Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 11:25 pm, by: Mark Paddick(Sparks)
Why bother?? when the Jaycar one has better specs, IS suitable for rear shelf and can be had for the same $139 on eBay from Electus who are the Jaycar parent company.
Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 05:51 pm, by: Mark Paddick(Sparks)
The point is that the Pioneer speaker is an unknown whereas the Response one is the same price, better power handling and lower resonance and definately Will work unboxed in the parcel shelf
Monday, October 17, 2005 - 02:58 pm, by: Michael Sinay(Mikey)
Hey guys, Ive had a 10inch kicker free-air sub in my parcel shelf for a while now, and whenever the bass starts getting big it "pops", ie a loud popping sound, which is really annoying and sounds crap. Basically it ruins the effect of the bass, but i have no idea what is causing it...
I have a big amp running it so its getting enough power. Im wondering if even though its supposedly a free-air sub, maybe somethings not working right with the boot as its enclosure, does this cause the popping effect?? Any ideas?
Michael, are you using the factory mounting bracket? I think you've killed the sub (that's what happened to mine before it fluttered, popped and died).
Monday, October 17, 2005 - 11:18 pm, by: Mark Paddick(Sparks)
Check for intermittent shorting of speaker terminals to the chassis. How is the amp powered. I saw some very strange effects when powering an amp from factory wiring. After it had been running for a while the speaker cone was making huge low frequency excursions (much lower than audio frequencies). All this dissapeared when a large power cable was run from the battery for the amp.
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 05:44 pm, by: Michael Sinay(Mikey)
Hmmm well it works really good up until the volume gets to a certain level. Its done this ever since i bought it, although it was an ex-demo sub. The sub has a fairly decent sized power cable running from the battery, and the rca's go straight to the deck...
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 02:28 pm, by: Ben James(Silverbullet)
Can someone tell me, I'm about to put an aftermarket head unit in my soarer, and was wondering if I have to do away with the factory amp in the boot ?, also can I run my factory sub of my aftermarket head unit, or do I have to buy an aftermarket sub and amp ?
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 03:04 pm, by: Thads Cooke(Thadz)
When i installed my pioneer headunit, I only used the factory wiring for power, earth and memory, and ran new wires for all the speakers. I also put a 222w sony amp in the boot (under 'flap' on rhs) and used this to run the factory sub - I couldn't work out how the wiring on the factory amps worked so i just got rid of them!
Mark- which is the jaycar sub that you recommend and does it fit straight into the shelf? and will my sony 222w amp be big enough to power it satisfactorily?
Do not take too much notice of the speil in that link. The parameters for these speakers actually indicate that they would work better as infinite baffle or unboxed ie in the rear shelf. Like most other brands the 10' version is a better speaker than the 12". This is because the magnet system is the same for both meaning that the 10' cone is better damped and controlled than the 12".
It doesn't fit straight in. The hole in the metal shelf has to be enlarged and the mounting bracket filed down and spaced up about 9mm. The Sony amp should be able to drive it if that is an RMS rating. The sub is rated at 250Watts RMS
Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 06:18 pm, by: Mark Paddick(Sparks)
The factory 4 channel amp can be run off line level outputs from an aftermarket head unit. The factory sub amp requires two 180 deg out of phase inputs so a phase splitter will be required with most aftermarket head units.
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