1400 Watt 6 X 9 speakers

For you people interested in speakers, there are some 6 X 9's that produce 700 watts a piece, and others that produce 850 a piece. They are made by Cuspid and are very cheap off of ebay. If you want I can give you the link but you should be able to find them.

You mean can handle 700 watts? I've never heard of a speaker generating wattage.

I say that company is junk..

I base this on the fact that thier 1600watt amp is $99 msrp, and is about a foot long, with 12ga power input (possibly smaller can't tell from pic) and a 15 amp fuse. Maybe it's super efficient. I dunno. But there is only one store in the US that that carries that brand of speakers. Caraudiosupply.com and gee, they are the only one on ebay selling them too. Of course they offer absolutly NO info other then peak watts.

My 3 cents

Heh...

that 1600watt amp they sell is 2x80RMS :)

Holy crap a :monkeypis 1600watt amp for 99$
Id better get one before all the smart people figure out this great deal

you most often get what you pay for

Good to know info about the cuspid 6x9's. I was doing some research about and ebay auction I saw and I thought they seemed too good to be true. Sorry you had to learn the hard way viper!

I am new to the car stereo thing, but have some ideas and I was looking for a little feedback from someone other than the guy at BestBuy. I have a '97 honda accord, stock system that I want to bring to the next level. I'm not into bumpin' down the street, but I want something that sounds clean with no distortion at high volume with a kicky bass. it was suggested that i get a 10' sub with some good 6x9's, run a 4 way amp (2 lines to the rears and 2 lines to the sub). does anyone think this is too much for what I want? will a strong set of 6x9's do the job? I appreciate any suggestions you have! thanks :biggrin:

stereo lesson 1 ....... do not put midrange/tweeter speakers in the back until you have the front speakers sounding good and you just deel you need some rear fill

oh geezz this is old...um...i'm not sure, on the box that they came in it said nominal power was 350 watts, i mean they seem like they can handle it and everything, but I ended up hooking one up to our 300 watt recevier downstairs and just pounded on it continuously and it blew after about 5 minuts, voice coil was prety damn hot. the other one was ok though, so i put it in my truck in a box and used it for awhile but it was jus stupid to do that so i gave it away.

Best thing to to do i think is upgrade all factory speakers, that will definately make your car sound better and a little louder, i like Infinity Kappa's 100 watt rms 6 by 8's for sound quality I think, but if your going to wire up a sub, get a mono amp for that and get a seperate amp for the other speakers, if you get a good head unit, the new ones have some sort of preamp output where if u have to subs, you can run one revers and one forward or somthing like that. but I'd never wire up two lines, right and left sides, to one sub, cuz in some songs, the sound starts out of one side and that, and all it will do is try taking two seperate sound waves or w/e and try to produce that to make a really shitty sound, i've experienced this myself. but if your not looking to spend much, go to wal mart, i'm serious they do have pretty good 6 by 9's and door speakers, but for subs go soemwhere else. personally i like Alpines' type R's but they are kind of expensive

Just wanted to let you know I put in two of their 600 watts and with my subs, sounds great.

All hell breaks free if I ignore the forums for a few seconds...
My suggestion is pick up 2 pairs of CDT coax or comps, power them with a 2 channel amp, possibly profile to keep low cost. You can get that stuff from www.thezeb.com (http://www.thezeb.com) .
now for the little kick that sounds clean. I would pick up a e10k from http://www.edesignaudio.com/ep2/10kx.htm (make sure it is a dual 4ohm voice coil)
put it in a sealed box. pick up a CA600M from www.thezeb.com (http://www.thezeb.com)
also a profile amp.
and you should be set

Remeber do it right the first time, it sucks having to go back and fix wrong audio. Good deals are not always the best. Profile California is the only good deal I have seen that works besides the CDT coax series.

sorry habaine, next time we should only ask you because you are obviously the ultimate source when it comes to car audio.

anyways if you amp one set of components in the front it should be enough, and you probly won't even fell the need for rear speakers.

and i hope the wal-mart speakers someone was talkin' about are pioneer's those are the only good speakers that i have seen at wal-mart. roadgear and lightning audio are shit, but i guess better than stock.

Well know one in here is ever around. Haven't seen you on in a while. And I didn't want these other people to start giving bad info. Headache. Sorry rough day.

cuspid is stupid end of story. they check their wattage by p.m.p.o 1500 sub watt would only be about 30 watts max in real wattage. so check ebayfor yourself type in the search. (1500w home theater) :screwy:

Good to know info about the cuspid 6x9's. I was doing some research about and ebay auction I saw and I thought they seemed too good to be true. Sorry you had to learn the hard way viper!

I am new to the car stereo thing, but have some ideas and I was looking for a little feedback from someone other than the guy at BestBuy. I have a '97 honda accord, stock system that I want to bring to the next level. I'm not into bumpin' down the street, but I want something that sounds clean with no distortion at high volume with a kicky bass. it was suggested that i get a 10' sub with some good 6x9's, run a 4 way amp (2 lines to the rears and 2 lines to the sub). does anyone think this is too much for what I want? will a strong set of 6x9's do the job? I appreciate any suggestions you have! thanks :biggrin:




try audiobahn their great for subs

hahahaha..........audiobahn, great subs

I have 2 12" Rockford hooked to a 800 Watt Performance Technik mono amp, sounds pretty good but it doesn't give me the bass i want. also a rockford capacitor , 4 channel 400 watt sony amp for mids and highs, Pioneer headunit any suggestions....change amp?..change spkrs?...

change amp?..change spkrs?...

