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<blockquote data-quote="JasonJones" data-source="post: 4318665" data-attributes="member: 589676"><p>Let me start of by telling a little bit about my experience. I have been interested in systems for years and have always had something in my car. While I use to read the magazines and talk to all the stores when I was in HS, I have learned from hours of reading on here that I was rather ignorant. I always had pretty nice stuff, but my set-up was crap. Speakers were just thrown in stock location with a perfunctory job of sound deadening done. I also never realized how important building all your enclosures were, so that is a must now. About a month ago someone decided they needed my system more than I did, so now I have a clean slate to work with. Sadly, I ordered a bunch of stuff before spending so much time on here, so I am not sure what I should turn around and resell and what I should keep. I guess I will start with a list of what I purchased (I am not attached to anything and will sell things off), then talk about what I want to do, and then what all equipment I am thinking about using. The car I am working with is a ‘00 Accord coupe.</p><p></p><p>List of purchased equipment:</p><p></p><p>Head: Alpine CDA-9887</p><p></p><p>Amps: JL 300/4 and 250/1</p><p></p><p>Sub: JL 12w3v3-4</p><p></p><p>Already Owned: Focal Access 165A, Infinity Kappa 6x9</p><p></p><p>So I would like to build a decent SQ system, however I thoroughly enjoy my bass and so that will be built more for performance than strict SQ. I am a person who thoroughly enjoys building and modifying things. I also have more tools than most people will ever need, thanks to a dad who spent a lifetime building cars.</p><p></p><p>So my thought is an active system with a pair of components in the kick panels, a set of mid bass drivers in the door, and a sub, pretty standard.</p><p></p><p>Here is what I have come up with in my head to do. Keep the 9887 head. Run Diamond Audio Hex 6.5s for the comps. Change the sub to a 12w6 powered by a JL 500/1 built in a ported box to JL specs. Keep the 300/4 to power the comps. I am not sure what mid bass drivers I should run or what amp I should use to power them.</p><p></p><p>Questions</p><p></p><p>1. I have a JL e1200 lying around that I was thinking I could use to power one and just pick up another one to power the other, they are cheap on ebay, or should I buy a different amp to run them?</p><p></p><p>2. What would be a good crossover to run, or do I really need one with the tuning capabilities of this head unit, I don’t know that much about it yet?</p><p></p><p>3. What other things will I need and please make recommendations? (Cap, alt upgrades, etc…)</p><p></p><p>4. Will one 4ag power wire running to the back be sufficient or should I install a second?</p><p></p><p>I am trying not to break the bank doing this and I am looking to keep the budget to around 3000.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JasonJones, post: 4318665, member: 589676"] Let me start of by telling a little bit about my experience. I have been interested in systems for years and have always had something in my car. While I use to read the magazines and talk to all the stores when I was in HS, I have learned from hours of reading on here that I was rather ignorant. I always had pretty nice stuff, but my set-up was crap. Speakers were just thrown in stock location with a perfunctory job of sound deadening done. I also never realized how important building all your enclosures were, so that is a must now. About a month ago someone decided they needed my system more than I did, so now I have a clean slate to work with. Sadly, I ordered a bunch of stuff before spending so much time on here, so I am not sure what I should turn around and resell and what I should keep. I guess I will start with a list of what I purchased (I am not attached to anything and will sell things off), then talk about what I want to do, and then what all equipment I am thinking about using. The car I am working with is a ‘00 Accord coupe. List of purchased equipment: Head: Alpine CDA-9887 Amps: JL 300/4 and 250/1 Sub: JL 12w3v3-4 Already Owned: Focal Access 165A, Infinity Kappa 6x9 So I would like to build a decent SQ system, however I thoroughly enjoy my bass and so that will be built more for performance than strict SQ. I am a person who thoroughly enjoys building and modifying things. I also have more tools than most people will ever need, thanks to a dad who spent a lifetime building cars. So my thought is an active system with a pair of components in the kick panels, a set of mid bass drivers in the door, and a sub, pretty standard. Here is what I have come up with in my head to do. Keep the 9887 head. Run Diamond Audio Hex 6.5s for the comps. Change the sub to a 12w6 powered by a JL 500/1 built in a ported box to JL specs. Keep the 300/4 to power the comps. I am not sure what mid bass drivers I should run or what amp I should use to power them. Questions 1. I have a JL e1200 lying around that I was thinking I could use to power one and just pick up another one to power the other, they are cheap on ebay, or should I buy a different amp to run them? 2. What would be a good crossover to run, or do I really need one with the tuning capabilities of this head unit, I don’t know that much about it yet? 3. What other things will I need and please make recommendations? (Cap, alt upgrades, etc…) 4. Will one 4ag power wire running to the back be sufficient or should I install a second? I am trying not to break the bank doing this and I am looking to keep the budget to around 3000. [/QUOTE]
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