My Mcintosh

 

Its been 2 years...a system set up after lots of testing and trying from many well known installers.

 

It was a satisfiying journey in playing ICE in my Hyundai Elantra X20. An analogue system with passive crossover, a Mcintosh 4 channel amplifier, a Mcintosh cd transport , a Mcintosh DAC, Scans speakers, Mundoft capacitor, Scan Tweeters and Van den Hul RCA/speaker cables...what more is require..its actually more than enough. I have achieve what I want. Being toying around with Alpine, Pioneer and finally a Mcintosh. 

 

Alot of time, money, reading and research for the component on the passive crossover has been done...anyway that passive crossover still has alot of room for improvement but till this stage is OK for me.

 

Not sure if there is any other Hyundai fitted with Mcintosh system...or it is me alone! Those who have listen to my system, wish you guys all the best in your ICE journey.

 

Anyway, all this shall remains as precious moment I ever had and I think I will never ever place it into another car as may not achieve the same SQ.

 

And therefore I have decided this system will be remove from my car very soon and transfer for my home use. The Hyundai X20 require another owner. Some of the performance parts will be put on sale..I think not many.

 

To buy a Mcintosh Home Audio may cost a bomb..I prefer to setlle with the alternative.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tweeter pods..another DIY

 I want the tweeter pod to look different...not those common pods you find in the accessory shops or custom design on the A-pillars...its tedious job and expensive. So, I opt for Christmas deco! A can of clear aerosal spray was used, this is to keep the glossy and decoration intact. I applied 2 layer of clear coat and use a hair dryer for quick drying in order to apply the 2nd coat.

It is then hang up to dry for 24 hours..

After 24 hours, its time to bore a hole for the tweeters. Using a hand drill will help to finish the work much faster but must be careful with the speed or else it migh bore thru and injured your hand.

A small hole at the rear for the tweeter cable to pass thru..

Tadaaaaa....the initial placement.

And finally it is place into my car. I still use the blue tac to place the pods but this time with alot less blue tac then before.

Time taken to complete the work: 3 hours. 

Mcintosh MCC404M...speaker connection.

Been searching high and low for a free user manual and finally manage to get a copy. I have yet to go thru in details of the user manual but what caught me by surprise is the speaker connection. This amp can support speaker with 2,4 and 8ohm impedance. So no issue of using home hifi speakers which is cheaper  than car audio speaker, need to customize the passive x-over only or get direct from the hifi-shop!! Aint that wonderful. Now have to select from Madisound its range of speakers.

If you want the copy of the manual, will gladly email to you. Just drop me an email!

Mcintosh MCC404M...such a sweet amplifier

Mcintosh has been building home audio for many years and its a well known American brand. Handmade and built to last with quality that put its competitor at the edge. Recently I got hold of a Mcintosh MCC404M ...a single amp to power up all 4 speakers and 2 tweeters. Check the specs and photos: http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Products/pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=CarAudioAmps&ProductId=MCC404M

Its a heavy amp...weights about 10kg! It has 2 cooling fan and will activate once the amp gets very hot. If you wanna know the pricing...visit Audio Creation @ http://www.audio-creations.com/. The sound quality produce by this amp is superb...the sound have energy and its lively!. You can get them at ebay but after custom tax etc...its will be very very expensive.

DIY Tweeter Pods for my Elantra...

I just cant stay quarantine at home for 2 weeks watching dvd's or FB's ... die man if like thats....so I decided to try my hand to diy a tweeter pod and same time replace the old tweeter with a much better tweeter. Buy the way the 1st diy installation as seen below...cable are place on the outside..thinking it will looks sexy and blue tac all over...instead got bashing from my wife and fellow friends too..hu hu...

So here is it...a tennis ball. It cheap...3pcs for RM10 only!

Skinned off the tennis ball..

Then cut to the size of the tweeter based to mount the tweeter..

