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thecraft Senior Enthusiast

thecraft

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I don't want to get out of the truck, it just sounds so good!

 

The Diamond Audio D3 components mounted in the door, with the crossover mounted to the kickpanels.

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The Diamond Audio D1 subwoofer in the underseat downfire enclosure by Subthump.

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All powered by the Kicker ZX850.4 amplifier with KnuKonceptz wiring.

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Reviews will be coming shortly!

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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Very nice! Look forward to your review, and more pics. :thumbs:

Yeah, some of the pics were a little too close. It's hard to tell exactly where some of the components are mounted and how concealed they are (or aren't).

thecraft Senior Enthusiast

thecraft

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Here's some first impression reviews:

 

Kicker ZX850.4 - Very satisfied. It makes more clean, full-range power than I need... so far. No distortion at all and almost undetectable noise. Feels built like a brick shithouse, I'm hoping it will last for a long time. It also doesn't run very hot, which is very good considering it's between the back wall and back seat. Unfortunately, I lost the ability to fold my backseat up, but that's no big deal

 

Diamond Audio D1 subwoofer - Extremely satisfied. I never heard "budget" subwoofer that was able to extend so low and play so loud while still sounding so accurate. Awesome.

 

Diamond Audio D3 components - Satisfied. Unlike the D1 subwoofer, these reminded me that I only bought Diamond Audio's low-end gear. While they are a HUGE improvement over the stock speakers and the garbage Blaupunkt components I once had, they are still far behind the best. The midrange sounds fairly natural, but it's somewhat harsh at times, so I had to tone it down using the EQ. Midbass is nearly nonexistent, but I can forgive that because they are rather shallow woofers, and my doors aren't completely deadened and sealed. On the plus side, these components love to be run hard. They can get very loud before they start to loose their cookies. The aluminum tweeters are also very clean and detailed. They sound very natural for metal dome tweeters. In summary, these components are a mixed bag. I find that music like Classic Rock and Country sound great on these speakers, while music like Heavy Metal leave something to be desired.

 

SubThump enclosure - Very satisfied. The shipping was EXTREMELY fast, the box was well built, fit perfectly, and the price was reasonable. I was disappointed when they included a different, lesser quality speaker wire terminal than what was show in the online pictures.

 

KnuKonceptz wiring - Very satisfied. The shipping was very fast, the quality of the wire was outstanding, and the prices were great. The only thing I was disappointed with was the remote turn-on lead that is attached to the RCA cables, it's very thin and weak.

Jackson Enthusiast

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very nice.!! :D I want components very badly.

 

I have 2 12s in a downfiring box as well however tilting my seat back is not an issue.

 

 

-Stereo and subs w/ stealth downfiring box

 

 

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http://shakenblake1.homestead.com/1999GMCS...Z71/Audio_3.jpg

http://shakenblake1.homestead.com/1999GMCS...Z71/Audio_4.jpg (yes those are cheap ass RF P1 subs. they've been replaced with Infinity Kappas. :D)

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EDIT: oops, forgot I moved all my pics. I'll update this later

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thecraft Senior Enthusiast

thecraft

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The fuse holder for the power wire is screwed to the wheel well between the battery and intake silencer, then the wire is run along the passenger fender to a hole I drilled in the firewall nearby the antenna cable. From there it runs underneath the carpet to the passenger kick panel, then underneath the door sill. After the door sill, I ran it underneath the carpet as close to the wall as possible and around the jack to the back wall.

 

The RCA cables are ran the same way down the driver's side. I ran it out the top of the driver's kick panel, around the parking brake, and strapped it to the dash support pipe. From there, I ran it through a hole behind the HVAC controller.

 

The speaker wires are ran beside the power and RCA cables to the kick panels. From there, they go through the holes behind the kick panels, through the door jamb conduit, and around the window tracks.

 

When's the rolling tour to really show it off to all of us? :confused:
As soon as gas goes back down to $1.99 a gallon! :confused:Wow, I think I originally said $2.99 before I edited it to say $1.99. If I hadn't edited it, I'd have a lot of driving to do right now!
97SierraGMC Senior Enthusiast

97SierraGMC

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when i get my 4 gauge wire i want to do that!!! if you have a couple pics that would be AWESOME!!!

 

right now it comes with like 17 feet and i used all of that with the 8 gauge wire i bought but i ran it all the way around to the drivers side and everything...

 

ill run it on the passenger side next time and save a few feet..

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