Ahmisuhairi - Rebuilding Stage Car Hifi (completed)HU: Alpine 7909J pure deck
Preamp: Audioocontrol EQL concert series (modded LV3)
Preamp: Audiocontrol 4XS (modded LV3)
Frontstage: Scanspeak Revelator 3-way with ring radiator
Customized passive: Duelund VSF + Mundorf Inductor + Mundorf Resistor
Frontstage Amp: Sinfoni 90.2 X 2
Sub: Scanspeak 23W + 23W passive
Sub-amp: Genesis DMX
Interconnect:
Van den Hul Bay C5 Hybrid X 5pairs
Van den Hul D102MKIII Hybrid X 1pair
Speaker Cables:
Van den Hul D352 Hybrid
Van den Hul CS122 Hybrid
Power/Grounding Cables: Stinger 0awg/4awg/8awg
Distribution Block: Stinger Shockrome
Power filtering caps: Mundorf 1F, Helix 1F, Mundorf Headcap X 3
Customized A-pillar/Kick-panel/Door panel
Sika damp X 20pcs + Dynamat Extreme + STP Spleen 8mm
Cardas RCA EMI filter X 7pcs + 2pcs shorting pin
- Premium car sound system rebuilt to Audio Creations Standards -Our veteran icer Ku Ahmisuhairi had been indulging his audio senses for some years now. Unbelievably, even with branded toys from well known manufacturers, he never really got what he wanted with his mix of new & old gears...
We gathered this because he never shouts much about it, and so we owe it to him to hear it for ourselves. Due to logistics, we never had the chance to listen earlier because the car was some 5-6hours away. Well, it is about time we did.
The car and sound system required plenty of attention and work. Needless to say, it was like we were trying to achieve the analogy of turning an ugly maid to a pretty princess, one that is beautiful and had plenty of youthful charisma. We did not want an old approach nor a punk/la-la approach. What we wanted was class and darn right good sounding. The feeling, emotions and sensations that are attributable to past experience needed to be upgraded. We needed to feel and be in the music, rather than observe it from a distance.
Upon receiving the car and listening to it, it would seem that it was appropriate for us to help Ahmi strike the secret in cultivating the vintage vibe that is hidden beneath his system. Vintage means the sense of originality and a powerful tone.
It is hard to put into words what this means, but essentially it is that feeling of bone crunching depth that penetrates your skin and grabs a hold of your gut. This is a must if you really want to enjoy music. It has to be life sounding to you and you must be in it.
This was our goal and upon completion, we are proud to say we are almost there. The system was transformed. It is now big sounding as opposed to small sounding when we first got our hands on it.
In the lead range of tones, the harmonics were superbly defined and sustain was brutal. If you're not sure what sustain means, wiki it (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustain)
Before the transformation, we could not differentiate the attack and decay. Sustain was never a thing to mention. Now it becomes a new vocab because you have it and others don't.
Vocals are now richer, which makes the singer more real to us and harmonics are also richer, giving us a better perception on types of instruments and the energy that the artiste gives to it while being played.
Ahmi's system now has a thick midrange - we believe it has to be thick so that you can gain up and achieve a beautiful, almost limitless sustain without losing clarity in the midrange. This in turn makes the music sound fuller without sounding "fat". It sounds smoother, more satisfying, and somehow very musical. Other people simply sacrifice this just for the sake of clarity. Midrange becomes thin and lifeless to that effect.
Midbass and lows reproduction is very good. Hours were spent on the doors because the car is old and panels could not take the vibration. It had to be solved nevertheless.
Without good midbass and lows, the subwoofer can never merge seamlessly.
With the work done on midbass, low and sub-lows, percussions has a lot of weight. Instruments are not fragile and thin that it used to be.
We played our favorite, Chie Ayado and to our delight it sounds analog as if it has the vintage feeling to it. This simply means it sounded original and real, more than just convincing.
The system now can crank out super volumes and tones - so much so that we hope to hear Ahmi say more frequently now that, "I love my (this) system!"
Our resident krayden had a chance to listen to it as well, perhaps he can fill in some of his observations.
Testimonial:
"it is good..cabin filled with sound. everything else is as it should be... nice!"
Krayden, senior ICER
Interconnect was lay on top of amp rack to preserve the cables.. laying underneath will dirty these cables easily. Also allow for easy to swap better cables in the near future!!...
hex screws were used on the revelator tweeters to give a an even higher end look!!..
Clean thoroughly dash board + door panel with Multipurpose Cleaner diluted (ratio 1:4)
Meguiars Gold Class Interior Protectant was applied to give a matte finish look!!
Customized fibreworks to house the huge 7" Revelator Midbass
Engine bay Detailed...thorougly clean with multipurpose cleaner
Finished off with Engine Kote
Heat and Noise Barrier 15mm installed at bonnet!!..
future upgrade plans:
HU: Mcintosh MX4000(modded)
External DAC: MDA4000(modded LV3)
Power Supply: DC-DC Converter modded
DC Harness: Customized high purity OFC cable
Mod new digital Coaxial RCA output with
1.Pure Silver Conductor,Foam Polyethylene Insulation, Cu-Mylar Screen Foil , Microporous PTFE Teflon,
SP-OFC Braided Shielding & quad shielding
Add 3pcs Mundorf headcap
Add 1pc Mundorf mpower 1Farad for sub-amp
Upgrade to VDH The Second/Thunderline Hybrid Interconnect X 4pairs
Bybee Quantum Purifier X 10pcs