Round off any sharp edges before mounting the tweeeter and same time using emery paper to sand of the surface. At the rear make a hole for the tweeter cable passage

Then mount the tweeter into the pod . I apply some blue tac to place the tweeter properly in the pod and wrapped with a sound proofing foam on its peripheral

And final result look like this .....

I still use a blue tac to position the tweeter pods, no future intention to permanently fixed to the pillars....I like it being adjustable.

Wild Garden

One of the song in the Dali cd vol.2

Qawali Dhun

Such a complicated song ....but I enjoy it

Hotel California from me!

I'm just a newbie...so this is how newbie sound system sounds like...

ICE HIFI

My all time favourite..Hotel California..

Clarion HX-D2 + Mundorf Headcap x2

ScanSpeak revelator 15W/4831G00

Scanspeak R2904/700000

Helix A4Genesis Profile Sub + Mundorf 1F cap

JL W3v3

Mcintosh MX4000/MDA4000 in a Suzuki Swift..

Set up by Audio Creation

HU - Mcintosh MX4000+MDA4000
Speaker - Audio Creation midbass + Alpine F#1 tweeter
Amp - Mcintosh MCC431 + Diamond Audio D6 1500.1
Sub - JL Audio W3

Mcintosh MX4000/MDA4000 specs

I've been searching high and low for the specs and finally I've got it... its an old school cd player.

MX4000

FM tuner section
　　Diver city,
　　Super heterodyne reception system
　　Reception frequency: 76 - 90MHz
　　Frequency characteristic:
　　　　30Hz - 17KHz (+0, −3dB)
　　Practical speed: 12dBf (new IHF)
　　signal-noise ratio: 70dB (at the time of 100% irregularity)
　　Harmonic distortion factor: 0.3%
AM tuner section
　　The Motorola system stereo
　　Reception frequency:
　　　　　522 - 1,629KHz
　　Practical speed: 26dBμ
CD deck section
　　Digital output voltage: 0.5Vp-p/75Ω
　　(The Macintosh private coaxial connector)
The knitting machine please use MDA4000 (the D/A converter) with combining
Pre-amp section
　　Frequency characteristic:
　　　　20Hz - 20KHz±0.5dB
　　Rated output: 3.0V (at the time of CD output)
　　All the harmonic distortion factors: 0.005% (at the time of 1KHz)
　　signal-noise ratio: 112dB (at the time of rated output)
　　Input impedance: 47KΩ
　　Sound quality adjustment:
　　　BASS/TREBLE ±12dB variable
　　AUX input sensitivity: H/L change system
　　　AUX-H 0.7V/AUX-L 1.4V
　　　　　　　　　(At the time of 3V output)
The power guard circuit which holds down the occurrence of the strain inside center unit when combining with the McIntosh power amplifier the internal organs
Synthesis
　　Power supply voltage: 14.4V (10.8 - 15.6V)
　　Consumed electric current: 1.0A
　　External size:
　　　　Substance 188Wx58Hx160Dmm
　　　　DC/DC converter
　　　　 　　　 156Wx28Hx71Dmm
　　Mass: Substance 1.8Kg
　 　　　　DC/DC converter 0.5Kg

　　Accessory:
　　　　Exclusive use for MDA4000 connection
　　　　Coaxial cable 5m
　　Another 販 item: The European car private installation bracket
　　　　　MAC−103−100

MDA4000

Audio section
　　The number of channels: 2ch
　　Frequency characteristic:
　　　　20Hz - 20KHz (±0.5dB)
　　signal-noise ratio: 117dB
　　Dynamic range: 100dB
　　All the harmonic distortion factors: 0.003% (at the time of 1KHz)
　　Channel separation:
　　　　 　　114dB (at the time of 1KHz)
　　Output voltage: 3.0Vrms
Digital input section
　Sampling frequency: 44.1KHz
　Input signal: 0.5Vp-p/75Ω
　　　　　(EIAJ CP1201 format)
Comprehensive section
　　Power supply voltage: 14.4V (10.8 - 15.6V)
　　Consumed electric current: 0.4A
　　External size: 244Wx53Hx256Dmm
　　Mass: 2.3Kg