whats your system?

[SYDEFX GTi]

hey all just a quick query to see what setups people are running in there GTi's around the places...

in my swift i have this
KDC-9023R: CD MP3 WMA Receiver KDC-9023R Kenwood head unit this can do everything you want and more... RRP $1400

Schneider 6 1/2" splits in the front doors run bridged off a 400 Watt amp

2 JBL 12" GT4 1000 watt series subs running bridged of my US AUDIO 900watt amp. The subs are placed in the boot with a custom made cover board to make sure no air enters or escapes the hatch so most sound is produced. parcel shelf is removed with no rear speakers(i feel sorry for passengers with just BASS hehe)

Although this amp is no where near big enough for the subs themselves it still makes the subs loud enough to be heard a few blocks away hehe you gotta love that especially at night...

JUst got to wait for a sound off to see what DB readout i get
anywya would love to hear that u people got in there and if anyone got any ideas about mine feel free to ask and ill get pics soon

[alu-siv]

Intresting topic dude

im running a relatively basic but vary efective system

pioneer 4x45 cd head unit
pioneer 220watt splits (crossovers in doors)
Boss audio 1000watt amp chrome series (soon to be replaced)
Pioneer 800watt sub (carbon fibre series) in sealed origional pioneer box
6'' clarion coaxials in the rear
8 gauge wiring

This system pumps hard as hell

[m]

Hmmmm, where do I start?

KDCX815 Excellon deck
6 disc changer
SAS 4" components in the dash
FUSION 6.5" components
FUSION FPW-1500 subs (2)
FUSION FJL1211D amp (2000W)
MTX 50X2W class A amp (don't remenber the model)
0AWG wiring throughout
Optima Yellow Top
Custom fiberglass door pods
Custom fiberglass sub enclosure with changeable ports

Future Upgrades:

Components in the doors to be upgraded to Illusion Audio 10" subs X-over bandpassed from 40Hz-175Hz

100x2 amp for the 10's

dual alternator setup

[MRJOEL]

sony explode deck 200w
clarion 6" 140w
schnieder amp 500w
kenwood 6x9s 220w
pioneer 600w sub
street wire leads
A2 ground and positve leads

[9MM]

pioneer deh p9450mp mp3 deck
pioneer splits 220wat
stocl rear speakers lol
AMA amp 600watt
2x 12" jl audio

[BeAgLe]

Here's my Current System:

- Pioneer (4 x 40 Watt) CD Player (Soon to be Pioneer MP3 Player)
- Pioneer Bullet Series 6.5" Splits in Speaker Pods in the Front
- Pioneer 6x9" 260 Watt 4-Way Rear Speakers in Parcel Shelf
- Kenwood 12" dB+ Subwoofer in Custom Made Enclosed Box (Soon to be 12" Pioneer Black Carbon Fibre Series Sub)
- Kenwood 4-Channel AMP
- 12" Blue Neon Light hooked up to Switch in Dash

[chali2na]

h-u: old alpine receiver, 6 disc alpine changer
splits: pioneer 6 1/2" (woofer and tweeter)
rears: pioneer 6 1/2" 2-ways
subs: 2 mtx 12" thunder4000 series in sealed box
amps: pioneer 50x4 bridged to splits, lanzar 75x4 bridged to subs

future upgrades: decent alpine/pioneer/clarion mp3 h-u and bigger battery!!

it goes pretty good, but i think the subs could use more power, but i'm satisfied

[Staffo]

Here's my setup It's basic but does the trick.

Deck: Sony explode

Fronts: Pioneer 6 inch three ways

Rears: Pioneer 2way 6x9's

Subs: 2 x Alpine type S 12inch subs

Amps: Alpine MRV 350 didgital monoblock
some old soundstream amp running the 6x9's

Loudest I've got out of it so far is 135.6 db but I'm yet to use a test tone and play with the gains so I recon theirs a bit more in it yet

[marduke]

stock

soon to change though. going for a Rockford Fosgate system. havnt decided on what components im going to use yet.

[waylow]

Custom Ground cams, 4-1 extractors, 2 1/2inch exhaust and a pod filter

[marduke]

Custom Ground cams, 4-1 extractors, 2 1/2inch exhaust and a pod filter

lol nice!

[SYDEFX GTi]

mmmm yeah that would put out a great note hehe

sounds like there is some good stuff goin on out there.. only thing im not sure about is worryin about rear speakers or not? if so i would have to put a parcel shelf in and the subs wouldnt have same effect

but not sure about that

[m]

Only two reasons to have speakers in the back. 1) You like the way it sounds with music coming from behind you. 2) You have passengers in the back that like the music. If you really want speakers back there you can get foam baffles to go behind them so that the sub doesn't interact with them. This will also give you the option of cutting a "blow through" on the shelf to let the bass come out and not rattle it as much.

