langey
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hi everyone, this is my 1st post,
i have a corsa, with alpine headunit CDM-9807RB 4x60watt, audiobahn door speakers ABF25T (85rms), and a a set of jbl gto936e 6x9's in the backshelf.
and i mainly play dance music, wigan pier tunes, that sort of stuff. and i want it to blow me away my system. what do i need?? and i dont want to pay stupid prices for things.
anyone any ideas of a set up that will make my ears bleed?? i need to know exactly what to get right down to the smallest details.
i've also heard that if i have to many amps and stuff, that my alternator wont be able to cope with powering the battry and it will knaker it out.
i am totally clueless.
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shrews corsa
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Snowy and Corb will sort you out (and others but cant remember who they are  )
[Edited on 07-09-2003 by shrews corsa]
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Richie
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first thing first, price budget 
MY NAME IS AUSTINPXX DONT U FORGET IT 
[Edited on 07-09-2003 by AustinPXX]
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langey
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snowy and corb are members yea??
what set up do you have?? it looks wikid.
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langey
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quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
first thing first, price budget
MY NAME IS AUSTINPXX DONT U FORGET IT
[Edited on 07-09-2003 by AustinPXX]
hi austinpxx
erm my price budget, well i have about 200-300quid a month to spend on my car, but at the same time i'm trying to save for alloys and a kit, but that can all wait till the sounds are sorted.
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Richie
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So 300 is the max ur willing to pay? Your not gonna get anything boom boom for less than about £500 i reckon.
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langey
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no 300is the max i have at the end of sept, then another 300 at the end of the next month and so on.
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drunkenfool
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i would wait till you can get something you really want instead of getting something in the mean time and then regretting it. Even if you decide to sell it next month, you never get any where near what you paid for it, so id just wait. Otherwise, get a decent sub and an SPLx amp or something, then replace that as soon as you have the £!
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langey
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so whats a decent sub and amp for the time being, and how much would i be looking at saving up to get a loud and decent install in the boot??
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drunkenfool
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installs can cost about £1500 ish for custom ones, and that doesnt include the components. (someone correct me if im wrong!) I just spent £780 on ICE from www.thezeb.com in america, but they dont ship to the UK, i had to get a mate to post stuff to me. The money went on 2 1000wRMS subs and a 2400wRMS amp, and that is cheaper than UK prices. As i said, if you dont want to wait, get a decent sub now and then get a powerful but cheap amp, then sell that on ebay or something when you upgrade. Have you looked on any ICE sites for rough prices/reviews?
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SteveW
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Heya langey
I would suggest to save up a couple of months wages get roughtly £600ish then.........
http://www.caraudiodirect.com
Check out the prices for some of their stuff. Im a JL Audio boy, love the stuff 
So i will almost always say to get them. Very very good quality but they are a tad expensive.
Oh also, get rid of your 6x9's you really dont need them. Trust me on this.
If i were you i would go for a setup like this:
5.25" Components in front doors
Amp to run them properly (over power stuff not underpower )
two 12" subs (for your style of music)
Monoblock amp to run these.
Loads of Dynamat and your done
Hope anything i said helps ya.
Steve
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drunkenfool
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does the dynamat make that much difference? And would it be worth lining my boot with it if i am getting an install?
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Richie
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Trust me with the amount of bass you'll be having you will almost certainly be needing a boot full of dynamat extreme.
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langey
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quote:
Originally posted by snowy
Heya langey
I would suggest to save up a couple of months wages get roughtly £600ish then.........
http://www.caraudiodirect.com
Check out the prices for some of their stuff. Im a JL Audio boy, love the stuff
So i will almost always say to get them. Very very good quality but they are a tad expensive.
Oh also, get rid of your 6x9's you really dont need them. Trust me on this.
If i were you i would go for a setup like this:
5.25" Components in front doors
Amp to run them properly (over power stuff not underpower )
two 12" subs (for your style of music)
Monoblock amp to run these.
Loads of Dynamat and your done
Hope anything i said helps ya.
Steve
right so bin the 6x9's, and get an amp that does 85rms to power the front spekaers, and then get a monoblok amp to do two 12" subs, any idea about what wattage to get the subs??
my ideal situation would be i can turn it to 15-20 on the headunit and its proper loud, but can still go to 25-30. without sounding like crap.
also would i need to conect it to the battry. the amps i mean.
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Richie
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nah the amps run off oxygen
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langey
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ha ha. i didnt mean that mate. i meant do they need conecting to the battry and the headunit, and do i need a fuse in between the battry and amp?? i need to know all this stuff, anyone got any suggestions for the time being on a good sub and amp for arouind 300quid
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CopyWrite
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ull need a fuse in the power cable as close to the battery as possible.
ulled need a remote lead, on the alpine loom is blue with a white stripe.
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Richie
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what did i tell u
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langey
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quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
what did i tell u
you said they run off oxygen, but it now seems that they dont. 
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langey
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i was speaking to a mate who used to work at kand m acoustics in wigan ( a palce that installs ice) and he said if i just have front spekaer which i have now, and put to powerfull 12"subs and amp in the boot, then i'll need some very powerfull other spekaers or i wont here the music properly. :S
so whos right?? and whats should i do?
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CopyWrite
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do as he says, get some very more powerful speakers to hear the music properly, in the way of 100 watt rms (atleast) comps up front and a 2x100 watt amp to power them...yeah!
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langey
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so if i get a set of 120rms speaskers up front, and run them off an amp thats 2x 100rms, they will be loud??
and then just wack 2 12"subs in the boot with mega power and an amp 2 power them. and thats it?? my set up will be complete and sound good aswell as loud?
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