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    First off - mad props to FLRNEMT for his answers and advice, and for posting pics of his system for inspiration!

    Bought the car at Thanksgiving, and started to gather/sell/trade parts. Finally got the past few pieces as Christmas gifts, and went to work at installation yesterday. Sound quality is excellent - I was shooting for quality rather than "boom" and certainly seem to have gotten it right so far.

    Head Deck: Eclipse CD5030 - got rid of a Kenwood double din video deck that I was getting tired of and picked this up. I've found I never use video in dash, and have a Droid phone with google maps GPS that can use the bluetooth in the deck. Call quality is great, and I can do audio, video, calls, and navigation from my phone now without switching back and forth. Also has every audio input known to man - USB, ipod, etc.

    EQ: AudioControl four.1i - if you've used AudioControl in the past, you know why. If you haven't, you should.

    Front Speakers: Polk Audio db series 6.5 components - the tweets fit the stock location with very little trimming, and the woofers dropped right in. Mounted the crossovers in the trunk, and used the factory speaker wires from the monsoon amp to send signal to the components in the doors.

    Rear Speakers: Boston 6.5 coax's - had them lying around, and for a location like that they do fine. Running these off the Eclipse head deck.

    Subwoofer: Kicker Solo Classic 15" dual 2 ohm - designed for small sealed enclosures, this seemed to be the best fit for the location and amp I was using. Hits very hard, and very clean - great sound, but I do wish it was a little shorter - had to build the box a little taller than I preferred, but everything still fit.

    Front speaker amp: Boston GT-40: have it bridged into two channels at 4 ohms each - sending 190 watts RMS per channel to the front components. Way more than they are designed to handle, but I have the gains all the way down, and it pushes them very nicely.

    Sub Amp: Boston GT-28: running a lazy 4 ohms, it's pushing 900 RMS to the sub. Stays nice and cool that way. I added a kill switch to the turn on lead, so that when the top is down I can turn off the sub easily.

    Trunk design - The idea was to get the max bump in a very small trunk. Other objectives - be able to drop the top with the box in it, keep a small amount of storage for daily driving, and be able to remove everything but the amp rack by myself in under 60 seconds for when more storage capacity is needed. These all seem to be met - the sub box is exactly 1.25 cubic feet for the sub to have perfect airspace, but has hidden handles and a quick disconnect for the speaker wire connections so it can be removed in a heartbeat. The flush panels around it keep it looking neat and tidy, but just lift right out when needed. The amp rack is permanently mounted.

    Anyway - that's about it - would love to hear your comments! Thanks for the great site by the way - lots of great knowledge here.







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    Re: New convertible owner - System build

    Nice - yah we don't have crap for trunk space so might as well fill it up
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    • #3
      Re: New convertible owner - System build

      We have a contender for a second replacement for Jim.
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      • #4
        Re: New convertible owner - System build

        Nice work man!

        Everything looks really good!

        Keith


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        • #5
          Re: New convertible owner - System build

          Very nice work!

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          • #6
            Re: New convertible owner - System build

            Look like that shit BUMPS!!!

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            • #7
              Re: New convertible owner - System build

              looks great!
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              • #8
                Re: New convertible owner - System build

                holy shit that is clean and looks GREAT. (bet it sounds even better)
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                • #9
                  Re: New convertible owner - System build

                  dude nice idea for the sub never thought of that
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                  • #10
                    Re: New convertible owner - System build

                    WOW!!! i am really impressed with your work! Why the 15 thou.... have you had good experiences with 15s? personally i have never ventured farther than the 12s.



                    Secondary question... What kind of camera/photo touching are you using/doing. Those pictures are so crisp and they look like they should be in a magizine!

                    Keep it up!

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                    • #11
                      Re: New convertible owner - System build

                      Thanks!!!

                      Looks great!!!

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                      • #12
                        Re: New convertible owner - System build

                        Wow - thanks for the feedback all! It does indeed bump pretty good tho - not cranking the bass for a bit until the sub breaks in a little more, but so far it already hits pretty damn decent. Not really designed for SPL though. Went with a 15 this time simply because I've done 12's in probably my last 6 cars - just a change of pace. Also, I'm pretty used to at least 2 subs, so with the trunk space being so limited I wanted to choose one that could move the most air possible It looked like I could probably pull off two 10's, but I've never met a 10 that I liked the sound of...

                        Oh yeah - I'm a minor photo nut as my other hobby - Nikon D5000, no flash, no editing
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                        • #13
                          Re: New convertible owner - System build

                          Originally posted by madcap24
                          Oh yeah - I'm a minor photo nut as my other hobby - Nikon D5000, no flash, no editing

                          Sweet pictures. I am also a man of Two 12s and with my limited space i put in one 10"

                          You should drive from MO to Chitown and take some pictures of my car! DAMN those look sweet. i cant wait to see more pictures!

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                          • #14
                            Re: New convertible owner - System build

                            Your limited space is nothing compared to his limited space lol. Hell you could stick 6 10's in your trunk lol.

                            I need to get my buddy to take some pix for me. He just sold his camera body for $3000 (some kind of Nikon) and trading it for some kind of cannon. Once it gets in I will get him to get some cool stuff.

                            He has like 30 grand in camera equipment and doesn't hardly use it so i will put him to some work


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                            • #15
                              Re: New convertible owner - System build

                              Wow, that looks amazing! Nice! You have a very clean and nice interior!

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