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jquest03

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Posted: February 17, 2006 at 10:52 AM / IP Logged

I have talked to a few local installers here who have a long history in mobile electronics. They all have said to stay away from Optima batteries because they are always draining down. They have advised me to go with a Kinetik power cell. Is this the right move?? Does anyone know about these or seen these in action?

I was planning on getting a high output alternator from Ohio Generator to accompany the Kinetik.

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Posted: February 17, 2006 at 1:36 PM / IP Logged

I too recommend that you use a battery different than Optima. I would point you towards the Exide Orbital battery.

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Posted: February 17, 2006 at 1:53 PM / IP Logged

kinetik hands down, I have done alot of testing and thus far night can beat the kinetik when comparing similar size batterys.....the 1800 and 2400 are monsters

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Posted: February 17, 2006 at 8:27 PM / IP Logged

I am unsure of which kinetik battery i should get. I am thinking of running 2 Alpine Type X 12" Subwoofers and 2 Alpine MRD-600's. Also am running two MRP-F250's for the tweets and mids. By the way, i was going to go with 2 13"JLW6DVC's with 2 500/1 JL monoblocks but every installer i talk to is saying the alpine system would sound alot better (even coming from Ovation-who is notorious for selling only JL audio). Is this the right advice?? Or is there another set up i should look at. The only thing i am certain of is that i have polk momo's 6.5 components and Polk Momo 6x9's and the Pioneer 9600 CD player. I got this all for $400 brand new still in box, which is the only reason why i went with them. I've also never read a bad review on polk momo components, but maybe im looking in the wrong area. Anyway back to my main question, waht size kinetik battery should be sufficient?

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Posted: February 17, 2006 at 10:01 PM / IP Logged

The battery size depends on how long you want to play your system with the car off. Bigger battery = longer time. As for the system... I'd have to disagree. The 12w6v2 is a very, very nice subwoofer. I think it is a much better subwoofer than the Type X. The Type X is overrated in my opinion. You should take a listen though before you decide to invest so much money. Your ears won't lie.

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Posted: February 18, 2006 at 3:17 AM / IP Logged

I agree with arrow12...ive heard both the w3v2's and type-r's (almost equal in class) and i am not impressed with alpine...the sub is HUGE compared to the w3v2 but i think its not worth it...but the best thing is to listen ot each...

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