Cittris' Legnum just got some new speakers.

[cittris]

and i am very happy and can't wait to install them!!

I have got:
Alpine IDA-X305
Jaycar response 4x100wrms amp
Digital Designs DDC6.5
Digital Designs DDLE-310

http://www.ddaudiodirect.com.au/cart/index.php?route=product/product&path=36_40_113&product_id=104
http://www.ddaudiodirect.com.au/cart/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=122

Total spent so far $921

Just have to get wiring and next week ill do it all!
I can't wait.

 

[pu-11-me]

Win. That'll sound tops

 

[[S]uperMa[N]]

w00t good bruv! im sure it will sound schmick as with the head unit

 

[cittris]

well finally finished installing my new speakers and shit.

thanks to my mates for helping! so much easier when you have some extra hands.

Sound really good compared to standard! however i am getting really bad altenator whine

so i got to sort that out. but all in all very very happy with it!

EDIT: i ended up mounting the amp ddirectly under the passenger seat, fits perfectly and should be plenty of air flow.

I had to make up some MDF spacers for the speakers and the covers for the tweeters doesn't fit anymore. it almost looks factory though so i will either paint the metal brackets etc black or get some customer pods made up.

 

[cittris]

haha no not all

althoguh im at work now

So good to finally have it done. Took me a good day and a half to get it all done.

Feeding all the wires through factory looms etc and making several mistakes along hte way

 

[cittris]

I forgot to mention also! Whist ripping up all my carpet, i found a rather large dead bug!!

Unfortunately i didn't get any photos because i showed mum and then she started bashing it with a stick and ruined it.

However it looked like it had been there for ages! Very brittle etc. It had the circumferance of a tennis ball. At first i thought it was a spider as it had a massive abdomen.

True JDM Brah

 

[cittris]

on a side note. I am getting really bad altenator whine. I ran the RCAs through the middle of the car and the power and ground down the passenger door. Im going to pull it all apart again and shorten all teh cable as there is A LOT of slack.

 

[mookers]

Can't you get a filter for the alternator whine? If you're ripping it all up again you might as well see if putting a filter in helps.

 

[cittris]

Yeah as you said i might as well put a filter in while in at. Thanks Derek

I pull it all apart again none the less and see how i go.

 

[Guest]

The alternator whine could be caused by poorly shielded RCA cables which, if you say you have excess of, could be a likely culprit. Although, I would guess it would be the ground for the amp, I had a similar problem when installing mine and was fixed by relocating the ground to a different location.

 

[pu-11-me]

The alternator whine could be caused by poorly shielded RCA cables which, if you say you have excess of, could be a likely culprit. Although, I would guess it would be the ground for the amp, I had a similar problem when installing mine and was fixed by relocating the ground to a different location.

This. Make sure your RCA's and power are not in close proximity to each other (Ie, run them down different sides of the car) and reground your earth on the amp. I earthed mine to the bolt on the seat after I had ground the paint back for a better connection.

 

[Guest]

This. Make sure your RCA's and power are not in close proximity to each other (Ie, run them down different sides of the car) and reground your earth on the amp. I earthed mine to the bolt on the seat after I had ground the paint back for a better connection.

I had the power down the LHS, the RCAs down the RHS and a very similar earth and got the whine, moved the earth to a bolt underneath the passenger scuff guard where the paint had already been removed and the whine has now gone.

 

[cittris]

Well I hope its not poorly shielded RCAs

However it could definelty bethe ground. i was lazy and used a ground that was already being used by something else - two things infact.

I will try this first and report back thanks guys

 

[cittris]

well i just changed the ground to the one of the bolts on teh passenger chair. still getting altenator whine

im going to tidy up the wires next as they are all over the place

 

[[S]uperMa[N]]

Yeah you can get a engine noise filter, I think they cost 20-30 dollars. And you just wire it inline to the power from memory, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[PeteGT]

Did you end up sorting the alternator whine tristian?
I've just spent the weekend fitting the amp/speakers/headunit into the car, getting some pretty nasty alternator whine. Amp is under the passenger seat, with power/ground up the left through the guard. RCA's out to the middle through the console.

I know for sure it's not the RCA's at fault, had them running direct from the head unit to amp in free air. Only 1.5m long.
Could possibly be the amp or head unit ground, measured with a multimeter at ~2 ohm between -ve battery terminal and amp ground terminal, same for the headunit.

I've got no idea, so if anyone could help it'd be awesome. Meantime I'll play with grounds to see if i can clean anything up.

 

[CANDEE]

Pete,

Where are the amp and headhunit grounds going to? Ideally they should be the same place. Though in saying that with our cars the H/U automatically grounds through the chassis..

Make sure all your grounds are sanded back to metal, and hopefully you arent using the seatbolt mount as an amp ground. Also are the grounds the same size if not bigger than the power wire?

Another thing to check... Is the whine through one speaker? if so the speaker wire could be too close to the power wire, though I have never had that problem in either of my VR4's...

J

 

[PeteGT]

Amp is grounded to the body, just near where the passenger side door grommet comes through. Wire-wheeled back to metal. HU is grounded to some of the rails behind the dash, negligible resistance between the 2 ground points.
Whine is through all 4 speakers. There is some interference noise at the 'acc' key setting, slightly louder/different freq with the key at 'on', then the usual whine with the car running.

 

[cittris]

nah mate i didn't get it sorted. it is started to annoy me to.

Mine is set up exactly like yours witht eh RCAs through the middle.

My Ground is on the bolt on teh passenger seat underneath the carpet however that is the 2nd grounding point i have tried.

Pete let me know how you go and if you are there on wednesday id like to havea listen but its sounds like you are having exactly the same problem as me

 

[Riley]

i personally wouldnt use the seat bolt as an earth, as its something that may be removed in the future - i would make a new hole somewhere and grind that back to bare metal as most of you are suggesting (obviously avoiding any wiring)

also a noise filter is a band aid solution in your system

have you looked at the gains on your amp? if they are set too high they will almost definitely cause a wine through the speakers