SQ sound system in a 2020 Prius Base

Sweet.
How south are you going?
I live just across the border from Hidalgo/Mcallen.

J.

 

Awesome.
Im sure we can make it happen.

J.

 

Weekend updates.
Front stage is done.

Amp rack wiring.




J.

 

Yesterdays progress.
Finished the distro blocks mounting surface.


Started reasembling the hatch.

Test fitting the amp rack.

It will be held in place with threaded inserts rivets into factory holes and bolts.

Side panels in.

 

Amp rack is in, bolted and wired.




And it came alive yesterday for the first time.



J.

 

Yesterdays report.
Built a temporary 1.4 cubic foot sub box out of MDF.
Want to build a fiberglass box for the corner of the trunk, but my fiberglass skills need a lot of work and Im taking the car this weekend for a show.



Also ran my first Dirac tune last night and Im really liking the results.
There´s a learning curve for sure, but the quick tuning guide in this forum makes it a pretty straightforward job.

J.

 

Yesterdays report.
Version 1.0 of Proyect Ubers SQ is done.
Finished the hatch area.
First carpeted the amp rack cover.




With the OEM carpet on top.

Amp rack with hinges.

Spare tire an tool acces with hinges. Will have the jack and tools on the sides.

Temporary sub box in.

Hatch cover on.

J.

 

First DIRAC tune.
Followed the "Quick tuning guide" on DIYMA forum which made the process a lot easier.
Horizontal lines are 10db scale.
This is the tweeters graph.
Left=Purple
Right=Green.
Corrected response under yellow solid line.
Used a x-over at 1 khz pre-Dirac, but this tweeters can play pretty low.
Have them playing from 3 khz and up with 24 dB LR high pass.

This is the midrange graph.
Left=Yellow
Right=Blue
This speaker could play from 100 hz up to 6 khz in my install.
Corrected response under yellow solid line.
Have them playing from 320 up to 3 khz and up with 24 dB LR on both ends.

This is the mibass graph.
Left=Yellow/Orange
Right=Blue
This speaker could play from 60 hz up to 5 khz in my install.
Corrected response under yellow solid line.
Have them playing from 80 up to 320 hz and up with 24 dB LR on both ends.

This is the subwoofer graph.
This speaker could play from 16 hz up to 100 hz in my install.
Corrected response under purple solid line.
Have them playing from 80 with 24 dB LR low pass.

Gains and delay settings.

Im pretty impressed with the results you can get with the Mini DSP C8-12 DL and Dirac.
In 20-30 minutes it left the car sounding pretty good and it still has a lot of potential.

J.

 

Took the car this weekend to the Monterrey Money Round event. 16 of the top cars in Mexico all vs all, no rules, 4 judges (including Richard Papasin and Ruperto Aguilar).

The top 5 places where pretty close.
1. 161.5
2. 160.5
3. 160.375
4. 160.25. Me.
5. 160.125

Gave close to 50 demos with great feedback.
Now its time to let the speakers break in before the next tune and keep working.





J.

 

Hi.
I paid the two day sibsciption to the techinfo site and downloaded all I found for my car.
I didnt remove the head unit for the install. Got the high level signal from the dash speakers and can also get it from the b-pillar for the rears.

J.

 

Took the car to its competition debut in Aggieland (College Station, Texas) this weekend.
Some amazing cars and even more amazing people.
Had a chance to make a lot of new friends and hang out with some old ones.
Got to listen to a bunch of the top sq cars in the US.
Also managed to win some trophies.