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mclaren1885 · 3rd March 2006, 07:28

Hey guys , im back .. So all of u might have read my thread regarding the accident i had with my zen .. Yes i am thankful to god and all my wellwishers that we got out alive without any injury scares ..

Now coming back to ICE .. As u all know the zen had the following running :

1. Pioneer 7750 HU with 3 preouts ..
2. Alpine 450 - 5ch amp ..
3. Hertz ESK 130 ( 5.25") components ..
4. Hertz ECX 165 (6.5") coaxials ..
5. Hertz ES 250 D DVC sub ..
6. Audison cabling ..

As u all know with the accident im very lucky that my ICE setup didnt suffer much .. But yes i did pay a price for it .. Only the right coaxial grill broke .. And the speaker got damaged and has been deformed .. So that leaves me with no choice but to replace the coax set .. Since i needed to take the amp off immediately , i had once again but no choice than cut the RCAs mid way so that i could take off the seat .. I wasnt carrying the allen key to the amps face plate and hence had to do this .. Which eventually means :

1. Need to replace the coaxials ..
2. Need to replace the RCAs , speaker wires seem to be long enough for the use on the baleno im thinking ..

Now the main question being reagarding the sub.. As u all know i have 10'' and im totally spoilt by the SQ that this system gave in the zen , that punchy bass etc etc .. As im sure the 10'' wont do justice on a baleno even if put as free air , what i would like to know is :

1. Would a 12'' in a sealed enclosure do a good job , im spoilt by the tight punchy bass ..
2. Or should i go in for the 15'' in a ported enclosure .. I have a strange feeling that this would be overkill .. Anyways navin , JB , gunbir , sam fire ur thoughts out on this ..
3. Preferably now that i might be going in for a 12'' or a 15'' i think i might need a monoblock or a 2ch amp to run the sub .. I dont think the 5th ch of the 450 can drive the sub ?? Can it ?? If not what would be the ideal choices for the amp ..

The rest of the system is up for an upgrade in due time but for the time being plan to use the HU , amp and the compos from the previous setup, my 1st priority is speedrun for which il be spending quite a lot on my car .. So right now on a tight budget .. So ur valuable inputs regarding the sub/amp combo required ..

Feel free to point out anything that i might have left out .. Now over to navin , JB , gunbir & Mr. sameerji ( if he is around somewhere here ?! ) ..

3rd March 2006, 07:28	#1 (permalink)
mclaren1885 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore (the city of modded cars) !! Posts: 4,098	Its time to ICE my baleno ... Hey guys , im back .. So all of u might have read my thread regarding the accident i had with my zen .. Yes i am thankful to god and all my wellwishers that we got out alive without any injury scares .. Now coming back to ICE .. As u all know the zen had the following running : 1. Pioneer 7750 HU with 3 preouts .. 2. Alpine 450 - 5ch amp .. 3. Hertz ESK 130 ( 5.25") components .. 4. Hertz ECX 165 (6.5") coaxials .. 5. Hertz ES 250 D DVC sub .. 6. Audison cabling .. As u all know with the accident im very lucky that my ICE setup didnt suffer much .. But yes i did pay a price for it .. Only the right coaxial grill broke .. And the speaker got damaged and has been deformed .. So that leaves me with no choice but to replace the coax set .. Since i needed to take the amp off immediately , i had once again but no choice than cut the RCAs mid way so that i could take off the seat .. I wasnt carrying the allen key to the amps face plate and hence had to do this .. Which eventually means : 1. Need to replace the coaxials .. 2. Need to replace the RCAs , speaker wires seem to be long enough for the use on the baleno im thinking .. Now the main question being reagarding the sub.. As u all know i have 10'' and im totally spoilt by the SQ that this system gave in the zen , that punchy bass etc etc .. As im sure the 10'' wont do justice on a baleno even if put as free air , what i would like to know is : 1. Would a 12'' in a sealed enclosure do a good job , im spoilt by the tight punchy bass .. 2. Or should i go in for the 15'' in a ported enclosure .. I have a strange feeling that this would be overkill .. Anyways navin , JB , gunbir , sam fire ur thoughts out on this .. 3. Preferably now that i might be going in for a 12'' or a 15'' i think i might need a monoblock or a 2ch amp to run the sub .. I dont think the 5th ch of the 450 can drive the sub ?? Can it ?? If not what would be the ideal choices for the amp .. The rest of the system is up for an upgrade in due time but for the time being plan to use the HU , amp and the compos from the previous setup, my 1st priority is speedrun for which il be spending quite a lot on my car .. So right now on a tight budget .. So ur valuable inputs regarding the sub/amp combo required .. Feel free to point out anything that i might have left out .. Now over to navin , JB , gunbir & Mr. sameerji ( if he is around somewhere here ?! ) .. __________________ MUL BG.