I need help deciding on subwoofers, I NEED THUMP IN MY TRUNK |
I need help deciding on subwoofers, I NEED THUMP IN MY TRUNK |
Jul 15, 2010 - 2:19 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 18, '10 From Omaha Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
So i've got two basic choices for my subwoofers! Either i get ONE alpine type R 12 inch sub that goes for about $100 or i get 2 Kenwood 12" subs for $45 bucks each. What should i do??? Any other ideas? my budget is around $100 for the subs so try to keep it in that range... Thank you!
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Jul 16, 2010 - 9:21 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '06 From Medicine Hat, AB Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
dont cheap out on wiring with 8 gauge, go 4 gauge. Why? Common misconception, waste of money. Unless your doing it for the looks. I hope you arent being serious here. I do car audio for a living so please tell me WHY you shouldnt put 4 gauge wire in when youre going to have an amp close to the same amperage as the inline fuse holder on your power wire, thus when your power wire fuse blows its going to go straight through to your amp and have possible damage of damaging your amplifier. Why not spend the extra $30 and get proper gauge wiring so that you don`t have to worry about that or if you ever plan to upgrade your system you don`t have to rip everything out and do it all over again? Yes the MRPM500 only NEEDS 8 gauge input, however you are much better off putting in 4 gauge wire, for example if you ever plan on putting an amplifier to your speakers (which I highly recommend anyways) then you can just use the 4 gauge wire to a disto block and split the power 4 in to 2 8 gauge out. This is not a "common misconception" or a "waste of money" for "looks" my friend. -------------------- current project: looking :(
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Jul 17, 2010 - 12:03 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 29, '09 From Gainesville, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 17 (100%) |
dont cheap out on wiring with 8 gauge, go 4 gauge. Why? Common misconception, waste of money. Unless your doing it for the looks. I hope you arent being serious here. I do car audio for a living so please tell me WHY you shouldnt put 4 gauge wire in when youre going to have an amp close to the same amperage as the inline fuse holder on your power wire, thus when your power wire fuse blows its going to go straight through to your amp and have possible damage of damaging your amplifier. Why not spend the extra $30 and get proper gauge wiring so that you don`t have to worry about that or if you ever plan to upgrade your system you don`t have to rip everything out and do it all over again? Yes the MRPM500 only NEEDS 8 gauge input, however you are much better off putting in 4 gauge wire, for example if you ever plan on putting an amplifier to your speakers (which I highly recommend anyways) then you can just use the 4 gauge wire to a disto block and split the power 4 in to 2 8 gauge out. This is not a "common misconception" or a "waste of money" for "looks" my friend. Power wire I agree on I misunderstood it as you saying to use 4 guage for speaker wire...didn't make much sense to me. |
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