Hi guys. Finally i have reached to a point where i dont think i need to upgrade any of my ICE anymore. Im very satisfied on this build already. Also i love to have my own build log for future reference. No showing off intention here. This build is a newbie's build in my journey of SQ. Some Pics to share

1. My Headunit I opted for this CDA-9886 instead of a mainstream CDA-9887 because it has a USB Ready input and comes along with an ipod cable. I have my ipod with me. I barely use USB sticks. Combo it with a PXA-H100 to unlock its Imprint. If not, i would only have bass and treble with no xover. 9886 is just a blank headunit with multiEQ ready @ imprint. Smexy PXA-H100 there. Set all my netowrks to External AP and on the PXA-H100 at 3WAY. Here im running a 3 way active front and a sub at rear. How did i do that? In the imprint menu, after i switched the switch at the side of the processor to 3 WAY. i got this feature for xover. Low, Mid-L, Mid-H and High. Set them to their respectively FS, Low at 40Hz, Mid low at 40HZ too since its a mirror. Mid High at 315Hz HPF and high at 5Khz HPF the Sub and Mid Low, i used a Y splitter and manually adjust the gain from the amp itself. In time alignment mode, i set the distance following my mid low instead of sub. The sub will always be played at a barely heard level. Humming together with my mid low's. the Mid High is set at 18db i will post a video of it running one of these days.






2. My Amps. I did not take a photo of my new PG Ryval Designs 2.150 here. Im so sorry. I will upload it again when i have the chance. These amps are all Ryval Designs amps.
- A4.75 (high, mid high)
- A2.75 (mid low)
- A2.150 (sub-W)

All running active NOW



3. My Speaker driver! cheapo entry level morel maximo 6.5" These are running actives. Discarded the passive xovers here



and my 2.8" mid drivers are from SG Acoustics. Made in thailand. Response frequency at 300Hz

4. My first A-Pillar built. Looks like crap as im still learning in the method of DIY'ing





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5. My subwoofer. This is a Phoenix Gold Octane R 12" DVC. Enclosed in a custom box. Measuring 1.25CFU, tuned at 26hz ported at 2.5" round




6. Here's how i stack my bonet. DIY amp rack. Screwed wrongly. Now i have no time to adjust it YET




7. Bought myself the inner door layer, which is originally plastic and changed it to metal. Now it gives better bass response and finally my windscreen can open for the past 2 years (wonder what have i been doing for the past 2 years, didnt even take effort to change it. So my first step was to fully soundproof that. This i did 3 layers. Inner door frame, inner power window frame and outer power window frame. The holes i covered it up with soundproof too (sounded like i have a 8" sub at my door now )





*thanks for viewing. Any comments / critics are welcomed.

Here is how i setup my 3way front those figgures of slope are not correct. that was just messing around

This post has been edited by HeLLonEarTH: Apr 25 2015, 02:35 AM

So, the PG Ryval A.150 had a noisy cap . Wanted it so bad but he said he cant do much but he offer me an exchange on the amp. He said i can choose on 4 selections of amp.

1. Velocity VD502 High End Pro Audio Reference by Blaupunkt (tickled my fancy, subsonic filter, bass boost which i dont really use, level control remote, HP,LP,Flat)
2. Lightning Audio Strike 300.2 (dont really like this, looks too fancy)
3. Rockford Fosgate Prime R152 (no subsonic filter too)
4. Coustic Powerlogic 100W RMS 2 channel (i barely remember the model) (has no subsonic filter)

Here are some pics. Installation time, my phone was out of battery so i didnt have a good overall pic of it but its MINE



VD 502
4Ω / 1 x 300 watts

My 1st 3-way in 2014 vs my new setup in 2015



now

hurm... something is wrong. Will check back the link later. Dalam office skarang

Got myself a P80RS2 for collection. This unit has like 0% scratches. Told was and old new demo stock. This will totally go inside my collections of Headunits. Hooked up and played around. All i could say that it sounds brighter than my 9886 + imprint. Still fiddling around. No vids yet






Been drooling on this player since early last year. Finally somebody was willing to let it go

quite bz bro. heheh.. cari kantau le... end of this month got. still in process of redesign the whole system.

ok. i'll try this. but not now. My daughter go poke2 my mids with lidi untill the surround cone koyak if dust cap alone nvm.

its because hp used to record is different. seems like 3gs camera sound quality is like .

Diff brand Tymphany @ peerless but a newer model and a vifa tweets

This post has been edited by HeLLonEarTH: May 19 2015, 10:46 AM

So.. another build's in progress. Today i measured out my bonet to make a faceplate. I used a cardboard to take the measurements so that i wont screw up the cuttings like what i ever did before, everything went haywire. So. Enjoy some pics as im grieving because of the rain is delaying my project. The main result is suppose to have a window. Using a plexiglass to show the amps and woofer and hide whatever hideous things i have in the bonet.

This is my usual workbench in my car porch.


This is the face. The cover. There supposed to be a window there but it rained and i cant cut things yet. Takut mati karan



The sky. Its actually dark

I wanted to but unfortunately it rained till 7pm. i cant continue. Tomorrow i will continue with it. stay tuned

an update. i think i overcut the sub part. but nvm. waiting for le wild acrylic to come. Anyway, my peerless mid and vifa tweets are comming. should see them pop up on wednesday

ya. Its actually trunk. but in sarawak we are use to call it bonet. lol.

i did think bout soldering most of the end wires. but then. only 50% done. mostly on speakers only. power cables, i use distro blocks. but cables at the back are really messy.

Ok. My mids and tweeters just arrived today. And straight away i started doing my a-pillars. Here are some photos to share. Ill continue again tomorrow. So stay tuned.

The Mids and tweeters. Peerless and Vifa.





Cutting out the speaker rings with a jigsaw. I cant use a router as its way too small



This is the outcome

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This is the thing that i use to stick the rings to the pillar. For measurement purpose. This time, i make them off axis. Not directly facing to me.

The Hot Glue. I use this because it helps stick the wood and "bones" together to the Pillar.



By using a stretchy cloth, i made the base of the pillar. Its just stretching the cloth over the whole thing. And then apply resin to it so that it hardens. I did not use any fibreglass YET. Fibreglass will only be involved when i will be doing the inner part of the rings.



It was 6pm already when i finished that. So i have to continue again tomorrow. Stay tune for more

after duet, gone with the wind. i only keep the morel mid low 6.5"

Update! on my A-Pillar. was away due to gawai and now im back



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