Finally
After Disturbing the guru's many times , auditioning rides of many people ( including hellspawn , panky12345 and other non-tbhp members) , and a wait of 3 months and 11 days , finally my vRs ( LAAL PARI ) got Deviled ( ICED) yesterday.
Here's how it all started.
Confirmation from Dad of getting the ICE done.
Budget : Rs. 70000 dot.
3rd October 2008 :
Called up LBM
LBM Came to lajpat nagar to give us ( beanstalk_230 and me) audition.
Called up Panky12345 - Fixed sunday for the audition.
4th October 2008 :
Went to Driven , met Gunbir , took a quote and auditioned venkat's ( not sure about his presence on the forum) and Abhimanyu's ( Hellspawn) ride .
5th October 2008 : Met Panky12345 for the audition.
6th October 2008 : A friend was in town and had installed IDMax in his ride . Auditioned that.
7th October 2008 : Was clear what i wanted
ELIMINATION CHAMBER
SUB :
IDQ , IDv2 , IDMAX - The kick wasnt as much as i got in the Ground Zero and that's the thing i wanted
AMP : Was pretty much inclined to GZ JBL combo as it sounded pretty good on Panky12345's ride.
Components :
Rainbow Components - Good
Illusion Components - Good But laid back
JBL Components - Great and amazing VFM too.
8th october 2008 : Called up LBM to prepare a quote and he presented me with one.
9th october 2008 : Went to shop around a bit , got some quotes on the stuff
10th october 2008 : Go over to buy the following stuff
- JBL GTO 14001
- JBL GTO1004e
- JBL GTO 608c
- ALPINE KCA-420i
16 October : Got a message from LBM about the arrivals of the sub
Can't wait any longer
19th october : the day has finally come , my laal pari will have a devilish side to it after some hours.
11 am : Reach Freedabad after chasing yayatti for some time.
See the Subs , 100w smile.
See the enclosure ready , 200w smile.
LBM Arrives and checks where to install amps etc.
Meanwhile , subs are being mounted in the enclosure.
LBM cuts a peice of cardboard to take the measurement of the wooden box which is to be fitted for an amplifier to be placed on it. ( Excellent thinking i must say)
While the work is in progress , My driver is there to see the whole process.
While LBM , Beanstalk_230 , yayatti , shadewalker ( aka archit , not on this forum) , Harsh87 ( or 78) , Smokkin and I , left for LBM's office for a gaming day.
later joined by Siddharth ( AZA ) and Faithless
Played : Counter Strike source , Unreal Tournament : had loads of fun
We ate a total of 6 large pizzas and drank 6 2.0L bottles of Soft Drinks amongst us. ( BURP)
In the end we were joined by very own Iraghava , KPZen and Mr. Laden ( aka speedzak)
Around 8 pm , drove down back to the install place to find almost everything done.
LBM took a few tools and started playing around with the amps et al.
Then In a closed ride , he was testing the thing and doing some settings to it.
10:30 pm.
INSTALL DONE.
All happy.
Me Excited and overjoyed.
THE FINAL SETUP :
Alpine 9830 ( Stock HU)
2 Ground Zero 30SPL ( Rated 1000w rms each ) in a ported enclosure
1 JBL GTO 14001 monoblock - Rated 1500w rms
1 JBL GTO 1004e 4 channel amp
JBL 608c ( Due to budget constraints - but - i'm not regretting it)
Alpine KCA-420i ( for Ipod connectivity)
JBL Bass Knob
Power cable - Finolex
Speaker Cables - illusion
RCA - No Idea ( Contact LBM for support)
Damping - Noise Kill ( to be done after 1 week of testing)
Love the kick the two subs are giving , amazing
Turn the bass knob and increase the volume , and perfect , bright and clear sound ( pretty soothing to the ears)
P.S. Bass Knob and Ipod Wire's picture to come in by tomorrow.
Here are some pics for you guys.
Enjoy!
( A bit of description for some entertainment )
The Subs ready in the enclosure
The Amplifier Boxes
The Components
The Amplifiers
LBM cutting the cardboard to measure the space to install the AMP
The place where a wodden box ( I guess MDF) will be placed
Crossovers
Components
Noise-Kill aka LBM Kill
Illusion Speaker Cable
Alpine KCA 420i ipod adapter
Oye , Wait Lemme pose
Doing what he does best
LBM , Speedzak , Me and Beanstalk_230 ( the 4 Freaks)
The Monoblock
The Subs and the 4 Channel Amp
4 Channel Amp
Headunit ( Love it )
Components in the original location + the crossovers
The Tweeters in the original position