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<blockquote data-quote="Chromatic" data-source="post: 8219404" data-attributes="member: 659121"><p>Continuation of build:</p><p></p><p>Today was the big day to see if all my hard work .. well ... worked!</p><p></p><p>First I decided I should put more sound deadener in the car.. I deadened this entire area and bulk heads.. Plus other areas I didn't bother to take pictures of.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11941583574/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/11941583574_3ff93c991b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>And.. it's ALIVE! -- Setting Gains!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11941415513/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/11941415513_59f213e5fc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>And.. only other shot I took was of the headunit,.. as I tuned the system in after Gains were set properly.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11941981696/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/11941981696_83d879f9df.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Fired right up! Everything worked flawlessly.. I couldn't believe it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p><p></p><p>It sounds phenomenal,.. way better than anticipated.</p><p></p><p>To get proper voltages for speakers,.. I ended up at 50% on gains for front,.. 50% on gains for rear.. and 60% on gain for Sub. Not too bad.</p><p></p><p>One thing I DID notice was not only did my 90's MB Quarts work,.. but they sounded at least 5 times better than the JBL's. This isn't knocking the JBL components I put up front,.. but Germany did something right with this old set of MB Quarts I have. WOW! To adjust for the MB Quarts being a greater SQ and tone.. I faded to front about 50%.. thus dropping the quarts down about half way,.. this set things up very well for sound positioning.</p><p></p><p>For ME,.. Putting rears in the car does sound better. I dropped the rears, then added them.. over an over..</p><p></p><p>The sub is absolutely DEAD on perfect,.. It's not too much.. but if I WANT it to be ridiculous .. It's right there,.. with my Bass knob next to me.</p><p></p><p>All in all, I couldn't have done a better job myself... oh wait. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif -- I'm just being a smart a.ss.. Seriously, I'm a very happy guy right now.</p><p></p><p>Tomorrow is put the interior back in day,.. no more worries of if all my work is going to work! Straight forward job on panels, trim, et al. Wonder what it's going to sound like with the interior back in?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chromatic, post: 8219404, member: 659121"] Continuation of build: Today was the big day to see if all my hard work .. well ... worked! First I decided I should put more sound deadener in the car.. I deadened this entire area and bulk heads.. Plus other areas I didn't bother to take pictures of. [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11941583574/"][IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/11941583574_3ff93c991b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And.. it's ALIVE! -- Setting Gains! [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11941415513/"][IMG]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/11941415513_59f213e5fc.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And.. only other shot I took was of the headunit,.. as I tuned the system in after Gains were set properly. [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11941981696/"][IMG]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/11941981696_83d879f9df.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Fired right up! Everything worked flawlessly.. I couldn't believe it [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] It sounds phenomenal,.. way better than anticipated. To get proper voltages for speakers,.. I ended up at 50% on gains for front,.. 50% on gains for rear.. and 60% on gain for Sub. Not too bad. One thing I DID notice was not only did my 90's MB Quarts work,.. but they sounded at least 5 times better than the JBL's. This isn't knocking the JBL components I put up front,.. but Germany did something right with this old set of MB Quarts I have. WOW! To adjust for the MB Quarts being a greater SQ and tone.. I faded to front about 50%.. thus dropping the quarts down about half way,.. this set things up very well for sound positioning. For ME,.. Putting rears in the car does sound better. I dropped the rears, then added them.. over an over.. The sub is absolutely DEAD on perfect,.. It's not too much.. but if I WANT it to be ridiculous .. It's right there,.. with my Bass knob next to me. All in all, I couldn't have done a better job myself... oh wait. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] -- I'm just being a smart a.ss.. Seriously, I'm a very happy guy right now. Tomorrow is put the interior back in day,.. no more worries of if all my work is going to work! Straight forward job on panels, trim, et al. Wonder what it's going to sound like with the interior back in? [/QUOTE]
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