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New member Username: MalcantryPost Number: 1 Registered: Sep-05 | alright.. been looking into gettin amp and subs for a long time now and i have a basic idea of what im doing.. would like a second opinion first. the amp i was looking at was the: Lanzar VIBE231 800 Watt 2 Channel MOSFET Amplifier to power 2 12-inch 400 watt subs.. the way i was ganna hook it up was the standard dvc split.. they would be compatible right? second.. ive got a decent dash/head piece.. (not factory) how exactly i hook the amp to here? and do i run the cables through the car? (civic) ive got basic knowledge here as well :/ any input would be nice |
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Silver Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 578 Registered: Jul-05 | Firstly u made a wrong turn by choosing a crappy company with Lanzar . What budget ? Have u read this www.the12volt.com or www.bcae1.com This gives an idea on brands : http://pub14.ezboard.com/fcaraudiotalkfrm27.showMessage?topicID=27.topic The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly *or* Is this brand any good? These are some pretty generalized groupings and also very subjective. We've simply based our experiences with the products whether they are direct installs, personal property or extensive research. You should always physically listen to a product before purchase because you are the one who will determine whether or not an item "sounds good" or not. This topic, while being controversial, is simply a generalized guide meant for beginners in the hobby. Many brands specialize in certain items, ie. better amplifiers than speakers, better mids than subs, etc... Also almost all manufacturers offer entry level products as well as high quality lines. As I stated before, this is a GENERALIZED guide. It is your responsibility to research and audition every brand before you purchase anything. Good luck with your decisions. We've broken this section into 4 catagories: 1: Bad 2: Questionable 3: Good 4: Highly Recommended Bad American HiFi (Rockwood) American Pro Audiovox Automobile Becker Boss DHD JDL Jensen Kenwood (speakers) Kole Kraco Kronik LA Sound Legacy MA Audio Optimus (Radio Shack) Planet Audio (Boss, by any other name) Power Acoustik Profile Pyle Pyramid Rockwood SAS Bazooka (amplifiers) Sherwood Sony (anything by Sony) Sound Storm Sparkomatic SPL Audio Thump Ultimate Sounds Visonik Volfenhag Questionable Aiwa Alpine (lower model speakers) Autotek Audiobahn Blaupunkt Crunch Hifonics Hollywood Kenwood (amplifiers, head units) Lanzar Lightning Audio Matsui MTX (subs) Onyx Mobile Audio Panasonic Phoenix Gold (ask on specific models) Pioneer (amplifiers and speakers) Precision Power (PPI) (newer non-US made amplifiers) Rockford Fosgate (current products) SAS Bazooka (all products) Good Alpine (amplifiers, Type-R speakers and subs) Altec Lansing Alumapro Ample Audio Audio Development Avionixx Boston Acoustics Cadence (current amplifier products) Cerwin Vega (subs) Clarion (head units) Coustic Crossfire Crystal Directed (DEI) Earthquake Eaton Elemental Designs (ED) Helix Illusion Infinity JBL (amplifiers) JVC Digifine Kicker (amplifiers, subwoofers) Lunar Memphis Audio MTX (amplifiers) Phoenix Gold (some models) Polk Audio Rockford Fosgate (some models) Soundstream USAcoustics Highly Recommended a/d/s Adire Alpine (head units, signal processors) Arc Audio Audax Audio Control Brax Butler Audio CD Technologies (CDT) Diamond Audio Digital Designs (DD) DynAudio Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten) Esoteric Audio Focal Harrison Labs Image Dynamics (ID) Infinity Kappa/Kappa Perfect components JL Audio (subs, XR components, slash series amps) KEF Kar components Kove Luxman MB Quart McIntosh Laboratories MMATS Morel Nakamichi (tape transports) Ohio Alternator Orion OZ Audio Pioneer Premiere (head units) Precision Power (PPI) (Art series amps, old) Rainbow Resonant Engineering (RE) Rockford Fosgate (older 80s and 90s models) Sinfoni Streetwirez Stinger US Amps Wrangler Alternators Xtant Zapco |
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New member Username: MalcantryPost Number: 2 Registered: Sep-05 | i havent bought any of this yet.. thats why i posted and wanted an opinion.. its a fairly low budget because, after all.. im a novice in car audio.  would you have any reccomendations for subs and amp? |
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Silver Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 589 Registered: Jul-05 | @ 12s u're after right ? - say 400wrms each ? maybe 300wrms http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13848 good enough or more louder ? or lesser like 150wrms something cheaper like this http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=14822 ? |
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Silver Member Username: Matt12490Benicia, California Post Number: 217 Registered: May-05 | Are the Type E's any good? |
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Silver Member Username: TdbdadrummerPost Number: 230 Registered: Aug-05 | Ya know, Alpine didn't think too hard about their subwoofer names did they? I see the Type-X and I think about Megaman X and how that series of games rocked! |
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Silver Member Username: Camaro823British Colu... Canada Post Number: 217 Registered: Jun-05 | I own 2 12" type e's and am very satisfied, not the loudest but still good. |
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Gold Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 1996 Registered: Mar-05 | Rovin, I'm curious what's the difference between the old and the new PPI amps, besides the fact that the new ones have a FUGLY casing. Looking at their stock listings of PPI amps at acaraudio.com (anybody used them?) I noticed that for the new PPI amps, you don't get much of an RMS increase when going from 4 to 2 ohms. For instance, the old PCX-440 • 40W x 4 at 4 Ohms • 100W x 4 at 2 Ohms And the new DCX300.4 • 50W x 4 at 4 Ohms • 75W x 4 at 2 Ohms So basically RMS *quadruples* on the old PCX but increases only by 50% on the new DCX when you move from 4 to 2 ohms. Why is that? What does that suggest about the technology in the new DCX models? |
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Silver Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 615 Registered: Jul-05 | I'm not qualified to comment on that - ask either Glass,Jonathan or Isaac , these guys been around yrs now & have used both new & old . Basically every1 on this forum says that generally older stuff was made better than new . But me personally - I DO NOT like the exterior looks of those new PPI , i've seen them up close & they are BUTT UGLY like a piece of machinery . Sure it does what it says but everybody like an attractive looking amp like the Kicker ,Orion . |
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