hello people, just wanted to introduce myself to the Ice section and so as to not repeat too much heres my introduction thread. This will give you an idea of my car and the ICE setup i started with
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/introd...th-africa.html
in the intro thread i still didnt detail all my ICE as it was when i purchased the vehicle - basically the system started off as follows
1) Alpine 9827 headunit
2) JBL 755.6mkII amplifier
3) MB Quart reference series components
4) JBL 1502D subwoofer
the install was done by a buddy and myself, since i wasnt familiar with how the car opened up - my previous installs i had done mostly myself since i knew the car well, but for this one i was forced to get some help
heres a picture of some of the build up process and some parts that were covered with vinyl, in my new install anything being covered will get done by a pro upholsterer in identical leather as the seats
the subwoofer enclosure built out of MDF - totally custom built to fit within beauty panels
the side panels and amp rack a bit closer
all the covered parts laying on the table prior to fitment
the amp rack which fitted behind the seats to display the amp when you drop the seats
fused distribution blocks and 4 gauge cable - some of that stuff wasnt connected to anything and was just for show - only some of that really was wire running to the amplifier - the bits that were not connected obviously were not fused as that could easily have caused some short circuits somwhere
MB Quart reference midrange attached to front door on MDF spacers
my problem is that i get bored very quickly and hence i always look for projects to do, hence this ICE setup did not last long. I replaced the front speakers with a set of the top of the range MB Quart QSD216 components and the amp was replaced with a Phoenix Gold xenon x200.4. Many people accuse the Quarts of being bright but if installed correctly and tuned properly ( i ran the tweeters on -6db at the passive crossover) i managed to tame the brightness and sibilance of the MB Quarts and they soon proved that they were exceptional speakers for the amounts of money i spent then i experimented a lot more by adding a Phoenix gold xenon x1200.1 amplifier with a morel ultimo subwoofer (very expensive) but i didnt really like how this sounded so i tried some JL audio 10w3v2 subwoofers as well as installing a Phoenix Gold EQ230 (very old school analog 30 band EQ) - eventually took the JL subs out and tried out a JBL W15 GTI - the problem with this sub is that no matter how excellent it sounded it was just too heavy for my vehicle
By this stage i was also getting a good price for selling the MB Quart components and i replaced those with a Dynaudio system 242, since the sub was too heavy i decided to get rid of that as well and start collecting the equipment for a totally new system - heres some pics of these intermediate steps that i made
the JL audio subs
in between all of the aove i also replaced the headunit with a kenwood KCD01
morel ultimo in a temporary enclosure
xenon x200.4 amp with Quart passives
xenon x1200.1 monoblock with Phoenix Gold EQ230
JBL W15GTI subwoofer - basket
dynaudio system 242 - arrived
okay - so you get the picture - i was changing equipment like it was going out of fashion - this was all over the last two years that ive had the vehicle - so in the end i took it all out and started buying stuff for what i call the final setup (famous last words)
the stuff that i now have to install into the vehicle is as follows
1) Alpine 9887 headunit
2) SPL Dynamics S7006 (SQ series) amplifier
3) JL Audio 10 w3v3 subwoofer (it needs a really small enclosure)
4) streetwires interconnects
5) 50 metres of audioquest 14 gauge speaker cable since im going to be running three way front stage active
6) Dynaudio system 362 - 3 way components
mmmmmmboooyy ......speakers
MW172 8" midbass drivers
okay, ive reached the 20 picture limit for this post, so more pictures later. I have not started the Install yet since its going to be something special and im really going to row the boat far and wide on this one. The main problem is going to be fitting those midbass drivers in the doors and then getting those mids and tweeters into the A pilars so its going to take lots of fibreglass fabrication
i will update as i go along for the interested parties but please note that this is going to be a really long process since i still need to buy more equipment as well as proper sound deadening. More equipment is because the system is going to be run full active so i will be needing some more amplifiers and i still want to buy some tools as i go along, im going to mainly need a router and a new jigsaw in order to fabricate the speaker rings etc as precisely as i wish to for this project
the system is in a real transitional state right now and all ive got working is the head unit and my rear fill speakers powered from the rear channels of the headunits built in amplifiers - so hopefully this thread will become a kind of a build log as i do the work but as i have stated the work will take very long since im waiting for equipment and the state of my finances does not allow me to work as fast as i would have liked