Is all of the above an answer?

RF subs....well, depending on the model, they can be useful I guess. They get loud for cheap, as long as you don't care about how the bass sounds then they're a viable option. I've never even heard of Performance Technik, and Sony car audio sucks balls. If you want to upgrade I recommend replacing it all and starting over. The Pioneer head could be a solid base though, probably no need to change that as long as it still works well and has the features you want.

Screw all you guys my setup is the best. I got a million watt legacy amp!!!!(well its only 50x2RMS, but its a new way of rating the peak!!!), Two pyramid 12's the give a loud and clean .5 million watts each (oh wait they blew up when I put 100 watts to them) and my lanzar cap gives me all the surge i need for the million watts from my stock battery and 24 AWG power wire!!!!! BEAT THAT SETUP!!!!! BTW is in a inproperly tuned bandpass with more mirrors, neons and chrome then the eye can handle. What Now!!

Screw all you guys my setup is the best. I got a million watt legacy amp!!!!(well its only 50x2RMS, but its a new way of rating the peak!!!), Two pyramid 12's the give a loud and clean .5 million watts each (oh wait they blew up when I put 100 watts to them) and my lanzar cap gives me all the surge i need for the million watts from my stock battery and 24 AWG power wire!!!!! BEAT THAT SETUP!!!!! BTW is in a inproperly tuned bandpass with more mirrors, neons and chrome then the eye can handle. What Now!!


awesome man, I bet that hits atleast 180 hyper decibels

you should compete!

Yea I compete in the backyard spl competition and with my magnified mic I hit 150db!!!!

I'm a total newbie, was wondering if someone can tell me if this is good for a monoblock:
Max power, 2 ohm 2200w x 1
RMS power, 4 ohm 1200w x 1
Bridged power N/A
Max Power 3000w x 1
Signal-noise-ratio >100dB
THD .05 %
Dimensions, 11 1/2" W x 2 1/2"H x... 12 7/8"

Unfortunately many of those specs are easy to "fudge" so it's impossible to say. The easiest way to see if it's a good amp is to look at the brand's reputation. You also need to know if the amp will put out the power you want at the impedance you need. That one looks like it will do 1200x1 @ 4ohm and who knows what at 2ohm (max power is useless).

As I said, I'm a total newbie.

The brand is Boss, their rep good or bad??

definitely bad

check this out, you don't really need to know what you're looking at in these pics, as long as you know what you're looking for. Some of the more important things in an amp design is the number (and quality) of the output transistors (the things lining the sides of the amp) and the number and size of the power supply caps. The transistors are what provide ALL of the power that is delivered to the speaker, they spit out the voltage and supply as much current as is "requested" by the speaker. They're the heart and soul of the amp, the more you have the more current the amp can supply, more current carrying capability means they're under less stress during normal operation, the amp is more reliable, etc. The power supply caps are what provide power to the output transistors in between the pulses of the switched power supply, in essence, the more powerful the amp is the more power supply caps it needs, if it doesn't have enough then they'll run dry and the amp will suck.

Look at these pics, the 1st is a Boss amp rated at 3000 watts, the 2nd is a US Amps rated at 3000 watts. Notice a difference?

Boss (http://ampguts.byethost5.com/Boss_REV3000D/inside1.jpg)
US Amps (http://ampguts.byethost5.com/USAmps_DE-3000/inside2.jpg)

While the Boss doesn't look that bad, there is no WAY it can do anywhere NEAR 3000 watts. They do this a lot, the build an amp that can do about 500 watts reliably, they give it enough output voltage where it can do about 1000 watts before clipping (even though it's not clipping, everything in the amp is being stressed to the max and will fail pretty easily), and then they stick a 2000 watt rating on it.

And Boss speakers?

I wouldn't trust them any more than their amps

Hey,

I've been looking around a bit. How's Pyle Audio?
Went to their site but they have no RMS value on their amps.

pyle is just as bad as boss

A guy who was talking up Pyle said they're owned by Sony? Same as Legacy... apparently.

Hey,

I've been looking around a bit. How's Pyle Audio?
Went to their site but they have no RMS value on their amps.

check out the forum's newbie sticky thread:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=382679
it'll give you the list of brands u should look at.
you oughta do some research b4 buying, so u know what to look for in an amp.
www.bcae1.com (http://www.bcae1.com)

Thanx,

This'll help a lot!!

i have 10 cuspid speakers in my car right now and they sound awsome. as for the subs and amps i dont have a comment i use rockfordfosgate and cadence. i have a pair of 1400 watt 6x9, 2 pair of 6 1/2, 4 300 watts tweets.

this therad is only over 3 years old....

how do you even find a 3 year old thread to bring back liek this?? i mean i understand maybe a few months back if you did a search.. but what did you do here? search for cuspid? and why would you do that anyways?

lets keep it going for another 3 years.:rofl: :screwy:

:banghead:

1. Cuspid Sucks.
2. Stop posting in this thread.
3. Newb.