After almost 10 years of the same audio equipment, it was time to upgrade. At first, I was just going to clean everything up in the truck to keep me busy during the quarantine. I had surgery around the time my buddy installed my system all those years ago, so i couldnt help him, plus things have changed drastically from 10 years ago in the audio world. I wanted to clean up the wire harnesses and under the hood as well. Then came time for new amps, wires, and speakers. Some know my old setup from the meets back in the OG days. I was running AutoTek door components and 2 American Bass DX 12's in an aero ported box tuned to 38Hz with a class a/b 2 channel 800W Kenwood amp to each of the subs. Was good enough to hit a 143.7 at the local spl show so life was good. Plus i rip it all out anyway when I go to the track so i didnt want anything too crazy...
Fast forward to today, all my research. utilizing new technology, and installing equipment and she's all done and dialed in. MY GAWD is all i can say! It hurts sitting inside the truck now lol. I've never had my shirt move from the pressure\air inside the truck but now she's flexin pretty good haha. New set up is all Rockford speakers, Precision Power Black Ice amps running through a Pionner AVH4300 double din head unit. I've had Rockford components in the doors for a few years now and had the subs for about a year. Subs are 2 Rockford Fostgate P3 12's (600W RMS with dual 2 ohm voice coils) wired to 2 ohms at the amp. Monoblock Class D sub amp is the Precision Power Black Ice 7000.1D capable of 3500 Watts @ .5 ohms. I didn't want go that low. So I kept it at 2 ohms for 1500W RMS power. The 4 channel is a class A/B Precision Power Black Ice 1000.4 that is 100W RMS at 4 ohms per channel. Rockforrd components are only 80W RMS at 4 ohms. I made a new amp rack. Ripped out all the old RCA's, remote turn ons, and 4awg wire and upgraded to OFC 0AWG with running "speedwire" for the new 4 channel. Took me about a year to piece this all together and learn a few arears i was fuzzy in and i must say, i am EXTREMELY HAPPY with the outcome. Now it's time for some new spl numbers!
The old setup
Out with the old!
and so it begins
Time to clean this up...
Muuuuch better...
New amps and wire
Fast forward to today, all my research. utilizing new technology, and installing equipment and she's all done and dialed in. MY GAWD is all i can say! It hurts sitting inside the truck now lol. I've never had my shirt move from the pressure\air inside the truck but now she's flexin pretty good haha. New set up is all Rockford speakers, Precision Power Black Ice amps running through a Pionner AVH4300 double din head unit. I've had Rockford components in the doors for a few years now and had the subs for about a year. Subs are 2 Rockford Fostgate P3 12's (600W RMS with dual 2 ohm voice coils) wired to 2 ohms at the amp. Monoblock Class D sub amp is the Precision Power Black Ice 7000.1D capable of 3500 Watts @ .5 ohms. I didn't want go that low. So I kept it at 2 ohms for 1500W RMS power. The 4 channel is a class A/B Precision Power Black Ice 1000.4 that is 100W RMS at 4 ohms per channel. Rockforrd components are only 80W RMS at 4 ohms. I made a new amp rack. Ripped out all the old RCA's, remote turn ons, and 4awg wire and upgraded to OFC 0AWG with running "speedwire" for the new 4 channel. Took me about a year to piece this all together and learn a few arears i was fuzzy in and i must say, i am EXTREMELY HAPPY with the outcome. Now it's time for some new spl numbers!
The old setup
Out with the old!
and so it begins
Time to clean this up...
Muuuuch better...
New amps and wire