stevenva

Check out my avitar. I turned 300,000 last Christmas day. http://s472.photobucket.com/user/smstavros/media/ODO300KRollover2_zpse72a6ed0.mp4.html

Just 250 more miles and my odometer will roll over 300,000 miles

Stevenva Reston, VA 20191 1996 Legacy L Sedan Wintergreen metallic. Repainted to 2004 Audi TT Nimbus Grey

Some material that I have used to eliminate rattles and buzzes in my car works well where plastic meets metal/other plastic= Headliner Material The stuff is thin, padded and pliable. I only had to use light amounts of spray adhesive to mount this stuff. Another fix I discovered applies to the Rear View Mirror Vibrating Out Of Aim whenever the subwoofer is cranked. I unscrewed the rear view mirror, applied a couple drops of Blue Loctite and reassembled it. The mirror is still adjustable but it stays where you leave it regardless of subwoofer volume.

Some (not all) of you people have no idea what you are talking about and should understand how audio systems work before attempting to give advise. Some of the statements given are false. "running DC power to a voice coil". A speaker cone operates off of alternating current. Don't believe me? Hook up the speaker terminals to a battery and watch the cone move in only 1 direction. Next hook the terminals up to an AC wall plug(fun to do but the speaker won't last long)and you will get a 60HZ tone--50HZ overseas. The gain control thing "just turn up/down the gain on your amplifier". The sole purpose of the gain control is to match the input level of the amplifier to the head unit's voltage pre-output. The gain control is not a volume knob. If you have a higher end head unit with a full 4 volt pre-out, then you would set the gain on the amp to 4 volts(which would mean all the way down, or close to it depending on the manufacturer). "But then it won't be loud enough" Get a bigger amp! That's what those little numbers on the gain control are there for. As far as "blowing speakers" are concerned, someone did get it right by stating "there are only 2 ways to blow a speaker". Mechanical failure, possible yes, likely no. Most frequently the voice coil's tiny wire burns because it's thermal limit has been exceeded.

96 Legacy L 2.2 270,000 miles bone stock. Original motor and trans. Edit: 287,000 miles. Still all original.