Getting a little bit louder...

[tekkdrone]

Specs:
Alpine i509-WRA-JL
American Soundbar enclosure
BRP JT 2x10" subwoofer enclosure
4 x 8" Kicker marine full-range coaxial speakers
4 x American Soundbar 4" mount tweeters
2 x JL Audio 10TW3-D4 10" dual voice coil shallow mount subs
2 x Knuconcepts power distribution blocks
1/0 Ga marine power cable to the distribution block
4Ga marine power cable to amps A and B
8Ga marine power cable to amp C
Soundskinz full JT templated sound deadening kit for floor and door panels
Sub Amp: Kicker marine KMA800.1 pushing 800w @1 ohm (Dual voice coil subs wired parallel/parallel)
Full range Amp: Kicker marine KMA600.4 pushing 75w x 4 @4 ohms
Tweeter Amp: Kicker marine KMA150.2 pushing 150w x 2 @2ohms (each pair of tweeters are 4ohms wired in parallel to 2 ohms)
Amp Rack: 1' x 4' x 1/2" thick HDPE with screw in m4 inserts
Cheap bus bar
Audio Control LC7i Active LOC (no longer used since replacing the head unit)

I sacrificed Aux 4 to run remote power on for all amps and the LOC, and to provide power to the led controller for the speakers (max 7.5Amp draw)

Levels set with a D'Amore Engineering DD-1 distortion detector, and sound tuned using an Audiocontrol DM-RTA real-time analyzer.

It sounds amazing, and very clean at all volume levels.

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[Hootbro]

 

[Lunentucker]

 

[tekkdrone]

Hahaha, indeed. I had earplugs in for the dB test. It could actually be considerably louder but I have the soundbar full range speaker amp at about 20% gain with plenty of headroom to distortion levels at max volume so they don't overwhelm the subs.

 

[whysoserious]

At least it's not "Painful & Dangerous". That would be Adele or Mariah Carey. Wouldn't it?

 

[treadmark]

Specs:
Alpine i509-WRA-JL
American Soundbar enclosure
BRP JT 2x10" subwoofer enclosure
4 x 8" Kicker marine full-range coaxial speakers
4 x American Soundbar 4" mount tweeters
2 x JL Audio 10TW3-D4 10" dual voice coil shallow mount subs
2 x Knuconcepts power distribution blocks
1/0 Ga marine power cable to the distribution block
4Ga marine power cable to amps A and B
8Ga marine power cable to amp C
Soundskinz full JT templated sound deadening kit for floor and door panels
Sub Amp: Kicker marine KMA800.1 pushing 800w @1 ohm (Dual voice coil subs wired parallel/parallel)
Full range Amp: Kicker marine KMA600.4 pushing 75w x 4 @4 ohms
Tweeter Amp: Kicker marine KMA150.2 pushing 150w x 2 @2ohms (each pair of tweeters are 4ohms wired in parallel to 2 ohms)
Amp Rack: 1' x 4' x 1/2" thick HDPE with screw in m4 inserts
Cheap bus bar
Audio Control LC7i Active LOC (no longer used since replacing the head unit)

I sacrificed Aux 4 to run remote power on for all amps and the LOC, and to provide power to the led controller for the speakers (max 7.5Amp draw)

Levels set with a D'Amore Engineering DD-1 distortion detector, and sound tuned using an Audiocontrol DM-RTA real-time analyzer.

It sounds amazing, and very clean at all volume levels.

Impressive! Did you find the Soundskinz sound deadening to be effective?

 

[tekkdrone]

Impressive! Did you find the Soundskinz sound deadening to be effective?

The template cuts are good and took care of nearly all of the floor and that alone made a bigger-than-expected difference.

The amp rack got some heavier material from skar audio on the back side, and I plan to install the soundskinz door templates for the outer door sometime this week, and some soundshield slim for the inner panels. I added some foam tape to the driver knee panel and a few other targeted spots but there's still work to be done. It sounds too clean when loud to let buzzing panels kill it ?

 

[treadmark]

The template cuts are good and took care of nearly all of the floor and that alone made a bigger-than-expected difference.

The amp rack got some heavier material from skar audio on the back side, and I plan to install the soundskinz door templates for the outer door sometime this week, and some soundshield slim for the inner panels. I added some foam tape to the driver knee panel and a few other targeted spots but there's still work to be done. It sounds too clean when loud to let buzzing panels kill it ?

Thank you!

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