will i need a bigger alternator?

[lucki17]

if my system is drawing about 4000watts rms am i going to have to get a bigger alternator? i have a 240sx, where would i get a bigger one? will a better battey be all i need?

[PaulD]

4000 watts ? that's a LOT of power

[lucki17]

well the subs are going to be 3000 of that and yes, that is alot of power.

[pac4eva5]

whats the other 1000?

[loismustdie]

Originally Posted by pac4eva5

whats the other 1000?

i'd guess front stage.....

[pac4eva5]

i find that hard to believe......

[loismustdie]

Originally Posted by pac4eva5

i find that hard to believe......

then you've obviously never seen a well rounded 3-way setup. i highly doubt he's running a set of 6 1/2 comps with 3000 watt sub stage or that would sound like complete shit

[pac4eva5]

explain why

[Haibane]

Completely onesided setup if he did that. THat is why

[loismustdie]

Originally Posted by pac4eva5

explain why

ok, well if the only thing you can hear is bass, that means the system sucks and will sound horrible. it doesn't matter if the bass is clear and crisp if thats the only thing you hear. IMO 3000 watts is too much because sub-bass shouldn't really be heard but felt, and it should be very subtle. about 90% of the "bass" in music is mid-bass, with the low-end rumble from the subs.

going active on a three-way setup will easily take up alot of power: 200-250 per midbass, 100-150 on mids, and 75-100 on tweets.

[pac4eva5]

ahh, makes sense. ive never heard a 3000 watt sub stage accept compitetion set-ups which is ALL bass anyway. seems pretty rediculous.....

[lucki17]

ha ha ha, yeah it is a little rediculus, i think i might just go with one 15" at 2000 rms, but i dont know.

[PaulD]

the power the sub needs bepends on the sub (of course) .... when I get around to redoing the crx, I probably put one 15" brahma back there with appx 1500 watts.

[sr20de4evr]

Originally Posted by PaulD

the power the sub needs bepends on the sub (of course) .... when I get around to redoing the crx, I probably put one 15" brahma back there with appx 1500 watts.

sounds familiar

[lucki17]

how good is the brahma? ive never even heard of it until i started posting on here and everyone mentions it, how much is this almighty woofer? is it really as good as all the hype?