Well, I had to pull some equipment out of the 'lara when my wife backed into it over Christmas break... and I JUST got around to putting it all back in! I am still working with the Boston Acoustic components in the front... (that MIGHT change soon... stay tuned!) and while everything was out, I REARRANGED the entire AMP BOARD and added the dry cell battery to the setup!
Here are some mediocre shots of the latest...
INSTALL IN THE COLD, DARK, NIGHT... AGAIN! DOH!
^^^ I HIGHLY encourage that you LOWER THE WINDOW GLASS up and down a few times, and MAKE SURE you have clearance for any x-over nets, speaker basket, and foam baffles that you use!
^^^ There's the FRONT of the AMP board... as seen with SEATS DOWN.
^^^ There is the view from IN THE TRUNK with the COVER BOARD REMOVED.
Well, WITH the new DRY CELL, there is NO DIMMING during operation at the levels I listen to my system. I DO crank it, but I have things equalized for BALANCE over PURE BASS POUND... so others may find (as noted in other threads...) that a large cap and/or extra battery don't necessarily prevent power "drain" under heavy levels. As for ME? I'm pretty happy with this setup... with the exception of a NAGGING noise from my ANCIENT PIONEER GM-H200 amp! (Seems to be related to the constant FAN in it... which I "noise filtered" the power lead to... with no benefit.
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My next task is BETTER separation of POWER LEAD and RCA leads. (I have ALL running the SAME SIDE of vehicle... even though I TRIED to keep them apart, it's still not enough, perhaps?)
I'm thinking RCA's down MIDDLE or DRIVER side, and leave power on passenger side... we'll see.
-crisp