Who is into car audio? (Not lamers... serious folks)

[BradM]

Hey there. I got a new car that I want to put some money into audio wise.
Not a LOT, and NOT tons of bass. I want an all around pleasent sounding system. I have had my share of stupidly loud systems and for this car I just want something that has a nice kick to it but that doesnt beat the shit out of my ears.

I am thinking of getting an eclipse deck, amp and speakers. But I want to hear from you guys what you would do instead.

I haven't been in audio for over a year now so bear with me.

[Pete]

I'm not into it right now but want to get a serious system soon. I spend a lot of time in my car so a nice system would be worth while.

[Rob]

I have a stock cassette players that I rock out on!

Did I mention my 2 4"s in the back thump'n, yo?

[BradM]

Originally posted by HighOnAcid
I have a stock cassette players that I rock out on!

Did I mention my 2 4"s in the back thump'n, yo?

Dawg you be pimpin yo!

[minimouse]

Don't waste money on car audio, check out my car

[Ross]

I have an on dash 6 Disc CD Player. 8 Speakers in my car and thats all standard

I wanna put some extra bass in the car also. Been too busy to shop around tho

[Persius]

Just get a nice Deck nice speakers and an amp if necessary.. i wouldnt spend any more on subs or ne of that shit

its a BMW

dont make it low class

[Rob]

Originally posted by BradM
Dawg you be pimpin yo!

Word!

[BradM]

Mini: Thats why I don't want a crazy expensive system or a big bass system. I just want a nice cozy sound.

Also, Eclipse head units can not be reinstalled if stolen. You need a CD key. Any real thief knows this. Besides if it is stolen eclipse sends you a new one. Me and my friend figured out a way to get it out without powering it down and thus keeping it unlocked. But it takes awhile and is very tricky.

[Sosa]

I got a couple Alpine Type R dual voice coil 10" subs for sale. Brand new. Got 4 of them but the box I got wouldn't fit them all so they have just been sitting in their boxes for over a year now.

[notjoe]

Im not sure what your definition of stupidly loud is but what i got in my ride is 1 12" Kicker L7 and a fosgate 1000.1 D class amp pushing it.

It can hit stupidly loud levels where people in the cars around you can feel it but that doesnt mean you have to listen to it that loud...

As for the deck, i think you've made a good choice there already

[wes]

Brad, I am currently adding systems in my cars aswell. In my 2002 Jeep Laredo Limited has a really nice system. I will be adding a full custom enclosure that will take up about the whole back area. In my 2000 dakota which I recently bought I have a alpine head in there and 2 mtx 12' subs in the back seats. I will be buying an amp this week. Im not looking for anything too loud so i think I will go with just 800 watts. In my 2002 323 it already has premium sound. No subs in that baby.

[wes]

What do you guys think. For my truck I already have a decent head unit. Before I sold one of my old cars I took out my sony xplod head unit. Do you guys think I should switch the unit from my truck to the xplod one? Im thinking about it.. I mean the truck is red... and the sony head unit text lights up red so it will match lightly.. I don't know..

[WarChild]

Eclipse is garbage. Buy Alpine.

[quiet]

i've got a 12 speaker bose system in my 911 (it was a factory upgrade from the normal system). sounds great, but i don't know much about car audio.

[lunchbox]

ive got a 10" rockford sub with some rockford speakers that i got off ebay. Im gonna add a 2nd amp cuz non amplified speakers are pretty dull (cant amplify my speakers with the current 2 channel mono amp i have). It nowhere near crazy but its decent bang for the buck..My deck cost more then everything else put together (jvc kd-ar7000). i had a tape deck and wanted a cd player..got one and couldnt keep the stock cpeakers cuz my new deck didnt work with the stock 3 ohm speakers, so had to change those. So while i was at it i tossed in a sub. All i really wanted was a radio, but once u start u might as well swap the rest to make it sound right.


What i really want is a compustar alarm and car starter..waiting for the car to heat up in the winter is a bug out.

[ztik]

clarion deck with infiti kappa speakers

[ztik]

Originally posted by wes
What do you guys think. For my truck I already have a decent head unit. Before I sold one of my old cars I took out my sony xplod head unit. Do you guys think I should switch the unit from my truck to the xplod one? Im thinking about it.. I mean the truck is red... and the sony head unit text lights up red so it will match lightly.. I don't know..

xplod is shit, throw it away

[BradM]

Originally posted by WarChild
Eclipse is garbage. Buy Alpine.

