Driver
Lou Paolino III first got into car audio through peer pressure. When a 15-year-old's friends all love ICE, how could a young man resist? For this daily driver he wanted to have great sound for long drives and of course it doesn't hurt that the install be good enough for show. He listens mainly to trance, rap, rock and other loud music. "I drive a lot and need the entertainment in the car to pass the time," he says. The truck is the second vehicle he's brought to Speaker Works. "I've had other systems done, but had never been really all that happy with the sound or the installation quality until John at Zapco told me to take my stuff to Speaker Works in Orange, CA."
In the center of dash the Alpine IVA-D310 plays nice with other electronics throughout the install, including a CHA-S634 6-disc CD changer, a KCA-420i iPod interface, a PAC SWI-ALP steering wheel control interface, Zapco Symbi-link 16-volt balanced line drivers and lastly an Alpine PXA-H701 processor.
Wave Guide horns under the dash.
CDT's tweeter in the A-pillar.
Paolino wanted to chuck the factory center channel so the installers modified the location for the CDT Audio ES-07 series 4" midrange and a deluxe extended-range 1" silk tweeter.
An Alpine VPE-S431 touchscreen video interface provides switching for the two headrest monitors, built-in source unit screen and the variety of sources: an Alpine NVE-N972A nav system, Pioneer NB-CD1 back-up camera and Alpine TUE-T151 TV tuner.
The truck glows at night with LEDs under the dash, under the seats, in the amprack and even in the A/C vents!The truck glows at night with LEDs under the dash, under the seats, in the amprack and even in the A/C vents!
On top of the sub enclosure, the amprack holds a Zapco C2K 9.0x for the subwoofers and two Zapco C2K 4.0x's for the front, center and surround channels. The sub amp is bridged to 2,200 watts while the front channel amp is bridged at 300 watts per channel. The last amp for the center channel and rear surround runs 100 watts per channel for the rear with the final two channels bridged for 300 watts for the center.
Four Alpine SWX-1242D subwoofers provide sound effect rumble for movies and low-frequency bass for music.
Four Alpine SWX-1242D subwoofers provide sound effect rumble for movies and low-frequency bass for music.
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"I was really doubtful that I would like surround sound, as I am such a stereo purist," Paolino admits. "But the more I use the 5.1, DD and DTS, the less I want to listen to stereo."