by naksteve » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:49 pm
Hey, I'm steve, and as soon as I got my license and first car (a hearse) I had to have the best mobile audio available at that time since I spent all my time in my car. Well, that was back in 1980, when switching, oscillating power supplies enabled designers to make 100 RMS= amps from 12V.
So my first system was an ADS Power Plate 100 amp, ADS 300i speakers, and a nakamichi 350 portable taped deck used for high-quality field recordings (i.e, bootlegs!!)
My latest system, after being ripped off in my classic '63 Riviera, is a
Nakamichi CD 700II
Audio alchemy DTI pro32 24bit interpolator/jitter-reducer
a/d/s 642ix/AC-502 constant bass, inverted band-pass processor
Nak EC-304 X-over
All Monster cable Refernce 2 interconnect
JL Audio 500/1 sub amp
(2) Soundstream reference SS-10R subs in an aperiodic/ quasi-infinite-baffle enclosure
(2) a/d/s 300is front speakers
Monster Powerline 2+ sub speaker wire (old school!)
Audio quest CV-4 fullrange speaker wire (Mega bucks!!)
Monster power wire
Gallons of medical-grade silicone and mass dampening materials to seal and minimize unwanted resonances (I'm a medical device engineer so I had access to unwanted silicone adhesives)
Optima yellowtop battery
Ungo box Total security
See? very simple 6 speaker in the right locations with the right staggered crossover points/slpoes/phases negate the need for sonically degrading EQ.
I have incredible imaging up front with vertical height, width and depth. The a/d/s/642ix constant bass processor helps to add the perception of bass coming from front and center (with its unique inverted band-pass for the front speakers)
Hey, I'm steve, and as soon as I got my license and first car (a hearse) I [i]had[/i] to have the best mobile audio available at that time since I spent all my time in my car. Well, that was back in 1980, when switching, oscillating power supplies enabled designers to make 100 RMS= amps from 12V.
So my first system was an ADS Power Plate 100 amp, ADS 300i speakers, and a nakamichi 350 portable taped deck used for high-quality field recordings (i.e, bootlegs!!)
My latest system, after being ripped off in my classic '63 Riviera, is a
Nakamichi CD 700II
Audio alchemy DTI pro32 24bit interpolator/jitter-reducer
a/d/s 642ix/AC-502 constant bass, inverted band-pass processor
Nak EC-304 X-over
All Monster cable Refernce 2 interconnect
JL Audio 500/1 sub amp
(2) Soundstream reference SS-10R subs in an aperiodic/ quasi-infinite-baffle enclosure
(2) a/d/s 300is front speakers
Monster Powerline 2+ sub speaker wire (old school!)
Audio quest CV-4 fullrange speaker wire (Mega bucks!!)
Monster power wire
Gallons of medical-grade silicone and mass dampening materials to seal and minimize unwanted resonances (I'm a medical device engineer so I had access to unwanted silicone adhesives)
Optima yellowtop battery
Ungo box Total security
See? very simple 6 speaker in the right locations with the right staggered crossover points/slpoes/phases negate the need for sonically degrading EQ.
I have incredible imaging up front with vertical height, width and depth. The a/d/s/642ix constant bass processor helps to add the perception of bass coming from front and center (with its unique inverted band-pass for the front speakers)