I did a car once that had very smal custom enclosures built in the back of the front seat to hold 5 1/4" speakers. When there where passengers in the car the speakers were turned on. When there was no one they were off.

[SYDEFX GTi]

yeah well i have decided not to worry bout it f**k the people in the back lol aslong as im right in the front its all good...

The car is too low for people n the bach anyway and will get scrubbage lol
nah its all good so yeah im keeping it like that for now but ne suggestions still are good

[m]

Suggestions? Hmmm. Well I'm going to be doing my doors to accept some 10" subs that will also do midbass duties to compliment my SAS 4" components that will be going back into the dash. Not sure what I'll do with my 6.5" comps but I'll think of something...

[Nickdfc]

i'm running a sony head unit relocated to air vets at top of dash
Sony 10 disc changer
Blaupunkt 6x9's in custom door pods up front
Blaupunkt 6x9's in custom rear pannels
pioneer speakers in dash

6 12" Ballistic Busta subs
2 Vieta PT 2250 Amps
1 Velocity VR450 amp

TV in Dash
DVD player
TV tuner

Uprated battery in front of car
2 Optima deep cycle gel cell batteries in boot

Pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/nickdfc/

Cheers Nick

[chali2na]

looks good buddy, probably sounds pretty mean aswell!! but...

Blaupunkt 6x9's in custom door pods up front

why would you put 6x9's in the front?? a decent set of splits will do the job so much better, and wont be as chunky
but i guess it's up to the owner!

[Nickdfc]

the reason was because at the time i got a realy good deal on 2 pairs. the quality is fine and they look cool. the cones are translucent so i can back light them and they look wicked at night.

Nick

[Defect]

Use to have a ALPINE sytem

[KermitDeWog]

[pHr34kY]

Mine's pretty similar to alu-siv:

pioneer 4x45 cd head unit
pioneer 4-way 6x9 on parcel shelf
4x 4" pioneer cones
Boss audio 4x175watt amp
Pioneer 10" 250wattRMS sub in sealed origional pioneer box
4 gauge wiring

I clocked this at 118db in the rear, 107db measured from centre-cabin... and that was with my old crappy Ultravox head unit (it didn't give very good head at all).

I laugh when I see the stock head unit in the '92 model. They suck when they're quiet, and they blow when they're loud.

[MRG-13B]

Blaupunkt CD32 Santa Fe h/u
Blaupunkt 6.5in Overdrive splits
Avalanche 4x200w amp
Supercheap wiring kit
Fusion dual fuse holder

i also have a set of Kenwood 320w 7x10s sitting in their box on my bedroom floor coz i don't think my mdf-lined parcel shelf will hold them!!

[blkmgk]

mine is

-alpine cda-9813 head deck
-rockford fosgate 200a4 amp
-rockford fosgate 15" he2 dual voice coil comp. sub. running off the 200a4 4 channel amp (2 channels bridged for each voice coil)
-rockford fosgate 120.2 amp
-cadence competition kevlar front 6.5" splits running off 120.2 amp
-ported 90L custom box boot install
-sony 5.25" splits in tray off head deck
-odysee 1000 battery
-uprated alternator

goes real low and very hard
136db when sub was "running in"
sound quality is awesome also thanks to the cadence splits. man they were well worth the $$$ as was all the rockford stuff and well the head deck is unbelievable.
just gotta get rid of the dodgy xplod's out of the tray as i hate sony audio stuff, it is pretty poorly made and sounds very cheap.

[SYDEFX GTi]

yeah that is true i dont like xplod stuff it just dont seem right sure the aesthetics are nice but thats about it for me...

With that rockford setup that would be awesome! same with my 2 JBL 12's they have awesome quality and were hoping they get over the 140Db reading in the next sound off in town.... lets hope so

[BLK-GTi]

kenwood deck 50x4
polk momo splits rrp $1000
kenwod 7x10's dunno what wattage 2x 12inch power plant subs
1x fusion pp digital amp fp-90010 1100rms
1 x fusion pp amp fp-1404 4chnl running splits & 7x10's
6 stacker kenwood

verrrrrry loud

taking out soon to replace with 2 15's and selling the digital amp and putting just 2 of the biggest 4chnl analouge amps i can find.

