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Cabin gain — Ch 10.1, Ch 13.1
Cabin modes — Ch 6.2, Ch 13.1
Calibration file (measurement microphone) — Ch 4.3
CAN bus — Ch 3.4, Ch 5.4
Capacitance (electrical) — Ch 11.4
Capacitor banks
  Installation — Ch 3.2, Ch 11.4
  Sizing (1F per 1000W rule) — Ch 11.4
  Ultracapacitors — Ch 11.4
Carpet wrap (enclosure finishing) — Ch 10.5
CEA-2006 (amplifier power standard) — Ch 6.5, Appendix E
CEA-2010 (subwoofer measurement) — Ch 6.6, Appendix E
Cell balancing (LiFePO4) — Ch 11.2
Center image — Ch 4.2, Ch 13.2
Ceramic drivers — Appendix B
Characteristic impedance — Ch 11.5
Chebyshev alignment — Ch 10.2
Chuffing (port noise) — Ch 10.3, Ch 10.7
Circuit protection — See Fuses
Class A/AB/D amplifiers — Ch 1.3, Ch 6.5
Clipping
  Detection — Ch 4.5
  Prevention — Ch 4.5
  Speaker damage from — Ch 10.7
Cms (mechanical compliance) — Ch 10.1
Coaxial speakers — Ch 1.4
Codec, audio — Ch 5.2
Common impedance coupling — Ch 3.3
Competition
  Budget builds — Ch 13.6
  Day procedures — Ch 13.5
  Preparation — Ch 8.5, Ch 13.3
  SPL (sound pressure level) — Ch 13.1
  SQ (sound quality) — Ch 13.2
Component speakers — Ch 1.4, Ch 2.4
Constrained layer damping (CLD) — Ch 3.1, Ch 10.5
Conversion factors — Appendix A
Copper, tinned — Ch 2.3
Copyright, music — Ch 5.2
Critical bandwidth — Ch 13.2
Crossover
  Active vs passive — Ch 1.4, Ch 4.1
  Component value calculations — Ch 6.4
  Filter slopes — Ch 4.1, Ch 9.5
  Frequency selection — Ch 4.1, Ch 9.5
  Linkwitz-Riley — Ch 6.4, Ch 12.3
  Phase relationships — Ch 4.1, Ch 9.5
Crutchfield (retailer) — Appendix B
CSD (Cumulative Spectral Decay) — See Waterfall plots
Current, electrical
  Alternator output — Ch 11.1
  Ampacity (wire) — Ch 2.2, Appendix A
  Calculation from power — Ch 2.2, Ch 11.1
  Draw measurement — Ch 11.6
Custom fabrication — Ch 3.5