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First gen Camaro is my absolute dream muscle car. I had a 2000 z28 with T-tops, full bolt ons and cam. Fun car really miss that LS1. The car in “Better off Dead” is what hooked me on that car. Also have a pretty strong fondness to the Bandit TransAm.

It’s the ES 165K2. Crossovers have 4 channels one for each component. Plan on running with a JL VX600/6i.

Asking me about the tweeter caused me to look into it and Focal recommends tk run 4 channels through the crossover. So any attenuation built into the crossover I should be able to manage with the amp or I may just run the crossover anyway. Any comments on running the passive crossover with...

Plan on running active with the amps onboard crossovers.

Funny how these questions just pop in my head but I bought a nice Focal component set that is matched great with the amp I plan on running. When a component set is rated for let’s say 100W RMS if running active can the tweeters handle that on their own or does that rating take into account they...

They are not “dual channels” it’s all connected within the amp. The “multiple” terminals gives you wiring flexibility if you are using multiple subs (or voice coils) so you don’t have to run multiple speaker wires to the same terminal. Both positives and negatives are connected within the amp...

Just ordered a JL XD1000 on sale at Crutchfield. Let the onslaught of incoming car audio equipment begin lol! Thanks all.

I hear you. I am going with a high end JL for my components and a lower line JL for the sub. On sale it’s a reasonable price but I definitely get what you’re saying. Appreciate the feedback.

Yeah thanks to you guys I’m going with the bigger amp; better to have the power in reserve and not need it than….well something like that 😇

You da man! Thanks!

Forgive my ignorance but can you "set" the amp to output less or measure the output? I thought gain had to do with signal strength but maybe I need to refresh my memory on that as well. Thanks all.

I'm getting close to finalizing all the parts for my build. I am planning a JL Stealthbox for my truck that consists of 2 downfiring 12Tw3-D8 subs. (Yes, I know about the issues with downfinig in a truck but want to keep things as stealthy and factory as possible). The Stealthbox is rated...

Tagging along I had a similar question. Seems like in the second diagram you would retain full control of balance and fade but I’ll wait until someone with more knowledge answers!

Not super concerned with output perse but more with SQ. I was curious if the 6.5 would outperform the 6x9 for "mids". I know for a fact that the bass response with the 6x9 is superior but since I'll be running a sub I'd prefer whichever is going to be superior for "midbass". I also considered...

Very clean!