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What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 2:03 AM
Ok, so I have the following equipment

Phoenix Gold Xenon X100.4 Four Channel Amplifier
Phoenix Gold Xenon X600.1 Monoblock Amplifier
Phoenix Gold Xenon X6.5 Components/Passive Crossover Network
Phoenix Gold Xenon 12" D4 Subwoofers (two)
Alpine Type S 6x9 Speakers
JVC KD-S580 CD Receiver

now the CD Receiver is pretty basic (cheap), and i will probably need to upgrade to to get everything working...correct? Anyway, what i need to know is what wirring will i need? Do i need 2 sets of RCA cables to run to the amps from the HU? How much speaker wire do i need? Do i need 2 amp kits? I want to order everything online but i don't really know what i need, and what connects where. If anyone has any advise, it would be appreciated. TIA



Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:45 AM
Here ya go.

All from Knukonceptz.com

18 Ft of Eko Kable 4 Guage 18x.79 Item #: eKo-4BL
4 Ft Of EKo Kable 8 Guage 4x.33 Item #: eKo-8BL
4 ft of Eko Kable 8 Guage 4x.33 Item #: eKo-8PRL
1 In-Line Waterproof AGU Fuse Holder Item #: FH-24 $6
1 BC-1448 Kompression Distribution Block Item #: BC-1448 $6
1 2CH RCA Item #: KAR2-4M $11
1 4CH RCA Item #: KAR4-6M $20
10 ft 12 guage speaker wire Item #: KLE10BL $7
40ft 16 Guage Speaker Wire Item #: KLE16BL $8

Total of about $75. Knukonceptz makes amazeing products and there all i use now. Ill never go back to anyone else. There RCAs are awesome.


Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:56 PM
wow...looks like a good shopping list and very good prices. Can anyone confirm this list? Also, what do i need to hook it all up to the battery? Also, what if i threw a Cap in the mix, what other wirring would i need?

TIA


Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:14 PM
Dont worry about a cap. Unless you just wanted it for looks. If need be just upgrade the Big 3 to 4 guage wiring. So if your gonna do that add about 10-12 feet of 4 guage.

And for battery terminal you will need one of these
Item #: GMBT $4

Also if you do the Big there you will need to get atleast 6 but i would get 8 just in case
Item #: RT4516BK There $1 each


Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:59 PM
Get yourself a new unit with 3 sets of rca outputs. Front and rear will go to your 4 channel amp, sub will go to the monoblock. You'll need 3 sets of RCA cables to go from your head unit to your amps, and approx. 50 feet of speaker wire to run to your 4 channel amp.



Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:08 PM
Lanman31337 wrote:Get yourself a new unit with 3 sets of rca outputs. Front and rear will go to your 4 channel amp, sub will go to the monoblock. You'll need 3 sets of RCA cables to go from your head unit to your amps, and approx. 50 feet of speaker wire to run to your 4 channel amp.


sorry, why do i need 3 sets of RCA's? One from HU to the 4 ch amp, and one from the HU to the mono amp. What is the 3rd one for? TIA


Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:33 PM
You dont need three sets you can used one 4 ch set and a 2 ch set like i posted and you dont need 50" of speaker wire 40" will be more then enough.


Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:34 PM
you need 3 sets because most 4 channel amps have front and rear inputs ...

wysiwyg wrote:i would say they bang, they don't really pound so much. but if
you want to bump, then they will bump and hit real hard and a lot good.

LOL
Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:14 PM
ok guys they make these things called 4 Channel RCA's. You dont need three pairs just a Pair of 2 Channel RCAs and 4 Channel RCA's. Lets all do more research if need be before posting things. We dont want to give people the wrong information.

Thanks
Jeremy


Re: What to buy?
Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:01 PM
Siegel1719 wrote:ok guys they make these things called 4 Channel RCA's. You dont need three pairs just a Pair of 2 Channel RCAs and 4 Channel RCA's. Lets all do more research if need be before posting things. We dont want to give people the wrong information.

Thanks
Jeremy


thanks Siegel1719, what you're saying makes sense. So you guys think i should use 4 guage instead of like 0/1?


Re: What to buy?
Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:55 AM
Yes 4 guage will be more then enough. I would use 4 guage for up to 100-120 amps of current and you will maybe be pulling 80amps max so yur good.



Re: What to buy?
Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:05 AM
never hurts to go bigger though...in case you're upgrading .. + bigger wire = less voltage lost..it wont be much different, but it won't hurt at all

wysiwyg wrote:i would say they bang, they don't really pound so much. but if
you want to bump, then they will bump and hit real hard and a lot good.

LOL
Re: What to buy?
Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:34 PM
Using 2 pairs of singles or 1 4 channel set of rca's is the same thing. It's not giving wrong information, and getting singles is usually more convienient to find than finding a 4 channel set of rca's.



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