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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:28 am 
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I love the discussion that comes out on caps. There is fixed feelings about their usefullness and effectiveness. I use one in my system and found i have very stable voltage supply even when i'm driving the system hard but this may be because of the dual battery set-up. I suggest if you have everything else in your system right, (ie you have the amps, and speakers your after and dont require anything else), and you have the room then adding one is a good idea particularly if you have more than 2 amps. If you are still buying pieces of your system i would say there are things which are a lot more important than a cap.

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:49 pm 
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i found in my old system i had in my old car my 5 farad cap did pretty much f**k all!! had to but another odyssey in the back so i had to 1000cca ones... then that stoped my subs cutting out..
i had 4 amps though..
2 1000d crossfire to run to 15's
and 2 150.2 to run my speakers front and rear

My suggestion is your better of puttin another batt in the back..
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:23 pm 
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slycruza wrote:
i found in my old system i had in my old car my 5 farad cap did pretty much f**k all!! had to but another odyssey in the back so i had to 1000cca ones... then that stoped my subs cutting out..
i had 4 amps though..
2 1000d crossfire to run to 15's
and 2 150.2 to run my speakers front and rear

My suggestion is your better of puttin another batt in the back..


I agree A battery is by far the best option, algthough it costs a little more and takes up more space.


PS Crossfire 1000d's - nice ampsImage

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:30 pm 
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yeah the crossfire amps are quality i had them both runnin down at 1om load so it was goin hard.. only thing is i blew one!! got it fixed under waranty.. thats the only thing with the crossfire amps they tend to be to power hungry and s**t themselves.. but i sold all my old stuff now.. and brought all JL im over spl...time for some desent sound quality with 5.1 setup im goin to run :) cause the screen i brought is 50x5 so i can run a center channel of it..

P.s awsome setup dude!!
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:32 pm 
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.. but i sold all my old stuff now.. and brought all JL im over spl...time for some desent sound quality
P.s awsome setup dude!!


Funny you should say that. I first got into car audio and was keen for SPL and heaps of bass. Saved up and bought 2 Soundstream SPL 160 Dual Vocie coil 15's and an earthquake digital amp to power them with over 2000RMS but ended up getting sick of bass pretty quickly and SQ is much more enjoyable for me and others, and it doesn't mean you can't still have a nice loud bass response if you want.

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:09 pm 
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yeah thats y i brought the JL w7 13.5"sub its 1000rms plus handing and more then 2000watt sub also its a dual 1.5om sub.. it bloody weights like 25kg!! and aparently is one of the best sounding subs for sql.. im goin to run it with the 1000/1 JL amp cause its gets down to 1.5om as well.. was goin to put 2 1000/1 on to it but aparently everyone is tellin me ill cook the thing!! :D oh well..
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:07 pm 
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slycruza wrote:
yeah thats y i brought the JL w7 13.5"sub its 1000rms plus handing and more then 2000watt sub also its a dual 1.5om sub.. it bloody weights like 25kg!! and aparently is one of the best sounding subs for sql.. im goin to run it with the 1000/1 JL amp cause its gets down to 1.5om as well.. was goin to put 2 1000/1 on to it but aparently everyone is tellin me ill cook the thing!! :D oh well..


all i can say is god damn, those subs are wicked, never actually seen one installed in a vehicle, nobody was crazy enuff to spend the dough, i bow to thee

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:24 pm 
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ReGiE wrote:
yeah what he said,
the capacitor just stores power and releases it when its needed. e.g a long bass note etc.
i dont think it will fry anything


actually caps store voltage not power.

 

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