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bigaudiofanat 09-27-2010 11:05 AM

Never heard of DB so I would be cautious with them.

Orion that is a name I have not heard in a while. Great stuff to bad they do not make really nice amps anymore.

vipor 09-27-2010 11:40 AM

Their old cheater amps were the sex :tup:

bigaudiofanat 09-27-2010 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vipor (Post 739073)
Their old cheater amps were the sex :tup:

Yes they were UGH

Austin 09-27-2010 01:00 PM

Hcca ftw!

rreign 09-27-2010 02:02 PM

I got one title for you... sonicelectronix.com

You can find a lot of good and inexpensive stuff from them. I use them for everything I do and have never had any issues with shipping, purchasing, quality of items, etc. You won't be disappointed. They also have a lot of stuff on there that you can make an offer and get things for cheaper. Just make sure that whatever you are buying, they are authorized dealers of.

bigaudiofanat 09-27-2010 02:31 PM

I like woofersetc.com better to me they have better stuff. But sonic dose have good stuff as well.

Hardcortes 09-28-2010 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayYoon (Post 738703)
man... those sound way too over priced... u sure u wanna go with that?


Jayyoon... I did my homework... and they are not overpriced... or better yet... show me where I can get them cheaper.

Hardcortes 09-28-2010 04:19 PM

Thanks bro...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Unclemeaty (Post 738742)
Sounds like you are going to make quite the system there.

Since <some> seem hesitant about the JL 13", I'll post up some alternatives.

DB Drive actually makes decent products. its a new company, most likely out of China; but they are probably making some decent stuff for what I can tell, and for good prices. The company has won several DB and SQL competitions recently. They make a 12" woofer that is shallow-mount and you can check it out here:

db Drive

Another shallow mount is Pioneer; for which I am partial to because I own a shallow 10". They are about 3" mounting depth in both 10" and 12" form; meaning you can likely keep your spare tire. Pioneer USA - Home. My little 10" flat piston Pioneer is currently stuffed into a .2cu sealed box - it barely fits the magnet - and sounds beautiful; sacraficing sound efficiency in favor of trunk space. Its actually embarassed a few systems.

As for Pioneer, if you like the stuff you can get it all from Amazon and use a 30% off coupon I posted several days back. The Amazon coupon code for Pioneer discounts is VRCBKCX6. Im not sure if its still active...

Dont use rear speakers.

Also, the Metra Axxess works well enough; I posted some procedures here if you care to take a look.

http://www.the370z.com/audio-video/2...l-buttons.html

As for amps, well; I am partial for the old Class AB circa 1990s. You can probably pick up some Hifonics (Made by Zed), Orion HCCA, or Precision power Art or Powerclass series for the same or even less than cheap new amps today. Ive actually found that these old amps are selling for dimes on the dollar of what they used to be worth; meanig you can get a $500 amp from the 90s for less than $100. I got a PPI PC2150 (150x2 rms at 4ohms) for $80 off Craigslist; this amp costed $600 brand new; and they sound phonomenally good and clean at the cost of drawing more power.

Thanks for the info bro... Ill keep you posted with what I do. ;)

:tup:

ichee84 10-06-2010 09:58 PM

Ever consider the Stereo Integrity mkIII. Its gotten great reviews. Im looking to get one myself

Hardcortes 10-08-2010 10:40 PM

Well folks... for the past two days I have been laying down some dead shield (same thing as dynamat just a different name) and I am exhausted! This is some backbreaking work! I ended up using almost 50 pounds (48.2 to be exact) of the stuff and the amount of noise that has been eliminated is pretty freaking incredible!

This is how it worked out:
Trunk: 8 18inx32in sheets (32 sq ft)
doors: 1 18inx32in sheet per door (8 sq ft)
Interior: 6 18inx 32in sheets (24sq ft)

64 sq ft in all. You may think this is overkill... but the sounds that I am not hearing makes the trouble that I went through very worthwhile.

I want to give a special shout out to SlikNik and his very helpful videos and pg6speed for his reassurance. ;)

Here are some of the pics from yesterday and today. I will post more as the sound system install progresses.

http://s263.photobucket.com/albums/i...smo%20install/

Hardcortes 10-08-2010 10:54 PM

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1902.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1903.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1904.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1905.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1906.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1909.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1910.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1911.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1912.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1913.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1914.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1915.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1916.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1917.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1919.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1920.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1921.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1922.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1923.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1929.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1924.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1925.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1926.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1927.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...l/IMG_1928.jpg

I realize that I forgot to take pics of the floor boards :-/
I will post those up on part two of the install which hopeully will happen next weekend.

Jquad 10-09-2010 01:57 AM

where did you get dead shields?

Hardcortes 10-09-2010 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jquad (Post 758132)
where did you get dead shields?



I got them from Wicked CAS when I ordered my magic box.

90 ST 10-10-2010 12:45 AM

IMO NOT over kill at all, i think i ended up with about 75 sq feet in mine, most 3mm thick.


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