wire setup

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Topic: wire setup

Posted By: zourious
Subject: wire setup
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 5:14 PM

is running my yellow constant (memory) wire from my radio straight to the battery good or bad?

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 5:16 PM

Depends on the deck. Alpine had one that recommended such an approach, but for 99.999999999999% of the decks in the world today, it's a waste of time and energy.

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Posted By: zourious
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 5:36 PM

i have ran it with my amp wire that goes through my firewall so it was pretty easy.and it seems to be a lil louder now.

but i still want more lol.i got a 1800 watt 1000 continious rock ford punch amp and 2 mtx 8000 thunder 15's with a 1farad cap and a yellow top optima and a power acoustic 7 band eq and a power acoustic crossover and a 600 watt 4 channel rock ford amp for my mids and highs and a cheap awia radio cause mine got riped out and stole.and i am gonna get all new stuff what you think i should go with i got about 3500$ to spend

Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 8:36 PM

Start with a good HU. Listen to several brands. You'll get hundreds of different opinions on what brands to get.

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