[EnigmaticSwift]

deck: kenwood kdc-4023 cd/mp3
sub: 15" kicker comp EX in ported enclosure tuned @ 35hz
front stage: 4" kicker ex splits
rear fill: 6x9's in tha bak
amp: JBL GTO4000 class ab 50WRMSx4 @ 4 ohms 300WRMSx2 @ 4 ohms amp
wiring: 4AWG OFC Cables from batt Into Fused Diss Block to 2/8AWG OFC cabling to amps

COMING UP CHANGES

Different deck w/ lcd screen (touch type)

got this Db tested and hit 139.6. Not too bad i guess.

[Techno_Icon]

i have mostly kicker stuff.. but as i'm actually putting it in at the moment.. i'll tell you what my white car had in it. and wat we are putting in my black mk2.

2 x Kicker Square subs
1 x 2channel 500w (zr1000) Kicker amp (rrp 2000)
2 x 6x9 dogy kenwood POS.
2 x 5 3/4 splits by kicker not sure wat model but they are comp speakers
Kicker IX702 amp running 6x9s
Kicker IX404 amp running 6" and 5 3/4" speakers
2 x 6" kicker speakers not sure wat model but they are comp speakers
some sort of capacitor not sure what model ..
i was running a second optima batt as well but wont be in new system. as it died.
and new clarion head unit.
that's about it i think

with that stereo i got 143db with mic at front left on windscreen..
was really happy with that.. we are hoping with the new install it will be louder as we are making the box a bit bigger and pulling out the back seats!

[Kyle]

Meh
Talk to me when you have run 1/0 guage cable to your boot/hatch

[m]

Meh
Talk to me when you have run 1/0 guage cable to your boot/hatch

Well here's the first run...now I have two runs of 0 gauge to the rear of the car...talk to me when you have three

[tu_crazy]

Headunit:
Pioneer Premier DEH-860MP Headunit

Speakers:
Pioneer TS-160R Competition 6 3/4' Splits
Boston Acustic FX4 4' 2 Ways
JBL GT4 4'x6' 2 Ways

Subwoofers:
18' Kicker Solo-X Square Woofer [For show off use only]
2 Pioneer 10" Yellow Competition Subs [For street driving]

Amps:
Pioneer GM-X372 50WRMS x 2 @ 4 ohms
Pioneer GM-X572 70WRMS x 2 @ 4 ohms
Rockford Fosgate 501bd 684WRMS x 1 @ 2 ohms

Capacitor:
Stinger SCAP1MFD 1 Farad

Deadening:
Dynamat X-Treme Car Kit..

[Hertz]

Meh
Talk to me when you have run 1/0 guage cable to your boot/hatch

Well here's the first run...now I have two runs of 0 gauge to the rear of the car...talk to me when you have three

WHY, OH WHY do you have two lengths of 0 guage, even 1 piece is serious overkill or any loud system. unless you like.........rice

[m]

There is going to be over 5000W on tap and I'm not against doubling that figure. Total current draw of the system will be in excess of 300A (@5000W). For something of that size overkill is a good thing. 2 runs isn't actualy as much overkil as you would think it is.

[tu_crazy]

m, Do you earth to the chassis or battery terminal...? Cause when you earth back to the battery, your resistance is alot less, earth is alot better, and you can flow ore current, through the same size cable; we managed to flow 180A out of 8mm cable, as it was earthed back to the battery, without heating up.....

Instead of running 2 runs of 0 guage, have you ever considered 12mm Welding Cable; 100 strand of 1mm Copper, Capable of flowing 1000 amps... You can pick up rolls of it alot cheaper than brand name car audio power cable....

[m]

I've used welding cable before and it works great. I can get the 0 gauge for cheaper though where I worked at before. I've looked at -2 and -3 cable but it won't fit unless I run it under the car. I did have an 0 gauge ground (earth) running to the back and checked voltage drop. It was the same as just grounding it to the back on the chassis. Not sure why because I have seen it drop more on other cars. When I do a ground though I run the 0 gauge to a distro block and have three runs of 4 gauge running to different locations on the chassis. I may end up moving my battery to the hatch soon and then it will be grounded to the battery.

[tu_crazy]

Its not the voltage drop, its the current drop that got me... We were only able to flow 1/2 as much current [Amps] through the chassis earth, than the battery earth...

Cause what we forgot is every weld, nut and bolt along the chassis and bodywork increases resistance....

[Hertz]

I wouldn'd mind knwoing what type and brand of fuse your using? I've only heard of one 300 amp fuse, and it's made by stinger, and costs a shitload.

