Anybody want a C4?

Jstas
Jstas Posts: 14,820
edited September 2007 in Car Audio & Electronics
Got one right here for ya!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Polk-C4-Compound-Subwoofer-System-NR_W0QQitemZ170147667420QQihZ007QQcategoryZ32823QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

No affiliation, just a nice sub at a good price. They'll handle 200 watts per channel and they dig deep and have a wide range for a band-pass box due to the isobaric configuration.

It's worth picking up for the nostalgia alone.

If you get it, it would be well matched to these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-MM6930-6-X-9-3-way-driver_W0QQitemZ130150704831QQihZ003QQcategoryZ14942QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or you could get these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-6-Bass-drivers-speakers-MM-6510_W0QQitemZ130152464307QQihZ003QQcategoryZ14942QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and I'll bet that the new DB series component tweeters would match well. You'd just need to find crossovers that would work well with them.

Then you can add this to the mix:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-10-Subwoofer-model-MM1025_W0QQitemZ130150702768QQihZ003QQcategoryZ3291QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


and power them with one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hifonics-Falcon-Car-Amplifier-NR-O-S-Zed-Audio_W0QQitemZ330163979895QQihZ014QQcategoryZ39732QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and one of these for that SUPER NOSTALGIA effect!

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-NEW-IN-BOX-OLD-SCHOOL-HIFONICS-SERIES-FIVE-VULCAN_W0QQitemZ200149150234QQihZ010QQcategoryZ39732QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or this Old School BOLTAR Series

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-SCHOOL-HIFONICS-SERIES-VII-BOLTAR-MADE-IN-USA-AMP_W0QQitemZ200150671277QQihZ010QQcategoryZ39732QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

How many people can actually remember what wires were what without the writing on the bottom of that amp? Ah! The good 'ole days! Remember them?


or this re-release of this Warrior Merlin

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hifonics-Warrior-Monoblock-Car-Audio-Amplifier-Mono-Amp_W0QQitemZ300150324865QQihZ020QQcategoryZ64570QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



Just for S&G, here's a classic Hifonics ZEUS

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hifonics-Zeus-series-VIII_W0QQitemZ330164414574QQihZ014QQcategoryZ39732QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The seller is pretty correct with his assessment. I watched many people return these amps because they say 600 watts on them but IIRC, they had no fuses and unregulated power supplies so they'd eat up as much power as you could throw at them and they'd bake almost any voicecoil. It might have trouble with some of the newer stuff with gigantic magnets or the XBL^2 stuff but this is the kind of stuff Hifonics was known for way back when.



It's amazing what you can dig up if you just look around.

I'm gonna see if I can't find some of that hard-to-find classic Orion stuff. That was serious gear back when but super expensive and barely anybody who wasn't sponsored that I knew could afford it. Most went for the cheaper Phoenix Gold stuff but Orion was well respected just not very prevolent.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2007
    Those C4 must be really good with explosions.......
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  • Thom
    Thom Posts: 723
    edited September 2007
    Nice. I had a C4 for a short time many, many years ago. I'd really like to hear one now to see if it has any output compared to today's woofers...
  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,820
    edited September 2007
    I have one. I use it for a home theater sub. It's hooked up to a NAD stereo amp. Don't remember the exact model right now but it's about 120 watts per channel at 4 ohms. It's pretty stout. Not necessarily a boomer but it's clean and digs deep. It's in a fairly small room, only about 18x15 feet but it'll rattle everything real good. In a hatchback or SUV, it'd be pretty loud if you gave it it's 200 watts RMS per channel. That's 400 watts RMS.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2007
    Dang, that C4 would be pretty awesome. Polk, four 6x9's (just kinda sounds cool), and looks to be in real nice condition. A shame I don't really have enough room for that in the Jeep...or the money to dedicate to it at the moment.
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited September 2007
    I ran some of the Polk MM componets in my car some years back :). I had that exact midrange driver (MM 6510).
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