Cory Stock 1. There’s a thick, durable carpet on the top of everything for everyday use, so you see nothing! 2. If you want to see the amps, just take that top panel out. 3. The owner wanted nothing as this car was built for my father in-law as a gift 🎁.

Thanks Carl! 🙏

Question: what are the fuses for in the amplifier?

Pssound to supply a level of protection for the amplifier because some people thought that the fuse in the engine compartment is enough and it wasn’t. Some people under size the power wire and Ohm’s Law takes effect. A voltage drop happens across the power wire and boom instant heat. Back in my day, which was the late 80’s, amplifier companies were just starting to put fuses on the amplifier. I ran an old, first generation Orion 425 HCCA and I can’t remember if it had on board fuses. I do remember fusing it at the battery and in the trunk

Have you ever blown a fuse?

CORZER0 yes.

Mark Coe there’s a lot to see on this channel! 🤘 Be careful, wives hate me as most audio people rather watch my videos than porn! 😂

Gary Sewell Ohh, you’ve got some new goodies?? 😉💪🤘

@@pssound9749 Just a new BT receiver, better SQ than OEM for sure and retains steering wheel control.

Dion Campbell thank you! 👌🙏

They have some great products and some not as great, pretty much like everyone else these days, but they’re still right up there when it comes to sound quality.

@@pssound9749 Thanks for your feedback. I'm looking at their ST-104D SQ MINI amp but I'm skeptical because I wondering if it would deliver the watts it claims.

@@LeandroJack is that model actually available yet?

JovertPogiTV Garrovillo it depends on the amount of LED u need vs consumption. OEM circuit in trunk can be used too as this one was done the same way too.

Mr. R.S Thank you! I’ve only used Mosconi and Audison DSPs supplied by customers and personally I wouldn’t use them again for multiple reasons. The ones i’ve sold and recommend come from Zapco and Helix, both very good.👌

Martin Freeman this is infinite baffle application using the airspace of the trunk, people without experience would call it free-air. Check out the trunk baffle playlist on the channel, you can see many more videos about this type of application, which is the best sounding sub solution you can ever get in a car.

@@pssound9749 Many thanks for this. I just wish you know how timely this video is. I'm in the process of a build and having a sedan cargo space is always a challenge when you have enclosures. Thanks.

Quick question, what brands (budget) would you recommend for this project, in addition, would you recommend a 12" or 15" sub. My plan is to stay under 1000w RMS for the sub. Thanks

Martin Freeman i’d suggest to get a 6ch amp with built-in DSP and a monoblock for the sub, which is the most cost effective way. Look into Zapco ST-6X DSP+any ST mono or Helix P6DSP+mono. Subs: Acoustic Elegance SPB or IB range, Adire Tempest or similar, min 1x15” for trunk IB. Front: location dependent, could be a long story.

@@pssound9749 Many thanks, i had already purchased the Audio control D-6.1200 amp with DSP, i already have a Rockford Fosgate T1*750 bd for the sub. The monoblock is from a previous project and i still want to utilize it. I had a Rockford power T1 d4 10" sub, I've sold it and want to get a new one hence the idea to work on the baffle system. The plan is to uterlize what I have and gradually upgrade as this is my daily driver. Im very grateful for your input.

Derrick There’s no video on that, but that is pretty easy. Fit a rivnut in the metal of the A-pillar. Drill a hole through the pod. Fix the pod with a machined bolt into the rivnut. Shape the trim panel around the pod. Simple! 😂

It’s far from a mass and if you watched the whole series, you’d understand why certain things were done in a “rush”.

Big secret weapon is the ST-4X SQ amp. Cheap, not mega powerful, BUT it sounds sublime! Current Z series is as good as it can be for the money, especially the AP range! Many people rave about them to the point, that it’s actually becoming boring and upsetting for some others, but i can not even offer anything better for my customers, unless they have mega money for Audiowave, Micro Precision or similar amps.

Saddendude Lessons learnt! At least i have no problem admitting and addressing issues. It’s fine this way too now. 👌

Rock On Equipment on it’s own is just a part of the whole picture. How the speakers were install, what source you play and how the setup is tuned...so many variables! Difficult to tell the source(s) of your problem through the internet, whereas it would take a minute in person.

@@pssound9749 In your opinion would you say a zapco amp is significantly better than an Exile amp? I think what I'll do is swap the 4 channel clarion out of the other car and see if there's a difference. Thanks for the reply.

Phil Copeman simple can look good too, right?! 👌💪

Pssound absolutely mate 👍🏻

There are plastic cable tie hooks underneath screwed to the wood.

@@pssound9749 keep up the awesome work my guy!

Not sure, it was built many years ago, but never needs high gain.

Vlad Grigore All of these DSP’s you listed have optical input, but Alpine is slightly dated. Helix is on par with Zapco, very similar spec and sound. I’ve experienced slight difference with this Zapco DSP though using the same tweeters as before with the Helix DSP Pro, but the amps are different too, so can’t be fully objective. Having said that, the top-end is slightly smoother with the Zapco atm. The big test will be in my personal Honda with the Zapco HDSP V once it finally lands in my hands.

