Albannach's ICE Thread

[Albannach]

Right, here we go. This is what I'll be doing with my spare time for the next few months. Graft by me, advice by Wishbone...

Cabling will be 0awg from front to back and batteries to earth, each amp will get 4awg cables, earths going direct to chassis.

In all my posts in the thread, read all the captions above the pics, so you know what it is and what I'm doing.

First post, so this is what's going in:

Crystal 3 way componants.



Tru Tech F-1B Active Crossover.



Directed Audio 6 channel amp.



Vibe Mono Amp.



RE SE-12 Sub.

[goodcat]

nice thread. i love Directed Audio!

are you putting the other components in the rear aswell then??

[Albannach]

Nothing in the rear bar the Sub. Tweets in the pillars, the rest in the front doors. If the amps end up being visible, I'll probably dump the Vibe for another Directed amp.

[yoshie]

You coming up for this interior mate? am around messing in the garage most of tomorrow

[goodcat]

sorry my mistake. i thought there were 4 components in the pic! it was actually just the wire mesh cases! woops lol

i was planning on something for my surf but i havent bought the bits yet as im unsure how to tackle the rear speakers?
or should i say cant be arsed to take all the rear quater trim off to see whats there lol.

was thinking 2 8" subs built into the sides next to the rear speakers about a foot apart from each other but will have to see if theres room first.
i cant afford a sub in the back as i use it for work more than i use my van these days.

[Albannach]

Aye, will be up tomorrow. Sorry I didn't come sooner, spent most of my time working and at funerals! 3rd one this week is tomorrow!!!

[Albannach]

sorry my mistake. i thought there were 4 components in the pic! it was actually just the wire mesh cases! woops lol

i was planning on something for my surf but i havent bought the bits yet as im unsure how to tackle the rear speakers?
or should i say cant be arsed to take all the rear quater trim off to see whats there lol.

was thinking 2 8" subs built into the sides next to the rear speakers about a foot apart from each other but will have to see if theres room first.
i cant afford a sub in the back as i use it for work more than i use my van these days.

I wouldn't put anything bar subs in the rear, If you're creative with sealing and fixing, you may get away with 2 8" behind the trims. Keep the main sound stage in front of you (unless you spend your time at gigs with your back to the stage?).

[yoshie]

So the next SMC Road Trip will have great sounds for evening beers

[Albannach]

So the next SMC Road Trip will have great sounds for evening beers

Not the Winter one, but deffo the Summer one.

[Apache]

(unless you spend your time at gigs with your back to the stage?).

Unless you spend your time at gigs in a small, reverberant tin box with dimensions very poorly suited to audio reproduction, and a high ambient noise level?

Sorry, being devils egg-nog here

[goodcat]

I wouldn't put anything bar subs in the rear, If you're creative with sealing and fixing, you may get away with 2 8" behind the trims. Keep the main sound stage in front of you (unless you spend your time at gigs with your back to the stage?).

haha
you cant have no speakers in the rear man!? ever heard of surround sound?

[Albannach]

Unless you spend your time at gigs in a small, reverberant tin box with dimensions very poorly suited to audio reproduction, and a high ambient noise level?

Sorry, being devils egg-nog here

I know. But I spend more time listening to music in the car than the house. Sound dampening helps, but you're right, accoustically, a big tin box isn't great.

But, I'll still trounce Brokendownvan in a contest

[Albannach]

haha
you cant have no speakers in the rear man!? ever heard of surround sound?

Almost all proper installations have no rear soundstage (bar subs, which are mono anyway)

[goodcat]

Almost all proper installations have no rear soundstage (bar subs, which are mono anyway)

thats a new one on me?

afterall, isnt that what a fader is for?

[Albannach]

thats a new one on me?

afterall, isnt that what a fader is for?

What's yours? You can't rip the crap out of mine without showing your own.