My audiobahn system.. keep or sell?

[Ewong63112]

Hey guys, I need an opinion on what I should do

I just got a new system after my old sonys finally blew up

I got an Audiobahn system now.. pretty much

Amp: Audiobahn A18001DT
Subs: 2x Audiobahn AW1200N, wired to 1ohm

The problem is after I bought the system, I went searching around on the internet and found many people hating audiobahns, getting no respect and such and not sounding the best either. I've only owned sony so far and my friends don't have any systems

I got both new and at a good deal off ebay a few weeks ago, AMP:$180 Subs:$200 Box:$70

Do you think I should sell off the system and get something better or keep it?

And can someone recommend me a nice cheap capacitor? I'm tired of my headlights practically turning off when the bass hits

Thanks for you input

[ModifierMR]

Capacitors dont work. There is a whole thread on it.

And for the price you payed for that setup you coulda bought my 2 MTX 5500's with a 1200w RMS MonoBlock amp.

Audiobahns are the Bling Bling of Amps....nothing but looks They are really cheap under all the chrome.

Sell it

[ModifierMR]

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t88047.html thats the link...read and open your mind!

[cam2Xrunner]

Can you return it for full price? With 550 bucks we can put together something that would be awesome

[TeXaScHaMp]

Get the biggest alternator u can afford that will fit.

[TakeABao]

Try and sell it.

[klaymen333]

sell

[Ewong63112]

cant return it

That article about how capacitors dont work opened my mind

and I'll try and sell it.. Thanks for the input

I think the next system I might get are 2x Alpine Type R 12'' with a nice monoblock 1000rms amp (only thing in my price range i think)

is that good cause my impulsive shopping will sometimes get the best of me

[sq_camry]

if you have done the big 3 and have eliminate most of the bottlenecks and still get dimming, you can go with a capacitor. although this only pertains to like 2% of all problems

all a cap does(at least in this scenerio) is store energy so that it can prevent a larger voltage drop. the reason why this works, is because a cap with low resistance can discharge faster than a battery.

also, replacing the stock battery with a deep cell does not do the trick, typically deep cells have a higher discharge time

[cam2Xrunner]

Originally Posted by sq_camry

if you have done the big 3 and have eliminate most of the bottlenecks and still get dimming, you can go with a capacitor. although this only pertains to like 2% of all problems

all a cap does(at least in this scenerio) is store energy so that it can prevent a larger voltage drop. the reason why this works, is because a cap with low resistance can discharge faster than a battery.

also, replacing the stock battery with a deep cell does not do the trick, typically deep cells have a higher discharge time

Have you had a chance to read the info on that article? They really don't do anything helpful. Have you ever done a A/B comparison with and without a cap playing the same sine wave?

[TeXaScHaMp]

I used a cap to see what it does and it dropped my db's about .2

[TakeABao]

Originally Posted by Ewong63112

I think the next system I might get are 2x Alpine Type R 12'' with a nice monoblock 1000rms amp (only thing in my price range i think)

is that good cause my impulsive shopping will sometimes get the best of me

Short answer: no.

I'm too tired to elaborate now, but stay tuned.

[ModifierMR]

Originally Posted by sq_camry

if you have done the big 3 and have eliminate most of the bottlenecks and still get dimming, you can go with a capacitor. although this only pertains to like 2% of all problems

all a cap does(at least in this scenerio) is store energy so that it can prevent a larger voltage drop. the reason why this works, is because a cap with low resistance can discharge faster than a battery.

also, replacing the stock battery with a deep cell does not do the trick, typically deep cells have a higher discharge time

Definatley do the Big 3, I did on my car, I ripped out the origional 3 main wires on the battery system and replaced them with gold battery terminals and 4 gauge wire. Pretty simple: Battery to Ground - Battery to alternator - Alternator to ground

[cam2Xrunner]

Originally Posted by TeXaScHaMp

I used a cap to see what it does and it dropped my db's about .2

So it made the system worse. I love it

[TeXaScHaMp]

yes lol. I knew they did that but one of my buds was convinced they would greatly increase spl/sq and i proved him wrong.