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Subwoofer Alpine SBE-1243BR

Car Audio Advisor — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:01:08 +0000

The letters «B» and «R» clearly indicate the type of design – phase inverter (Bass Reflex). If it were not a strong knowledge of foreign languages, slotted port along the lower wall of the shell might not notice. This is the most difficult subwoofer, the box itself rather bulky, although not the largest in the class.

And since the wall he has a standard thickness, is to recognize that the rest of the weight recruited by a solid head E-Type. So the developers did the right thing, that have provided a window overlooking the head, but at the same time the blue light: four superbright LEDs with reflectors shine on the head, like a searchlight on the Arc de Triomphe. The angle of the rear wall (15 degrees) closest to the canonical 20 degrees. The design provides for protection of the diffuser in the form of a pair of straight arcs. Clamping screw (located on the rear), they are large, and perhaps most comfortable in today’s group.

* Type of registration FI
* Impedance, Ohm 4
* Max / RMS-power (according to the manufacturer), W 800/250
* Frequency response adjustment (25 – 100 Hz), 12.5 dB
* Sensitivity to the saloon (25 – 100 Hz), dB / W 90,3
* Maximum sound pressure level, dB (THD,%) 119,8 (7,2)
* Dimensions (W x H x D) mm 388 x 397 x 413
* External volume of the box, l 55,5
* The acoustic volume, l 30,2
Schedule impedance characteristics shows that the resonance frequency head 63 Hz, and fazik set to 40 Hz. Now, if we turn to the frequency response can be seen that the peak sound pressure level (bandwidth 40 Hz) just to the frequency settings of the port. Be pokompaktnee box, the frequency response would be more relaxed form, but I think it was a conscious choice of authors develop – usually fazik choose not to those who need a quiet, academic bass. But the sensitivity of this subwoofer is higher than that of all the “colleagues”. Yes, and the maximum sound pressure close to him he did not let any of the competitors. With the growth of forward power is beginning to affect the thermal compression in the head. By the way, when the fixation of this fact, we were served at the E-Type as many as 1 kW of power (+30 dB of voltage).

Eton Adventure A1-160SG

Car Audio Advisor — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:55:23 +0000

Eton Adventure A1-160 in the original hierarchy is second from the top level, yielding the forefront acoustics D1-160. And not so long ago, A1-160 has undergone a renewal, a symbol in the model appeared the final letter SG. At first glance, the new components is difficult to distinguish from those of the past, unless, of course, do not assume the appearance of a once-a pale tan solid diffuser. On the corporate website states that changed settings midbasa, so that we can expect from the new midbasa several other parameters. How different? When we started the test, this question was our main, if not the only one. Ah, often have to remember the wisdom: “Things are not as they seem – not things are as they seem.”
Cast chetyrehspitsevaya basket midbasa devoid of any signs of voicing. The material of the diffuser is still (despite the sunburn) is proprietary designation Hexacone. This three-layer composition, its unprecedented rigidity provided by a central cell layer of magnesium alloy, which is supplemented with the two sides of fiberglass. That’s only the bottom layer “sandwich”, it seems, has undergone changes.

With regard to possible changes in the shape of the profile, then something is safe to say I will not resolve. As before, the “cone” – not really a cone, but rather a parabolic segment – its generators are not convex, but rather concave. In general, this design is softer than the usual cone, but the cellular composition and geometry of such a lack of rigidity. There should be enough … And yet, as the least stringent of the diffuser section is its central part, the changing conditions of the transition in modal mode, and the nature of the radiation at high (for midbasa) frequencies. Taken lightly dimensions of the magnet (102 x 15 mm), partly due to increased (32 mm) diameter voice coil, but with a serious view of this magnet. The diameter of the axial hole for a coil, even a modest – 12 mm. O-ring on the rim is not, nor should be, complete array is mounted under the casing head. Contact terminals are designed for use terminals, “forks” – is one of the elements of Germany’s engineering school in acoustics.

