Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Audio What kind of system do you (everyone) have?

Lets see here it is.....

well... even though my car is STILL in the shop

Pioneer DEH-4200 HU
2-Hifonics Boltar 2-channel amps
Lightning Audio 4-channel amp
4-Infinity Kappa 693.1
4-Infinity Kappa Perfect 12's
Alpine 11-band EQ

and I'm knowing I will be upgrading the wiring and the battery VERY SOON!

What Alpine EQ do you have?

I have some focal 6.5 components up front, a Lanzar Vibe 1200D until it fries runing 2 DD3512's at 1 ohm.

and a MTX 152 running the focals for now

Here's what I have:

JVC Digifine KD-GS929 (might replace with a new Digifine 2.1)
PPI DEQ230 30-band EQ
Xtant X604 (2 of them)
Xtant XIS-2.5 point-source drivers in kicks
JL Audio 8IB4 or custom-built MTX 8" in front doors (haven't picked one yet) for SQ sub
Xtant X124 12" subs for SPL (2 of them)

Competing in IASCA Pro Street 1-600 watt class with Xtant/Mitek as my sponsor.

Bob Johann
a/k/a SoundQ SVT

I will be put 3 12' Kenwood tornados in soon
will with maybe a PPI amp for both high and subs. for starters. I have a kenwood D-Mask cd player,a 5 band eq. pyramid 4-way 6x9 rated a 600 watts a set. With more to come, maybe!

do you a picture of you system wrecka?

Would you consider other 8s besides the MTX or JLs?

What did you have in mind??

The JL's are incredible using the door as the enclosure. MTX/Mitek (actually, one of their R&D engineers) made a couple of custom built drivers for me to sample (since they are my sponsor). The MTX's are more linear in their output from 20 - 90 Hz, but they simply do not have the excursion and sensitivity of the JL's. They simply sound like they are working harder to do the same thing the JL's seem to do with ease. Also, the JL's get louder as they get lower and they cleanly reproduced all the information from the "Jurassic Lunch" track from Telarc (which has information down to 7Hz as the T-Rex approaches). Not bad for an 8" in an IB setup.

Remember, these are for sound quality use only.

Bob Johann
a/k/a SoundQ Z34

My suggestion would be for a 8" sub that Adire Audio is prototyping. I talked with a person who made a home sub with one and compared it to higher end 12" HT subs. If I was given correct info, the xmax was quite a bit higher than the JL with 600 watt power handling. If it is anything like their Shiva it might be worth listening to.