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psychosirus

Discussion Starter · Dec 17, 2010

Hi guys and gals, Ive been reading through the forums for the past week or so now and seen alot of interesting stuff. I just bought an '06 hybrid and the sound, though not bad, is lacking. I had a mostly Alpine setup in the car I traded in to buy the hybrid, a 99 Mustang gt, because Im going to be having a baby and well the toy needed to go. But who says I cant still have a little fun with my new car right? So I have 2 12" Alpine R types that I wanted to use in a similiar setup that is already in the back of some Escapes with the one amp and sub. But I was thinking trying to put a sub in each side. I dont actually have the stock sub and amp and Im going to peruse some junk yards to see if I can pick up that back piece. I was wondering if anyone has actually had any expirence with something like that or has any knowledge about using those spaces. Also wondering if the wiring wiring that may already be there is going to be a problem. Im also wondering if its going to negitively effect the hybrid battery ALOT. I figure it will effect it just not sure to what extent. Thanks guys and Ill deffinately be throwing in my two cents now and again. I really like the quality of this forum.

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fourthmeal

· #2 · Dec 17, 2010

psychosirus said:
Hi guys and gals, Ive been reading through the forums for the past week or so now and seen alot of interesting stuff. I just bought an '06 hybrid and the sound, though not bad, is lacking. I had a mostly Alpine setup in the car I traded in to buy the hybrid, a 99 Mustang gt, because Im going to be having a baby and well the toy needed to go. But who says I cant still have a little fun with my new car right? So I have 2 12" Alpine R types that I wanted to use in a similiar setup that is already in the back of some Escapes with the one amp and sub. But I was thinking trying to put a sub in each side. I dont actually have the stock sub and amp and Im going to peruse some junk yards to see if I can pick up that back piece. I was wondering if anyone has actually had any expirence with something like that or has any knowledge about using those spaces. Also wondering if the wiring wiring that may already be there is going to be a problem. Im also wondering if its going to negitively effect the hybrid battery ALOT. I figure it will effect it just not sure to what extent. Thanks guys and Ill deffinately be throwing in my two cents now and again. I really like the quality of this forum.

I would just go with one sub, and an efficient multi-channel amp. Why multi-channel? Well, there's more to life than the sub.

Highly efficient, class G/H or fullrange D amps are easy to come by. So,.. how bout a a 4ch amp, quality front drivers, and a quality sub (a single Type R in a ported box would do it), and you're good to go.

The Tribute is gone but I'm still here for you guys. Full photo album of all past and current builds of the Tribute on my Shutterfly account http://2008tributepics.shutterfly.com/

I build car audio systems as a hobby and as a side business. Tribute's last configuration - Pioneer F900BT navi head unit running 3.0 software from the X910BT, with Diaftia mods (see avic411.com) - Alpine SPX-17PRO tweeters in door panel, H-Audio Ebony woofers in factory location - 4 x array of Tangband 6.5" subs in slim ported box - Kenwood eXcelon X1R and X4R amps w/ built-in DSP - Phoenix Gold 1/0 wiring - fully deadened and sealed with RAAMmat and Sounddeadenershowdown.com products.

Current vehicle is a 2010 Ford Flex SEL, Dark Ink Blue. MS8 Processor, Exile Audio Xtec 10 x 2 subs in spare tire well, Fountek FR89EX mids left, right, and center, Dayton tweeters, Exodus Neo 6.5" midbass, RAAMmat BXTII and Ensolite deadening

Want to learn how to do car audio right? http://www.bcae1.com the Bible of car audio

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