Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Car Audio and "Bass Blockers"

Or this one if you are amping the fronts as well:

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?g=82600&i=20603KX3&search=crossovers&tp=117

Actually, it's not. I saw that too but later crossed it off. He'd still still need an amp to drive the 6x9's, and his sub already has a x-over. I think it's easier and cheaper to just get an amp for the rear 6x9's that has an active x-over in it.

That is a great little active x-over, and probably very useful for getting everything tuned perfectly. For future expansion plans, yeah, that'd be a great way to go. But I think it's un-necessary for what he's trying to accomplish. I think...

So long as that sub amp can handle a speaker level input. Just slapping a set of RCA's on the speaker wires and then plugging them into the amp won't do it.

And you are right - I am wanting him to amplify the 6x9's as well....

And yes, I am old school - none of my car amps that are left over from the 80's have x-overs built-in.

Alpine in my camaro back in the day...

If it were me... I'd look into something like the JL Audio cleansweep or the Alpine version. JBL supposedly has one too with logic 7 and modest amplification, but I can't find it on their site. Good 6x9's with a healthy amp and a trunk as an enclosure can produce some respectable bass, you might not even need a sub.

I'll offer some unsolicited advice on speakers. The big boys run a pair of front speakers and sub(s), no rears at all- they call it "front stage". Buy 2 great speakers instead of 4 average ones. Try fading your deck all the way to the front for a couple days and see how it sounds. I was skeptical at first but now I'm a believer. The trick is to power them well- HU power won't cut it with only 2 peakers.

Alright, first off wow... I am gone for a couple of hours and BAM, lots of responses. Also, the power cable has a fuse "in-line" about 6 inches from where it connects up to the battery.

Boy-o-boy, I don't know if I want to amp the fronts as well. Still waiting to hear what the dealership is going to do. I called, but the guy was "with a customer" and then when he called back, I was on a conference call at work and he just said that "he has everything set up to send to me" but didn't say what that was.

That Blaupunkt amp is only $60 because the product has been discontinued and used to sell for quite a bit more so it should be a fairly good amp. If I go that route I will have to purchase soon as I doubt that they have a lot of stock on these discontinued items.

Duckman, I already owned the 6x9s and the sub with sub amp were just purchased a couple of months ago, so those are already paid for. That JL Cleansweep is pretty awesome in specs, but runs $300 plus amps. It does sound like it is a fairly simple to set up though. I'd be afraid that my mediocre aftermarket gear wouldn't be up to par with that level of system though.

Well duh! I think it's pretty necessary that you upgrade everything.

'Back in the day', I was a big fan of Polk and Eclipse gear. Polk first, Eclipse later. I had a pair of Eclipse 6x9's once that were freaking incredible. They put out a fantastic amount of bass just on their own. About on par with a decent 8" sub. Unless you really wanted to thump, a seperate sub wasn't needed. Of course, I DID want to thump, so I had a pair of 12's for that purpose. Yeah, I had one of those cars. I don't know if they're stuff is still good, but if you ever want to step up a level, try to find an Eclipse dealer.


Sounds good with the fuse. I asked because back in high school I darn-near caught my car on fire because I didn't fuse things correctly. I once STUPIDLY installed the fuse back by the amp instead of by the battery. One of the dumbest things I ever did as a teenager. Ignorance & invincibility of youth. One day driving home from school I heard this 'pfffssts' noise and the car started filling with smoke. Pulled over, popped the hood, found the power lead melting and the wire glowing red. Yanked/ripped the wire off the battery terminal with my bare hands (ouch) seemingly just before it brust into flames. Later inspection found that the power line had been rubbing against a crease in the chassis by the driver's seat, and you can probably guess what happened. Always, always, always, always, always use a fuse properly. And always mount it as close as possible to the battery. And never substitute a higher-amp fuse unless you know what you're doing.