130hp

hey...
i want to hook up an infinity basslink amplified subwoofer but i don't know what wires are required. i heard from someone that i need to get a RCA cable to hook up the sub to my HU and a some kind of power cable to hook up the amp to the battery. can someone confirm this? do i need any other cables/wires? also, how much should i expect to pay for these cables and are there any particular brands that i should look for?

thanks

Maz94Protege

hey bro, jus go to wally world or best buys and get a cheap AMP KIT. Comes with power, ground, remote, + rca wires. All that u need to install ur stuff. with some rip ties and some black tubing to let u make a clean professional install!

If u need some tips on anything or installation steps to do it ur self gemme a holla. Peace!

Aydu

I was looking at the Basslink at Circuit City. The sales person said that the unit came with a wiring harness that has all the necessary wires to connect, including power and grounding.

He recommended a separate amp kit to "beef up" the power connection, which they would be happy to sell me for about $40.

The $399 for the unit (which they didn't have hooked up for testing in the showroom) plus $60 for installation and another $40 for the amp kit was a bit much for something I've never heard.

I'm between this type drop in unit (basslink, kicker amplified tube, or bazooka) or going with a good quality single 10" and an amp. Ends up not being much cost difference.

Any advise??

mleary

Just get the Monster kit from best buy or circuit city... Get the 10G kit, you don't need the 8G even though monster says you do, the 10 guage wire works fine with the basslink. If you have any problem installing it let me know, I just installed one in my protege last week.

-Mark

mleary

Aydu:

The salesguy is wrong, the basslink does not coming with any of the standard amp connection cables you will need... It does come with speaker wire/harness which you will only use if you plan on splicing them into your exising speaker wire and using your hu's amped speaker out. RCA's will sound better.

You can get the same basslink that cc sells for $399 for $200 (new) on the internet, thats what I did. Look around... you can also do the install yourself, its not that hard. It took me about 2-3 hours and I had no experience installing car audio equip.

Oh and btw, it sounds great... its a great deal if you get it for $200.

-Mark

130hp

thanks for all your help guys...i'll tell you how everything goes....it should be delivered to my house (Canada) within 7-10 days or so they say.


one more quick question... does the basslink come with its own bass remote?


thanks dudes

mleary

The basslink doesn't come with the remote, but you can get them on ebay for pretty cheap. I didn't bother getting one though... You can just set the bass how you want it on the basslink and then use the bass setting on the hu.