How To WIRE Multiple BASS KNOBS w/ Helix Car Audio DSP + DIRECTOR | EXO RCA Setup for Subwoofer Amps
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Today's much requested video demonstrates how the RCA setup is wired for all the bass amps. With several features and extra control options, the wiring layout can be tricky at first glance, but hopefully this helps explain the chain of command from start to finish. Thanks For Watching!!!
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By show of hands, who'd like to see all the dsp settings explained?
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I’d love to see it man I’ve learned quite a bit from you
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I have to say brother..... you are the diy king!! I literally place you right beside king of the basshead world Mr Steve Meade. That is the utmost best compliment I could ever give another basshead aside from Steve
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yes indeed
even after 16 years your outro always brings a smile to my face.
Man I've been watching you since I was 18, hoping your channel never ended, or you moved onto another hobby. . . I'm 25 years old and nope, we're all still here💪🏼
This feels like such an advance from your little Saturn - which is where I first found you
man i thought my signal path was complicated. this is awesome.
It has definitely evolved over time to match his experience level. 👍
Wow just wow
And I was just wanting to learn more about setting up some LAC PAC 1's on this big multi amp system that I'm building in my truck. Now I'm thinking about buying DSP's and mounting a laptop in my dash. Thanks EXO...I think.
if you stoped idk who id wach this is the best channel for bass heads. bean waching since i was 7 bean its bean 10yr of waching the best out, just found the second some how
I was here since the build of "Little blue" and im still here watching your videos en learning as i go 🛠️❤️
Always a good day when exo uploads
Good Video Bruce 😊
awesome you did a video off of viewer comments asking about dsp setup
this is beyond my audio knowledge. but this build is so impressive
Yo, what’s up EXO I’ve been watching you for like years man.
Good to see you still bumping Along
Happy birthday EXOabigdeal🎉
1:40 I hear ya there. I really wanted to go with a new Pioneer head unit for my daily, and NONE of them have the new Bluetooth standard. I'm pretty bummed about that. I just restored to doing the Tablet or Chromebook to be the signal source as its cheap, and just works. And if it walks away? No big deal! I'm only out of less then a hundy.
And you can just take the whole tablet out if you use the soundman stuff.
Love that you went in depth on how your system is setup and its failsafes.
Always good to have a backup when you are doing shows just like they do in live events as Dave Rat says.
16 years. MAN does the time fly by fast.
The only cool thing is now? We can buy some of the best stuff without waiting for years to save up for it.
And hair tricks are almost cheap now!
Awesome build bro I've watched every step. I was wondering if you are going to do a signature subwoofer in the future. We would love to see that. Keep it up bro
Hey Bruce hope life has treated you better since
( Pet demise 😢 )
Thank you for your amazing positive energy, vibes, advice, lessons, tutorials & humbleness
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Nice work
I remember when you were still working at a gas station! 16 freaking years now man... crazy....
I can never get enough of watching your awesome system. WOW 😳 I mean I wish I could have just one of those Bass amps and two eighteens. I can't imagine how good your system sounds. 👍😎
I had a bad set of RCA'S from Stinger too! Doesn't happen very often but it sucks when it does for sure! Glad i found your second channel!
Man, I'm so glad you had time to talk about some that wiring you did , it actually is pretty complicated an advanced . I love that dsp iv been looking at some cheaper models, but I love helix .
Thanks exo!! Love it man! Im having a blast!
Myyy guy exo 💯
Great video honestly learned a lot. Dam those Helix DSPs are pricey
Good to see you brother happy to see your back to yourself my man 👍💯
Great little fix 🎉 to sort out what could have been a difficult situation. The redundancy you have built in is fantastic bro 👌🏼
I love seeing how far your channel has grown.
Heck yea exo!!! Love all the content! Been chilling in the “exoabigdeal” since the bug game show days! Man time flys when you are having fun, keep on keepin on man!!🔥
Exo I’ve been watching you since the minivan and subscribed during Frankenstein one of my favorite videos of your work wasn’t even yours it was a lil blue video that was enough to push me in my system. I don’t have a lot of money but I push because in my day to day commute it’s my serenity
Dang it Exo i never get notifications on when you upload a UA-cam channel video. I got me a new single din for Praisenator a Sony Mex-N5300BT
Bruce. This is by far the best video you've made. You've matured so much since I found your main channel a few yrs back. I started watching just shy of your 100k subscriber video you made. I forget the year exactly. Yeah it's been a while.
I actually have a pic with you back from the Spring Break (Nationals?)Event in FL 2015! IIRC.
Keep up the good work Bruce!
I'm still here too man! I can't remember when but its been over ten years for sure. Which is pretty crazy. Stoked you are still in love with Bass and UA-cam
Very very interested 🤔love your system when are you going live
Nice information Bruce
Dang, 16 years? If we had a kid on year 1, they'd be asking for subs in their Tahoe right now! That's a long time buddy! But it's always been good times! Aygyahgyahgagayah!
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Been subbed to ALL your channels for a longggg time!
Nice bro
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I love this channel. I like the white board approach. Could you do something more in depth with the equipment and other options. I personally don’t like to change the factory equipment so I like the idea of adding a tablet and dsp but have no idea where to start with all the options available. Not to mention not having a system near as large lol
For smaller, oem based systems you need to see what's compatible with your vehicle. Crutchfield can tell you what your vehicle needs. You might need a DSR1 to integrate, which is a decent dsp. Or you might have other options available.
Yeah bro, we're getting old. It's crazy.
