My Gen 6 Genesis Install Options

[Chiefton]

Hi All, been installing my sound system for a little while so thought id put some pics up fr you lot to see, all ideas and opinions are welcome for improvements and upgrades for the future. Please bear i mind it is still a work in progress, so no funny comments like, "Why dont you actually install that speaker?", simple answer is cos i havnt had the bloody time! The set up is as follow, i have two custom made amps by Genesis, a highly renowned English manufacturer. One Has three Dualmono amps in one case, this runs my MB Quart QSD Actively (thats one amp for the tweet, one for the mid, and one for the bass driver), then my second Genesis amp is two DualMono and a monoblock in a single case. Monoblock gives the Kenwood Sub 1200RMS @ 1 ohm, and the other two amps are running my Kenwood XXV Anniversary Components in the rear. Running Yellow top in the front with Zero Gauge Knuconceptz cable to the rear, then into an Audison distribution block, which splits the power to each of the amps using Phoenix Gold 4 Gauge cable. Im running all Power cables under the false floor as to get no interference with signal and speaker cables. There is also a UCS Pro installed for Time Alignment, cross-overs, also lets me crossover slopes and frequency adjustment etc

Doner vehicle! Exteriors getting a big makeover when the sun starts to shine in England, although may neva happen.













Source Unit, my baby, bit old school but i jus love it. This i believe is the only headunit with a built in tube in the processing path. Makes all the sounds more natural, and well its jus orgasmic.






Zero Gauge is such a pain to squeeze through the car, but worth it









Now the good stuff! Thats my two Genny amps plus all my processing power to get things sounding greeeeaat







Then as i went for the stealth look! So you cant see it to steal it








and before you say it that sub box aint staying, built it to specs before i realised how mahoosive it was! Then i sound proofed my door, couple of layers on the inner skin, a slab of foam to stop any cancelling waves of the inner door and then some Dynamat Extreme on the outter skin.









We then add some Speakers, i got MB Quart QSD 3 way running Active of my Genesis DualMono amps, and then some Kenwood XXV Aniversary adition components running in the rear, also running active of DualMono amps, and the sub is a Kenwood sumtin or another (cant remember, but its got a beautiful rear end)







I have also purchased some Brax MultiControllers allowing me to monitor Voltage, temperature, amperage and even the Watts that the amps are pumping out. Trying to keep with the stealth idea i mounted them in the pointless cupholders that we have in our car. They are now hidden and slide out when i need to monitor the system.






And thats as far as i got, should i get a puncture i look like this



Update, new Sub and box and also Split charge relay to be installed. Sub is Phoenix Gold Cyclone, not like a normal sub as its driver is rotary and therfore doesnt need huge voice coils to make it move back and forth. Also have a Orion MBR70 split charge unit, this splits the charge from the alt, but unlike other split charge system, ensures your main battery gets charged before any extra goes to the second battery, this ensures your car starts after a long booming session! Enjoy!!












And in a dress i look like this! Now any questions, please dont hesitate to cal



This post has been edited by Chiefton: Oct 19, 2008 - 6:25 PM

[Chiefton]

I would neaten up the wiring. Throughout your setup you have excessive runs of cable. Coiling up cabls isn't desireable either. You'll be dropping a small amount of volts in the excess cable runs. Some monster equipment though!!!

Yo dude, hows you doing? was pm'ing you on celica-club regrading alts the other day, and now your here aswell, such a small world. Yeah would love to neaten the cables up, but was waiting till i finish, i never know what im doing next, and once a cables been cut it quite hard to super glue back together .

I am in an utter state of awe and cluelessness. I don't understand half of what you wrote (thankfully it's illustrated with photographs). Really nice setup you have going there. It kind of makes me feel like my car has... well, tiny crappy computer speakers hooked up to a jack-in-the-box compared to your setup.

As for the last pic, booze definatly made me more attractive that nite

Here in America, we call that "beer goggles". You make a lovely couple though LOL

Haha, you may be clueless and have tiny computer speakers but im sure their perfectly formed. As for my mate in the pic, he's my bitch, not the other way round. Ohh... Feel free to better me, in a dress picture, i know its hard to beat but im sure you'll find a way

If you are running this setup for competition, I would clean up the wiring, match up all those computer fans (i'm not a fan of fans (pun) unless they are completely silent. background noise bothers the hell out of me) because they looks a bit silly with some black and some white.

Also, they may not be able to see it to steal it, but It still seems like a shame to not show off the goods in some way, even if it's in your sub floor but with a hinged top so you can lift it up and everyone will go "oooooh"

And why a kenwood sub?

The head unit looks pretty wild i must admit. Reminds me of an old receiver I have at home. Silver with big knobs

Naa not competing, although did get second in my class (single 12" sub) at a local DBDrag comp, it was a small crowd, but still got a trophy to prove it! Computer fans were stolen last minute from my current computer and probably explains why everything is running sooo slow now, Will match them up, but thats not a priority at the mo, I also got some lovely PC Grills here waiting to install, should look mint when its carpeted and matching. My other pland was to cut two holes in the mid section (which is already hinged), jus above the amps and perspex it, then get lots of neons (not to everyones tastes) and have the light shining from the inside. The Genny amps have a built in thermostat, so the fans are only active when the amps get hot. As for the Kenwood sub, not really got any excuse, the sub was on special so bought it as a impulse buy, I then needed amp to power it, so bought the “Famous Five” amp, and it sorta grew from there.

When will it eva stop!!! Deaf at 40 I think not!! Maybe death but neva deaf