Tweeter traditionally has a low “profile”, but rather serious diameter. Tissue membrane to form closer to a balanced dome, since the radiation is involved and external to the voice coil part. The diameter of 37 mm, the actual size of the dome 29 mm. Mounting accessories – mandatory “cup” and the housing for surface mounting with a neat reversal of the axis at 15 degrees. In the crossover is nothing superfluous: two “air” coil and a polypropylene capacitor (400 V, by the way). I think it is clear that the formula is perhaps only this: I + II. Transferring terminal, “spade” a contact to a contact, you choose the level of the tweeter: 0/-3/-6 dB.
As always, when listening to the need to begin to determine the attenuator. In the top of its surplus position of the upper does not feel: small plates are not very bright, although extra stiffness is noticeable. If the transfer terminal at the middle contact plates become more restrained, but the filling stroke in this version seems more natural. Had the idea that option with bi-Aping and active filters can be and raise the level, and timbre to withstand most natural. But here, today, and now listen to as a terminal and return to the original (top) position. Tambourine quite recognizable, natural attack, musicality, too, not height.
In the bass quite honest relief, the attack is mostly natural, except that jerk string is too loud. Solid, large and with well-designed double bass. Saxophone detailed and moderately dynamic, but the tenor seemed to decrease in size and becomes similar to the alto saxophone. Flute lacks smoothness, on some notes of their sound goes to the brink of molestation. In male vocals remarkable articulation, but some high notes lose their restraint. In the women’s vocals at times appears not quite appropriate pressure, not too much, however, prevents the perception of comfort. Backdrop scenes sound a little approximate and is transmitted in great detail (perhaps for that very reason). In general, here we have one rare case where timbre liberties seem to be quite logical and natural woven into the musical narrative.

Car Stereo Installation Guide

Car Audio Advisor — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:21:55 +0000

There are some things in life that you just need a guide to help you put it together, and a car stereo is one of them. No one should ever try (specially if it’s your first time) to put in a car stereo without using the installation guide. You are just going to end up blowing something up is what you are going to do. A stereo is not something that you are going to want to wreck before you even get to try it out, so be sure to use an installation guide. After all, these kinds of things come with guides for a certain reason.

Trying to install a car stereo can be hard work, but if you have an installation guide with you, it’s a job that can take less time them you may think. A car stereo is something that is not very hard to put in. In fact, just about anyone can put one in if they know what they are doing. Most of the time we do not know what we are doing, whether we admit it or not. This is where the car stereo installation guide come into play. With one of these guides helping you, you will be able to install your own stereo system in your car, and start listening to your new stereo in no time.

These guides are usually pretty easy to use, and for the most part, are going to walk you through step by step on what to do. In fact, there is little to no way that you could possibly mess this up. With that in mind, get your installation guide in hand and get ready to get to work. Whenever you get started, you are going to see a list of tools that you are going to need. It’s best to go ahead and get those ready. Nothing is worse than to think that you have everything you need, and then come to find out you are missing something. Usually by the time that happens, you have the car all pulled a part and there’s nothing that you can do about it.

After you get all the tools that you will need, it’s a good idea to read through the installation guide one time before you begin. Sometimes it can be helpful to read through it a few times before starting. This way you have a really good idea of where you are starting from and where you need to be going in each step. This will decrease the time it takes to get the stereo in so that you can start using it. A car stereo is something that every car should have, but not everyone can afford to have someone put it in their car for them. Sometimes the actual installing of the stereo can cost a lot more than just buying the stereo. Because it’s a service that the people are providing whenever you get your stereo installed by them, they usually charge you a lot of money. If you can just do it yourself and save all that money, you will have more money to spend whenever you go out to buy CDs to buy to play on your new stereo. After all, that’s the whole reason why you put it in in the first place. If you have no music to play, then there is no reason to go about taking the time to have someone put it in for you.

10 Steps For Installing Car Amplifier

Car Audio Advisor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:42:13 +0000

You can save a lot of money by installing car speakers and other equipment related to it yourself. The guides are available all over the internet and of course you can consult a professional for some tips and tricks anytime. Car speakers, subwoofers and amplifiers are not that hard to install in your car plus you get to experiment before installing them permanently finding out the best location for them to produce the best sound. The steps are easy to follow which will be discussed further in the article along with things that you will need to set it up.

