Toyota Yaris Forums - Ultimate Yaris Enthusiast Site
 

 


 
Go Back   Toyota Yaris Forums - Ultimate Yaris Enthusiast Site > Technical Forums > In Car Entertainment + Electronics (audio / video / alarm)
  The Tire Rack

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-20-2011, 09:45 AM   #1
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
I get mine at a local hobby store, but I've seen it online HERE and it may be in many other places, its a very common material to build R/C airplanes.



D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-20-2011, 03:24 PM   #2
TOLMACH
 
Drives: soarer
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
Posts: 954
Quote:
Originally Posted by derickveliz2 View Post
I get mine at a local hobby store, but I've seen it online HERE and it may be in many other places, its a very common material to build R/C airplanes.



D.
thanks!
TOLMACH is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-23-2011, 12:49 AM   #3
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
OK, I just got a RTA...!

How do I use it? any body knows a link with a "How to use RTA in a Yaris"? LOL

D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-23-2011, 12:56 AM   #4
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
Is this a good approach for RTA?

LINK

D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-24-2011, 01:11 AM   #5
sqcomp
Roadrunner Jr.
 
sqcomp's Avatar
 
Drives: 2007 Yaris S
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back at home
Posts: 2,609
Send a message via AIM to sqcomp
Not at all actually. Some of our judges at the show were competing. They obviously didn't judge their own class.

I had two teammates at the show...I didn't judge the classes they were in. I did the Rookie class. That was truly a revealing and challenging class. Oh, Derick, you'd be in the Amateur class in IASCA because of the build out of the front stage. Not rookie.

For some reason I can't get a Youtube video to post as a window. Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O96MFyWh5PE

^something fun from the show. No, he's not holding onto the shirt...
__________________
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
― Thomas Paine

Last edited by sqcomp; 05-24-2011 at 01:29 AM.
sqcomp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-24-2011, 03:01 PM   #6
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
Exclamation

Quote:
Originally Posted by sqcomp View Post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O96MFyWh5PE

^something fun from the show. No, he's not holding onto the shirt...
Is that Healthy? I bet it's not covered by health insurance! for how long can you listen to such a thing?

D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-23-2011, 10:51 PM   #7
sqcomp
Roadrunner Jr.
 
sqcomp's Avatar
 
Drives: 2007 Yaris S
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back at home
Posts: 2,609
Send a message via AIM to sqcomp
Funny you should ask this. As of Saturday, I'm a certified IASCA judge! The link is a general way to do RTA measurements.

The one program that is REALLY nice to use is TermLab.

http://www.termpro.com/storefront/page605.html

Neat thing is, that since I did so well on the certification test, IASCA invited me to judge 2012 SBN/INAC in Daytona Florida! Sweeeeeet!
__________________
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
― Thomas Paine
sqcomp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-23-2011, 11:21 PM   #8
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
Congratulations!

Now give me the RAT for Dummies! at Yaris oriented. LOL

D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-24-2011, 12:53 AM   #9
sickpuppy1
 
Drives: 2010 Yaris Sedan
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kansas
Posts: 871
Does that affect your abilities to compete?
__________________
sickpuppy1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-24-2011, 10:35 PM   #10
sqcomp
Roadrunner Jr.
 
sqcomp's Avatar
 
Drives: 2007 Yaris S
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back at home
Posts: 2,609
Send a message via AIM to sqcomp
I'm saying! No, it's not healthy. I cannot, however, tell you how to play your system. If he wants to lose his hearing (more), by all means, it's his hearing.

He was burping the vehicle in the low 30 Hz frequency range. It'll get close to 160 dB.
__________________
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
― Thomas Paine
sqcomp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-25-2011, 12:21 AM   #11
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
Quote:
Originally Posted by sqcomp View Post
I'm saying! No, it's not healthy. I cannot, however, tell you how to play your system. If he wants to lose his hearing (more), by all means, it's his hearing.

He was burping the vehicle in the low 30 Hz frequency range. It'll get close to 160 dB.
What? I didn't hear you!



It may be good for the sinus


I agree on the sentence... "I cannot, however, tell you how to play your system"

I found out that it gets very personal in terms on car-audio...
I shared my Sound Quality system with other guys around here and...
they give a Sh...(3.1416)..t about it, if they can't hear you blocks away or if you don't have two 15's... is meaning less!

Unless they get to sit down at the steering wheel of a Red Yaris!




So "Amateur class in IASCA" haaa NICE! I like it!!!



D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-25-2011, 03:29 AM   #12
sqcomp
Roadrunner Jr.
 
sqcomp's Avatar
 
Drives: 2007 Yaris S
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back at home
Posts: 2,609
Send a message via AIM to sqcomp
Whelp...

