Recent content by Snail

To preface, I come from the professional audio field doing installations in facilities like churches and such. The commonly understood method to matching amps and speakers is to use an amp to deliver twice the power that the speaker is rated at. In car-audio speak you would give a 40watt speaker...

What is the condition of the 5x7s? I want a pair for my gf's '87 Escort since the 5x7s in the back are still stock. I'll shoot you a price. Let me know the cosmetic and functional condition and how long they were used and what was pushing them. Thanks bro. Derek

My gf left just such a sticker laying in front of my monitor. In a moment of quick typing I decided that sticker was worth equal trade for my used Alpine CDM-7874.

I don't plan on selling it so I'll try some non-acitone on the corner or something (to test). It was under $200 new and on the used market it's probably worth about as much as a strawberry shortcake sticker cause it was nothing special to begin with. Anybody else? I'll post a pic or let you...

I have an Alpine CDM-7874 and it has (as many do) all kinds of stupid BS on it like "CD RECEIVER" (really?) "CD Changer Control" (that's nice) and "50watts x 4amplifier" (do we need to advertise what this thing is "pushing"). Things like this belong on the box along with all the other...

I ordered a Profile HA700M (paperweight) to power my JL 10w3v2d4. A week after I ordered it I called them to see when it was expected to hit my door step. They said it was cancelled because it was on "back order" (the magical "it's no ones fault" word). The guy said they sent an email earlier in...

Thanks guys. Shortie ground wire to the chassie it is. Lates

I was talking to a guy at an audio shop and he told me I shouldn't ground the amp or the head unit directly to the battery. He said it can cause ground loops, and he said there were a few other problems with doing that as well, I just don't remember them. I told him I have a mid-engine car with...

Thanks for the replies guys. I haven't had tunes in the "deuce" for over a year. I know most of you can't imagine that :-) I can't wait! Thanks again.

I've done a lot of research on stereo installs lately but I haven't come across an answer to this question. I'm working with limited options for running wires because I'm doing a front trunk amp install on a Toyota MR2 (mid-engine). Will it be ok for me to run the speaker wires from the amp...

Totally answered my question(s). I appreciate the help. Thankyou!

Negative on the factory harness. I pulled ALL the stock wiring since it was a premium system with eight speakers and three amps. So, no matter what is going on, the head will need it's yellow (power) wire hooked up to the positive side of the battery or something equivalent? Thanx guys.

My head unit is an Alpine CDM 7874 and my amp is an Alpine MRP F200. I just got back from an audio shop where the guy told me that because my amp is running all four of my speakers (six including the spliced in tweets), the only thing coming off the head is the blue remote turn on wire and the...

Thank you very, very much!

I'm completely rewiring my stereo. I had one of those premium systems (three factory amps!) so it all had to come out. I've got a signal going from an Alpine CDM-7874 head to an Alpine MRP-F200 amp. It's a four channel amp; two channels are going to the "subs" (5-1/4 in stock boxes, so not...