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Unregistered
12-13-2001, 12:51 PM
This is the system that I have planned on putting in my 1995 Ford Probe GT while I get the funds together.

Alpine CDA-7977 head unit
Polk Audio dX3065 component for front
Polk Audio dX5 for rear
1- PolkMOMO MM120 in Polk spec box
Precision Power PCX250 for front channels
50Wx2@4 Ohms, I'm thinking of 100Wx2@2 Ohms
Precision Power PCX1500 for sub
500Wx1@4 Ohms
Precision Power 1Farad Digital Capacitor
MonsterCable wire, connectors & terminals
100A breaker @ battery
Interlink 401XLN RCAs
PowerFlex Ultra 2AWG power & ground cable
Positive & negative distribution blocks(unfused) @ amps
Slimline battery terminals
Monster Clear or Hotwires speaker wire
Dynamat Extreme to doors, sidepanels, and all hatch area

Now, I live in Saskatchewan, Canada & there are dealers for all of this available within a small trips distance, but I haven't gotten to listen to any of these in applied situations. I will probably have to upgrade my electrical system, but that can wait a little while. I want this to be a good SQ daily driver system that has some balls too.
Is there any details or possible problems that I am missing that should be taken into to account? (other than this is going to cost a pretty penny, which I am prepared to do.)

Thank you very much

Kim
12-14-2001, 10:44 AM
The system that you have described should sound great once completed. The only thing that you may have to do to fine tune the system is to invert the phase on the front or rear speakers to get these speakers in phase acoustically, then listen to the sub
to see if you have to invert the phase on it to get the best possible bass performance. PPI uses a combination of 12 dB and 24 dB crossovers and because of these slopes invert phase, you will need to go through this fine tuning process to make the system sound its best.
Make sure to "break in" the all of the speakers by playing music at a reasonable level for 40 hours. Set the low pass and hgh pass crossover to 80 Hertz. If the amplifier that drives the MM120
incorporates a "bass boost", I would not recommend using this
for this type of system. It will sound its best with this function out of the circuit. Plus the chances of clipping the amplifier will be greatly reduced. If you have any question regarding these speakers, give us a call at 800-377-7655 between the hours of 9 AM to 6 PM eastern time Monday through Friday and we will be glad to help.

Thanks,
Kim

unregistered
01-14-2002, 10:02 AM
Hi Kim,
Thanks for the reply here and answering my questions when I phoned in a little while ago.
This weekend I headed out to do some shopping. I came out with a Alpine CDA7977 on order for $600, PrecisionPower PCX280 for $200, and a JL500/1 for $1100. These all being at a large chain here in Saskatchewan, Canada called A&B Sound which gave me 2 yrs extended warranty on everything. The PPI was so cheap because they were clearing out because of PPI's changes, but the amps are good so I'll run with it.
I also did some listening around:
-Focals PG & PK (nice & $$$-didn't get to let them rip)
-Alpine R (nice -sounded warm & clean)
-MBQ 3 piece components (tweets not nasty at all but expensive)
-Cerwin IT's (ok-but setup royally sucked)

-And a company that is local to Saskatoon here called Beyond, they make subs in any configuration and I was told they placed in the top 5 at world championships. But 2 15's was way to freakin loud for my taste but impressive in their own right.

It looks like this weekend I'll be making a trip to Regina, SK to check out Polk's at a shop called CAS Tech I believe, I'm going to call their phone number to get more info, but if these guys have Polk I might have my system's major pieces taken care of. And I've read some encouraging posts about running MOMO12's w/ a JL500/1 so it all comes down to getting an audition.

Thanks for all the info & ttu l8r,
Ken