Here were the two IASCA amateurs that were showing at the sound off:













These were the IASCA Pros that were showing at the sound off:



















And this was the only Expert car:



















Thoughts?
__________________
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
― Thomas Paine
sqcomp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2011, 12:55 AM   #13
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
Mmmm my yaris looks faster! LOL

Nice set ups, I wish I had the time to finish mine and get it to that point!

Sqcomp... the RCA cables from behind the HU, (Sub,Low,Mid,High) I'm running them on the drivers side! once in a while, when I stick my hands in there I get an electrical interference, did you run your wires over the passenger's side?

D.

PS... I saw another P99 there, some ID woofers and horns, an another with a sub up front! but no one with Mids+Tweeters up in the A-pillars!

.
.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2011, 02:22 AM   #14
sqcomp
Roadrunner Jr.
 
sqcomp's Avatar
 
Drives: 2007 Yaris S
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back at home
Posts: 2,609
Send a message via AIM to sqcomp
I did run mine on the passenger's side, yes.

Mids and tweets in the a-pillar is sort of a "bad boy" thing in the car audio realm.
__________________
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
― Thomas Paine
sqcomp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2011, 12:08 AM   #15
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
Quote:
Originally Posted by sqcomp View Post
I did run mine on the passenger's side, yes.

Mids and tweets in the a-pillar is sort of a "bad boy" thing in the car audio realm.
I think I'll try to move the RCAs to the passenger's side



So tell me more about "bad boy"!

I got the feeling that is the most clever location (if possible) also depends on the vehicle. But what is the most common set up in the car audio realm?

D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2011, 12:31 AM   #16
sickpuppy1
 
Drives: 2010 Yaris Sedan
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kansas
Posts: 871
I ran all mine down the passenger side too. No interference at all for me.
__________________
sickpuppy1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2011, 01:16 AM   #17
sqcomp
Roadrunner Jr.
 
sqcomp's Avatar
 
Drives: 2007 Yaris S
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back at home
Posts: 2,609
Send a message via AIM to sqcomp
That'd be a toss up between kick pod mounting and door mounting with a high tweeter mount...

Oooh! Just ordered the new amps today. I'm not going the Voce route. I'm doing a couple surfboards @ 25" long and 10" wide (450x2 and perhaps around 1300x1) plus a smaller one that's only 17" long and 10" wide (120x2+240x2)...

BIG power, means big head room.
__________________
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
― Thomas Paine
sqcomp is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-28-2011, 12:17 AM   #18
derickveliz2
 
derickveliz2's Avatar
 
Drives: Yaris Sedan "S"
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Central, MA
Posts: 2,722
Exclamation

Quote:
Originally Posted by sqcomp View Post
That'd be a toss up between kick pod mounting and door mounting with a high tweeter mount...

Oooh! Just ordered the new amps today. I'm not going the Voce route. I'm doing a couple surfboards @ 25" long and 10" wide (450x2 and perhaps around 1300x1) plus a smaller one that's only 17" long and 10" wide (120x2+240x2)...

BIG power, means big head room.
What are the cons and pros from a kick pod/door mounting with a tweeter high mounted? versus Mid+Tweeter on A-Pillars?

BTW as of today, did you notice that we almost have the same post count? Sqcomp...1,565 Me...1,569

AND... Yes I know what you mean with "Big Head Room"... testing my PB amp per your suggestions... plugging another amp (my old ones, included the Premier 4 channel Class A amp 4x65w.) and the difference is there, so I know what you mean.
CONGRATULATIONS with your new amps! I'm jealous! but... what did you ordered?

Today was so HOT, that the glue holding the rings in place for the MIDs melted down! I need to finish them up and glass them, shame on me. Too much stuff going on right now, some thing big is cooking! (o:

D.
__________________
. My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses.
CLA 250, 4MATIC

Last edited by derickveliz2; 05-28-2011 at 12:31 AM.
derickveliz2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
sound deadening: sq footage amount for 3dr goku87 In Car Entertainment + Electronics (audio / video / alarm) 29 11-14-2013 01:37 PM
2007 Yaris S Sound Deadening sqcomp In Car Entertainment + Electronics (audio / video / alarm) 70 12-13-2010 08:40 PM
Sound deadening 06vitzRS General Yaris / Vitz Discussion 10 05-05-2010 02:51 PM
Sedan Door Panel Deadening sqcomp In Car Entertainment + Electronics (audio / video / alarm) 42 06-01-2009 03:47 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:22 PM.




YarisWorld
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.