Amplifiers are basically a device that boosts up a signal, any signal and takes it to its destination. In the case of an audio amplifier, the power current passing through the amplifier is boosted and taken to the speakers or subwoofers for them to play. An amplifier is also connected to a fuse incase heavy current flows through damaging or burning the speakers. The amplifier is the main source of your speakers running therefore it requires full concentration to install.

The basic few tools needed to set up an amplifier in your car are pliers, cables and wires for car audio, knife, sandpaper, O-ring ends, tape, pen, spade connectors, screwdrivers, an amplifier and wire strippers.

Now deciding with the location is easy and up to the person’s requirement but my advice is if you are installing an amplifier connected to your speakers then it is best to install them under the car seats to keep the wiring less inside your car while amplifiers for subwoofers can be installed at the trunk of your car because that is where usually the subwoofers are. This way you will need less wiring to do your job.
The wiring needed for amplifiers is a bit different than the other ones. The cable needs to be a lot thicker than the ordinary wires you see for other things as they are responsible for transferring high voltage current from amplifiers to the speakers.
Follow the instructions on taking off the head of the dash of your car to install the wires in them.
For safety reasons disconnect the ground negative cable from your battery.
Connect the fuse of the thick positive power cable to the positive terminal of the battery. The O-ring can be placed in the bolt that hooks up your car to the battery.
Now make sure that the power cables are not near any speaker wires or signals as it is dangerous. If you have the amp installed in the trunk then run the wires along the bottom edge of your car and if the amp is installed somewhere in the front then there is always an opening given at the driver’s side.
To connect the ground cables find a screw or metal bolt which is near to the amp. This should not be more than 3 feet. Take out the screws and clean it with sandpaper and then screw it back firmly.
Incase of connecting your amp to the speakers strip off the wires as needed to keep the wiring safe. Tape around the wires that are showing to avoid any current going through a bare wire. Make certain you connect the positive terminal to the positive of the battery and the negative to the negative terminal of the battery.
Make your amplifier screwed to the car body to avoid it from tumbling here and there. The amp can be screwed to the subwoofer’s or speaker’s enclosures as well.
Test your amplifier and the entire sound system and then put everything back together.

CD Changers For Factory Stereos

Car Audio Advisor — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:50:21 +0000

Every once in a while you will run into someone that does not want to get rid of the factory stereo that is in their car. This can be because factory stuff always costs more and has a higher value than custom stuff. The only problem with that is the fact that a lot of people do not have CD changers that will fit factory stereos. Usually you have to buy a car CD changer that will go with the brand of stereo that you have. Of course, you can find changers that are made by the factory to put in your car. You better hope you have a lot of money to get them with.

Honda CD Changer

Getting a CD changer for your car is a great idea. Not only does it save room, because you do not have to find a place to keep all your CDs, but the changer fits very nicely in the back of your trunk, out of the way so no one can see it. This is the best way to go about having a crap load of CDs ready to be played at the click of a button. You are able to surf through tons of music and get to listen to the Compact Disk that you want to listen to without having to go through and change CDs every time. Of course, what are you suppose to do if you have a factory stereo and you do not want to get rid of it. The problem here is that most CD changers have to be used with the same brand player. So lets say you have a Ford Thunderbird with a factory stereo. Well there is going to be no CD changer that will work with that unless it’s a factory CD changer made by Ford.

So if you want to keep it, why not just go out and get a CD changer made by the company that makes your car? Well here lies the problem. If you have ever tried to buy factory rims before, then you know what I am about to say. Factory stuff is always higher in value (and price) than custom stuff. This goes for CD changers as well. So that Ford CD changer that you want is going to cost around $400 when one from the store may only cost $100. Are you willing to pay that much more for a factory CD changer that may not even be as good? That is the problem that people are having to face today. However, a lot of people do not know this, and they sell their factory stuff for a lot less than what they should sell it for.

Ford CD Changer

If you are in the business of wanting to get a factory CD changer, then you are going to be ready to spend a lot of money. In fact, there are not many different ways that you can get around spending a lot of money. Your best bet is to go on-line, and see if you can find a sucker who is selling it for cheap. If you are going to keep your factory stereo, then it is going to cost you a lot of money to get a factory CD changer, that is just the way it goes. Of course, that may not be a problem for you if you have a lot of money to spend on something like that.

