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11-02-2003, 12:34 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Vehicle: 2003 Jetta GLS
Posts: 61
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I would rather get one nice amp that will do everything in one... I am trying to have the smallest footprint so i can mount it all un the ceiling of my trunk.
Also I have been told soundstream is one of the best out there...
For now I am going to try and use my existing speakers to save money. Once I have everything setup I will replace my mids and tweaters on the doors. Then I will get 2 x 10" and make custom boxes to go just behind my rear wheel wells. I will probobly make the boxes out of 1/2" acrylic
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11-03-2003, 08:13 AM
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#17
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Vehicle: 2003 Jetta GLS
Posts: 61
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Also does anyone have any pictures and/or ideas on how I can mount my computer where my amp/black box is?
I want my computer (2U server Case) and Amp mounded out of the way...
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11-03-2003, 08:37 AM
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#18
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Orange County, NY
Vehicle: 2002 VW GTI
Posts: 162
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Quote: Originally Posted by BoraXP
i have a 2000 monsoon
ran new speaker wire to all the speakers and put a new amp in for my computer
the speakers werent that hard to run, just getting the wire from the door sill to the speakers in the doors
ive done mine so many times, i could probably run the whole setup again in under an hour
id be happy to give you some pointers if thats the track you wanna do
oh and if you remove the monsoon amp
the headunit wont work with anything else
Actually, you can run a different amp with the stock monsoon HU. I have done it in friends car. Although, soon after we replaced the HU with a aftermarket one.
The limiting factor in the monsoon system is the stock HU, the amp and speakers sound great.
Although, for your carputer setup w/o the headunit that leaves you having to have to remove the monsoon amp. The other way around that is to drive the monsoon amp input with speaker level outputs from a carputer soundcard.... I have tried that, and it seemed to work fine. |
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11-03-2003, 08:42 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Orange County, NY
Vehicle: 2002 VW GTI
Posts: 162
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Quote: Originally Posted by BoraXP
i have a 2000 monsoon
ran new speaker wire to all the speakers and put a new amp in for my computer
the speakers werent that hard to run, just getting the wire from the door sill to the speakers in the doors
Just curious, by running new wires, how did that solve the issue of a crossover between the tweeker and woofer components? |
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11-03-2003, 09:25 AM
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#20
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Vehicle: 2003 Jetta GLS
Posts: 61
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Quote: Originally Posted by jasonsp6
Just curious, by running new wires, how did that solve the issue of a crossover between the tweeker and woofer components?
I am planning on getting new speakers also, the tweater and 6.5" mid are bundled together and I am pretty sure the tweater connects to the other speaker and the 6.5" goes to the amp...
If you dont want new speakers one of my friend talked about just limiting how much power gets to the speaker w/ using resistors or something... not 100% sure |
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11-03-2003, 07:24 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Vehicle: 2003 Jetta GLS
Posts: 61
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Does anyone know what type of antenna connection is on my car? I just got a D-Link Tuner and was wondering if ti uses the same type of connection...
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11-03-2003, 08:00 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2003
Vehicle: VW Jetta 2k
Posts: 657
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my amp has a cross over
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11-03-2003, 08:01 PM
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#23
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2003
Vehicle: VW Jetta 2k
Posts: 657
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try hackin it 
when i get mine im gonna try and if anything works ill let you know |
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11-04-2003, 10:03 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Vehicle: 2003 Jetta GLS
Posts: 61
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Yeah I probobly could hack it... But i was just wondering if anyone else (who has a jetta) had taken a look at the antenna connector...
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11-05-2003, 09:26 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2003
Vehicle: VW Jetta 2k
Posts: 657
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i know what a jetta antenna connector looks like
but i dont know what that usb radio looks like
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11-05-2003, 10:38 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Vehicle: 2002 Jetta 1.8T
Posts: 940
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what that black box is ,, is a crossover sorta amp. Its not really even an amp. What Id like to do one day is get an amp small enough (still powerful) and slide it in the and reconnect all the speakers to it.
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Mine needs to be updated.
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11-05-2003, 08:47 PM
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#27
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2003
Vehicle: VW Jetta 2k
Posts: 657
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no my aftermarket amp has a crossover built in
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11-06-2003, 05:39 PM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Orange County, NY
Vehicle: 2002 VW GTI
Posts: 162
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Yes, but I wanted to know how you connected the 8 speakers in the car to the four channel amplifier you purchased/ are using. There are 4 woofers / 4 tweeters in your cars, all indiviudually wired back to the monsoon amplifier. For optimal sound quality / protection of the speakers the tweater andwoofer wires cannot just be connected together...
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11-06-2003, 06:29 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Spagcave, in da UK Today's phrase: J'aime Alizee
Vehicle: Spagwagon------ Status: Big Avatar King
Posts: 2,009
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Quote: Originally Posted by XtReMaTriX
Does anyone know what type of antenna connection is on my car? I just got a D-Link Tuner and was wondering if ti uses the same type of connection...
Yeah, there have been several attempts to hack this, as seen on these forums somewhere. There was a German (?) guy who managed to re-house the unit in a shielded metal box too |
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11-06-2003, 08:13 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2003
Vehicle: VW Jetta 2k
Posts: 657
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left front and back is one channel
left woofer front and back is another chanel
etc etc
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