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Just wondering if I could get an opinion on the system I am buying for my 'line:

Stage 1: (Now)

Head Unit: JVC KD-LH2000 w/MP3

Front Speakers: VDO Dayton HPC1700 6" splits

Rear Speakers: VDO Dayton HSP1721 6.5"

Stage 2: (Soon)

Sub Woofer: JL Audio 12w3v2d4 12"

Amplifiers: Coustic 401DB (Monoblock)

Coustic 481QE

I am looking for sound quality over loudness and i think these are some pretty good choices but I am open to any suggestions/comments before I take the plunge.

-Max

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Agreed. There's lotsa good electronics out there, but only a handful of primo speakers. If you value accurate sound reproduction above all else, check some Euro brands like Focal, DLS, Dynaudio. Boston Acoustics are good too. Believe me it's well worth spending dough on speakers.

So the top of the range VDO's are no go? I've listened to them and they sounds pretty damn great, plus I should mention that the whole system is meant to cost less than $2500 including wiring (which this does)

Well for $3000 I just got installed (on Thursday):

* Pioneer deh-p8450mp deck

* Boston Rally 620 splits

* Boston FX6 rears

* Clarion V-Net 4 channel amp (for speakers)

* 12" Rockford Punch HE sub

* Rockford f200 amp (sub)

Went to Lifestyle at Norwest. Those guys are awesome and actually seem like they care what happens to the system. Highly recommended, although their installations (different site) had a bit to be desired...

Really happy with it! It's renewed the excitment of jumping in the car! ;)

i also think that you should rethink the speakers.... you could do so much better, i definitely love Boston Acoustics, Phoenix Gold, Orion etc.... all the big American names.... people have to learn that they do it bigger and better, i have used almost every brand out there and i know what i always sit down to every time that i get into my ride :D take your time with the system if need be, so what if you don't have that extra little bit of cash right at the moment, take it slow and do it right the first time. Dont try and do everything at once. maybe get a good deck and splits to start off with, maybe even a nice amp to run the splits, then work back. so what if it takes you a bit longer, at least you will have a kickass system then; rather than going " shit, i wish i had done this differently, oh well there goes my money"........ go american names, big power, clear hard hitting output.

oh, and about the LH2000, it has a 24bit Digital Audio Converter which is really cool, but only 2v preout; they spent more time on the graphics. you should be able to pick up a JVC SH707R or SH909R for only a little bit more and they have an endless list of features compared, i have used them all and love the SH series :D

hmm well there are certain things in even the low range that seperate themselves from the rest, usually depending on what features you are looking for.... eg. warranty, how many lines out, output voltage, digital audio converter, mp3, graphics, remote, etc etc.

JVC have really taken the market when it comes to well priced raesonable quality head units, at the moment no one else offers a decent quality mp3 player with remote and dcp for under about $500 (alpine starts at $899, Clarion at $859, Kenwood at $899, Blaupunkt at about $700 etc etc)

when it comes to speakers in the low end if you are looking at splits for example, make sure that you at least get a pair with seperate crossovers, not inline, they will sound much better as well as usually being able to adjust the db level for the tweeters on a seperate crossover. it just really depends what you are looking for.

as an overall outlook though, if you have no real taste for the best possible sound or comps, or just plain do not have enough money ever; then yes the lower end stuff is quite good for the money, but my point is, is you can afford that few extra dollars on any one product to get more features then it would be very advantageous to do so :)

if you have any ideas of what system you're looking at then let me know and i will see if i can give you some well priced options :)

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