You know what...I know what the rules are suppose to be and I know what other people do. But folks, the things that I'm going to do are things that I have seen and heard with my own eyes and ears and I'm going to do them. I want 18's to play certain songs and notes!!
@GLOCKANDROLL...your so wrong. AAAAGGGAAAIINNNNN...my best friend has a g-body (Olds Cutlass '86) and had his set-up done by Kimbles (Down in Savannah; don't know if they're still there) and it was one of the best bass set-ups I've ever heard. He had two older Kicker 15 inch subs (with just the plain Kicker written on the sub), a wide box, a Generation X Boltar, a Legacy crossover (we both weren't sure about what crossover to go with so egh...), and 0-2 gauge wire where it needed to be ran complete with a Kenwood 4042eq, with 3's in front, 6x9's (3-ways) in back and they weren't covered (why I'll never know) but should have been...lmao...that Boltar is da truth!
Everything was seperated, it was loud, it had quad, and it just was an overall simple and great system. The box in the trunk had an eggshell cushion that he once used and now was folded ontop of the box jut to keep the trunk from rattling (reduced rattling a good 60%) and the remaining waves went around the sides of the box and STILL came out into the cabin because they didnt have anywhere else to really go. Behind the box was a wall of wood between the two trunk supports and that's where the amps were mounted; behind that was a board that was laid on the trunk to hold all of the wiring, fuse blocks, crossover, etc. Don't ask me how the sound still came through that amp rack but it did; it was the weirdest thing to him and myself cause I thought sure that in the cabin of the car that it would sound like a bear and a bullhorn whispering to each other??? go figure.
NO WAY IN THE WORLD, your going to sit there and tell me that certain things won't work when I've heard them for myself in person. We've played with inverted subs for years' I remember a basstape that we had ( '92) that when played with one sub in box and the other inverted, caught different signals than the traditional set-up. when 30hz and down were played, the blinds would just shake and rattle like there was a ghost in the room...lol...we laughed about that for years and still do sometime. My point is, science and "what's supposed to be" is one thing, but when you just go and do some shyt sometime, tha calculates out for better results.
I understand the rule of thumb with speakers and all...but AAAAGGGAAAIIINNNNN, I've sat in automobiles that have had 10-16 speakers and it sounded like gold (when it was really worth something I think back in the 80's lol). That's something that I remember and want to do myself. Who gives a flying platypuss (did I spell that right?) about these speakers up front and the others in back?!?!?!?! I plan on adding speakers (at least 8 pair) in strategic areas in the vehicle with a good even amount of wattage and a very good processor to divie it all up. 3 12's...2 15's...2 18's, I will have that beat that I like.
Now don't get me wrong, yeah I'm going to have some huge subs...but that doesn't mean they'll play at full capacity and I try to go win a bass contest with them. I just like bass and how music just comes together; this will only be for me, my lady, and the street. I'm not looking for massive SPL...or diamond fused speakers that have crystal voicecoil's, and I'm DAMN SURE AS HECK am not trying to add a video of me playing Lil John and the Eastside boys or 3 6 Mafia songs onto Youtube and wanting everyone to see how many pennies I shook off the roof...all I want is to play my Too Short, Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, Scarface, my Jill Scott, ToTo, that dude that sung that song in the first Ghost Busters movie (I Believe it's magic magic....him), Dungeon Family, Outkast, Attic Crew, E-40, Micheal McDonald, Cameo, etc.
Have I explained myself
Now that we have that out of the way...any good ideas on some great headunits??? I've got an older touchscreen, but I still plan on using it if I don't find something better. What do you guys think? Who has a decent unit that gives a good aray of signal to pick up everything on a cd or in music general?? Had a JVC unit that had an actual eq on the radio to adjust (60-250hz) was not a fan at all!!!