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[HinkDawg]

So I just upgraded my alternator to 270amps with a big 3 upgrade as well. I have a pair of 12” SSA Icons. My box from GP is on the way to put them in. I have a sundown 1500d amp to run them. Now I’m asking for what direction I should go next. Get a 4 channel amp for my door speakers or get a battery for the trunk? Yesterday I put some sound deadening in my trunk and I’ve noticed a difference. I want to do my whole car but I figured I’d buy a battery or amp first. Any recommendations?

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[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Any recommendations

Barttery. Might as well get it to give the mono the backup it needs. Full bridge amps have been known to fail for lack of power so anything to avoid that should be top priority.

 

[HinkDawg]

Barttery. Might as well get it to give the mono the backup it needs. Full bridge amps have been known to fail for lack of power so anything to avoid that should be top priority.

Which battery should i go with. Yellow top or XS Power?

 

[Firewalker]

Stay away from Optima anything. XS Power over them all day long. Optima batteries have been junk for a long time.

 

[Grimmjoww]

XS power, Odyssey, or North Star are the big ones The big Die Hard AGM and other batteries are rebadged Odyssey batteries as well.

 

[Tiptopss]

I feel sorry for your ears lol
That setup will be bang n

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Another battery would be ideal, but not all that necessary at the moment with the alt you have for a 1500 watt amp. With the vehicle running you should be just fine. I would add another BATT.(agm) CLOSE TO THE AMPLIFIERS AS POSSIBLE.APPROX. 18" if you can if adding another amplifier of 100x4 or more for the system to keep up with the demand. Nice subs you have chosen.

 

[Grimmjoww]

Those are damn good subs bro, they will handle that 1500 all day no sweat and more, as long as you don't clip them. I have an SSA sub on the way as well.

 

[HinkDawg]

Ok XS Power it is. I'm looking to get the D5100. I want clean power. Once you get the clean power everything sounds better. Might even upgrade the original car battery as well!! I will be adding another amp for the door speakers. Right now I'm running them off the head unit and I think it sounds good but I want a amp to push them to make it sound even better.

 

[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

Unless you are planning on playing the stereo with the engine off. With the equipment that you have, you would probably be better served with an ultra capacitor over a second battery.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Ok XS Power it is. I'm looking to get the D5100. I want clean power. Once you get the clean power everything sounds better. Might even upgrade the original car battery as well!! I will be adding another amp for the door speakers. Right now I'm running them off the head unit and I think it sounds good but I want a amp to push them to make it sound even better.

I would recommend taking a look at Orileys Super Start AGM or the Duralast Gold AGM from Autozone, to place under the hood that both come with pretty decent warranties, and several locations for the warranty, that Ive had good experiences with. Get the largest you can to fit under the hood. Dual post are very nice to have and easy for additions. I recommend placing an amplifier on every speaker rather than HU power alone, even if its 20 rms alone. Most HUs if you are lucky you will get a grand total of 10 watts rms clean. I like running an External Indash EQ to clean up any music on the fly at your finger tips as well rather than going into the HU to adjust all the time

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Ok XS Power it is. I'm looking to get the D5100. I want clean power. Once you get the clean power everything sounds better. Might even upgrade the original car battery as well!! I will be adding another amp for the door speakers. Right now I'm running them off the head unit and I think it sounds good but I want a amp to push them to make it sound even better.

What door speakers do you have? Any door treatment done yet?

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Ok XS Power it is. I'm looking to get the D5100. I want clean power. Once you get the clean power everything sounds better. Might even upgrade the original car battery as well!! I will be adding another amp for the door speakers. Right now I'm running them off the head unit and I think it sounds good but I want a amp to push them to make it sound even better.

Just be careful with those speakers on HU power cranking on them... Constant Distortion will kill a speaker

 

[HinkDawg]

I have a pair of Alpine R-S69.2 for the front doors and a pair of Alpine S-S65C for the rears

 

[HinkDawg]

Unless you are planning on playing the stereo with the engine off. With the equipment that you have, you would probably be better served with an ultra capacitor over a second battery.

I dont know much about capacitors. Are they good and whats the purpose of them?

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I have a pair of Alpine R-S69.2 for the front doors and a pair of Alpine S-S65C for the rears

This would be a very nice 4 ch amp, that I myself run and have had no issues with it at all. Great amp for the coin/$

CT-150.4D // 1000 Watts RMS 4-Channel Car Audio Amplifier

The CT Sounds CT-150.4D is a compact full-range class d 4 channel car amplifier. The multi-channel amplifier features a Low Pass Filter (LPF), High Pass Filter (HPF), and Bass Boost so you can get the exact sound you are looking for out of your amplifier.

www.ctsounds.com

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I dont know much about capacitors. Are they good and whats the purpose of them?

You do not need a cap, especially running an extra battery. Those are really a waste of money from my experiences. the only one that really helped me in the past was an Alumpro THE CAP in one my Honda cars back in the day. A battery bank is all you need to keep up with the demand, and power to serve them to keep them charged properly as well as proper sized wiring

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

That HO Alt. and two good sized AGM Batteries(example 34/78 I run) and The Big3 should be very solid for around 3-5k

 

[HinkDawg]

This would be a very nice 4 ch amp, that I myself run and have had no issues with it at all. Great amp for the coin/$

CT-150.4D // 1000 Watts RMS 4-Channel Car Audio Amplifier

The CT Sounds CT-150.4D is a compact full-range class d 4 channel car amplifier. The multi-channel amplifier features a Low Pass Filter (LPF), High Pass Filter (HPF), and Bass Boost so you can get the exact sound you are looking for out of your amplifier.

www.ctsounds.com

So i was looking at that amp and it seems like it would be too powerful for my rear doors since the RMS rating is only 80 watts. That amp pushes 150 watts. I wouldnt want to blow the speakers if i fed it too many watts.

 

[2RZ-FE 10+ year member]

80x4 model but is class ab. You can keep the gain down and have headroom too on the other one

CT-80.4D // 480 Watts RMS 4-Channel Car Audio Amplifier

The CT Sounds CT-80.4AB is a compact full-range class ab 4 channel car amplifier. The multi-channel amplifier features a Low Pass Filter (LPF), High Pass Filter (HPF), and Bass Boost so you can get the exact sound you are looking for out of your amplifier.

www.ctsounds.com