A basic car audio

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RalphLauren
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A basic car audio

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hi! my name is Abel, i'm spanish and i've 17 years old. i bought an car for christmas and i will instal a basic car audio. this parts of de car audio have been given for me my cousin and i havn't spent anything (€).

i don't want to compete in a championship of car audio, i want it for my only

Coaxials: Beyma PL693

Casette: Alpine CDA-7894RB

Front routes: Alpine SXS1357

Amplifier: Monacor Carpower 4/400 or Monacor Carpower 4/600

Subwoofer: Beyma ASL15

i have all but i havn't the amplifier. i dont know that amplifier to choose if monacor carpower 4/400 or monacor carpower 4/600. i prefeer monacor carpower 4/400 beacause it is cheaper than 4/600 but i dont know if it bears the power of the subwoofer and the front routes...

Monacor carpower 4/400

http://www.type-rsound.com/type-rsound/ ... io&id=6295

Monacor carpower 4/600

http://www.type-rsound.com/type-rsound/ ... io&id=6296

i haven't many € because i study and i don't work...

PD: my english is not good, so sorry if i have some errors...

bye and thanks! :D
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Too much power is never a bad thing :)

You will be happy that you got the bigger amp when you had the chance. 40 euros won't matter in the future when you become truly addicted to car audio...
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i think the 4/400 would be fine. the sound level difference between the 400 and 600 would be less then 3 decibels.

in my opinion, go for the 400, then if you want more output, save up and ad a second dedicated sub woofer amp
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Post by RalphLauren »

stipud wrote:Too much power is never a bad thing :)

You will be happy that you got the bigger amp when you had the chance. 40 euros won't matter in the future when you become truly addicted to car audio...

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i think the 4/400 would be fine. the sound level difference between the 400 and 600 would be less then 3 decibels.

in my opinion, go for the 400, then if you want more output, save up and ad a second dedicated sub woofer amp
yes but i study and i don't work and i have some problems to obtain 40€ and with this 40€ i can buy the electric instalation no?

if the monacor carpower 4/400 bears the powers and it haven't problems i buy it beaceuse it is cheaper, but it doesn't bear the power i will have to buy the monacor carpower 4/600, but i prefeer to buy the 4/400..

thanks!
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Post by RalphLauren »

here the specifications of the subwoofer beyma ASL15 (it is in spanish)

ESPECIFICACIONES

Diámetro nominal 380 mm - 15"
Impedancia 4 ohms
Potencia admisible 300RMS 600 Prog.
Sensibilidad 95dB, 2 V, 1 m
Rango de frecuencias 28 - 2000 Hz
Volumen caja recomendado 50 - 120 l
Diámetro bobina 77 mm - 3"
Peso conj. magnético 5 kg
Factor Bl 13.4 N/A
Masa móvil 0.090 kg
Volumen ocupado por el altavoz 6.5 l

PARÁMETROS DE THIELE-SMALL

Fs 32 Hz
Re 3.9
Qms 8.51
Qes 0.41
Qts 0.39
Vas 255 l
Cms 0.265 mm/N
µo 2%
Sd 830 cm²
Xmax 7mm
Vd 580 cm³
Le 1 mH

and the front routes

[Custom Fit Speaker Features]
• Peak Power 150W
• RMS Power 50W
• Frequency Response: 80-22kHz
• Sensitivity: 89dB/W/m
• 13cm Woofer + 20mm Neodymium Swivel Tweeter
• Strontium Magnet (Wf/Tw)
• Neodymium Magnetic Tweeter
• Glass Fibre Aluminium Coated Speaker Cone
• Butyl Rubber Edge
• PEI and Titanium Tweeter Diaphragm
• Aluminium Formed Voice Coil

thanks!
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Post by smgreen20 »

I love the idea behind the heat sink. That brings another way to show off an amp in an install, the sides.

If money is tight there's nothing wrong with going with what you can afford, but IF you can, get the bigger of the tw amps. Down the road you'll probably wishedyou had if you didn't.
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Post by RalphLauren »

smgreen20 wrote:I love the idea behind the heat sink. That brings another way to show off an amp in an install, the sides.

If money is tight there's nothing wrong with going with what you can afford, but IF you can, get the bigger of the tw amps. Down the road you'll probably wishedyou had if you didn't.
thanks for your opinion but finally i will buy the amplifier monacor carpower 4/400 beacause i asked to a friend who know very much and he recomended me to buy the amplifier monacor carpower 4/400 because it bears the power without difficulty

thanks to all for helping myself, soon i will put photos of the car audio and you will say yours opinions to me :D

bye!
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