I didn't know about this channel and I am subscribed to your other channel over 15 years now since 2009. this video just pop up in my feed that's how I saw this channel
How did you connect the RCA's to each amp when you bypass DSP 2? Daisy chain, splitter etc
Keep up the great work
im obviusly not EXo and dont acually know the specifics of thier build, but most amps, even Monoblocks have two inputs that get mixed together, in a normal build you would use this to mix together the left and right signals from your headunit.
I subscribed to this channel the day you put it out. Been subscribed to the main channel for a long time. Sometimes I get the 2 switched up lol. But I do my best to watch every video no matter the channel.
EXO! Will you be attending the Odin Firemans Picnic show this year??? I've heard everyone that typically goes to Slamology will be attending it since Slamology hasnt announced anything yet!
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Love your passion!!!! You need to start your own company
Love it bro, this setup blows my mind, i wish i could have the funds to do something like this..... maybe 1 day but living in rip off U.K. i cant see it happening and time soon working from paycheck to paycheck, I'll just have to stick to my 3k rms setup , keep it up man look forward to all your stuff
Looks good buuuuuuddy 🔉🔉🔉🎵🎶
Keep doing what you do dude 😎 I’m just about to start my bass build, but not on the scale of yours 😂
What are you running air space wise in your lower chamber?
I love those amps. ❤
EXO can you put a link for the DSP the coaxial setup the Android tablet everything that has to do with the signal getting there. Links for them please
Does that DSP charge the tablet too? Working on installing an iPad dash in my trailblazer, still in the prototype staging with a beater iPad Pro that's screwed into the dash over the radio cut out. Got it hooked up to one of these USB-C DACs that does both 3.5mm and USB-C for charging. Gotta say without a DSP and connected directly to my amps the sound is the best I've ever heard out of my speakers... until I connect the charger. I should get a DSP of course even though my DAC supports lossless, would love to have optical out for it. Only thing is keeping it charged with no interference with cleanest audio out like how it is now. As much as I despise bluetooth, you do got me convinced on that bluetooth receiver to use as a secondary like how you got yours, was thinking of just using that and have the iPad directly connected to power which may not be a bad secondary idea for it too.
Integrating ipads is out of my wheelhouse. I think there's an online community surrounding Soundman since he's always integrating ipads.
so i dont think you can on the old Lightning ipads, but if you have a new usb-c ipad, Or preferably an android tablet for wider compatibility with dacs you can use a travel dock that gives you a usb-c power input and a usb-c or usb-a data port. then you can hookup a usb-c PD charger and a dac of your choosing and it should all work. you can even get A HDMI output to a second screen asuming your tablet supports it. (travel docks with hdmi will still work on a non-video output capable tablet btw, but only the usb portion will work and hdmi just wont do anything)
And here i am struggling to wire up a single 5 channel amp 😭😭 i know how to do it but i think something is wrong with the outputs on my radio or rca cables but i just havent had the time to test them.
What radio is it? Oem?
You might need some type of integration device to give you a good, clean signal to your amp.
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Just answered a long time question of mine for how to get around noise in rcas. Have a hybrid vehicle and the high voltage battery has been affecting my noise floor and sound quality since the beginning going to use the coax idea for sure to eliminate this
where did one of the rear subs go?
9:35 did anyone else notice that one of the 18s is missing?
Do you have multiple speakers on a single channel on your dsp?
His first DSP is a ten channel, so the subs are all connected to a single channel output. Then he's got the front stage divided up based on frequency.
His second DSP is a 12 channel, so he might be feeding a single subwoofer signal into that. He can then use that DSP to fine-tune the output voltage to each amp.
That's my understanding of his explanation. Maybe he will go into more detail in the next video.
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Did you ever try the WVC?
I just got a ioxus smart cap like u had,can I run with the agm under the hood?
Do you not have any cell equalization or bms system for all of the lithium cells you got on that? I dont remember seeing much about that when they all went in.. having that much lithium in a car that has that much draw when used is dangerous to say the least.. if a lithium cell has its voltage out of wack from the others when the systems charging it can over charge that cell causing it to thermally run away. If you even have one cell go nuclear on you theres not much you can do to put the fire out.. with all the cells so close to eachother it could cause a chain reaction and get out of hand real quick..
I think he went over that system on one of the videos on his main channel.
helpful as
Are you going to be at Slamology this year brother?
Hey Exo! hope you're doing good. Are you going to the Showdown in Vegas 2025?
Yooo sup booiiiii
What the heck did he say? Lol.
popped a sub? I see a block off in there.
Ah, that's a different sub than the one that got damaged a couple months ago.
Why two DSP if with one you can do anything
DPSs with that many outputs are really expensive and usually not designed to use in car audio, you would need atleast 18 outputs 12 for the subs and 6 for tor the rest of the speakers.
and you would lose on all those backup signal paths.
The $1400 12 channel dsp is a bit overkill. The amp gains are hard to adjust with precision. He gets those as close as possible then I think he fine-tunes the output voltage going to each amp. That way each amp outputs exactly the same voltage.
When he bypasses this DSP the gains are all off a tiny bit, but the system will still play fine.
The average person could easily get by with the single $840 10 channel dsp.
I got lost at the Bluetooth module hehe
You had a bad rca too? Lol you speed money on a set directional rca's and they have a wicked hum 😢 trusting stinger is not what it use to be
I never had any noise in mine till i put in a 8way stinger set of directional rca’s and yes the ground is running the right way
Exo, I need help. Please call me. I need a reason to live. Chemo omg it’s horrible I’m a skeleton and I av n no longer walk I just want someone to call me
These doctors it’s all about money and I lie in mt feces and it burns and my oic line is infected and