In a recent thread here and many times in the past, I've seen discussion
about adding a BIG cap to the power supply of a car stereo.
Can someone explain to me how that works?
There are many ways to analyze this.  I chose a time-domain approximation

Hello all!!
I have an Alpine 7878 that stop to give sound when we turn on the cd
player!! The radio do everything but with no sound when the cd is
playing!!! What could be?

I bought a car radio/cd player.
Vr-3 VRCD400-SDU
I'd like to leave it powered and use it's on/off switch
to turn it on/off.

What's a good, cheap (really cheap) way to get decent sound into a
Nissan Pickup.
Back in the day, when I had more energy, I had a 1975 Datusn Pickup.
I had a pair of 6x9 speakers that barely fit behind the seat facing up.

Looking for a deck that is Sirius ready, front, rear, and sub RCA outs.
Sub control.
Ability to insert a digital card such as an SD card.
Any suggestions?

What are the differences between the different amplifier classes and
which are better for others?

Hi all, I have another problem for you guys. I'm the kid who has the
Trans am and was wondering about upgrading my current setup. I have 2
12" Sony xplod P5's in a sealed box with two seperate chambers
measuring 1.75" a piece, and they're being powered by a Kenwood 9152D

Ok, I was an audiophile back in 94, 95 when contests featured stereo's
that played music, not tones. (really, i was there) I used to kick a.s
all over town with a 72 Olds Delta 88 Royale with a Kenwood pro  deck
that had 7v of pre amp output. (was told this was one of the keys to

I have a situation where my center dash speaker is too loud compared to the
kickpanel speakers.  So I got an L-pad for it.  There was no 4 ohm pad
available so I got an 8 ohm stereo and connected the three front terminals
to the three back ones which (based on what I read on the ...

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BBC Radio 4 FM is hardly compressed, so listening to its speech progs is not
so easy in a noisy car. Is there a good, switchable 13V stereo compressor
made that can be installed between pre-amp o/p and power-amp i/p stages of a
car radio? I am not keen on processed DAB.

I plan to purchase a full Alpine type X system for my car, that is...
Sub, PDX1.1000 amp, and 4 type X speakers. The sub runs at 1000 watt
rms (3000 peak) and the speakers I belive are 75 Rms and 300 peak.
This amount of power is probably going to need some other source of

Got a CDA-9857 HU installed recently.
First I just had the HU put in, then a few weeks later, 4 speakers and
an amp.
However, as soon as the HU was put in, I noticed that the the stations

Hi, I recently bought a Clarion head unit (model # in title) and I
hooked it up to my Suburu Legacy.  Everything is connected right, but
when the car is on, only the illumination and cd eject work.  The
display doesn't turn on and it won't accept cds.  I did a direct