First sound system~

[Erisior 10+ year member]

So, I bought my first system. 2 12" Diamond D3's powered by a Diamond d1 400.1 Amp(Which I am guessing I should upgrade to a more powerful amp) But I bought all of this for $275 which I thought was a good deal. What do you guys think?

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[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

i think you got a decent deal!!!

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Eh, seems decent enough. You probably could have bought a single sub and amp new for around the same price, netting you overall better performance(both SPL and SQ), but still, it doesn't seem like you got completely ripped off, and I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

My first system was a 10" Volfenhag powered by a Power Acoustik 2 channel. You should feel lucky.

 

[Erisior 10+ year member]

Where I am from. New car audio isn't cheap and I was dead set on dual 12"'s I listened to them before I paid and they sounded great! Thanks for the input guys. Now I just need to teach myself how to install them. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

the addiction begins:naughty:

 

[Full Tilt 10+ year member]

the addiction begins:naughty:

This..it'll slowly get worse and worse until you're selling kidneys just to pay for another sub to stash in your bedroom.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/waycrazy.gif.f4a380c3f94043939fd369defd9e6be2.gif

 

[Erisior 10+ year member]

Haha, I hope it doesn't get that bad. I'm sure these'll last me a while though. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Until I get a better job and can fund the higher end quality stuff. Would you guys recommend I get a more powerful amplifier to push these subs?

 

[Dozer68 10+ year member]

Haha, I hope it doesn't get that bad. I'm sure these'll last me a while though. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Until I get a better job and can fund the higher end quality stuff. Would you guys recommend I get a more powerful amplifier to push these subs?

yes especially if they are going in a trunk.look for 1000 - 1500 watts rms

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Where I am from. New car audio isn't cheap and I was dead set on dual 12"'s I listened to them before I paid and they sounded great! Thanks for the input guys. Now I just need to teach myself how to install them. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

You better do some reading around, you don't want to ruin your newly acquired equipment. I suggest looking up the RMS rating of your amp so when you set the gain, you're able to do it correctly.

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

yes especially if they are going in a trunk.look for 1000 - 1500 watts rms

Yeah, you'll probably want quite a bit more power, but I'm not sure I'd go far past 1kW.

 

[Erisior 10+ year member]

Looks like it's only 400 watts which definitely isn't enough to properly supply these subs with power. So, should I look for an 1100 then? I know when I went to Advance Audio the guy suggested an 1100W amp to go along with those subs.

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Looks like it's only 400 watts which definitely isn't enough to properly supply these subs with power. So, should I look for an 1100 then? I know when I went to Advance Audio the guy suggested an 1100W amp to go along with those subs.

Well, just so you don't get stuck into bad habits from the start, RMS ratings aren't necessarily ratings you need to strive for, and depending on your enclosure, you might not even want to give your subs their rated power(depending on the size and tuning of a box, your subwoofer may reach its mechanical limits at well under half its rated power).

Typically, an RMS rating is just the rating that a subwoofer manufacturer suggests not going above(usually because if a subwoofer gets too much power, it can break -- obviously). You may very well be happy with 200W per sub.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

The Audiopipe 1500 is a good budget amp for around $150

 

[Erisior 10+ year member]

I hooked everything up today and am rather pleased with it so far although I feel there's too much bass being pushed and is causing lowered SQ but other than that I'm enjoying it greatly. They hit super hard and that's what I wanted. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Thanks for the input guys I greatly appreciate it.

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

I hooked everything up today and am rather pleased with it so far although I feel there's too much bass being pushed and is causing lowered SQ but other than that I'm enjoying it greatly. They hit super hard and that's what I wanted. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Thanks for the input guys I greatly appreciate it.

How did you set your gain?