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Originally Posted by Dr0pZ0n3
and adding a cap will still make your subs hit harder 
Been there, done that. |
I can hit 125.8db at
only 46% volume running ONLY off the battery. I can hit a heck of a lot higher running off the alternator. I can top over 140db at full volume. I don't know the exact number, because my decibel meter won't even read high enough when at full volume. It's peak read number has been passed already, so it's been topped out. I could easily DB Drag that car, so don't give me crap about it making it hit harder. A cap would do nothing, since my system is set up right. The only way a cap would seem do anything is if your system is set up wrong, and even then it's doing more harm than you know to your alternator and battery. A cap like a loan shark. You think it solves the problem...but just wait. A cap will do nothing if your set up right. Nothing. Period. It's a band-aid for if you don't have enough current. If you don't have enough current, there is only way to
SOLVE the problem. You need to
PRODUCE more. Only a High Output alternator can create more current and do that. It will do more for you than a cap ever will, since it is
SOLVING the issue by producing enough current. If you have enough current, aka a High Output Alternator, you can keep up with the current demands of the amp fine and the transient responses of the music fine. A cap (due to the nature of how they work) would
not do ANYTHING except drain the alternator and shorten the life of the alternator. Call up ANY high end High Output Alternator manufacturer, and they'll tell you the same. Talk to any IASCA installer or high end installer, they'll tell you the same. If you need a little more something, add in a high end stereo battery like Kinetik Battery on top of the HO Alternator. Most of the DB Drag guys with the high numbers run HO alternators (sometimes multiple) and a good battery like Kinetik (sometimes multiple). Caps are a waste. There's a reason Kinetik is nicknamed the cap killer. There's a reason the first member of the 180db club ran HO Alternators and Kinetik Batteries to power the system.
If you want to "hit harder" (increase the db), sound deaden your ride 100% with a product like Dynamat. You'll "hit harder" and you'll sound cleaner. A cap is a waste. Period.