Car Stereo ?

[shortz]

You're original post has me puzzled. It is a mono amp, but you're bridging it? Bridging is a term used when connecting more than one channel together. What you are going to be doing is running the mono channel in a parallel to achieve the 2 ohm load.

Am I assuming this is a 150w amp?

[JUICE]

Originally posted by CiViC SpiKeS
Welcome to the club... my system got stolen back in Sept and i had an alarm...

They only got the amp and subs but didnt get the reciever.

been there too bro, happend last year around this time. I was going to school in the morning when my girl picked me up. I saw some light in my car and all. As i got near, sure my window was broken. I had expected it, when i went to see it, they only took the face and couldnt take the reciever box. Damn it i had to buy another one. I didnt even have a month with it and they stole it. Cops didnt do shit, so im taking matter into my own hands, im gonna fuck them up if i ever catch them. Something called Torture to them, so they can learn not to steal no more, well they just wont be able to :)

[shortz]

Originally posted by JUICE
been there too bro, happend last year around this time. I was going to school in the morning when my girl picked me up. I saw some light in my car and all. As i got near, sure my window was broken. I had expected it, when i went to see it, they only took the face and couldnt take the reciever box. Damn it i had to buy another one. I didnt even have a month with it and they stole it. Cops didnt do shit, so im taking matter into my own hands, im gonna fuck them up if i ever catch them. Something called Torture to them, so they can learn not to steal no more, well they just wont be able to :)

It's usually ALWAYS someone you know. I have my system stolen from a well known thief at my school. I simply walked over to his house acting like I didn't know what was up, walked in, that's what everyone did at his house, witnessed my stuff, his father asked me to leave and then I called the police.

Had Clarion Multimedia surround in hopes of getting a moniter, Clarion head unit, Alpine V12 amp for surround, Blade amp (they don't make anymore, but was a high dollar amp at the time, way under rated), and 2 12 inch Clif Designs, another high dollar item that was under rated.

Next were my Cat fog lights. Some punk living right up the street from me stole them. I never did like that asshole.

[JUICE]

Originally posted by shortz
It's usually ALWAYS someone you know. I have my system stolen from a well known thief at my school. I simply walked over to his house acting like I didn't know what was up, walked in, that's what everyone did at his house, witnessed my stuff, his father asked me to leave and then I called the police.

Had Clarion Multimedia surround in hopes of getting a moniter, Clarion head unit, Alpine V12 amp for surround, Blade amp (they don't make anymore, but was a high dollar amp at the time, way under rated), and 2 12 inch Clif Designs, another high dollar item that was under rated.

Next were my Cat fog lights. Some punk living right up the street from me stole them. I never did like that asshole.

thats what friends told me and the cops. Couldve been someone u knew or heard it. I used to jam out loud on it, while driving. I had a few suspects in mind, old friends. When they came over i never said a thing about it until a year later. They freaked, i wanted to see thier reactions.

Another thing is that im from a city of close to 300,000 people. The cops also told me that they had caught some people from the South Side doing crazy shit like that. They were some little druggies, who would steel and then sell for drugs. It stopped for a while until my friend who lives 2 houses away got his stereo stolen 1 month ago.

Also while they stole mine, there was a car stereo stealing spree. My friend who lives in the northside, his brothers car got broken into, but they chases the fuckers. Their were alot of reported car break in in a small amount of time. Just messed up.



I dont know, i hate these people, wish they were driving right now and they wreck. I say this because man, we work our asses off for money to buy thing. Next thing u know it, u got some lazy ass who doesnt work and decides he wants a stereo, which is easy for them cause they dont have to buy one and they just break into our cars, which we paid so much for. I serioulsy hate people like this. I wish for every robbery they did, its a finger off of thier hand.:eek:

[shortz]

Living in a city is a bit different. It's easy for people to walk down a street, pick out a couple cars, then come back another night to hit them. Sometimes they just go on a breaking spree too. If ou lived out of the city, or you were the only one to get hit, then it is most likely someone you know.

