so far i have
2 eight inch eminence alpha
1 1600 power acoustik 4 channel amplifier
1 boss cx3500 class d amplifier
1 pioneer champion series subwoofer 3500 watts peak

going n buy two bullet tweeters and 2 6inch alpha
need help with which crossover n pre amp to buy,must be reasonable price,any other ideas will be good as well

get a good pioneer deck, mayb the new usb ones and a preamp.. dont think u would need a crossover.

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i was wondering if i actually need a pre amp n a crossover

yea what deck do u have at the moment? a pre amp would be very useful and almost necessary

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Yea I think speedmelter has said it just as I would. From your equipment, I think just a preamp will be necessary here and don't hold back on the $$$ for your headunit.

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do elaborate why.

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the deck i have is a normal cd pioneer deck

different models have different features. A model will help us a bit in giving advice.

basic units are just basic units, more advanced one will have fancy display, adjustable high and low pass crossovers, equalizers (not the shiddy 3 band stuff), 4 volt pre outs, probably USB and maybe bluetooth.
No need for a preamp with such a deck.

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yea if the pre outs are 3 way i believe they call it u wont need a preamp. i think you should sell the deck you have and get a nice usb one that can save you the $ to spend on a preamp and cross.. u cud even use the power of the deck to play dem tweeters so u wont hada worry abt burning them. the pioneer usb ones are like from 9 to 1200.. you cant go wrong wid a good deck, itl hold its value and prob make that lil system look and sound much better than a shitty one with preamp. u have decent amps and speakers so just get a nice deck and u good to go.. and by nice i dont mean those flashy dvd shet decks like soundstream and pyrimid

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or nervewrecker i was saying itl prob be necessary depending on what kinda outputs the deck has... hence the question

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This should have been your starting point OP

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Don't tell the guy to look for a nice usb deck. There are usb decks for all $800 that are basic and have 2 volt pre-outs.

Instead, the OP should look for a headunit that has 4 volt pre-outs, regardless of whether or not it can play usb.

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^^ Wa went on dey ?

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^^yea it made sense what you said.. think he has enough info now to handle his story

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^^Cool bruh.

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I wonder where can he get such a deck on such short notice?

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what a system.....

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It's not leaking oil, it's sweating power!

crossovers are around 650 or so
basic usb decks are around 800-900

so around 1500 for that combo

you could get a pretty good usb deck with a built in crossover setup for around 1200 and get the ease of having one less equipment (crossover)

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presently i have a small battery (525 amps),what size of battery should i look for in addition to the present one ?

he should have clicked the link in my sig and be happy. but he too late, deck gone.

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if working with a limited budget,is it better to get a cheap pre amp or a cheap crossover ?

man just get a preamp for abt 300 dollars.. the soundstream or power acoustic. forget abt crossover, the crossover on the amps will have to suffice for ur situation. the deck u got duz it have RCA outputs?

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if you got to go with a preamp go with the soundstream 5xo over the normal pwm20 and such

they have a lot more line drive and the quality is better Imo

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the pwm 20 should work fine and its easy to use and tune

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Romans 12:20 Therefor if thy enemy hunger, feed him, if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doin thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

so is a pre amp and a crossover necessary in your system ?

man have u been reading the comments?

a pre amp serves the purpose of sending 4 volt signals to the amps and provide a little volume control of the frequency ranges.
the crossover reconstitutes the signal sent into bandwidths so that each speaker can play desired freq ranges....

if you cant afford the deck that serves both those functions ur alternative wud be to use the crossover on the amp and buy a preamp. just buy the preamp and later on you can mayb buy other stuff.

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