SQcomps install

[goku87]

What kind of dist block is that?

[sqcomp]

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[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

It's a Streetwires distro

I wanted to run totally with Stinger product. However most of thier cool pieces either don't work well or are discontinued. I had to replace the battery terminal from the whammy stingers with the Voltage display on them to the Streetwires ones (which are VERY well engineered) you see on the battery now. The ironic thing is that the Streetwires terminals work so much better on the Stinger battery than the Stinger terminals. Sad.

The cool thing though is that the deck has a little Voltage display on it on some of the screens.

I'll be cleaning up the wiring with heat shrink. The boots I bought for the wires are a sunovabish to get on, so I'm abandoning that idea. I've got to learn this deck though...you know where I'll be on my lunch breaks for a good while!

I'm excited to get these pillars made. That SHOULD happen this week. It looks like I will show to the cruise with only tweets and mids...we'll see. I can say that this system will NOT be finished, even as much as I want to have it done, I'm only one person AND I actually have to work...move 45 miles away on the 1st, search for a better job, do the Army thing...raise the dead, and walk on water.

I can tell you this much though, this system WILL be done by June 22nd. That's the date for a MECA competition in Spokane. I'm thinking that I'll break my teeth in on MECA and save my IASCA "rookie-ness" for next year.

One more note, I'll also be taking the fuses down from 250 Amperes to as close as I can to 160 Amperes (which is the total draw of the amplifiers).

Buwahahaha.... MECA made it to Spokane.... talk about ironic... I never thought they'd move into the northwest. Course, as soon as I get myself a career that pays wells & has good benefits and I decided to live here long term, Spokane gets some action... Too bad they were in Spokane 4-6years ago when my friends & I were ripping up the car audio scene there.

I'll be in spokane two weeks before that show for my wedding, and then the week after for Hoopfest... The kick my butt training started on saturday. Time to strengthen the muscles slightly, get my speed/agility and lungs up to par, and get my muscle memory for shooting on point. Last year we were undefeated till we got to the championship game.... lost twice in a row (double elimination)... I WANT MY WINNERS SHIRT!

I'm looking forward to hearing the mids & tweets tho... stereos can still sound good without 100hz down content.

[centrysis]

Before you walk on that water, make sure you turn some of it into wine first. Or at least beer.

[Arkhangel]

This looks Awesome good work.. Thats the kinda of subs i want to make for mine, have 1 10" on either side :D

[sqcomp]

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[derickveliz2]

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Awesome!

How/where are you aiming the mids and tweeters?

Is your HU friendly user? is it easy to go through the menus?

good job!

D.

[sqcomp]

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[derickveliz2]

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Why do I read in a bunch of forums that you aim the left speaker to pilots left ear and right speaker to pilots right ear, and others suggest to aim at the center kind of symmetrical???.. .


Sorry for my naive questions

[bzinn 1]

That is a great question.......one I have been researching my self and really dont understand the answers I am reading,also trying to learn the timing of the speakers,that part has me lost.....I am gonna figure it out though

Love the Hertz sub......great sound out of them.......If you get bored with those ID8s let me know.....I love how the ID8s sound for filler,thinking about using a set myself.

[sqcomp]

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[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

As for aiming, there are quite a lot of variables that go into the sound that hits your ears.

What's your approach?

are you doing everything trail and error?


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[bzinn 1]

I though I saw ID8s in the back ground of a picture and figured you were using them.....L8s also very nice.

[Alien Mantis]

"Aiming" and "Time Alignment" is tricky because of how the sound waves bounce around in the vehicle.

( All vehicles are different. )

Some vehicles are easier to tweak than others.

AND.... where do you want your "sweet spot" to be?
You aim for the "sweet spot" to be "anywhere" in the vehicle, but it never works out that way.

Some "sweet spots" are outside the car.... with the doors open.... 5 feet away.

[Alien Mantis]

Hey SQcomp....

So what is the deal with your fancy expensive tweeters?
You don't like how they sound? Are they too harsh?
Are they silk dome?
You having trouble aligning them to hit your sweet spot?

( or do they just plain sound "bad" ? )

[sqcomp]

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[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

...okay big edit...

I had a whole page going on. This situation needs to be resolved between Scott and myself about the L1 Pro and the L1 Pro SE before I say anything. I owe him that much.

I'll leave it at this, I *may* be replacing the Legatia tweeters temporarily until I can get some replacements...of which I have several options from the shop. I think I'm going to realistically be using the ID XS-28. I want to use the MD-100 but I don't want to buy an entire component set from the shop owner to do so. I was looking at using the Hertz Mille big chamber 1 1/8" tweeters...but not at what they're asking for a pair (even at my cost). The Thesis tweeters are twice as expensive as the Mille tweets...that's a no go for my budget right now.

the biggest thing that seperates expensive fancy tweeters from medium ok tweeters is how low they can play. With that said, you could grab two tweets off partsexpress for $40 after shipping and get good results since your tweets will only be playing less than 1 octave of range.

[Alien Mantis]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

the biggest thing that seperates expensive fancy tweeters from medium ok tweeters is how low they can play. With that said, you could grab two tweets off partsexpress for $40 after shipping and get good results since your tweets will only be playing less than 1 octave of range.

So I am guessing SQcomp is trying to tune the blend between the tweets and the mids? ( and he is not liking the results he is getting )

This has probably been mentioned, but exactly WHAT is the crossover points between the tweets and mids? Are you "blending", or are you "seperating"?

And why would you want to force the tweets to play lower?
Wouldn't you just let the midrange drivers handle those freqs?

I might know a little about how "audio" works, but I am obviously not experienced with tuning a high-end competition system.
So I ask these questions just to build on my own limited knowledge.