Old Guy Rants...lol

[thylantyr 10+ year member]

I first caught the car audio bug in 1987-88. It didn't take long for the competitive juices to start flowing and I started competing in local sound offs. I started in the 50 watt class using a Punch45 powering 4 tweeters, 6 midbass drivers, and 2 10's. I still have a shoe box full of caps and coils...lol. I eventually wanted more, which I think we all share to some extent, and ended up with the Punch45, 2 Punch75's and 2 Punch150's driving a total of 16 speakers. Back in the early 90's that was alot of power in a daily driver, not to mention the investment! I've been away from car audio for 10 years, and just recently caught the bug again. I wanted to introduce myself because I'll be reading alot of posts and hopefully chatting with you experienced audiophiles. I'll be putting together two systems in the next few months, one for me and one for the wife, and I'd really appreciate all the help I can get. I'm a decent box builder, understand speakers, crossovers, and basic equalization, but the new technology thats available is amazing. Of course I could go find an old school HCCA225 and see how many speakers I can drive...lol, but I've already been down that road. Anyway, I wanted to introduce myself so that you might cut me a little slack for being a dumb f*** once in awhile...lol. Hope to chat with you all soon.
Brandon

/older guy rants //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I started in 1983 and shortly found Zapco amps //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

I bailed after 10 years to take a break and returned to audio, but I got

more interested in home audio because I had troubles installing my vision

in my Dodge maxi-van, the 1 ton. I was dissapointed as vehicles were too small

and my ideas were too big for the install. Home audio, the house is bigger than the car, woohoo,

but after spending a few years trying to build the ultimate home audio

death metal battlestation, I ran into real estate issues again, the house is

too small for the vision.... but the show must go on and I came up with a plan

and the project is still underway...... point is, car audio is always cool, I troll

the forums but the path of evil always leads you to home audio as there is

more room for the big systems. From what I can tell in the car audio world,

it's no different than the old days. 95% of people are just interested in

woofers.. woofers.. woofers... not many do hardcore full range SQL systems

which is what I like...

 

[RFCV 10+ year member]

I am definately in on all this!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Current set up:

1983 Honda Civic Hatchback Lowrider (new engine & ****** just recently)

1 15" Cerwin Vega 'Vega' series (99) (3.5 cu.ft. 2 4" ports tuned to 35Hz)

6 RF 'Fanatic' Coaxials (4" & 5 1/4") (2000)

4 Realistic Tweets (piezo & horn) (93)

2 Rockford Fosgate Punch 150's (3rd generation, just before the HD) (89)

RF XV-1 electronic x-over (89)

RF PA-1HD pre-amp eq (89)

Clarion 9772RT Magi-Tune pull-out deck (91)

Sony CD Discman (with G-skip protection, doesn't skip a beat)! (2000)

Stinger SP1000 Power2 & SP1700 Power2dB (2005)

SurePower multi-batt isolator (90)

 

[RFCV 10+ year member]

My first amp was a 1987 Punch 45 too, good amp, until some stupid guy (a dude at a repair shop) shorted it out thinking it had a protection circuit when it obviously didn't. It's still in my closet lol too bad its a year older than i am lol

-Blake

Your 45 has 4 internal protection fuses inside. Take the amp apart and check the 4 (very small) fuses.

It would be a shame if one or two of the fuses are blown and a very good amp like the 45 is not in use.

 

[RFCV 10+ year member]

haha yep- the good ole daysanyone remember the OLD punch PRO subs? those things kicked ***!

I ran 1 15" and my bro ran 1 18". Great Subs & Very Heavy, for sure!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif