Car Audio Setup for SANTRO XING

s0uljah · 19th March 2006, 13:25

Thats the best 'boot'y Iv seen on a Santro !!!!
Thanks for all the pics JK

Vivekphadnis · 19th March 2006, 23:29

Great JK. What are those two PA275s doing in the boot?

jkdas · 19th March 2006, 23:34

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Originally Posted by Vivekphadnis

Great JK. What are those two PA275s doing in the boot?

On its way to Mumbai

for Navin

Vivekphadnis · 19th March 2006, 23:35

Nice photos of the Kerala meet too. But where are you in the pics?

jkdas · 19th March 2006, 23:43

hA! someone noted that. I aint ther in any of teh pic:( Hope someone would post in anothe 2-3 days

navin · 20th March 2006, 09:38

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Originally Posted by Bass&Trouble

450 in bridged mode for the rear..lol.

Boy, I wonder how you've wired the whole setup, although I am sure I can reliably trust you to have got it right.
And when your wife get's a new car, let's put together a system with monoblock valve amps powering every single channel in that rocket

That would be fun! Or am I pushing it too far

NO No no.

This is my set up.

Front channels of HU --> ch. 1&2 of 504. 504 set to 2 ch. mode. which bridges ch. and 1&3 and 2&4. The 504 has 2/3/4 ch. mode which internally bridges ch. 1&2 AND 3&4 or only ch. 3&4 or does not bridged any channels.

Rear channel of HU --> 2 ch of 450. --> rear speakers
Sub channel of HU --> Y connector --> 2 ch. of 450 then bridged these 2 ch. and connect 4 6" woofers in series/parallel acorss the bridged channels.

Now I am leaning to this.

PA 275 for sub.
504 for front and rear in 4 ch. mode.
fear: not enough power for the front. I am addicted to the control the extra power brings.

Bass&Trouble · 20th March 2006, 13:44

Ok, I didn't remember that the 504 comes with an input mode selector switch. That sure makes life easier.

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Originally Posted by navin

fear: not enough power for the front. I am addicted to the control the extra power brings.

It'll never be the same. Accustomed as you are, to that incredible amount of headroom, the unbridged output will be a major bummer. Keep the bridged connections. After all it's your front speakers... is anything more critical than that?

navin · 20th March 2006, 15:03

Now you see my dilemma. If I keep the 504 bridged for the front and use the 275 for the subs what do I use for the rear. Only solution is to bridge the 450 for the rear but that is a lot of power. Unless I use my (alpine 9830) HU's amp for the rear. I am not too fond of use the HU's amp so there lies the source of my confusion.

If I use the PA275 for the front I can use the 504 for teh rear and subs but really that is a waste of the 504's sweetness.

lastly I can use a bass blocker and use the PA275 to drive the subs and rear in stereo mode. It means I drive 2 6" woofers + 4" midbass and tweeter per channel. I suspect I'd have to wire the 6" in series or their sensitivity would drown out the midbass and tweeter. However this means I give up sub level control from the HU.

I am going to try using the 504 in 4 ch. mode (front rear) and seeif I can live with that. If not it's back to the drawing board.

jkdas · 20th March 2006, 20:16

Guess what ? Now our resident audio guru is confused

Navin now dont complain ! Pls read teh Statutory warning thread

kb100 · 20th March 2006, 21:27

My Budget is going NoRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrTH!!

jkdas · 20th March 2006, 21:50

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Originally Posted by kb100

My Budget is going NoRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrTH!!

Haha, let me give you a company...

My next upgrade...

1) Twister cables for the old amp setup 1850Rs
2) a powerful 4 channel amp ( thanks to KB100's input

, he brainwashed me)

3) Alpine HU

kb100 · 21st March 2006, 15:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkdas

Haha, let me give you a company...

My next upgrade...

1) Twister cables for the old amp setup 1850Rs
2) a powerful 4 channel amp ( thanks to KB100's input

, he brainwashed me)

3) Alpine HU

Would you believe it!!... I have actually started infecting the GURUS!! (albiet a junior one !)

Dont waste good money on your old amp.. get yourself twisters when you pick up the new amp...

HU ... I Rrrrrrrrrreallly Like the Alpine 9855R (European model)

rsjaurr · 21st March 2006, 18:38

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I Rrrrrrrrrreallly Like the Alpine 9855R (European model)

Alpine HU r the best HU,arguebly.How much u r getting for this model?

What all have u decided so far KB100?

jkdas · 21st March 2006, 23:12

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Originally Posted by kb100

Would you believe it!!... I have actually started infecting the GURUS!! (albiet a junior one !)
Dont waste good money on your old amp.. get yourself twisters when you pick up the new amp...

HU ... I Rrrrrrrrrreallly Like the Alpine 9855R (European model)

I cant read stuff written in bold
Knw what? People( dump people) return teh Alpine HU that comes with Skoda and go for PIO or so . These Alpines get sold for 3-4k or so And it seems there was a SKoda PS buyer who dumped that great Alpine HU and went for Pio p1y

17 of these returned Alpines where sned back to sKODA company 17! that too 2 days ago. ! I missed!!!! I would have bought teh whole lot and sold it tbhpians

navin · 22nd March 2006, 10:18

I know this. I know some of these people. I only wish they had told me before they returned them to Skoda.

19th March 2006, 13:25	#346
s0uljah Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: BLR Posts: 2,222 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	Thats the best 'boot'y Iv seen on a Santro !!!! Thanks for all the pics JK
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19th March 2006, 23:29	#347
Vivekphadnis BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 690 Thanked: 2 Times	Great JK. What are those two PA275s doing in the boot?
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19th March 2006, 23:35	#349
Vivekphadnis BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 690 Thanked: 2 Times	Nice photos of the Kerala meet too. But where are you in the pics?
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19th March 2006, 23:43	#350
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,497 Times View My Garage	hA! someone noted that. I aint ther in any of teh pic:( Hope someone would post in anothe 2-3 days
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20th March 2006, 15:03	#353
navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 25,413 Thanked: 9,960 Times	Now you see my dilemma. If I keep the 504 bridged for the front and use the 275 for the subs what do I use for the rear. Only solution is to bridge the 450 for the rear but that is a lot of power. Unless I use my (alpine 9830) HU's amp for the rear. I am not too fond of use the HU's amp so there lies the source of my confusion. If I use the PA275 for the front I can use the 504 for teh rear and subs but really that is a waste of the 504's sweetness. lastly I can use a bass blocker and use the PA275 to drive the subs and rear in stereo mode. It means I drive 2 6" woofers + 4" midbass and tweeter per channel. I suspect I'd have to wire the 6" in series or their sensitivity would drown out the midbass and tweeter. However this means I give up sub level control from the HU. I am going to try using the 504 in 4 ch. mode (front rear) and seeif I can live with that. If not it's back to the drawing board. Last edited by navin : 20th March 2006 at 15:04.
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20th March 2006, 20:16	#354
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,497 Times View My Garage	Guess what ? Now our resident audio guru is confused Navin now dont complain ! Pls read teh Statutory warning thread
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20th March 2006, 21:27	#355
kb100 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangy Boy! Posts: 1,556 Thanked: 23 Times	My Budget is going NoRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrTH!!
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22nd March 2006, 10:18	#360
navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 25,413 Thanked: 9,960 Times	I know this. I know some of these people. I only wish they had told me before they returned them to Skoda.
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