Recent content by Saint211

Sorry forgot pros and cons. Havent used a DC sub so I cant really speak on them. I almost actually went with DC but there local dealer system would have ended up costing me a 3 hours drive and 1500 bucks for a brand new pair. Biggest pro to the nightshade IMO is that you can put them in a...

Well I had the old style nightshade 12s with the extras and Id wager you could throw up to ~3k on on daily. More on burps. Im also not sure what revisions jacob has made to them since.

Where is Thorshammer? Havent seen him post on here in a minute. Wanted to meet up and hear his new set-up it sounds pretty nasty.

I dont know... I've dropped a profile from about 4 feet onto asphalt and accidentally shorted the 12v to ground and this thing still worked perfectly. They really aren't that terrible except they are peak rated. Thats why i went with profile for my highs amps considering they were going to be...

What kind of car and/or what size alternator might help us as well. But generally you could probably pull that off with 2 yellowtops. What size and spec yellowtops are you referring to would also help. A high output alternator helops though. I currently run around 3000 rms off a stock 130...

Well, its not as if there is a switch you throw to put it "in 2 ohm mode." This is determined by the impedance of the speaker and how they are wired. I can almost guarantee being alpine those are 4 ohm speakers. I also know that amp is 50x4 @ 4 ohms and 75x4@2 ohms. If you wire one speaker...

The problem you are having is because there are several version of the audio system available in the vehicle. If im not mistaken there is the regular audio system and then the symphony system. Also, different resources count speakers differently. For instance some place count a component set...

Take a voltage meter and meter the yellow wire. It should read 12+v at all times. Meter the red wire, it should show 0v until you turn the key then it should read 12+v. You can initially test the ground by metering with the ground in the harness as a reference, though I reccomend finding a...

As far as remote turn on there are several ways to do it. The easiest being Y'ing the remote wire with one lead going to one amp and one lead to the other. You can also daisy chain the remote terminals by running into on amp, running another wire from that terminal to the terminal on the...

Give us more info Jdog. What brand and model amp is it. What subs. Tell us about the grounds that are fine. What kind of deck do you have. Where do you have the RCA's ran. Does the whining seem to wax and wane with the RPM of the engine? Then do this: Unplug the RCA's at the amp and see...

I agree with a lot of people in this post. As an actual installer, Im the guy troubleshooting stereos and bench testing "blown amps" almost every day and it is probably close to 80-90% user error. Some people I meet actually surf this website, but for every one caraudio.com head(and no one...

You could just use a line out convertor with adjustable gains if you are not trying to pay an arm and a leg. The JL cleansweep is pretty nice though. Its really up to you to decide if its worth the money. Other companies make good products for your purpose. I believe peripheral has some...

What amp and subs do you have. Detailed information on specs and how its wired please.

It will draw whatever is being outputted from the alternator which depends on RPMs. Alternators always have power ratings. There is an at-idle output and a peak output. You come closer to the peak output at high revs while the idle is a continuous output at idle. Whatever cont be produced by...

Well Jdog, more information on your car and system would help me help you. Im going to take a wild guess here though and say you have system noise. This is likely from bad ground, a ground loop, or RCA's being ran parallel to a noisy power wire. Does it do it without the RCAs hooked up? What...