is this a good set up?
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Topic: is this a good set up?
Posted By: terror-tron-74
Subject: is this a good set up?
Date Posted: February 27, 2009 at 1:41 AM
is this a good setup ? amps : 2 1200w brutus ( 1208d) , subs : 2 power acoustiks mofo 12" 2400w 1200w rms i will give each sub its own amp wired at 1 ohm. is this a good setup ? will my subs have enought power ? i will upgrade my wire to 0 gauge or 2 gauge. i have a truck size battery up front and a audio battery in the back. i have 87 chevy caprice. will my set up be loud? what do you think of it, what should i cahnge ?
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: February 27, 2009 at 2:28 AM
What are you wanting? SPL, it looks like. IMO, no, it's NOT a good setup, but yeah, I'd say it would be loud. Nothing ELSE, (meaning zero sound quality) but loud, yes.
Brutus... high-end garbage.
MoFos... swap-o-rama mid-fi - if even that good!
Now, that being said, does it sound good to you? Does it sound like it WILL sound good to you? Knowing what your desired results are, I am sure my system would sound like crap yo you, as well! I've got 2200 watts in my system, and only 1000 on the sub - and it's only a single 10". Such a loaded question, (and that's also not a "setup"... it's a sub system. A "setup", to me, means a FULL system, not just woofers and amps) and you are going to get 100 different opinions from 100 different people.
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: terror-tron-74
Date Posted: February 27, 2009 at 2:30 AM
brutus is never garbage, why do you say that , ive owed a brutus, and it has very good sound quality.
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: February 27, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Ummm... OLD brutus, maybe. New stuff? Garbage. Seriously, man!
HiFonics has never been even REMOTELY an audiophile name.
Oh, and what should you change? Your alternator, because there is no WAY a stocker 87 Chevy alternator will power those amps correctly. Even though I am not a fan, they still have to have current to perform <cough> at their best. </cough>
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: February 27, 2009 at 8:24 AM
i agree that you will probably need to upgrade your alternator to have enough power for both of those amps to run at full potential. but as far as how it will sound, no one can predict how it will sound because there are just too many variables to consider. if it sounds good to you it doesn't matter what we think.
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Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: February 27, 2009 at 9:10 AM
those subs can't handle rated power at all...they are crap
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Posted By: 6thaveme
Date Posted: February 28, 2009 at 5:27 PM
to all you hifonics haters out their...im 1 of 20 of my freinds doing over 150 on the tl meter...high end garbage dont give you numbers like that on the meter..hifonics is the cheapest route to a satisfactory spl system hands down if u disagree then you dnt no car audio..or bought a bad amp from a fake hifonics distributer.. ------------- 4 12s cvr sealed
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Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: February 28, 2009 at 9:53 PM
6thaveme wrote:
to all you hifonics haters out their...im 1 of 20 of my freinds doing over 150 on the tl meter...high end garbage dont give you numbers like that on the meter..hifonics is the cheapest route to a satisfactory spl system hands down if u disagree then you dnt no car audio..or bought a bad amp from a fake hifonics distributer..
who would be stupid enough to make "fake hifonics" amps? they are already a pawnshop staple. just because it works doesn't make it quality equipment. i had a hifonics amp once, and then i switched to the autotek i still have today, and even though they are made by the same company i am far more impressed by the autotek than my cheap, pawnshop, hifonics amp. and to be completely truthful, the amount of power you have running through your subs is the least important factor when it comes to posting big numbers. -------------
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