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dynamat, prius, speaker upgrade
has anybody done sound system upgrades on a prius? how about sound
deadening with dynamat or similar product? the sound tends to get lost in road noise in this vehicle TIA Tom Seattle |
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First check out what the alternator capacity is before installing an
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I love Edsels wrote: has anybody done sound system upgrades on a prius? how about sound deadening with dynamat or similar product? the sound tends to get lost in road noise in this vehicle You may get somewhere with speaker upgrades. I'm looking at that myself. If you want to go for a big system with an amp you should pretty much forget it. The 12V supply in the Prius is generated by an inverter from the 500VDC of the main electrical system. There is not a lot of spare to go around. Also, the sound controls (balance, fade, etc.) of the stock head unit/changer (which are integrated with the big LCD display) are supposedly done on the stock system's *amp*. You can probably add an additional head unit using a manual or automatic audio relay to switch it in in place of the changer (I may have a wiring diagram that would be helpful for this -- I'll rummage and post again if you do) but aside from that and the speakers it's a tough job. The road noise is mostly from the high-MPG tires. I think you'll find it tough to beat without giving up fuel economy -- low-rolling-resistance tires are hard, so they're loud. -- Thor Lancelot Simon "The inconsistency is startling, though admittedly, if consistency is to be abandoned or transcended, there is no problem." - Noam Chomsky |
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The road noise is indeed gone out of insanity. They are everywhere. This must be the new cultural pattern of today American street. I don't know why people have so much desire to drive playing loud music. Must be some kind of threat. This is not some kind of street driving party. I think it's American cultural disease. It's crazy what we are up to. you telling me having 500VDC on car stereo unit is way way too dangerous to carry around in car. 500VDC can KIll you!!!! Man someone must be crazy to do that. |
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1 volt @ 1 AMP can kill you
-- The Clown Prince of Car Stereo wrote in message oups.com... The road noise is indeed gone out of insanity. They are everywhere. This must be the new cultural pattern of today American street. I don't know why people have so much desire to drive playing loud music. Must be some kind of threat. This is not some kind of street driving party. I think it's American cultural disease. It's crazy what we are up to. you telling me having 500VDC on car stereo unit is way way too dangerous to carry around in car. 500VDC can KIll you!!!! Man someone must be crazy to do that. |
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"joe.ker" wrote in message news:taBZd.2702$Z07.308@trnddc02... 1 volt @ 1 AMP can kill you And 1 million volts at just a few milliamps will only make your hair stand on end (a la Van de Graff generator). MOSFET |
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And sex with street hookers will kill you too, just takes a while.
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Current can kill you because it's voltage. Don't say to same old stuff like it is not voltage that kill you etc. Do you think I don't know that?? |
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MOSFET Wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Current can kill you because it's voltage. Don't say to same old stuff like it is not voltage that kill you etc. Do you think I don't know that?? You're an idiot. Stop posting. I don't want to start anything, but judging from behavior and lack of intelligence I have seen from other posts, I agree with MOSFET. -- Waldodamon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waldodamon's Profile: http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/me...p?userid=27319 View this thread: http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/sh...d.php?t=213444 CarAudioForum.com - Usenet Gateway w/over one million posts online! |
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wrote in message ups.com... Current can kill you because it's voltage. Don't say to same old stuff like it is not voltage that kill you etc. Do you think I don't know that?? You're an idiot. Stop posting. |
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Current and voltage are not the same. Current is the flow of electrons,
where Voltage is the pressure. 1 volt at 1 amp is different than 12 volts at 1 amp -- The Clown Prince of Car Stereo wrote in message ups.com... Current can kill you because it's voltage. Don't say to same old stuff like it is not voltage that kill you etc. Do you think I don't know that?? |
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