Have you owned one?

Wes I think we're going to be best friends.

[TurboTrucker]

I would just get a nice component set like Dynaudio or Phoenix Gold Ti Elites (made by Morel) run off a couple hundred watts, and bass if you want just enough to match the fronts, one ten would probably do it. I like the Type Rs, but there's tons of good subs out there. I prefer Pioneer head units, Alpines are good but I don't like the way they look.

[Jimmer]

Try stereoconection.ca

[fris]

my good friend from highschool has put quite a lot into his, his can go upto 5000 watts now, no one has tried to break into his car yet. its fucking loud

[bryany]

I got a 2300 Watt Lightning Audio 15" in the back of my Grand Cherokee pushing it is a Rockford 1500BD


Broke the rearview mirror off and cracked a upside "U"

LOL whoops.

[Jimmer]

Check out my buddy's van:
http://www.vandomain.com/album_pic.php?pic_id=261
Won best electronics at the 32nd Van nationals. Mega watts in this one.

[WarChild]

Originally posted by BradM
Have you owned one?

Wes I think we're going to be best friends.

Yup. Before I got too old to want to put stereos in my new cars, I used to run some pretty kicking systems.

Last one was an Alpine 7949 Deck (Which smoked any Eclipse product in sound quality and frequency response) with an Alpine DSP joined AI-net via fibre. Precision Power ProMOS-50 Amps, JL Audio 3 X 12W6 subs, Alpine competition seperates (Cant remember the model for the life of me) front and rear.

I'll admit it's been a few years for me, so maybe things have changed somewhat.

[sixxxthsense]

did you buy another CIVIC?

[nofx]

Originally posted by minimouse
Don't waste money on car audio, check out my car

damn bro that sucks

[SuckOnThis]

Definitely be sure to include a subwoofer, makes a huge difference. Also Dynamat, every vehicle I buy I always Dynamat the whole car.

[Tat2Jr]

I run an alpine MP3 deck, with 2 alpine amps. For speakers I have the 6 pro boston acoustics in the front, and MB Quartz in the back with a single 12" boston acoustics sub woofer. My pro Boston Acoustics mids kept blowing in the back, so I went with the MUCH more expensive MB Quartz. Those MB Quartz are sweet. Also lined the entire bottom of the car with Dynamat. Entire system was around $5k.

My next setup is gonna be a 200 gig harddrive setup with wifi, so I can load MP3's off my computer when my car is in the garage. Skip the CD (MP3 or Audio) completely.

[SusAniN]

These kick ass for front speakers http://www.cdtaudio.com/eurosport_zseries.htm i've had em, sold em, now want to get them again

For the sub, one of these would sound really nice http://www.adireaudio.com/TextPages/...eFrameText.htm with a properly tuned custom box.

[getfreeze]

eclips and kicker should be not bad in us

[emthree]

I dont really know what to tell you about the deck, but I have a W7 13.5 setup.

[SuckOnThis]

Originally posted by Tat2Jr
I run an alpine MP3 deck, with 2 alpine amps. For speakers I have the 6 pro boston acoustics in the front, and MB Quartz in the back with a single 12" boston acoustics sub woofer. My pro Boston Acoustics mids kept blowing in the back, so I went with the MUCH more expensive MB Quartz. Those MB Quartz are sweet. Also lined the entire bottom of the car with Dynamat. Entire system was around $5k.

Sweet. Was that the installed price or did you install yourself? I spent about $2500 on my system and did the install myself, whereas a shop wanted close to $4000 for the same system installed. Although I'm running Infinity which is cheaper and only one amp. I'm also running the Infinity Basslink powered sub, which by the way sucks.

[Illicit]

alpine is the way to go... they make some really good head units...

for an amp, I like the Phoenix Gold Titanium Series amps.. very clean


for speakers, get some mb quart sperates and a couple of their high end subs

[Tat2Jr]

Originally posted by SuckOnThis
Sweet. Was that the installed price or did you install yourself? I spent about $2500 on my system and did the install myself, whereas a shop wanted close to $4000 for the same system installed. Although I'm running Infinity which is cheaper and only one amp. I'm also running the Infinity Basslink powered sub, which by the way sucks.

