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post Jan 31, 2006 - 6:00 PM
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Well, I've been reading everyones post about their audio and stuff and I wanted to know what exactly does a capacitor do and is it neccessary?

Heres what I am running.

Component 6 1/2 type Alpine R fronts
Coaxial 6 1/2 type R Alpine R rears
MTX MXA-6004 Amp (75W RMS X 4 Chan)
Kenwood KAC-729S (600W Max 200W Rms bridged)
Rockford 12" Subwoofer

Only got 1 battery.
Oh yeah, i heard not having a capcitor dims your headlights...
I got Euro Eyes HID lights.

YES YES I KNOW... Thats a good system i got... Besides the sub, I was broke when I bought it
 
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post Jan 31, 2006 - 9:15 PM
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Capacitors do sweet fk all. Don't bother wasting your money, spend the money on a monoblock for your sub, and/or decent deep cycle battery instead.

They are *supposed* to provide power on big bass hits, which make your headlights dim. But a monoblock amp will already prevent that, and getting a decent battery which can cope with the power drain will do more.

Also, capacitors have (in what I have seen and heard) actually created less power - a few guys who do SPL comps swear not to use capacitors as it causes them to lose precious dB smile.gif


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post Feb 1, 2006 - 11:13 AM
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QUOTE(tangcla @ Jan 31, 2006 - 9:15 PM) [snapback]387261[/snapback]

Capacitors do sweet fk all. Don't bother wasting your money, spend the money on a monoblock for your sub, and/or decent deep cycle battery instead.



thats the best idea. i have 2 12 inch kicker subs and a 1,000 watt fan cooled kicker amp that i keep pluged in at all times and a deep cycle battery works fine.

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