Another Sound Descision.

Current Sound System ingredients:

Headunit: Alpine CDA-7787J Front Splits: McIntosh MSS630 splits Rear Speakers: Carrozzeria (Pioneer) pods (they came with the car and are turned very low, just to fill in the rear a bit.) Subwoofers: Nakamichi SP-W120 Subwoofer Amp: Carrozzeria (Pioneer) GM-D6100

So I needed boom boom in my car and I needed to put my McIntosh Tweeters into this car. After much searching I finally found a decent sub at a decent price. A Nakamichi 10 incher (SP-W110). something that doesn’t require too much from the car but packs enough whallop to make my sound stage that much more dynamic.

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For some reason 1 10 inch became 2 12 inch subs. I tried on numerous occasions to contact the seller but to no avail. Its not like I mind. It made a good deal! A little fishy but hey. I DID try calling the guy 7 times. And I waited almost a month for a reply while I gathered my other equipment, so he had time to call me. Looks like I scored.

I bought a box with 2 junk Kicker comps and put my subs in in their place.

I also began fabricating tweeter pods as my previous door install location was not Ideal.
I ordered the angled MDF rings online and attached them to a wooden base. I then body puttied them up and sprayed them.
Not perfect but plenty good enough.

Wiring the amp was relatively painless except for the one screwdriver I dropped into the engine bay. The actual amp as a little more painful as I needed to cut a hole in the carpet and cut a hole in my thumb in the process. Oops. I have a tendency to cut myself whenever I use craft knives. Clearly I should be more careful.

It was then my intention to fit the box, place everything and cut the wires to the appropriate sizes. BUT. I hit a snag. When I ordered the Box, I checked the dimensions against the size of my boot, not the size of the boot opening. SO I couldn’t get the bloody thing in!!!!

But I wasn’t going to just give up at that. so I wedged the box in the back seat :3

I also didn’t cut down the amp wires yet so While there is boom boom of note in my car, It’s a very ugly install. The tweeters look a bit better but the double sided tape I used to keep the tweets in the pods isn’t the best solution, so I will be doing some epoxying on them soon., I also need to re-aim the passenger side one a bit.

Those few problems aside, The sound in my car had improved dramatically. The quality is such that I can hear the flaws in my MP3 rips which is quite annoying. Lossless sounds great though. I am still thinking to move the subs to the boot because I am losing some mid-bass but I am going to need to use 2 single boxes. I may also need to amp up the front splits too in the fuuuuuuture. Oh yes… and an iPhone line in connector.,

At some point this weekend I will make the mandatory subwoofer showoff YouTube video to draw hate and insult from tall dem  hip hop bustin’ wiggas  out thuuur. No. I I will not be bustin’ any of that dog yapping over bass crap… don’t worry.

Post Script

If anyone has any ideas how I can sort out my woofer  grilles since the ones that came with it fell out and got crunched, drop me a comment. I am thinking 2 diagonal steel tube bars at the moment. Also If anyone reading this is financially well endowed and wants to help me in my quest for audio perfection, I wouldn’t say no to a set of System Dynaudio 362 3way splits

I would buy them myself but they cost as much as shaken or a gearbox overhaul, both of which I have to do sometime soon