The
Simpler The Better
"The
CDT AUDIO YEAR 2002
DODGE RAM EUROSPORT INSTALL"
Best Sounding Show Vehicle
Photo By: Rich Truesdell
Install by: New Era Sound (Lompoc, CA) |
Competition
Midrange Drivers
"Transient Optimized"
Elliptic Crossovers
Competition
"Silk" Tweeters
Competition
Components
Competition
Braxial
Systems
Dodge Ram
EuroSport Braxial Install
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* Note: This page is currently a work in progress.
Please check back soon for more details on the 2002
Dodge Ram Install |
The Head Unit:
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Chrysler AM/FM/Cassette w/CD Changer Install notes
- the OEM head unit uses a high quality high to
low level converter, fully adjustable to the
amplifier RCA input. Twisted pair RCA cables keep
out the possibility of any unwanted induced noise. |
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| The Front Stage: 1 pr.
EuroSport ES-630 (6.5" Braxial Style Component Set)
-6.5" Cast Alloy Midrange
-1" Silk Softdome Tweeter EuroSport ES-200
"Transient Optimized" Eliptic 2-way Crossover -CNC
Machined Aluminum Tweeter bridge. The Tweeter Bridge
Turns The Component Set Into An "Instant Install"
Coaxial Style Product. Install note - The bracket
design allows for an angle on the Tweeter not possible
with other coaxial speakers.
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Due to the Dodge Ram's high center console, low
steering column, and sectioned driver/passenger
seating arrangement, the mounting angle of the Tweeter
makes it possible to lift the sound up to the
passenger's ear level, yet maintains the tight focus
of point source driver mounting and easier
installation.
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| The OEM opening is for a 6x9 speaker, so the Dodge Ram
could easily accommodate the EuroSport Competition 6.5" two way with the
soft dome Tweeter as well. The front doors are
entirely sound deadened with visco-elastic sound
damping materials on both the inner and outer door
skins to ensure peak midbass performance and no
unwanted resonance. |
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The
Subwoofer System: (4 - MS-80) -Four 8" Cast Alloy-High
Definition "Minibox" Style
Subwoofers -Stealthbox Style-Fiberglass Custom
Enclosure.-Each Sub Is Seeing Approximately .45 Cubic
Feet |
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| 2 MS-80 mounted in
fiberglass enclosure under left rear seat. |
2
MS-80 mounted in fiberglass enclosure under right rear
seat.
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View
of all four Subs
with seat up. |
View
of all four Subs
with seat down.
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The Amplifiers: Frontstage TU-600 Tube Amplifier
supplied by U.S. Amps (Made in Florida).
Subwoofers Amplifier: PT-350 T-Class Digital
Amplifiers 250 Watts RMS
Electronic
Crossover: Supplied by Zapco (Made in
Modesto, CA)
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Frontstage:
TU-600 Tube Amplifier
Mounted under drivers seat |
Subwoofers Amp:
PT-350 T-Class Digital Amplifiers
Mounted under
front passenger seat |
EuroSport "Transient Optimized" Elliptic Crossovers
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| The passive crossover
has a very important job in the component speaker
system. It needs to divide the duties for precise
musical reproduction to the appropriate drivers
without introducing unmusical artifacts. Engineering a
perfect compliment to the highly acclaimed CDT
"EuroSport" drivers was an equally challenging task
The "Transient Optimized" crossovers called SatNet,
are an engineering breakthrough for car audio.
They are an ingeniously
designed fourth order, elliptic type network that
offers very distinct advantages over conventional
"Butterworth" or "Linkwitz-Riley" passive filter
topologies. This topology is so unique that this is
the VERY FIRST TIME it has been used commercially in a
car audio application. The key to performance is
optimal precision, which means speed with accuracy.
These are opposing principals and getting the most of
both presents a challenge. Optimizing rates and
interfacing with driver qualities is required to
virtually cause the music to flow forward away from
the mounting positions of the drivers to produce a
three dimensional image.
What you
hear is an astonishing dimensionality; fast clean
transients and virtually no listening fatigue - to an
unprecedented degree.
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It's Impossible to fool
the ear. It will tell you exactly what you are
listening to.
The CDT EuroSport system with Transient Optimized
crossover delivers the following:
-Astonishing dimensionality
-Fast, clean transients
-Virtually no listening fatigue
-Remarkable up-front sound stage
-Musical imaging that borders on the magical.
-All of these to an unprecedented degree.
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Optimizing rates and
interfacing with driver qualities is required to
virtually cause the music to flow forward away from
the mounting positions of the drivers to produce a
three dimensional image. |
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The Rear Fill: 1 pr.
CL-5XB (5.25" Braxiall) With Angled, bridge
mounted 1" Silk Soft Dome Tweeter Install note
- The driver basket
easily fit into the Ram rear doors without the need for any additional
adapters or spacers. The rear doors are entirely sound
deadened with visco-elastic sound damping materials on
both the inner and outer door skins. The rear fill
speakers are powered by rear channel amplifier of the
head unit. |
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Comments: The overall design
is very simple in nature, yet rewarding in result. By
taking the guesswork out of driver selection, mounting
configurations, or power requirements, the CDT 2002
Dodge Ram has a system that virtually any
installer could easily replicate in a matter of hours.
With rich front sound accented by rear fill and a
slightly quieted interior, the sound system will
satisfy even the most selective and discriminating car
audio enthusiast. Careful attention has been paid to
all of the subtle installation details and CDT
carefully documents each one to allow other similar
installations to follow in a time friendly, lease
friendly fashion. Special considerations such as the
door-to body Molex connectors and even the pass
through point in the firewall are all taken care of.
With all of the guesswork and rocket science removed,
it is no wonder we keep asking...
So if you are at all
concerned about sound quality and performance in your
vehicle, make sure that the last link in your
listening chain is the unparalleled of CDT's EuroSport
Competition speaker systems with "Transient Optimized"
crossovers. The the last link in your audio chain will
also be the strongest - CDT Audio EuroSport
Competition Grade Speaker Systems.
Some of the most critical ears in the audio industry
have turned to CDT Audio. Take a listen for yourself
and you'll be a believer too.
Installations by New Era Sound, Lompoc, CA. Tel: (805)
740-0776 ask Bingo for details.
Who says high
end car audio has to be so difficult?
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