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    Re: my 2012 mk6 gti build

    i haven't compared them to the d3004s, but tweeters are mostly on-axis so i went with the RRs for extension.

    rear fill is hard to get right so until i have time to play, i just leave it off. here's a couple other comments i made about it:
    https://www.caraudiojunkies.com/show...ll=1#post54939
    https://www.caraudiojunkies.com/show...ll=1#post54941
    Last edited by nadams5755; 03-27-2020 at 06:25 PM.

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    Re: my 2012 mk6 gti build

    Quote Originally Posted by preston View Post

    You drove 5600 miles round trip for audio competition ? Holy crap. I would have been tired of the whole hobby by the time I got there.
    He was. lol

    Jay

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    indeed.

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    Re: my 2012 mk6 gti build

    Like the build. nice and stealthy

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    i spent some time with a hot water extractor the other week.


    black/charcoal interior hides a lot. this is from a floormat:

    Last edited by nadams5755; 07-18-2021 at 12:57 PM. Reason: fix pics

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    also remade my RCA cables from stereo pairs into single channels. this let me do a left vs right channel 1200.6 while keeping my wiring neater.

    made sure to get some heat shrink over the center pin. took a tip from a friend and used some forceps to stretch out the heatshrink a bit to slide over the jacket and out-folded shield and common.




    took a couple evenings, i've got nothing but time these days. made some waste:




    i took a break each night for an icecream sandwich:



    and done. i usually use blue heatshrink to note the source/sink side but ran out. so i used yellow instead. my buddy pointed out they look like McD cables now. oh well.




    i had a chance to clean up some other wiring from the front of the car, since it's not crossing over the other side.

    Last edited by nadams5755; 07-18-2021 at 01:03 PM. Reason: fix pics

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    Fantastic build and I enjoyed the interview at the finals. With that much power, did you have to upgrade the alternator or do anything other than a single run of 1/0ga? I know class D draws less than A/B but I didn't realize it was that much less.

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    Thanks. I went up 1 group size battery, picking up 10ah of capacity. Factory alternator is 130a or so. It’s all been great.

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    Re: my 2012 mk6 gti build

    This whole build is awesome! Your trunk setup looks amazing and the covers are �� I aspire to make my scion xB look this clean!

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    not much else to do but tune, especially during the state of things.
    Quote Originally Posted by nadams5755 View Post
    i used meca's kirnis/spring and taylor/baker street. also used lindsey stirling's we found love on apple music. here's my observations:

    d10:
    • chimes and triangle in baker street are more articulate
    • shaker on we found love more articulate

    sony:
    • better dynamics on cellos in spring
    • better vocals in baker street and we found love


    no staging differences, no low frequency differences
    coming back to this. any difference w/ the high frequency articulation have been fixed w/ the ps8pro and tuning.

    when i was first trying the ps8pro, i was amazed at how well it sounded compared to the helix pro mk2. for as many times as i've hit reset, rethought tuning from the ground-up, changed amps, added/removed linedrivers, and so forth, high frequencies just sort of always sounded a bit inaccurate.

    high frequency attack/decay is much better on the ps8pro than the pro mk2. i guess the mk3s and ultra are supposed to sound much better but the ps8pro was a much more affordable option. also, no more director.

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