Today, i officially announced that my mid and tweeter is now fried. HU is playing but no sounds is coming out from anyway of my car. I guess from today onwards, i will have to sing all my favourite songs myself.

*ohhh gad, give me a sign! This cant be anywhere better right!? : (

waiting for your new setup to complete lol

That song is a very classic and popular song from a finnish band called nightwish. http://bit.ly/1PyQzi
This was during the time tarja was still there. It allowed the blending of opera voice with metal.
The new singer has a more rock edge voice. different style. but music wise all i can say toumas is a very talented writer. http://bit.ly/ldrdX5

Notable songs
Tarja period -
1) Nemo
2) wishmaster
3) Phantom of the opera (nightwish version )
4) Bless the child
5) Beauty of the Beast

Annette period
1) Amaranth
2) Bye bye Beautiful
3) The poet and the pendulum ( Must hear really really long but superb track)
4) Escapist
5) 7 days to the wolves

Other band around the same genre is within temptation from holland, epica from holland, lacuna coil from italy.
http://youtu.be/qGdzgcDllYE

Personal preference in my setup i tend to focus more on the vocal range when i listen to these type of songs

cheers

Very unlikely all 4biji of mids and tweets die at the same time. Prolly your RCA loose or your amp giving this prob. Need to check one by one.

Yesterday was driving on highway, so blast music a bit loud.. But for 0.7 second i did hear a zaaa zaaaaa sound from my HU. Maybe you are right, its my RCA problem.. Ala... blast ICE at volume 20 for 4 hours already like that, not sustainable la this setup

This post has been edited by Poodlepaddly: May 5 2011, 07:02 PM

You forgot Planet Hell from the Tarja period. One of the best done by Nightwish imho.

Anyway, to all that posted here, thanks a lot for the advice, really helps!

Could just be your fuse.

Usually what is the life cycle of a standard ICE Setup? (understand that there are diff model, setup, factors etc) But just a rough gauge? Cant be 2 weeks only if i overload right..?

I am hoping for a standard ICE setup, it should last at least 1 year without breakdown. (Small fine tuning is of course) And still be able to function for the next 3 years without major worries. Am tired of driving out everyday thinking when will my setup collapse. Pointless...

im just on entry level and its way past a year already.

like many other forumers said, it could be just minor issues like fuse blown, or RCA loose. may not be the ICE equipments itself even if its chicken brands

Been jumping onto lots of ppls car lately listening to their ice. Still looking for someone's setup that I can say "dang...."

I think I spent too much time reading stuff about ice. If only I can just settle for the sound quality from my pc woofer and speaker, life would have been much easier. But nuuuu, I had to sit in my friends SQ Ice. Took a few sip of ice poison. and let my deep dark enthusiasm devil have the best of me. Can't believe how "far" I went to learn more about ice. I feel so immature looking back at my ice journey

general Malaysian's ICE is well, you know, what you've been through lol. or lol ah beng SPLs wwwwww

I hate you : / lol

This post has been edited by Poodlepaddly: May 7 2011, 04:15 PM

I got my amplifiers at 3rd hand used....guess they are roughly 6-8 yrs old from when they were introduced....

Guys, what do you think of the brand Hertz, assuming it's an ori set? And for brands like Domination, German Meastro, JL. Any remarks about these 4 brands like being entry level?

a standard ICE setup last a lifetime... excluding the need to replace the caps and etc etc...

except for the drivers.... imho...

I am looking for an amp to serve my purpose. Just need to be sure of what brand I am getting this time. I dont want to drive 5 years down the road thinking, maybe I should have done more research and gotten a better brand in stead. I don't want to upgrade a little here a little, sold current amp get new amp.. Overall cost can be reduce if we can just do it right 90% for the first time. and unlike previous exp, I would like to at least get a decent amp/speaker from a reputable manufacturer/brand. also once installed, there's no refund already. Best get at least 90% right this time.

But please share your comment for Domination German Meastro, JL, hertz/audison or other brands. Ty

You need to consider Scanspeak Discovery or Vifa XT25/PL15 with custom passives.
For amp, my personal favourite would be used McIntosh. Even 50W x 4ch will sound better than a 150W x 4ch of competing brands.

All available with Carcrazy. Only budget would pose an obstacle. These drivers and amp need no further upgrading, unless you're looking at sifoo level.

High budget items... Would easily cost a lot $$$$ especially the amp alone..

Vifa is lightly cheaper then Scanspeak I believe, but build wise Scanspeak is better as its from denmark n Vifa is from china but designed in denmark.. custom passive around 1K++ speakers 1.5 - 2K~.. amp , cables .. But its worth it wen u listen to it .. Its all depends on ur budget...

Im in the middle of building mine own ICE setup so have been going around surveying the a lot of brands, models, prices.. but it depends n ur budget n wat type of music u gone listen to... So the best choice will be the choosing the best model within ur budget, start going around n talking to the shop guyz n also sifu's here n if possible audit some ICE setups in shops... Draw up a list of models wic u think might be suitable for u based on all ur surveys n do some online research n read some reviews... then make up ur mind.. its nt purely on brands, each model of the same brand might be for different type of music...

This post has been edited by all blacks: May 8 2011, 04:05 PM

Thanks bro Krayden and allblack for the advice. Will try to visit s few audio shop see if they have any ice to test. I hope to audit ice with ears, not just looking at product spec sheets. Which is something hard to find lately. Any ice kaki in kl who can let me audit their car this coming weekend? :3

there's ppl like to talk about brand, there's ppl like to talk about look, there's ppl like to talk about performance....how many ppl here used more than 5 different brand of comp set, amp and sub before and can differentiate them if it's not compare side by side? who's recommendation are more neutral? you ain't getting any good recommendation here. Human can't memorize sound.