Recent content by Reggie Lives

I'm fairly new to building enclosures, but want to take a crack at building a ported box. The manufacturers suggest "43 liters net volume. Stuff with 16 ounces of polyfill. Then use a 3” flared port, 17” long for 24.5 Hz tuning" If I were to use an external port, could I just build a sealed...

Thanks for the quick replies. My concern with question #1 was that if I didn't crimp them, they'd still be sending a signal down the wire, but if taping the ends work, I'll do that. Also means I can still power my rears off the deck. Also, I didn't want to bridge the 4 channel amp because I...

I'm about to amp my front speakers, and had a few simple questions before I start taking off my door panels. 1-Whats the best way to do this? I plan on running new speaker wire from my amp to my speakers. I also want to leave the stock wiring in the door incase I sell the car (I also kept the...

Hmmm, my credit car payment just went through, so I'm hoping to order my amp(s) in the next few days. Anyone have any input or suggestions? I have the 9886, and was going to get the Imprint module in the near future. Any idea which set up would be the best? I assume I can only go active with...

Any advantage of using a single PDX 4.150 vs an MRP-450 and a MRP-650? I'm wanting to send around 100rms to my front components and around 300-400 to my sub. Both MRP's would be roughly the same price (actually cheaper by $50) as the single PDX, and offer a bit more headroom for subwoofers...

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I *think* the issue with Alpine Headunits re-alphabetizing folders has to do with short and long file names. The unit only reads short filenames, but windows renames short filenames when they are moved to different locations. There's a program out there called drivesort that will organize your...

True...but those seem to be more expensive just buying a mono and a 2ch.

I currently have an Alpine MRV T-707 (100 X 2 or 340 X 1) powering my single woofer, and was now wanting to power my front speakers. My question is, would it be best to use my current 2ch amp to power the speakers, and get a mono amp for the woofer, or get another 2/4ch amp for the fronts. I'm...

Yeah, pretty positive it was the head unit. As I said, I hooked up an mp3 player directly to the amp, and it sounded perfect. And by replace at best buy, I mean I got a direct exchange. I'd be super pissed if I had to pay for a new one.

In case anyone was wondering or was in a similar situation, I found the culprit; the HU. (Alpine 9886). I pluged my mp3 player directly into the amp, and it played at full strenght. I then pluged the mp3 player into the AiNet adapter, and it was alot weaker. I went out and replaced the HU at...

I've got a similar question. I was comparing the MRP-F550 to the PDX 4.100. The former is 4x90 rms, but can be bridged to 250rms X 2. The latter is 4x100 but is only bridged to 200rms X 2. Why is that?

So I hooked up a previous subwoofer to my amp and it was also underpowered, so I think it's either a wiring problem or something wrong with the amp. How do 2channel amps work? Would it be possible to blow one of the channels and still get power from the other, when it's being bridged? I...

mil81; no it's a single voice coil. I took out over half of the polyfill, and it didn't seem to change anything. I also trippled checked all my speaker wire (amp to box, box to sub) as well as rca connections (on amp and behind HU). Would a leak in my sealed box be a culprit? When I cut the...

So if I ****ed up the amp, it probably wouldn't still be working to the degree it is now? Snow: ya, i didn't set the gains to max, I was just using that as a comparison. I can still get the same amount of bass, it just requires maxing everything out.