Recent content by polyrhythmic81

it was a long time ago, and they were on a sound board, but i remember being impressed with the clarity of the aluminum tweeters.

i just got some dls ultimate iridium 6.2i installed and i haven't experienced music reproduction in a car like this ever. i love them. i can't generate a top five, though. i've never heard diamond, hertz, cdt, focal, dynaudio, rainbow, polk sr, pioneer prs, image dynamics or any of the other...

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why's it taking so long to get these in america? I wanna buy some k2's but i've read that the kevlar tweet is a lot better than the tn47/52 so i guess i should wait? i can't really listen for myself to hear what the difference is now that tweeter's gone belly up. hah.

uhhh...radio shack multimeter. should yield true rms as long as the voltage you're measuring is sinusoidal. (sinusoidal test tone, NOT real music/instruments) I think true rms meters are several hundred dollars.

Okay, so the setting the gains with a multimeter was the way to go for me. Now i can be sure I'm getting the most out of my amp/sub and not trying to push it too hard. First I measured the impedence at the speaker terminals on the box. 2 ohms, so i hadn't blown a voice coil. sweet. Then I...

umm...i'm not sure, but if what i learned in circuits class applies directly here (meaning the impedance is purely resistive), your equivalent impedence will be 2 ohms ( 1 divided by (1/8 plus 1/8 plus 1/4). however, the 4 ohm sub will still get twice the current (and dissipate twice as much...

I wired them in parallel--had to go back and check the manual to be sure. this sub uses ATC blade fuses as jumpers. there were definitely 2 fuses in there (as opposed to one for series) when i installed it in the box. I turned the HU's sub control up to +15 as suggested and turned it up 'til...

Hello. I just installed a HU, amp & sub, and I'm having some trouble setting the gain for the sub. Here's the problem: the stock speakers get too loud too quickly (as loud as I could want @ a volume setting of ~22 -- i think it goes to 40...not sure.) At this volume level, i have to...