Recent content by Smoothio

Alright awesome, the people I talked to about it today gave me a big run around and then basically told me they just wont do 1 ohm setups. Dude was like "do you really need anymore?" lol. Guy at best buy said he would do it for 20 bucks. I'm sure I can just do this myself. I just want my stuff...

I can't find a better h/o alternator for my car. Its a 2000 impala, all the website say the 220amp ones wont fit my car. Probably why the one I got was so expensive. I don't know if you guys mod them to fit or something but I cant find one anywhere. Might be best to do the separate battery + 1...

Yeah its getting expensive lol. I got the optima red top cost me like $300. I bought a new alternator but didn't do enough research because it doesn't have enough amps (I went from 105 to 125) for $200. Subs, 4 front speakers and sub amp were about $400-$500. Got the DX874 amp to power the front...

So I was thinking, I already have this "limited edition" pioneer GM-dx874 4 channel amp that powers my front speakers and I like it. I was thinking maybe I could get this pioneer GM-DX971 mono amp that will do 1200w rms @ 1 ohm. So that should give my speakers 600w rms to play with if I were to...

Yeah I might do that since now I'm thinking they are under powered. They are rated at 400w rms but, if I'm right, with 2 subs and the amp giving 550w rms then that would mean the subs are only getting 275w rms correct? So even though the subs still seem to bang, wouldn't it be hard to push the...

Okay, so to me it looks like its wired in series-parallel actually but I still cant tell. It has a wire on each sub that connects to a positive and to a negative terminal on one side of the sub, like a jumper. The other side has wires that connect to a positive and negative terminal on the sub...

Okay, I pulled one of the subs out. They have dual voice coils with 4 ohms and they are wired in parallel I believe. I'll have to check some stuff and make sure but I'm pretty sure its parallel. I'll have to re-watch this video and see if I can figure it out.

I didn't want to mess up any wiring by taking the subs out just to look at the model number. I thought there may be an easier way that I didn't know about. Possibly by checking the resistance on the subs with the multi-meter. When I tried I didn't get the reading I expected and assumed I was...

I am currently trying to check how much of an ohms load my speakers are putting on my amp. I want to know if everything is correct and to further my knowledge of my system. My subs were bought with a previous car that I wrecked but kept the subs and amp and had them reinstalled at a shop into a...

Another question if I may, I'm thinking about getting a remote bass knob as well. Just so I have more control. I listen to a variety of music. If it sounds bassy on a band like royal blood or something, then I would like to be able to turn it down easily without going into the head unit. I...

Hey thank you so much for your response! It really helped sorry I took so long to get back I work a lot of overtime and I've just been tweaking around with a lot of different stuff trying to do it right. Okay, so I bought a Kicker CXA 360.4 - 360w rms rated, (actually on the certificate inside...

I have a car audio set up that I'm trying to perfect and I have a few questions I was hoping some kind soul could answer. Setup: 2000 Chevy Impala 2x 12" Kicker CompVR subwoofers; 2 ohms; 800w peak power; 400w rms power; ported box; 25-500 HZ frequency response 2x 6.5" Kicker...