5-02-2006
Revamped the system a bit. Now I'm running a full Alphasonik system. Pictures next week hopefully.
2-06-2006
Happy belated new year! I got the lower grille from Precision Grille, looks sweet. Also, I'm now running a VRX755VD Clarion touchscreen DVD player. 7.4" flipout screen, 24 bit d/a converters, 4V preouts, and it's also Sirius/Ipod ready. Great source unit for a nice system. The Clarion DVH940 5.1 surround DSP controller is on order, should arrive at the end of February. I have a set of clarion 6.5" midranges I'm going to drop into the rear deck, a box of Dynamat extreme to get all over the car (I can see my garage time add up already), either add another Diamond D3 amp or just get a 4 channel matching Directed amp, not sure what yet. Center channel speaker is up in the air. Clarion SRK5 maybe?
12-15-05 NEW!!!!! Custom grille from Precision Grille. Took about 2.5 hours of cutting and customization to the factory grille, but looking at my car, I think it was worth it. True billet, not that cheap plastic ebay knockoff crap.
My I-4 Sonata isn't geared much in the way of performance, more of sound n style. Basics like a K&N drop-in filter, Optima RedTop battery, Falken Ziex 512 rubbers, and NGK Iridium IX plugs have been used to improve performance nominally. I've run Stinger 4AWG wire to a Lightning Audio SCC25 16v (20v surge) Carbon capacitor with 25 farad (yes, twenty-five) capacitance to round off the power. The source unit is a Clarion VRX755VD DVD head unit (with 24 bit D/A converters, 4V pre-outs, and touchscreen control), with DVH940 Digital Sound Processor. Through the jacketed, twisted pair RCAs, the music runs to a Diamond D3 400.2 amp supplying 100x2 wRMS to Diamond Audio D6 6.5 components in the front doors. The comps utilize the Diamond D661X crossovers with tweeters attenuated -2dB. The Sub-Out RCA runs to a Directed Audio d2400 amp (pushing 800 watts RMS @ 2 ohm mono), powering an Eclipse Audio 12" DVC (handling 1000wRMS) in a custom slot-vented box.
