Suggestions for amps & a subwoofer

[Raghu]

Well, its a good brand. One thing to note is that its a class AB amp. I usually recommend class D mono amp over class AB. Class AB have the efficiency of about 50%. Say you wanna run it at 470 Watts RMS on a load of 2 ohms, it requires to output approx 14 amps. onto sub coil. And do give out this it requires double the current from battery. So, summing up all the circuitry, the amperage load on your battery would be very close to max. it can source.

Though, you won't be running the system in full volume level always, I would recommend adding a capacitor for the sub. It will help it reproduce those high peaks that create momentary high demands on battery.

[whizzkid_ram]

Yeah Raghu, I understood what you meant to say. So can i reach higher volumes for a long period if the capacitor is added? Suggest me some VFM capacitor from a decent manufacturer & what is the price of STINGER capacitor? I heard good reviews about stinger.

[Raghu]

Stinger are class caps. and then very costly too. Check with the same dealer who supplied KICKER to you. Its distributed by same person


I think Tsunami 1.2 farad cap. is good enough. (check for this http://www.tsunamionline.com/products6.html)

or even the scosche one (http://www.scosche.com/products/productID/867)

Lanzar also have got good caps.

[whizzkid_ram]

Guys, Finally attained nirvana by getting the ICE stuffs & got the installation done.

I thank all the fellow members who suggested and gave their precious advice.

The Stuffs as follows:

A) Kenwood Excelon KDC X994 HU
B) Illusion Audio EL 6.1 front compos
C) DLS 428 on MDF rear parcel tray.
D) Auditor RIP 4280 4 channel amplifier
E) FOCAL Solid 1 600W Monoblock
F) KICKER COMP VR 12" 4 DVC Subwoofer
G) Amplifier Power kit from Soundquest - 8ga & 0ga
H) RCAs from Stinger.
I) Scosche Speaker cables
J) Noisekill Dampers

I'm posting few pics of the equipments & installation to your eyes 

Kenwood Excelon KDC X994 HU







Illusion Audio EL 6.1 front compos






DLS 428






FOCAL Solid 1 Monoblock








Auditor RIP 4280 4 Channel amp






KICKER COMP VR 12" Subwoofer








Stinger RCA


Soundquest Amp power kit 8 Gauge


Soundquest Amp power kit Zero Gauge


Installation pics follows...

Teknocrat - Chennai...installation bay - 5 series, X5 & C class awaiting for installation



My Drive


Kicker ready to BOOM



Dampers done



Focal Monoblock goes under the driver seat





RIP 4280 pinned under the co passenger seat




Ramdom pic


CVR in installer readymade wooden enclosure made for SWIFT



Compos in stock location



Tweeters in adjustable template




DLS on MDF



BOOM BOOM POW!



Neato!



Some pics of my Kenny X994 HU












Cheers
Ram

[Raghu]

Ram, Amazing !!

Howz the SQ? I am sure KICKER is giving good thump. Is this ready wooden enclosure, voluminous enough to meet the enclosure recommendations for COMPVR 12 ?

Headunit is pretty impressive.

[whizzkid_ram]

Thanx Raghu. I'm completely impressed by the SQ the system produces. The Kickers really kick pretty hard & my hatch lid couldn't resist its thump & rattles flawlessly even after damping. Need to damp again. The readymade enclosure is perfect for the CVR as per the manual...Its 1.2 cu.ft actually. Some of the guys told that my setup is SPL & SQ will be absent. But contradictory to their statements my setup turned out to be a SQL - (SQ + SPL) coz of HU & the CVR. The HU is splendiferous & magic lies in the Kenny

[Raghu]

Yup .. I agree ..Kenwood makes very good HU. He he h.. ya I can imagine high power pumping into your KICKER. Its quite a blast for a swift.

[Vivek]

@Ram, May i know what is the price of overall setup?

One important question:
How is FM reception? As its US release model, it has FM freq step of 200kHz.
Are you missing some FM stations?