Rewired setup

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

for those american bass subs with that stetsom amp you are looking at 500-600 worth of equipment. with mylows10 being a dc rep however he could get you a good price on a dc 1.2k amp. it would be perfect.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

nope no a good amp either ,more problems than its worth

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

nope no a good amp either ,more problems than its worth

its not bad if you know what you are doing lol. but we need to just stop beating around the bush. give him a quote for a 1.2k

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

you guys are hilarious. i do believe i am going to enjoy it here in this corner of cyberspace.

btw are you the only people online right now haha

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

no theres more on the forum you just dont see them ,i've got at least 6 people on the forum now.anyway like i said i can help you with all your car audio needs or wants.and yes i can do a dc 1.2 amp shipped for 360 ,but considering you have 500 you may wanna look at some used stuff too.i could do the dc lvl 3 15 sub that i have used and an amp to push it for 500 shipped easy .

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

were the only cool people on the forum right now

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

not sure i want to go to a 15" sub. the majority of my music consists of classic rock with a little rap, hip-hop, country, and newer rock thrown in.

and i definitely want to stick to one sub due to the layout ideas i have for my trunk after everything is all said and done.

what is the general consensus on the Kicker KX600.1 amp i have now? i FOR SURE want and need to upgrade the sub. can i hold onto the amp for a little while and get a better quality sub?

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

yes you ban use that amp.so the quickest sub i can get for you is a american bass sub ,if you get a sub that will take a little more power ,it will leave room to upgrade the amp later.look at the xfl 1244 if you like it send me a pm for a price

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

just out of curiosity how do you guys feel about HiFonics stuff? i see a lot of people talk about them but i don't know anything about them.

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

ok so i got everything hooked up and tuned about 2 hours ago. i tuned my amp appropriately with the dmm to 13.0 volts (supposed to be 13.42) and my HU set to 0's all around at 30 volume (max is 40 so that is my 75%) and a 50Hz test tone and everything sounds great....BUT...after playing some tunes off my ipod at 10-15 volume for about 10 minutes the entire car smells.

while it was playing i checked the amp for heat and its still nearly as cool as it was just sitting there doing nothing, same deal on the speaker cone..neither of them had played long enough to even start warming up!! also checked all wiring for heat and none there either.

Now i have heard that sub boxes will smell from glue or the formaldehyde used in making the MDF but i had this EXACT setup in the trunk of my cavalier for 3 years, probably not even hooked up correctly, and never had this smell.

Do you guys have any thoughts. If it is, in fact, the box that smells is there anything else i can safely construct the box from because this smell actually makes me light headed.

i know what burning electronics smells like since i was an electronic technician in the army and this smell is really close to that but i have never smelled formaldehyde so...meh

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

check all of your connections properly and make sure nothing is touching metal. and what sub are you running right now?

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

all of my connections are A+ made **** sure when i installed and rechecked while i was waiting for a reply to the previous post.

i am running an Infinity Reference 1242W 300w RMS 1200w max DVC 2 or 8 ohm

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

all of my connections are A+ made **** sure when i installed and rechecked while i was waiting for a reply to the previous post.
i am running an Infinity Reference 1242W 300w RMS 1200w max DVC 2 or 8 ohm

check to make sure you arent overpowering your sub. if you want 300 watts rms make sure your doing sqrt of 300 x 2 to get your voltage to set with a dmm. i just calculated it and it should be 12.2

 

[Exist_ential 10+ year member]

will do. i will probably set the gain to 12 even and let the speaker play for a few minutes, as soon as i have some results i will post back.

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

alright i gotta go to work but ill check back later for sure. and im sure mylows10 or any other worthy member will give you some insight if your still having problems. although im sure that will fix the problem.