How To Get Bluetooth In Your Car

Car Audio Advisor — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:35:36 +0000

Nowadays, everything seems like it is run on Bluetooth technology. This includes many different types of computers, video game consoles, cell phones, and of course, portable music players. Since so many different things run on this kind of thing, wouldn’t it be nice if you could have Bluetooth on the go? By that I mean, it would be nice to have Bluetooth in your car, would it not? Well, if you have some of the newer cars, then you may already have Bluetooth technology in there. For the rest of us, what can we do to get Bluetooth technology in the car? Well, you do it just like you do everything else, you buy it!

Bluetooth Logo

Getting Bluetooth technology for your car is not something that is very hard to do. Of course, you may be asking yourself why you need Bluetooth technology for you car. What good is that going to do you? Well, to tell you the truth, it’s going to help you a lot, and I will tell you why. How many of you drive around with your phone? Some of us use headsets, some of us have Bluetooth pieces, and some of us still do it the old fashion way by holding the phone to our ear (I know. It sounds so old school now, doesn’t it?). However, a few lucky ones do not need any of that they have Bluetooth in there car.

Nokia Bluetooth Car Kit

This means that when they get a phone call, the phone call will be wireless throughout the whole car. Most of the time this means that the conversation will play right out of the cars speakers! Talk about a conversation in stereo! Anyway, you will be free to drive and not have to worry about anything being on your head or in your ear.

Getting this kind of thing installed in your car is a little harder than it sounds. Although there are guides out there that can help you do it yourself, I would suggest that you go to a store and have them do it for you. If you have someone in your family that can do this kind of thing, then you can buy what you need and have them do it. However, if you do not understand how this kind of stuff works, then it is just going to be a big mess, and you are going to hate Bluetooth technology by the end of everything. This is one of the few things that it actually pays to have someone do it for you.

Parrot Bluetooth Car Kit

Getting this kind of technology in your car is going to have such a big effect on your life. However, to a lot of people, they do not understand that. This is something that you have to use before you see how great it is. You can talk about it, but you may just be saying that you can just use my headset. Well, unless you want to leave that headset in your ear the whole time, then this is something that you are going to want in your car. It makes everything simple, and it’s all hands free.

Nokia CK 600 Bluetooth Car Kit

As soon as a call comes in, you can answer it without having to put on your little headset. No more having to scramble to put everything in place when you get a call. This could be your new best friend, so go out there and get one today. You will be very happy you chose to do it.

Pyramid Car Audio Manufacturers

Car Audio Advisor — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:20:12 +0000

Pyramid Car Audio Inc. offer every possible thing that you can imagine of for a car stereo system. The advantage of buying your entire car audio equipment from one manufacturer is that there is no clash between all equipment making the listener feels they are all supporting each other bringing out every tune and melody out to the best. You can feel the connection of all equipment with one another that definitely affects the sound production. Pyramid Car Audio Inc. are known for making every kind of device used to make your stereo system better and better. It focuses on the comfort of the customer and the productivity of what it is made to do-producing best quality sound.

Pyramid CDRCS91MP 2-DIN Radio

Just as the craze for pimping your car with awesome stereo system is catching on, on the other hand the manufacturers for car audio system are increasing. Most of them are known for their one particular equipment while others have mastered in all the equipment need to play your favorite tracks the way they should. One of the manufacturers for car audio is Pyramid that is known for making all sorts of car audio equipment and the best one ever. Pyramid is one of a company that makes sure all the car audio equipment is made by them to guarantee customer satisfaction with quality that is unbeatable.

Pyramid PB448X Super Blue

Their product range is waste including Amplifiers, antennas, audio components, CD players, capacitors, coaxial speakers, communication speakers, DJ amplifiers, Dual Cone Speakers, Guitar amplifiers, marine audio, headphones, mid-bass/midrange drivers, mixers, mobile video, studio monitors, tweeters, enclosures for woofers and speakers, noise suppressors, mini box speakers, power amplifiers, subwoofers, power supplies/inverters, processors, pro DJ accessories for you to have your own Studio at the trunk of your car, radios, signal processors and replacement voice coils.

