Rockford

[Curtis20]

hey i just bought a complete system and wanted to know if you people would give me some of your knowledge on it.

PL3-212 enclosure
duel 12 inch rockford p3 1000 watt peak/500 watt rms each
t5002 rockford power amp
rockford speakers in the front (not sure of the exact model)
alpine speakers in the back (" ")
rockford capacitor 1 farad
phenoix gold wiring
Pioneer Premier DEH-P560MP head unit Mosfet 50watts x 4

its in my 2000 sunfire... thx

please tell me what i could do to upgrade for what is not doing much for my sound or anything at all thx

[Mangoamerican]

nice equipment.. you gotta tune it though.. make sure that your speakers are nice and tight (if its sealed make sure that when you push the cone down the come up VERY slowly) if you want any more advice on getting the best sound, im more than happy to give it. you might want some tweeters in your dash and a four channel amp to drive your interiors

[Curtis20]

hey thanks for the advice and yeah i would like better sound so let me know what i could do. And my 6x9 rattle like hell ive been told about dynamat but im not sure about it and what do u mean by sealed? How many watts should i get for a 4 channel amp and should it be RF? i have a tune for super bass on my deck will that hurt my subs if i use it all the time or can i even hurt the subs with that amp?? i appreciate that advice thx ps: is Alpine 6x9 any good???

[Mangoamerican]

alpine is good stuff, you want to custom shape your sound.. the pioneer presets are garbage man.. 4 channel amp, 100w per channel would be good, and it would give you better qaulity sound, because you wouldnt be using your head unit to power your speakers, which will prolong the life of your head unit, if you decide to get tweeters, you can use the speaker level output of your head unit to drive your tweets..now for setting it up, make sure that your amp is bridged and there are 2 wires going from each speaker to the amp.. meeting at the same bridged output of your amp. to tune your radio, press audio untill you get to where you can customize your sound settings, put it on like 4 mid, 5 high, -3 low.. now press and hold the audio button untill you get a funky lookin screen with frequencys on it, you want it to be at 160(push up on the selector thingy to get it towhatever it is), then press audio again and select where you like the sound to be, then audio again to where you like it.. but for bass, you want to be able to take it out of your surround speakers and use your amp to give it to your sub.. so you can turn it up without distorting your interiors.

[Curtis20]

ok kool thx well i treid to tune the cd player and it was a bit difficult? my cd player has no setting for bass just when im using the speakers and subs and i know thats good but i find it weird because what if i didnt have subs what i do? and the volume goes to 63 what do u think it i shouldplay it at when i want it cranked up as much i was can? i paid $3000 cdn bucks for everything brand new do u think i got screwed ?

[bigdaveangell]

My whole stereo is alpine except the amp.

9833 alpine deck
12 inch alpine type x subs
alpine type s speakers front and rear
fosgate 801s 2400 watt amp

Sounds great

[Mangoamerican]

3000 bucks?? dang.. i guess thats like 2 g's american? yeah.. i think if you would have shopped around you could have got a better deal. you should turn it up as loud as you can on a dynamic song, to see if it distorts at all.. try "bass mechanik" its good stuff

[noshun]

You could run a passive crossover to the front speakers and tweets of you get them. These will supply the fron speakers with mid-range and treble for the tweets, will sound better. Also a powered qraphic EQ will allow you to tune the sound independent of the deck and is much more easily done!!!

[Curtis20]

Allright nice stuff guys thx and im thinking of buying a new amp doesnanyone recommend anything for my subs prefferebly rockford but doesnt have to be