio in 1988, setting up a pretty killer system with some Alpine decks, later a Nakamichi TD-700 (to match the Dragon I ran at...