[m]

I keep a 250A fuse in the front block for daily driving. I'll never use more than that current draw while I'm in the car. Amps in the back will each have there own 250A fuse. I can get 250's for about $10 a pop. If I go to more amps I can get ANLs good for 750A. You can also get them from here: http://www.bluesea.com/Products/FB/FB.html They are at the bottom of the page. I'm sure there are some places near you that could get them. Stinger cahrges an arm and a leg for everything that they make. Doesn't make them better. Their fuses cost about $20-$25 here over the $10 Tsunami.

tu_crazy: we didn't have a huge drop in current either. I only have the single amp right now (2500W) but I'm thinking that the current I start to pull the greater the drop will be when you factor in the current % of loss. With the battery in the back I think it will solve the problem.

Oh yeah, the fuse is made by Tsunami

[Hertz]

Dude thre is some crazy stuff on that website, stuff i've never seen before, a 750amp ANL, nuts! you would need a cable as thick as my wrist to get that thing to blow!!!

[m]

A lot of that stuff isn't really stuff you get looking for car audio either. I have had to find things for sheer necessity of having current demands greater than most anything "normal" on the road. It's nice to find things like that though because they don't carry the brand name pricing and you actualy pay what it's worth. Like welding cable for example. I can get it for around $2-$3 a foot retail. Brand name 0 gauge would be around $12 a foot retail. Same stuff really.

[Kyle]

If you have problems sourcing a large enough fuse, use 2 in parallel

[m]

I don't think that is goint to work. Even if you have 1000 amps worth of fuses if they are made up of 100A fuses they are gonna blow at 100A of current. If you were joking about what you said disregard this reply

[Kyle]

I was joking , But on a serious note, I got a blau burning desire and its got 4 30a fuses in parallel and works fine

Though i'd never use fuses in parallel, it does work

[gti_god]

hey my system is
- Pioneer DEH-P7650MP Headunit
- 2 pairs of pioneer TS-C1625 bullet splits 220W
- 2 x MTX Thunder1501D 2 Ohm load 1500W
- 2 x Kicker Solo-Baric L5 subs running 1200W to each

The back seats are being taken out to fit a massive custom box install isn't till july but . I will be at the first sound off i can find to see how hard these babies go. most probably Brisbane auto salon. Car is getting fully kitted out wit $15000 going into it shound end up pretty nice. then i can go cruising wit u guys.

cheers Ryan

[moylee19]

DECK - Alpine 7949E
SPEAKERS - Alpind DDDrive 5.25" splits
AMPS - 2 x Orion Colbolt 2 Channel
SUB - Soundstream USA 10 (Custom Box with clear face. Fits perfectly in between rear srtuts in hatch. Also custom boot floor in grey vinyl.
1 Farrad Rockford Punch Cap
Stinger Cables and Wiring

All for sale if I can get a good price.

[Ben]

Ive got a 4x52 dxz535 clarion head deck,jl audio vr component speakers in the front and cadence 6x9's in the back.the component speakers are amped with a sony xplode 222w amp with stinger (i think) cables

[tobes311]

head unit: kenwood (base model)
fronts: kenwood 2-ways
rears: jvc 6x9s
sub amp: alpine (140w RMS)
sub: pioneer 12 inch
cable: fusion 4 gauge

soon upgrading to jvc head unit (the one that plays animations)
and 6 or 6 1/2 inch splits for the front

[monoxide]

pioneer DEH5650 mp3/wma deck
pioneer 240w 6x9's
pioneer 12" sub
megavox 1000w amp
(temporary system until my blaupunkt gear arrives )

[-SWF77Y-]

Hey all
My system consists of:-
-Pioneer 35x4 cassete deck
-Pioneer 6 cd stacker
-JL Audio 6.5 inch splits
-Pioneer 3 way 6x9s
-Marathon Audio 300w amp
-2 Soundstream SPL 12 inch subs in sealed box.

This is a very simple but effective set up as it didnt cost much at all to install. The set up is intended for sound quality and not spl however the Soundsteam subs give out thunderous bass notes. DB would be around 130-135.

[BRAD]

Headunit: Pioneer 4x50 mp3 plus OEL display and supertuner 3
Front:JBL 4" 2ways
Rear: Pioneer 5" 2ways
Sub: Pioneer 12" in pioneer custom sealed box(carbon fibre series)
Amps: Boss 4ch 1000watt, Rockstar Fosgate 2ch with builtin Graphic EQ
Cables:streetwires

Im running the front and rears of the boss Amp and im running the sub off the 2ch Fosgate

Not heaps loud just sounds nice and chrisp

[gti-95]

Nice capacitor kermit..... lightning audio stuff pumps