Car sterio needs some tuning?

[old_greg 10+ year member]

take everything back to best buy and smack someone in the face.

 

[Blasphemy 10+ year member]

Whats overkill about it? The fact that it has less resistance? Why don't you worry about actually getting loud, and getting some better shit before commenting on mine. Mikey, you sure have alot of guts to be an E-Thug on the internet. B*tch again why don't you?

That's a pretty redundant statement. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[*SlappinAzz*]

That's a pretty redundant statement. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

fixed it. =)

 

[Blasphemy 10+ year member]

fixed it. =)

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[MikeyF 10+ year member]

Hahaha, I like how someone has to point out to you the you are being a hypocrite... Then you fix your post so you don't sound dumb. And E-thug I am not, I never said I would beat you up, that I would fly to your house, etc. I simply stated, you sir, are a dumbass. Again, you honestly have no idea what you are doing, with using 4g for speaker wire. And i'm sorry sweetheart, I have bills to pay, car payments, etc. If I could spend mommies and daddies money, along with my weekly paycheck, i'd be glad to show you loud. But bills come first, and then hobbies. Grow up.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Whats overkill about it? The fact that it has less resistance?

So why didn't you use 2/0 speaker wire? Or 8/0? The truth is, anything over about 10-12ga speaker wire is completely for looks, and the lower resistance will not create any noticeable or even measurable difference in stereo performance. Remember, an amplifier amplifies voltage, and the higher the voltage, the lower line loss you get for a given wire size. This is why the input power cable is so large, but the amplifiers output speaker wire can be relatively small in comparison. Large gauge speaker wire is for people wanting to show off that they dont understand this.

 

[*SlappinAzz*]

So why didn't you use 2/0 speaker wire? Or 8/0? The truth is, anything over about 10-12ga speaker wire is completely for looks, and the lower resistance will not create any noticeable or even measurable difference in stereo performance. Remember, an amplifier amplifies voltage, and the higher the voltage, the lower line loss you get for a given wire size. This is why the input power cable is so large, but the amplifiers output speaker wire can be relatively small in comparison. Large gauge speaker wire is for people wanting to show off that they dont understand this.

its because i had it laying around. Why shell out more money, when i could make use of the 4 gauge? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsupwink.gif.129404938effda6ad9cca39e7f4b58a3.gif

 

[Wattser93 10+ year member]

Actually, it does. Because if the amp is only 2ohm stable bridged, that could be the reason it cuts off/gets hot. Wrong impedance level... Dhawk, since you have 8 ohm subs, when they are wired correctly, it should create a 4ohm load. Here is a link on how to wire them correctly...

Subwoofer Wiring Diagrams, Two 8 ohm Single Voice Coil (SVC) Speakers

If it's 2 ohm stable and he's running a 4 ohm load then there's nothing wrong with that...

You obviously fail at understanding impedance loads...

 

[dustyshot 10+ year member]

Talking about tuning, my car is at Best Buy right now tuning my amps up in my car. lol! I had them check everything out. I might have to swap my fusion amp for something else there. I got 4 year extended warranty on it. Same with my Head Unit. So Hopefully I won't have any more cut out into protection when they are done. They are doing diagnostic on connections and wiring first.

 

[MikeyF 10+ year member]

No, I clearly said if it is 2ohm stable BRIDGED, and he had it BRIDGED, with his load being 4ohms, then their is a problem.... How is that wrong...?

 

[Dhawk 10+ year member]

* 60 Watts RMS X 2 At 4 Ohms 2-channel Amplifier

* Built-in Low-pass Filter (80 Hz Fixed, 12 DB/octave)

* 50-200 Watts RMS (800 Watts Peak Power) 12" 8-ohm Subwoofers

* Frequency Response: 28-800 Hz

I am completely new to the whole car stereo field, so if these are the specs for my stereo system what size amp should I get and how many ohms to avoid having to tune it just right or I will blow out my subs? And as well, if I plan on adding some 6x9 into my car should i get a bigger amp or should I get another amp for just the speakers and 1 for the subs?

 

[Wattser93 10+ year member]

No, I clearly said if it is 2ohm stable BRIDGED, and he had it BRIDGED, with his load being 4ohms, then their is a problem.... How is that wrong...?

Just because it's stable at 2 ohms bridged doesn't mean it can't run 4 ohms bridged, because 4 ohms is less work on an amp then 2 ohms, so you're an idiot.