Sub-woofer

Cheap Pickups: Vistar Audio 250W Panel Amp

Picked up either a 450W or 250W/360W sub woofer panel amplifier: $10. As you can see from the pics below, there aren’t any identifying model numbers on it except “AUDIO 9911061”. Had to fix the cable from the volume/frequency/IR PCB, then plugged it into see if it works… It does and works very well! When playing thumping bass, a carpeted speaker box with a 600W Kicker Sub moves along the floor! Next, sub woofer races!! The metal rattling is the “Man Cave” roof, and yes I know the box is way too small for the sub. An few interesting features are: When turning up or down the frequency or volume using the remote, the knobs are rotated using small motors on the rear of them. The volume and frequency knobs also have LED’s in them… Read More »Cheap Pickups: Vistar Audio 250W Panel Amp

Altec Lansing ACS48 – Satelite Speaker Mod

I bought an Altec Lansing ACS48 a while ago but it came without the left satelite speaker. Although I didn’t need it because I only wanted it for it’s powered sub, which still sounds perfect. Because of the way the system was designed, the right satelite speaker has all the controls and it uses a micro-controller to power on – by holding the volume up and down at the same time. Also as stated the volume controls are push button and not done using a pot or variable resistor. So what I wanted to do is remove the need for the salelite speaker, but still have the option too add mid to high left and right speakers. I first looked around for the pin-outs for the DIN for the salelite speaker, couldn’t find them, but… Read More »Altec Lansing ACS48 – Satelite Speaker Mod