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i want loud!

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:10 pm
by VisonikFTW
I want louder stereo, i found place with mickrophone and it was not loud. What should i get, and no asshole comment please I get tird of people mouth

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:35 pm
by NorthQuad
haha, yeah, we all get tired of people mouthing off.

So what did your stereo score? How loud was it?

The selection of car audio equipment out there is large. How big do you want to go?

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:07 pm
by sinister audio
you need to figure out exactly what you want to replace and a budget and how loud you want to go. What are you hitting now? 128dbs or so?

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:32 am
by OnYrMrk
Most of the time, box design is the root of all evil here. I have customers calling in asking why their shit isn't loud and then they tell me it is in a sealed box. Ding Ding Ding..we have a winner. our subs are ported only boxed-designed

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:41 am
by falkenbd
A couple of the amps Bill is selling might help you on your way...

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:54 am
by CaptainPioneer
Hey boss I have a set up I'm selling too right now... I can tell you that My set up was pretty nice and a budget system but surely loud...

Ive got some subs and amps for sale.

Check out my thread...

http://www.caraudiocentral.net/forums/s ... hp?t=11291

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:48 am
by audiobass10
OnYrMrk wrote:Most of the time, box design is the root of all evil here. I have customers calling in asking why their shit isn't loud and then they tell me it is in a sealed box. Ding Ding Ding..we have a winner. our subs are ported only boxed-designed
x2. Box design will make or break your system. There are some cars that really just dont' get all that loud. What vehicle is this in? However, the equipment you have right now would fall in the lower end spectrum. I would suggest an upgrade. Doesn't have to be anything crazy expensive to get loud. There are plenty of budget subs/amps out there that do great for the money. I've always loved the Kicker CVR subs ported for a budget sql application. Just remember, there is a difference between a thrown together ported enclosure and one you've taken time to design correctly.

I guess my next question would be; What is your budget on this upgrade?

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:01 am
by falkenbd
do you already have decent 1/0 to the back? upgraded big 3? good ground? how is your alternator?

doesn't matter what you do, if the fundamentals aren't right, you might as well just go stock.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:16 am
by MobileAudio219
Should be able to put the car in the low/mid 140's for around $500.

I'm still a big fan of the hifonics amps and alpine type r's.

I would get 2 12" r's in a good custom ported box (around 2 cuft each tuned to 40ish hz) and a hifonics bxi 1200.1 or 1500.1. That should put you in low/mid 140's db range probably.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:52 am
by audiobass10
MobileAudio219 wrote:Should be able to put the car in the low/mid 140's for around $500.
I'm still a big fan of the hifonics amps and alpine type r's.
I would get 2 12" r's in a good custom ported box (around 2 cuft each tuned to 40ish hz) and a hifonics bxi 1200.1 or 1500.1. That should put you in low/mid 140's db range probably.
Good suggestion, but i woudlnt' be willing to guarantee you any numbers with that. If its a trunk car it's obviously gunna be hard to reach mid 140's with a setup like that. Are you looking at competing or just a daily groundpounder? If you just wanna compete i really wouldn't even use the R's. They've been used in SPL setups before, but aren't easy to get loud. Just my 2 cents.