Kenwood KDC-X996, Pioneer DEH-80PRS, or Alpine CDE-138BT

[devast8r3436 10+ year member]

How much difference does running active make? And if you do it can you still run rear fill?

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

SKAR has both a 4 channel, and a few mono blocks with more to come I'd recommend.

 

[devast8r3436 10+ year member]

Where do I buy Skar from?

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

[quote name='devast8r3436']Where do I buy Skar from?[/QUOTE]

Any authorized dealer; you can email the owner Kevin (kevin[AT]skaraudio.com) or @SkarAudio

Woofersetc.com the online car audio super store, the largest selection at the lowest prices! sells them as does SSA

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

How much difference does running active make? And if you do it can you still run rear fill?

Well running active is tough, but if u know what your doing it can be night and day. I dont know what Im doing so I just run passive. As for rear fill, I believe u can still have rear fill, but I am not totally positive.

 

[devast8r3436 10+ year member]

Why is it tough?

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Why is it tough?

Takes forever getting the frequency crossovers right, as well as the slopes, etc.

 

[devast8r3436 10+ year member]

so might have some more questions if I go that route then lol. Thanks Grimy you're really helpful

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

Why is it tough?

There's a lot that goes into it, not using the passive crossovers with the speakers, I.E picture a 4 channel amp with active cross over capabilities.

First 2 channels are used for your Tweeters with the filter being set to High pass and you adjust the freq. it plays.

The last 2 channels are used for your mid range set to the FULL filter and adjust the freq. accordingly.

Then you'd use another amp for you subwoofer.

Rear fill isn't used much/often when running active.

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

so might have some more questions if I go that route then lol. Thanks Grimy you're really helpful

No prob bro. I actually just got finished gutting all my wire. Excited to get my new system put in. Havent had tunes for 9 months!

 

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There's a lot that goes into it, not using the passive crossovers with the speakers, I.E picture a 4 channel amp with active cross over capabilities.
First 2 channels are used for your Tweeters with the filter being set to High pass and you adjust the freq. it plays.

The last 2 channels are used for your mid range set to the FULL filter and adjust the freq. accordingly.

Then you'd use another amp for you subwoofer.

Rear fill isn't used much/often when running active.

U dont need an active amp with the 80PRS.

 

[devast8r3436 10+ year member]

Looks like I'm getting the 80PRS for sure, now I just gotta make up my mind on amps and speakers lol oh why do they have to make so many lol

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

Looks like I'm getting the 80PRS for sure, now I just gotta make up my mind on amps and speakers lol oh why do they have to make so many lol

It's sometimes narrowed down to popularity contests; I'd still recommend the SK85.4 and the new SKAR Audio components.

 

[devast8r3436 10+ year member]

How long has Skar been around I've heard of them but know nothing about them

 

[VisceralSound 10+ year member]

How long has Skar been around I've heard of them but know nothing about them

IIRC about a year or so.

 

[devast8r3436 10+ year member]

Ok, found that amp for $299.99. Sound about right?