Car Audio


JL Audio Specs
Specifications for several of the older JL Audio Woofers, W4, W1 and W6

Inspecting the Fuses
Fuse size can tell you about the robustness of the amp's internal's.

Aperiodic Mats
There is more going on with resistve membrane loading or dampening of a low frequency system than just artificially lowering the Qms of a speaker.

Autosound 2000's 1-800 number

The Battery FAQ
More than you would ever want to know about batteries.

Keeping us in the dark
An interesting viewpoint about the practice of Japanese consumer electronics companies.

Car Deadening
One of several notes you'll find here about alternatives to Dynamat for noise dampening. Tips too!

Car Deadening II
More noise control suggestions.

Car Deadening III
More noise control suggestions.

Car Deadening IV
Alternatives to dyanamat.

Car Deadening V
The Dynamat alternative.

Car Deadening VI
Dealing with engine noise.

Car Deadening VII
Home Base has carpet underpadding....

Car Deadening VIII
Another suggestion, crushing gum.

Tweaker's Need Apply
Fine tuning all those gains on Eqs and amps.

Music Suggestions
Reader's were asked for suggestion on what kind of music to use for a demo.

Unoffical USD Audio Homepage
This should be in the Link's section.

Impedence
The impedence of a speaker is a function of frequencey.

Phone Numbers
1-800 #'s for Parts Express & MCM.

WinSpeakerz
Audio software info.

Rear Fill
This is the answer we hear over and over and over and over....

Rear Fill II
...and over and over and over...

Rear Fill III
...but repatition is a good learning tool.

Rear Fill IV
A tip about dsp, mono and stereo in rear fill.

Rear Fill V
Experimenting with Y-connectors and some possible theory.

Shiting
How'd this one get here?

Cool .sig Art
And some good back and forth on the tweaker vs boomer argument.

Music
Real music to test your system with.

Tweakers!
The step by step to balancing gains and adjusting eqs.

Wiring
Tips on what too look for in car stereo wiring.

Pure XTC
Foam baffles may be your route to better bass.

Antennas
If you're down, this antenna might do ya.

Why does sound sound like that?
Legeng on sound.

Sound Off!
Some fluff and great audio science references.

IASCA's Number
Would someone let me know if this is out of date.

Software
RTA software for your PC. See Link's for other venders.

Actuators
Actuator sources.

Theft
Alarm install tips and general QnA.

Theft
Anti-theft tips.

Theft
More on alarms.

Theft
Theft
Theft
Theft
More notes on theft, prevention and alarms.

Car Deadening IX
A truly inspirational note from Mike.

Staging
Staging and Imaging are what it's all about.

Passive Crossovers
Passive Crossovers
L-Pad qna.

Passive Crossovers
Passive Crossovers
Passive Crossovers
Theory and opinions.

Passive Crossovers
Zobels, or impedence matching networks.

Music
Music
Suggestions.

Physics of Electron Flow
Put on your thinking caps for this one.

Get Stuffed!
Using polyfill to lower resonence.

Get Stuffed!
More on polyfill.

Rattling
...and what can be done to cure it.

Q
Sub enclosure notes.

Rear Fill IV
MB Quart sells'em again.

FM Reception
Do we need to appeal to the manufacturers to give us the good tuners?

RF vs SS
Two champs face of, but are they really face to face?

Software II
Other brands of rta software for your PC. See the Links for other manufacturers.

Sub Enclosures
Dan spills his brains about Q and stuff.

Music
Suggestions.

The transfer function
Still theory.

Two Decks in One
Wiring up the 8-Track AND the cassette for maximum music capacity.

Weighted Scales
Two funky googoos have their hands at describing weighted scales.


Personal Collection

How To: Amp Installation
OMNIPOTENT
Upgrading
Upgrading
Suggestions for the little cars.

Upgrading?
Some suggestions to think about.


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