Hi guys,

I've just purchased a full ICE setup from my friend, it's only used for about 8 months.
He sold it coz he's upgrading to a porsh car.

The whole setup:
1. HU : Kenwood DPX-7090U Click here to view
2. AMP : Memphis 4 channel 16-MC42004 - 300w RMS Click here to view
3. Front : 2 way Component, JBL GTO series, but not sure the exact model
4. Sub : JBL GT4 Series 10" Built with JBL tube - 250w RMS
5. Rear : DynaQuest bass mid speaker DAE-5.25BM & Caliber tweeter

Item 1 to 4 is purchased from my friend. - plus RCA cables, fuse & add-on for ipod.
Item 5, i purchased myself from dragon sound, planning to upgrade the rear speakers later to component.

Setup connection.
Channel 1 & 2 is connected to front component.
Channel 3 & 4 is bridged to SUB.
Rear mid & tweeter is connected directly to HU.

Is it a correct connection & when i touch the AMP it's freekin hot.
There was once the AMP cut off & shut down when i was blasting the music for so long.
Is it because the bridged channel from AMP is 150w RMS & the sub is 250w RMS ?

Anyway, my friend didn't had problem last time because he only listen to music at a very low volume...

Pls advise guys.

how much r u getting it for?
i don't think its worth 6k.

With most items bought as used for 8 months and still worth more than 6k??

Whatever TS paid for the setup is up to him to decide or say, if he's a frequent visitor on these forums & the number of threads he could have read & still bought, consider it a good buy-lol. Now got problem with the ICE, let's see how we can assist him only. Don't look at me-lah, I didn't sell him the set.

moby, i think if we want to help, one of it is to tell him the setup got from his so called 'fren' is not worth 6k. To let him know he kena chop from his 'fren'.

RM6k set.. worth tat much ka..

the 4 channel amp
# RMS Power Ratings:

* 50 watts x 4 chan. @ 4 ohms
* 75 watts x 4 chan. @ 2 ohms
* 150 watts x 2 chan. @ 4 ohms bridged

even my rm500 bought Alpine V12 also 55wx4 le.. 3 months old only.. i oredy feel like i kena cut neck oredy..

i think TS better learn more bout ice than simply buying stuff without knowing the current market price..

the word blasting u use..? u play SPL with this setup or SQL?

This post has been edited by StratOS: Aug 14 2008, 06:52 PM

ok... system is not worth RM6k there...

but anyway...

first if all... i think if your amp cuts- check the amp gain... lower it down till below 10 o'clock... see if the problem is solved... dun think memphis is so fragile... last i know they are pretty brutal with powers... unless of course you bought the fakes or the amp initially already has problem...

cheers...

Okay, okay TS, with all the comments we have in this thread so far & facts are facts regarding your current used ICE; YOU'VE BEEN HAD>

2nd hand also need RM6k ar...
Then mine should be RM20k+ loh

bro..picture picture ~

definitely not worth 6k here, your fren cheat you..nao go kill him

brand new price should be around this

1. HU : Kenwood DPX-7090U - RM2000
2. AMP : Memphis 4 channel 16-MC42004 - 300w RMS - RM1500
3. Front : 2 way Component, JBL GTO series - RM400
4. Sub : JBL GT4 Series 10" Built with JBL tube - 250w RMS - RM400
5. Rear : DynaQuest bass mid speaker DAE-5.25BM & Caliber tweeter - RM150


about your amp cut problem,

have you check you are bridging with correct terminal on the amp?

how many ohm is your woofer?

did any of the terminal touch chassis ground (maybe inside the door)?

ur amp is lacking power for the woofers....

happens all the time with various 4 channel amps setup the same way as urs....even mine had that problem...cuts off during heavy bass hits or really loud sections of the songs...

setting it up like that also stresses the amp more....making it real hot.

my colleague managed to somewhat minimize this problem by wiring 3*80mm fans to cool down the amp...but still cuts off after 1-2 hours of blasting.

solution, get a dedicated amp for the woofer. i did and havent looked back. blasted for over 5 hours (long drive) and didnt get a single problem...amps stayed quite cool too.

Ouch, definitely not worth 6k.

C'mon TS, which forummer sold you the set or is it a shop for us all to flame.

He's not replying, maybe he's on the run after killing the seller.

or mayb killed himself after knowing he got conned his life saving off...

Actually quite pity TS also..

6k is huge amount of money oo.. phew
i only spent around few k already felt it enough.. n tahan hati from spending more..
ok maybe just getting a good player with usb connectivity and i will stop hehe

get a monoblock to solve amp shutdown

We are all 'teruk-fallas' here, of all the ppl now TS pula kena 'Flame'.

maybe he say that seller buy new for 6k... then he buy from that seller 3k... bla bla bla...

anyway... want to sell ur amp?

amp cut off is pekara biasa... it is in protection mode... ur amp toooo hot.. so then cut...
no problemo...
after the amp sejuk u can boom boom bomm again maaa

This post has been edited by mav_850: Aug 20 2008, 12:11 PM

But usually people spend money buy thing, want it to at up to expectation. He spend so much money then get cut off. Of course there's a problem.

Yes bridging an amp will cost more heat. It's not faulty. It's because the amp cannot handle.