hi all, just a quick question,

i am lookn at geting a sub and amp, but to be honest no nothing about ICE. i will replace my OE speakers too.

can you adjust the sub volume/effect independently? i dont want the sub to drown out the music or be to overpowering, are they worth the money and hassle?

Kenny, yes you can. Its normally done from the head unit, but if you have an amp purely for the sub, you can use that.

cool, are subs worth buying ?

Kenny - I'll let you know about the hassle when I begin to fit my sub & amp. Have bought all the cabling I think I need - just need to get my head around routing everything, without causing personal harm to myself.

Kenny - it is worth it, and you will notice the difference.

Depending on what size amp/sub you use, passers-by may notice too

I'd agree that a good sub is money well spent.

Couldn't believe my ears the difference it made when I first fitted one to my car.

I second Monsieur Zoidberg's sentiments.. well, I do NOW.

I installed a bazooka subwoofer (RS range) in the boot. It is an 8" driver driven by 150w rms. the bass does not overpower the rest of the frequencies. for me it just sounds right. the head unit, a clarion 738 has a sub out option which i use so that i can control the level input to the subwoofer. the sub is very compact and allows me to take out the spare wheel without first removing the subwoofer. i like it a lot.

the picture below shows the bass tube in the boot...

and this is the head unit (mp3 capable) which drives the amplified tube...

I see you chose a good album to listen to on it.

" He was a sk8rboy, I said see you later boy " :speaker:

I chose "Ibiza: History of Hard Dance" to give my system a test.

and i suggest you try out: Tiga - Hot in Here

that should give your sub and amp a good beating (:

Is that the one that goes "It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes" ??

I gotta admit I'm not that keen on that style of music if it is what I'm thinking of. I'm more a rock/dance style person, not so much on the R&B & rap.

yes it's just that. nice beat though (:

Jason - see if you get the latest fast-car mag - it has a CD that will certainly test the sub...

It's called "Fast Car" is it? - seem's highly ironic if I bought it.

Has a CD with 7 bass-heavy tunes, a load of crap (engines revving, etc) and then about 40 tracks of bass drops/sweeps/etc that will make the whole car vibrate

Godskitchen Worldwide..

thats the first CD im gonna play when i get the vRS

:speaker: :speaker: :speaker:

That Gods Kitchen group came down our way recently, but I missed them... :(

I'll look out for that CD as well - would be complimentary to my Ibiza collection (and I'm not alking seat here)

Hi ICE Mob,

My vRS sounds the dogs dangly bits. It is comprised of the following: -

Piooner P8006 - The silver dual display thing Mp3/6 disc Auto CD

Alpine Type R 12" Subwoofer and Carlsberg Basecube inclosure

Kenwod 8151D 400W RMS Amp - (Looks like that chip out of the terminator)

2 x Kenwood KAC 630 (150 WRMS Amp x 2)

Focal 165H in front doors

Pioneer SBS6995 on rear parcel shelf (150W RMS MF loud spewakers)

this was proffesssionally installed by my long time friends at Sextons White city, near MUFC.

They were totally blown away by the power and sound quality.

It took 2.5 days too complete the install.

Sorry don't mean to show off but if you see a Red vRS blasting around Manchester....

Not stupid enough to give the reg aas mr thief will be rubbing his hands.

Originally posted by devonutopia in this post

I see you chose a good album to listen to on it.

" He was a sk8rboy, I said see you later boy " :speaker:

I chose "Ibiza: History of Hard Dance" to give my system a test.

You should chose "Skoda: History of Hard Cars". No seat stuff here please. Go post on seatcupra for that :p

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if you want a bit of bass try the whitestripes new ablum or the new iron maiden wow!!!

Well my new install is coming together.....slowly.

It will be out with the 1x JL Audio 12W6 V1, Lanzar Vibe amp x 1 and in with....

2 X JL Audio 12W6 Wired to a Directed Audio Class d 1100watt mono block amp, running at 1.5 Ohms

1 x Either Phoenix Gold or Genesis 2 channel amp to run front Crystal CSC60s's components (still not decided which one..hmmmm!!)

1 x Phoenix Gold EQ215 Gold Line Equaliser

1 x 1 M Farad Hotwires Power Cap

and lots of nicely fitted and covered MDF to make it all look pretty. With luck i'll finish it before Christmas...U never know!! Might even chuck in a neon!! Only joking!!

Can anyone suggest a good 2 channel amp, as still playing with this and not sure what to go for??

:vamperic: :speaker: :speaker: :speaker:

Originally posted by fabia in this post

if you want a bit of bass try the whitestripes new ablum or the new iron maiden wow!!!

Not heard the White stripes one , but the Maiden album wasn't all that great sounding.

Now the new Wildhearts album on the other hand.....

I have:

2 Pioneer TS-W304C 300w RMS Subs

1 1000w RMS Sony Amp

1 Vibe 1F power cap

Pioneer TS-E2095 Speakers

1 JVC 400w Amp.

The whole lot is controlled by my sexy new sweet HU, Pioneer AVH-P6500DVD

Sounds spot on for me very loud, bit of a bass junkie!! he he

click for a closeup!

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pio/pe/vgn/images/portal/cit_3442/38318AVH-P6500DVD_big.jpg

that is sweet darent ask how much it cost though!

Expensive believe me, everytime some1 gets into the car i fold the display away in fear thinking that some halfwit might accidently damage it !

Only problem now is: i have to plan to move all the ice outta my fabia into my new octy coming in a couple of months time ! never mind, its all gud fun