The shops of Pyramid are easily found on streets while people living abroad can place an order by going to their online web store where all the above mentioned products are available for customers. You can purchase any of these products with prices that are affordable and shipping rates that are comparatively cheap than other manufacturers of car audio system. Pyramid has their own professional installers that will install any equipment you have purchased from them as well as help service for those who have some trouble. The service of Pyramid Car Audio Inc. is so popular due to their friendly customer interaction and help lines that are always open along with tips and tricks to make your speakers long last. The products of Pyramids are built in such a way keeping in mind the safety of the customer which is very important, comfort and convenience.

Pyramid Super Pro Subs

I searched a lot of websites for Pyramid products and the most thumbs up I saw was on their speakers. Their speakers not only play good but look good too this way you do not need to cover it up. You can show off your speakers, subwoofers and so on in front without installing them somewhere they can’t be seen. Surprisingly they do not only serve people of this generation with CD players etc but also offer cassette players for the classic lovers.

Pyramid Car Amps

This smart choice brings Pyramid to one of the manufacturers who have not stopped making cassette players even though CD players and iPODs have taken over the globe. This way their circle of customers has increased from teenagers to adults of every age.

Pyramid PWF 12X

Overall the Pyramid Car Audio Inc. are without a doubt one of the best companies for stereo systems for your car. Buying one of their products will not make you regret.

Pyramid Car Audio Inc. official site: http://www.pyramidcaraudio.com/

How To Make Speakers Sound Their Best

Car Audio Advisor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:00:48 +0000

It can be easy to make your speakers sound the best if you know where to place them. Making sure you have the right speakers in the right spots is the key to having your car sound the best. You need to know where the bass speakers are, as well as the other speakers, to insure that you get them located in the perfect spot. By doing this you will insure that no matter what speakers you have, you will be able to have a good sound system. After all, it does not always matter the quality of the speakers; sometimes it matters where you have the speakers located.

Sony Xplod Speakers

There are guides on-line that can help you in placing your speakers. It can be very hard to understand where to place them. However, you are going to want your biggest speakers further away. Usually your car helps you with this. Most of the time the speakers in the front of the car by the driver and passenger seats are smaller than the speakers in the back. Most of the time you want to set up the speakers so that the bass, and sounds like that, are coming from the back of the car. If you can do this, then it’s going to sound better.

Pioneer Car Speakers

If you have too much bass coming in at the front of the car, then you are going to be able to understand what the people are saying, because the bass is going to be missing with the sound of their voice. This can be a problem when you are trying to make your car sound the best that it can. However, just placing your speakers in the right spot is not enough to make it sound good.

When you are placing your speakers, you also have to adjust your speakers on the stereo system. You will be able to adjust what speakers do what and which ones are louder. For example, you may just have most of the bass come out of the back ones and have them loud. Then your front ones are going to have less bass so all you hear is the voice of the person singing. That way you can clearly hear what they are saying, and at the same time, you are still able to have your bass way up. Of course, it all depends on what you want your car to sound like. If you do not listen to any music with a lot of bass, then it does not do you any good to worry about where the bass it coming from.

Sony Speakers

The best thing to remember is that you need to place your speakers where they sound best to you. This goes for the fact when you are setting up the speakers as well. You want to be sure that you put the right music to the right speakers to insure that they all sound their best. Just putting your speakers in is not going to give you the sound that you are looking for. After all, the whole point in putting in new speakers is to get a new fresh sound that sounds great in your car. Always look on-line for tips whenever you are looking for people to help you install your speakers and where to place them. Most of the time people on-line are going to be willing to give you answers for free.

Car Video Installation Guides

Car Audio Advisor — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:16:52 +0000

Whenever you get a car video system for your car, the first thing that you are going to want to do is get it up and running as fast as you can. Not so much because you want to use it right away, but just for the simple fact that you have it, and you want it up and working. There are a few different ways that you can go about getting them up and running. First, you can have the people that you got the car video system from to install it, but keep in mind, this is going to cost you a lot of money. The next choice is to go about doing it yourself, which can be a little hard to do.