Good, i put the alpine on the list because i read that if you upgrade some electrical parts could make a very good dsp and can connect with everything Ai net in accessories like ipod controller and cd changer. But i had my hesitations so ... i will let it aside and invest in a newer DSP. Thx :D and i will keep watching you :D

It’s built into the DSP Z8-IVii, additional module on the HDSP-V.

William It’s generic, i can’t see much difference.

Derrick have you watched the full video?? All the components are shown in it one by one!? 😳😃

I did actually!!!! Twice!!!! I was specifically responding to your statement "if you have any questions guys, you know what to do". I didn't hear anything specific to the model numbers of the amplifiers. Zapco has multiple lines of Amplifiers but I was able to sort through their website and figure out what you are using, however I was inquiring as to what your thoughts are as pertains to this specific line and your likes or dislikes.

Derrick scroll to 10:30. I don’t mention, but show the models one by one from close, hopefully you can see it. I can’t say anything bad about the kit, it’s delivering the usual dynamic and clean Zapco “character”. 👌💪

Paul the right speaker installation and tuning are more important, i’d spend that extra money on that first as the ST range amps are already fantastic!

eduardo batista it’s the one that comes with built in DSP. That has a fix input sensitivity of 0.5V, so the source and output levels have to be set accordingly.

Why so?

Nygel Yasharahla earth/ground, same thing. Sorry, English is not my first language.

Stephan Thirbenny eBay 😃

@@pssound9749 I checked not seein them, under what description lol thanks

Stephan Thirbenny Try ring terminal?

Brandon Lee spare wheel is still there as can be seen in the video.

There’s no such converter cable. You need a converter box, that changes coax to optical. You can see one in the amprack build of the Kia Soul playlist.

Pssound thanks a lot peter

myboy051 Hi What are the issues with the IV II? If it’s about the IV, first generation, then i’m not surprised, what i wouldn’t necessarily suggest, but i’d be very surprised if the IV II has issues! 😳😳

Pssound - software issues mostly with Bluetooth and while tuning it would freeze up and have to keep rebooting. Subwoofers not working only while playing music via Bluetooth. A few other issues I would have to go back and read again . I’m not going to use the Bluetooth function for my music but seeing how you have experience with that unit i would ask you .

Pssound - Thank you so much for responding to my comment!!!

myboy051 BT tuning has had issues with the Android app, everyone knows and I wouldn’t suggest that either, but the apple app is solid. To be fair i only use the laptop and it’s dead easy to get the best out of any setup. We had several setups walking home with trophies from the European EMMA Finals. If the sub doesn’t work on BT it’s because the input patching wasn’t saved well on every input and written to the device. We had that on 1/20 installs. Needed to be plugged up on to laptop, went through it with client on the phone in 5mins and even he could do it with my guidance. He saved it and it was fine. We haven’t really had any issue with the IV II in the last 1.5year and i sell it happily as it’s super user friendly, BT sounds good and the controller is more reliable than a Director for example. Having said that, i still use and sell Helix DSPs too, i can work with both.

Pssound - Peter , that’s the response I was looking for . Thank you so much for your support! Keep up the great videos 👍🤜🤛👊love your channel.

You can see a 4th wire running out of the fused distro, which runs to the front to an on/off switch, then back to the remote-in of the DSP.

@@pssound9749 nice. Thanks for the reply

Sidnei Flores Hi, When it comes to sound quality and setting features to build the best sounding SQ setup, this DSP is very hard to beat, especially for this money! Bit One is a ~10year old technology and...it’s a...let’s just leave it there! 😃 Regarding factory integration: no, it doesn’t have adjustment for OEM signal. To be fair most people use the in-built BT streaming more than anything else as it’s so good and convenient. I would never bother using a bad quality source like OEM, but that’s just me.

@@pssound9749 Thanks a lot for the answer, the fact that bluetooth has pleased me enough, could you tell me if the bluetooth of this shoe uses the APTX protocol? I've seen somewhere that this protocol allows the transmission of high quality music without loss. And congratulations for the installation and equipment, wonderful !!!

Sidnei Flores I also have to get confirmation from the manufacturer what BT they use in the Zapco, but tbf it doesn’t bother any of the users since it works beautifully!

@@pssound9749 I looked in the site of zapco and do not have the information. Anyway, if the Bluetooth that the processor uses, is able to establish a connection with my cell phone, so that I can play mp3 of 256 ~ 328 kbps, for me it would be of good size, because I can not perceive great differences between a flac and mp3 of 320 kbps.

NW Precision I have a standard hand tool upto 25mm2 and a pneumatic upto 100mm2 or so.

Ramon Matos That is a good question, i’m in the UK. Drop a line to then to their website.

That is what zapo amps is he using?

Dell Alexander Scroll to 10:30.

Is zapco better than kicker or Skar?

Jake Have you ever heard about Zapco or done any research?

Pssound I was looking online but no luck. Looking to get the zapco st-1000.

DirtySouthFlorida3 no I didn’t hear the old c2k as i only got involved with their products in 2015 as the brand wasn’t available in UK till 2018. Watch part 6 in the SQ in car playlist about amp selection, that covers the topic well.

DirtySouthFlorida3 i’ve heard few people with similar case, but we have none of this in UK. Higher ambient temperatures are definitely a great factor! When you get in your car, everything is already hot, then you spank an AB class amp without air circulation...no surprise! I’d definitely install few fans for push-pull circulation whatever amps you use in such a hot state.