Speaking of, I also had a system stolen from me when I was 16 years old. That was 10 years ago. Wanna know something fucked up? My little brother just bought two amps from a dude at a club. They were MY OLD AMPS!!! I know because the one had a partcular screw driver scratch I ,made when i was pissed and the other one had a R channel blown. Somehow both amps managed to stick together. He actually paid the same price that I paid for these things used 10 years ago. I told him he was ripped off.

[JUICE]

Originally posted by shortz

Speaking of, I also had a system stolen from me when I was 16 years old. That was 10 years ago. Wanna know something fucked up? My little brother just bought two amps from a dude at a club. They were MY OLD AMPS!!! I know because the one had a partcular screw driver scratch I ,made when i was pissed and the other one had a R channel blown. Somehow both amps managed to stick together. He actually paid the same price that I paid for these things used 10 years ago. I told him he was ripped off.

thats crazy man. Its like everything, just gets passed by and passed by.

The strange thing about all this is that in front of my house theres a light pole giving light to the whole street area and its right in front of my house. My car was just parked up the pole, like a spotlight. I just pray to god it never happens again, if so i will never have a system anymore, or if i catch them:evil: u know, hehehehe

[sekcbeast]

Originally posted by shortz
You're original post has me puzzled. It is a mono amp, but you're bridging it? Bridging is a term used when connecting more than one channel together. What you are going to be doing is running the mono channel in a parallel to achieve the 2 ohm load.

Am I assuming this is a 150w amp?

Sorry about the confusion, my amp is a mono channel alpine. What I wanted to do is to bridge two 4ohm 12's to a single 2 ohm channel. What I have decieded to do now is use one dual voice coil 12. I just bought a 12" Image Dynamic sub. They are a newer company but from what I hear, its a quality sub.

Yeah, I think everyone who has had a stereo has some sort of war story. When mine got stollen, I confronted the kid who I thought did it. He denied it to the fullest, so I'm counting this one as a loss. Hopefully my alarm will stop them next time. :agree:

[shortz]

Ahhh, ok. Be careful so you get the right sub. Alot of DVC subs are rated at 8 ohms. Make sure yours is truly a 4 ohm sub.

Also, Image dynamic subs are not very versatile as far as enclosures go. I am not quite sure what enclosure is best though. Hopefully the place you bought it from would know best.

[sekcbeast]

I actually bought the sub from a site that benchanimal recommended, cardomain.com. They seem to be very professional and have great prices. The sub I bought is a 4 + 4 ohm sub and it matches perfectly with my amp. Yeah your right about the enclosures, they have a very narrow range of enclosure size. Have you ever heard these subs? Are they decent? I hope I made an alright choice by picking this sub over the kickers.

[shortz]

Originally posted by sekcbeast
I actually bought the sub from a site that benchanimal recommended, cardomain.com. They seem to be very professional and have great prices. The sub I bought is a 4 + 4 ohm sub and it matches perfectly with my amp. Yeah your right about the enclosures, they have a very narrow range of enclosure size. Have you ever heard these subs? Are they decent? I hope I made an alright choice by picking this sub over the kickers.

Their specs look good, but I have never heard them play before. 1-watt sensitivity of about 96.5 dB between 20 Hz and 50 Hz and SPL of 122 dB is not bad at all and some of the reviews I have read say it performs pretty good at 300w. Def let us know how they sound.

[CiViC SpiKeS]

Originally posted by JUICE
thats crazy man. Its like everything, just gets passed by and passed by.

The strange thing about all this is that in front of my house theres a light pole giving light to the whole street area and its right in front of my house. My car was just parked up the pole, like a spotlight. I just pray to god it never happens again, if so i will never have a system anymore, or if i catch them:evil: u know, hehehehe

I think someone heard me pass by at school... thats how they knew... never ever play ur system near ur house (unless you have a garage) or at school or at work either... anywhere that you frequently visit its just best not to play it at all.

[JUICE]

Originally posted by CiViC SpiKeS
I think someone heard me pass by at school... thats how they knew... never ever play ur system near ur house (unless you have a garage) or at school or at work either... anywhere that you frequently visit its just best not to play it at all.

i jam out here in my house when i wash the car. I live in the suburbs and theres good people around. I think it was probably someone that followed me home or something too. Late nights while coming from my girls house that she lives a few miles away, late at 2-3am in used to come home with the system pounding. And it was one of those nights that it happend.:(