Pioneer AVD-W7900 7-inch QVGA Colour Screen

Paying to have someone install this video system for you car is not something that tall of us can afford to do. That has to do with the fact that the video system itself going to cost a lot of money. We may not have the extra funds to get it done right away. However, if you want it up and running right away, waiting is not something that you are going to want to do. So really that leaves you with one choice, and that is to do it yourself. Now doing it yourself is something that can be scary, but if you put your mind to it, then you will be able to do it in no time. The first thing that you are going to have to do to make this work is to have the video system and the tools that you need to get it done. The next thing that you are going to have to do is find one of these video installation guides on the Internet. These are guides (for the most part) that are going to take you step by step through the whole thing.

Locating these guides on the Internet can take some time, but they are out there. Now, there are two different kind of guides that you need to be on the lookout for. These guides can be in the form of words or videos. Finding the word guides can be easy, but at the same time, you are not going to have any pictures to go on. However, if you have a video guide you are going to be able to see it done first hand. You will go about finding these video guides just like you would the normal guides. When you find them, you will be able to watch someone install it so that you can turn around and go do it yourself. Although the make and models of the cars may bot be the same, you will have a good basic idea of how to go about doing this.

Pioneer AVH-P4100DVD Double-DIN Multimedia Player

The only problem that you are going to have when you are using the video guides is the fact that they can only be watched on your computer. The written guides can be printed off and taken with you. This means you are going to have to take notes on the video so you know what to do. Or you could get the normal installation guide as well. That way you can watch it being done, and at the same time, you will have a hard copy of the notes and step by step guide of how to do it to take with you. These video systems cost a lot of money, and there is no reason to mess them up and lose all that money you put into them.

Buying Your First Car GPS Navigation System

Car Audio Advisor — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:47:37 +0000

I remember a time when the only help you had on the road was your trusty map. Well the good news is that you no longer have to fight with the map every time you want to go somewhere new. Now you can just go out and buy a GPS system to help you find your way around town. There are lots of different GPS navigation systems out there so you have to be sure that you get the one that is right for you. Some can help you avoid traffic, and others can help you choose the shortest route to where you need to go. Either way you will love your new personal driving assistant.

Pioneer AVIC-F900BT GPS Navigation Receiver

I am not a big fan of using maps, and I guess that is because I am not good reading them. However, after I went out and got me a new GPS navigation system I never had to use another map again. These little wizards that sit in your car with you make sure you get to where you need to go without ever having to look at a map. You just put in the location of where you want to go, and it will take you there.

TomTom XL 330 Portable Navigator

There are many great uses for GPS systems, however, the best one is to get to point A to point B fast and without any other help. However, there are some GPS systems that have ways of allowing you to avoid traffic. These little guys scout ahead to see if a road is blocked, and then it picks the fastest way to go. Another great thing about some of them is that it can help you keep track of where your teen is. This way you always know where they are, no more guess work.

When you are ready to take the guess work out of guessing then you know it’s time to get a GPS system. Now these have come a long way since when they first came out. They are a lot smaller, and they are a lot better. However, the really good ones are still going to cost you a lot of money. If you do not feel like you need one of the top of the line ones then you can spend less money and get a more down to earth one.

Garmin nuvi® 885T Portable Navigator

If you are looking to blow away your friends then you have to get one of the in dash GPS systems. These little personal assistant guys pop right out of your dash and then go back down again when you are not using it. Not only does this keep your dash free of junk, but then also no one knows you have a GPS system. After all, everyone is looking for one. Why show the world that you have one just sitting in your car like that?

TomTom GO 730T Portable Navigator

Finding the right GPS system for you can be an all day job. However, I think that the best thing to do is look online first. This way you can get a few reviews about the GPS system before you buy it. Getting the one that is right for you is going to be worth the extra time you spent looking into it. Also, if you choose to look for it online you may be able to save money. After all, you can always get things for a better price online. So no more driving around aimlessly. Get yourself a GPS system. Your wife will be happy you did.

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