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 Jan 31, 2006 - 6:00 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jan 6, '06 From Oahu, Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
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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Jan 31, 2006 - 9:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '06 From Melbourne, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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 
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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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yyet Capacitors Jan 31, 2006 - 6:00 PM
dustinkemp i always thought that a capsitor and a batery did ... Jan 31, 2006 - 9:06 PM creis a Capacitor or a cap for short, is like a batt. se... Jan 31, 2006 - 9:15 PM creis yeah there is no replacement for a real good batt.... Jan 31, 2006 - 9:18 PM tangcla The theory behind a capacitor is that it is able t... Jan 31, 2006 - 9:27 PM yyet sigh, i thought my amp was pretty good. I know th... Feb 1, 2006 - 1:41 AM ShadowFX Yeah, caps are a band aid fix. Won't actually ... Feb 1, 2006 - 3:53 AM pnoywitmustrdsauce get your self a jl audio 500/1 d class mono block ... Feb 1, 2006 - 5:03 AM
tangcla QUOTE(pnoywitmustrdsauce @ Feb 1, 2006 ... Feb 1, 2006 - 5:07 AM pnoywitmustrdsauce i should know i got one hehehe its so sweet check ... Feb 1, 2006 - 5:10 AM 6th_celi_vert i dont know what kind of systems they have but I h... Feb 1, 2006 - 9:06 AM Clipsetuner A class D amp, might use a little less power, but ... Feb 1, 2006 - 3:32 PM tangcla Friend of mine runs 2.4kW out of a Concept amp and... Feb 1, 2006 - 4:45 PM |
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