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Does anyone know the P/S used at electronic stores for car audio power conversion?
That little car audio Audio Power room in Circuit City, does anyone know the power supply they use to change the 120v alternating current to 12v Direct current, I know it involves a converter, but I would like specifics. Thanks
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Audio is Alternating Current: AC.It is low voltage and high current.
Depends on many variables. If you have the room for a huge ported box, the PA drivers can get VERY loud, enough to destory your hearing. However, PA drivers do NOT play the low low bass as well as a car subwoofer.Most PA drivers have problems playing 30hz and under save for 18″ woofers in giant enclosures, although some newer PA technology provides for sub-bass out of smaller woofers with very high xmax, creative enclosures, and lots of power.Most car audio subs have sensitivity in the 85-90 range… it will take a LOT more power to play the levels a PA speaker with 97-99 sensitivity can.
Some car audio power cables have extra-thick insulation because the manufacturer is trying to sell them as larger than the actual wire gauge. These types of rip-off amp kits are often sold by online vendors.Amplifier power cables have to be very flexible, very resistant to temperature extremes, resistant to oil and gas, and they’re typically designed to be used in an environment with lots of sharp metal edges. A thick, flexible jacket is preferable to a thin jacket that might crack when it’s flexed in cold temperatures.
This program is a true monster! It comes with audio filled with information, study guides, and an online system thats divided into 48 weeks (4 years). You should definately at least give it a TRY, if you don’t like it theres a money-back guarantee. You’ll thank me later ^_^Here’s the link below:http://www.mpowerseries.com/go/LewisJ?tid=mpower
The phone number for Bose is 1-888-757-9952. You can order the proprietary cables there. Do not buy normal speaker cables because Bose uses a different wiring scheme than anybody else. You will need 2 wiring bundles, 1 from the receiver to the base module(their version of a subwoofer) and 1 from the base module to all the speakers. I have never been a huge fan of Bose but never had a problem with their customer service. Hope you enjoy.
Couldn’t find a quantitative discussion of how effective they are, but according to this wikipedia article they are needed for a device to obtain FCC class B certification.
The epicenter is amplifying the signal to the amp, causing it to clip out and go into protection. Try changing the jumper on the bottom of the unit to a lower output voltage. Then use the DMM method to set the gain. Chances are, the problem will go away. http://www.blazerforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8991
sounds like it would work fine. Just bridge each sub on two channels and turn the low pass crossovers on (if it has them).
There is no inexpensive way to do it. It would be cheaper to buy a plate amp (from Parts Express or Elemental Designs) to run the subs than it would to buy a DC power supply to run a high-powered car audio amp.
that model of sub comes in DVC or SVC (dual or single voice coils) so that makes a huge difference http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products/subwoofers/thunder8500.cfmthis link will show you how to wire them up- just put in the number of subs and the subs setup (DVC or SVC and the impedance) and it will show you all of your wiring options and what the final impedance at the amp will be also http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.aspwhen you do find an amp make sure its CEA-compliant and has about 1000watts RMS @ the correct impedancewhen it comes to car audio nine times out of ten you get what you pay for- and you need to look for CEA-compliant brands which means that the amps have been tested and produce or exceed the advertised RMS wattage with minimum distortion(distortion is the main cause of speaker damage over time)here are the top CEA-compliant brandsAlpine Bazooka Blaupunkt Clarion Eclipse Infinity JBL JL Audio JVCKenwood Kicker MTX Pioneer Polk Audio PPIRockford Fosgate Sony if you dont go with a CEA-compliant brand you dont know the “real” RMS wattage so its impossible to properly match your equipment, heres what can happenif you send too much power to your sub, you risk damaging it. The cone of the speaker and the mechanical parts that make it move may break under the stress. Surprisingly, too little power can also damage your subwoofer — in fact, it’s actually more common than damage caused by overpowering. When the volume is turned up and the amp doesn’t have enough power, the signal becomes distorted, or “clipped.” This distorted signal can cause parts of the speaker to overheat, warp and melt. Not good! You don’t have to match speaker and amp wattages exactly. An amp with a higher output than the speaker’s rating won’t necessarily damage the speaker — just turn the amp down a bit if you hear distortion from the sub and don’t run the speaker at extremely loud volumes for lengthy periods. Likewise, you’ll be OK with a lower powered amp if you keep the volume down and don’t feed a distorted signal to the subwith a non CEA-compliant amp you would be lucky to get half of the advertised RMS wattage and it would more than likely be distorted from a lack of wattageyou will send the amp into clippingClipping Clipping occurs when an amplifier is asked to deliver more current to a speaker than the amp is capable of doing. When an amplifier clips, it literally cuts off the tops and bottoms of the musical waveforms that it’s trying to reproduce, thus the term. This introduces a huge amount of distortion into the output signal. Clipping can be heard as a crunching sound on musical peaks.that causes distorted sound which will damage your subs
Man playa yo amp is blown homie .I know your pain.
daisy chaining will def improve the rms output of the monoblocks. so, yeah it could work.
time to have it checked a the dealer