I may still ditch the smaller battery and just run the batcap and optima, we will see.

 

if i had that set up run two batcap or one but i would ditch the smaller battery
why keep it ?

 

i would have to agree with Dukk, knowing both him and Sawnicxs personaly, i would have to tell you that if anybody knew what they were talking about it would be them.

 

Ok, sorry I got a little upset there guys. Im guess im just a little touchy because once I find I setup I like I prefer to stick with it. I decided though to dump the extra battery and just run the Optima with the H.O. alt and Batcap. I do appreciate all the advice you guys have given me, you are a very smart bunch and I just hope that you accept my appology as I dont want to be on your bad sides.

 

I do want to hear some more opinnions on what you guys think about my choice of amps, deck, sub, and mids however.

 

Welll.... here's my $0.02 to add to the heap.

Are you depending on the Alpine for all system EQ and X-Over? It is a nice deck.... but the first time the battery goes dead, won't it forget everything it knows? I'd personally toss in one of either the new Audio Control digital thingies. Probably much more flexible in regards to EQ points and XO points.

The components should be nice.... I'd look into kicks personally. Or, leave the woofers in the door, and up to a 4" mid and tweet in the kicks. Better soundstage, gets the upper mid off the doors and up in the air more. That far of a between the tweeter and woofer (tweet up high, cone in the door) may be interesting as far as imaging goes. Might have a few holes. May not... this is just my opinion.

Nice sub... meaty, well designed.... has a great feel factor. Pretty efficient too. Good choice.

As far as 10ga speaker wire and such.... well, it's your money. 14ga is plenty.... copper is copper, yadda yadda blah blah. The only thing I'd be concerned with the Monster cable stuff is it is home wire.... which doesen't like to flex at all for the most part if it is the least bit cold out. Not an issue if this car is not winter driven. The beefy alternator is a good idea... the wee little thing Honda puts on there from the factory is barely enough to run the car with headlights and accessories going.... adding a solid 50A draw in addition is going to make for a short lifespan. 2 batteries is great for extended key off listening. Of course, a quality deep cycle will also do wonders. Be it up front, or in the back, whatever.... I'd run it in the back, and use the OEM battery location for something interesting. A diorama, system diagram, distribution for the factory stuff under the hood, etc. Dunno the function of a Batcap (old... don't keep up on this new fangled methods for 12V power supply.... current is still current. If it isn't there in the first place, it doesen't come out of thin air)

There's my opinion..... ye ask, and ye shall recieve....

Gus

 

Well that's a better attitude! As far as the SVA alternator; I have a 180 amp in my car from Ray Knight also, it made a huge difference once I upgraded the big 3 and put a new battery in. It now has more than enough juice for the 1200 watts in the car. By the way, Ray is a very cool guy that's easy to deal with.

 

Ok thanks for the suggestions, as far as the deck goes yes it does loose its memory if the battery goes dead but I always write down all my setting once im done tuning it so its not really an issue. And I have found that I really dont need any more EQ'ing in this car then what the deck offers, anything else would be overkill. As far as soundstage goes my height is good excellent, and the width is that of a big car, im still working on the depth and midbass imaging however. The only problem with kickpanels is that because its a standard car I really dont have the room for them, but I am currently experementing with the midbass placement and angle in the door and I should be able to get everything imaging properly if I spend some time in it. Oh and the monster cable wire is actually quite flexable and very durable which was one of the reasons I chose it.

[ January 04, 2006, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: Thrill_House ]