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Hi guys

Its summer again! Great for driving about with the windows down and the tunes up, but now I want to upgrade my standard system to include a sub. Currently my ICE is as VW intended, which I'm fairly happy with. What I'd like to do though is install an amp and a sub (in the boot of course) to get a bit more out of the system. I'm very much a newbie to the idea of installs and stuff so I've got a few questions!

First off can the gamma headunit run an amp/sub combo - I think Josh is running this kind of set-up?? Secondly, where is a good place to be running the cabling up the car from headunit to amp/sub?

I'm tempted by the newer sub packages I've seen where the sub is supplied in an enclosure with the amp included and all wired up ready to go - are these any good?

Sorry if I'm asking stupid questions but I've never done anything like this before beyond swapping out speakers of the same size...

Cheers

I used to have infinity's basslink x until some bugger nicked it

Very impressive for an all enclosed system, guess that's what someone else thought!

Dave

*has a look on t'interweb*

thanks mate, you mean this one?
http://international.infinitysystems.co ... ge=ENGLISH

Looks perfick for what I want

Where can I get one btw?

That's the one.Incidentally,it's one of the few combo units I can recommend....those VIBE ones they sell at Halfords are pure cack.I'm not just saying that...they are poorly designed,and the boxes are tuned far too high for decent usage.All you get out of them,is pure noise,not music.

have you had a vibe???

Robo-Toda wrote:All you get out of them,is pure noise,not music.

Euurgh. Keep hearing the l'il novas round town before I can see 'em lol, all shout and no trousers as they say... I just want to add some depth to my ICE without losing the quality. Don't want to advertise the fact that I've turned the radio on to everyone in a 2-mile radius, know what I mean?

Robo-Toda wrote:....those VIBE ones they sell at Halfords are pure cack.I'm not just saying that...they are poorly designed,and the boxes are tuned far too high for decent usage.All you get out of them,is pure noise,not music.

totaly disagree with you.
if you have tried the subs in you car you would know that they are not cack! alot of what comes out of a sub is to do with the amp you use to run it and the frequency range you put through it!!
jon

My mate has 2 10" vibes and you can’t get the bass half way before you feel sick!!! For the price I don't think you'll get any better

im running 2 10" sony x plods and as im sure any one whos heard it can verify, its indecently loud. no matter what sount your looking for sound deaden everything as you dont loose all the sound so you dont have to turn it up as far. if your looking for a stealthy install either have a look at the pods you can get that go into the side or have a word with martin as he sunk his into his boot floor