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I've been workin on my system a lot lately and have always wanted a in car computer, but im too lazy\broke to mold\buy touch screens and all that crap so i used my laptop, then i bought a kappa perfect 12 and built the most sealed box i've ever seen, when i push on the sub it's like squeezing a basketball it doesn't move. pics!
Laptop closed on the mount:

Laptop Opened on mount:

Laptop in Passenger mode:

New Trunk\Sub box:

Door to Spare:

I still have a lot to do, i need to carpet the trunk\box, I'm still in the midst of building my own preamp cuz laptops only have 50mwa X 20Ohm output which my clarion doesn't like too much, After that, I'm building a charger for the laptop (again, too broke to buy a new charger and power inverter). Oh and BTW, the laptop is velcro'd to the mount so i can take it out, then the mount can fold up completely so it looks like nothing is there at all.

 
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kick ***

never seen the interior of your car... the painted pieces look awesome... good luck with finishing up the project

 
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Good sh*t man. Hope that laptop won't be a distraction on the road. hehehe.
Keep us updated.

 
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i was thinkin of drivin down the road and hangin back from a few cars and actin like i'm entering in their plates just to see what the driver would do hehehe

 
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Hahahahaha!! A guy in a civic entering plate numbers. Ya ppl will be freaked out.

 
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the hardest part is building the charger, the preamp is almost done and it's gonna be smaller than a book of matches hehe

 
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u must be like an electrical smart guy or something.... idk how to even start building a preamp/ charger.

ITs nice to see that you figured out what to do for a mount/stand

 
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cool...let us know when when u finish the project completely

 
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University of Florida campus police drive white 7thGen sedans

 
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question for anyone else that knows pro audio....I'm pondering building a tube preamp to warm the sound up more think it'd be worth it or should i just stick with the standard op amp?

 
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thats sick

 
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well i took it for a dry run with the laptop hooked up and it was quite funny when i drove by this movietheater to go get gas cuz people didn't hear music, they heard Underworld 2, then they looked and saw a 15.4" widescreen playing a movie thats not even out on dvd on a stereo that rumbles your ***** more than a movie theater, ahhhhh it's the small things in life that make me love my vic....now i need to hurry and finish that damn preamp...does anyone even know the difference between tube preamps and op amps?

 
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looks real nice.

 
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looks like a cop car lol

 
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Uh....man this is hard stuff.
An op amp amplifies the difference between 2 channels. All i know is an op-amp can amplify small voltage signals to an optimal level. This is what they use to amplify devices such as hand held games, head phones, and i think some cell phones.
The only knowledge of tube amp is that a tube the will effect the signals before it comes to a solid state.
This is some moderate electrical engineering stuff here. Good luck with it.

If you really have time and effort, tube amp > op amp

 
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my dad can help me build a tube amp but i dont think i'll be able too cuz of living in AZ with some heat would destory a tube....esp when i use a ventige one from 1954 hehe

 
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Did you fabricate the notebook mount yourself or buy one? I've been looking to get one but they're all pretty expensive.

 
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go on ebay, i got mine for like 80, and it's completely collapseable, it's pretty nice i'm at work now but i'll get a pic of it collapsed tomorrow or tonight when i get off

 
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i just got done building the preamp, right now i've got it running off 4 9 volt batteries and a switch, i'm still in the midst of finding a 12v dc to 20v with a center tap to build the charger, then run the preamp of the center tap...

 
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K.i.s.s.

 
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who needs a screen........that sh*t is crazy !!

 
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well, you were either hitting on me or keep it simple stupid, so here, i hooked my laptop in my system and it didn't sound good, so i made a purty little box that does....

 
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That won't attract thieves or anything.

 
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i take the laptop out when i get out of the car, i used velcro to hold it to the mounting plate....

 
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pertty sweet

 
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No, I was hitting on you....