Sick dog ~ 24v question

[Island Moose]

Am I the only one here that thinks this kind of system belongs in a low rider? Maybe a Mazda B2200 slammed to the ground with big shiny spinner wheels and FEAR THIS across the windshield and some sort of hideous candy coat paint.

Most Cruiser owners that I know, including me, would just like to add a "full" sound to their music. This usually entails a subwoofer, but nothing too crazy. My Alpine 5 channel amp is not going to win any sound off competitions, but it delivers a nice rich sound and powers a 10" sub, all at under 35A peak.

We each have our own individual tastes, of course. But there are limits to running huge 12v systems in a 24v vehicle...the limit pertaining to simplicity. Cruisers, especially diesel ones, are wonderful for their simplicity...and that usually results in reliability, meaning less problems. In my personal opinion, you start messing with it too much, and it will just cause problems later.

Sage advice to keep it simple, but with the top off in my truck the wind noise is insane. A really loud stereo could be valuable on the highway. That same stereo however, should be turned down in town, and this is where it all goes wrong these days.

Hey Stone, are you saying you wouldn't have air bags on the cruiser to bounce up and down at a red light?...yo dog...dat whip is fine!!

 

[Stone]

LOL...! I was running lots of power in my stereo system when I was in high school...but now I have some hearing loss. Really sucks when I can't hear anything but the coarsest of crackles through my stethoscope. Sometimes I can't even take a manual BP.

In your case, speaker position would be of prime importance in order to take full advantage of whatver wattage you are running. Component speakers up front might be a nice touch...placing the tweeters at the right spot and angle to fire sound towards you and the passenger. My speaker locations are less than ideal...I will be changing them in the future when I fab up my own panel in the rear. Remember...high frequencies are very directional, and low frequencies are diffuse. So it's more important for you to properly place your smaller speakers playing mid to high frequencies than the woofers and sub. Cheers.