The install was completely free bacuse when the car was in the shop a cat got in it and pissed on one of the seats. As you can imagine I was ultra pissed. Pun intended. Anyway, I made them give me the install for free. And made them replace the seats (foam and covers) and all the carpet. Had to have the seats shipped in from Japan. Anyway, when all the carpet was up that's when I had them put the dynamat down.

[BradM]

Nice posts in here guys thanks.
I am pretty sold on the deck and speakers brand wise. Now I just have to figure out what size sub to get and where to put it. (I do my own installs too... done probably 10 between mine and my friends. Not a lot but I can get around.)

I am thinking one 10. Maybe an alpine. I had alpine type r (gay name I know) a few years ago and those ROCKED! But I had 12s

Grrrr now I am planning to spend 2k on stereo when I didn't want to spend a penny.

[KRosh]

Originally posted by BradM
Nice posts in here guys thanks.
I am pretty sold on the deck and speakers brand wise. Now I just have to figure out what size sub to get and where to put it. (I do my own installs too... done probably 10 between mine and my friends. Not a lot but I can get around.)

I am thinking one 10. Maybe an alpine. I had alpine type r (gay name I know) a few years ago and those ROCKED! But I had 12s

Grrrr now I am planning to spend 2k on stereo when I didn't want to spend a penny.

Hey BradM i was in the stereo business for 6 years. I would recommend 2 good amps and 1 or 2 JL Adio 10W6 or 10W7 subs.

Those subs pound ...they work in real small enclosures and are great for the audiophile.

[Bigwilly]

infinity or polk mids, JL audio w-7's for subs and for amps go with an old model fosgate

[BradM]

Everyone is bragging about the JLs lately... I always considered them walmart brand. Are they decent for midrange bass? I don't want crazy boomage.

[Bigwilly]

JL's are awsome subs theres a reason why everyone likes them

[KRosh]

Originally posted by BradM
Everyone is bragging about the JLs lately... I always considered them walmart brand. Are they decent for midrange bass? I don't want crazy boomage.

they are very versatile the w6 subs can be run 3ohm or 6 ohm.. when you run 3 oh (bridge the conections together) and you have 2 subs..as long as you have a decent amplifier.. you will bridge mono to 1 and 1/2 ohms.. the amp sees that as .75 per side.. keeping the amp stable.. there are very few amplifiers that are stable at 1/2 ohm.. they over heat and shut down.. JL has this worked out.
As for the mid range of base.. they work in a .675 Cubic foot enclosure... allowing for a much punchier bass.. of course you can make them give you ghetto bass if you port and tune your box to between 50 - 70 cycles.. with the small enclosure you will be at about 100 cycles .. nice mid base

[BradM]

Gross. I hate ported boxes.

But that answered my question 100%. I guess I will have to give those ones a try then. Conform!

Thanks dude. And icq me when you get a chance about traffic!

[Bigwilly]

be prepared to pay if you go with JL i couldnt afford them

[KRosh]

Originally posted by BradM
Gross. I hate ported boxes.

But that answered my question 100%. I guess I will have to give those ones a try then. Conform!

Thanks dude. And icq me when you get a chance about traffic!

I will ICQ you tomorrow if thats cool..
I am at the computer in the living room with the 10 foot screen...LOL
I don't have ICQ on this one. I will hit you up from my office tomorrow for sure.

thanks

[BradM]

Ok muffin

[KRosh]

Originally posted by BradM
Ok muffin

I am icq'ing you now

koolrush is the nic

[Basic_man]

Originally posted by WarChild
Eclipse is garbage. Buy Alpine.

Man, you are a complete lamer ! Eclipe HU is way better than the Alpine one!

[Basic_man]

BradM, I'm a specialist in car audio.. that's my mainstream business.. checkout my website : http://www.mchiptr.com ..

But unfortunaly for you, you were bashing at me last couple of day, so I will NOT help you.

[wedouglas]

i have a 6 disc bose system in my acura. i like it

[Bigwilly]

oh yea i own the site www.crutchfield.com

take that