Best Sound System

[Ljayy]

Hey guys! im about to start looking at getting a sound system put in.. I just want to know your opinions on some good quality brands! I have no idea so your help would be much appreciated

[myRB25DETT]

Same here!!!... Just a good head unit im after anyway...

[MUZT3K]

If you live in vic come down to jb nunawading il hook u up

[SCR34MIN]

Im selling a Alpine INA-W900E if your interested. Brand new in box. bought it, but changed mind with a different setup.

heres a link to it mate,

Alpine INA-W900E

thanks mate

[sultanaz]

Rockford / Alpine - Best bang for buck imo !

[GTR-N1]

Alpine INA-W900E???

Yep - Great unit.

In my GT-R - Crystal clear, Great GPS, Blue Tooth, iPod and extra outlets for eg turbo timer etc

[lindz34]

If you live in vic come down to jb nunawading il hook u up

wish i had have known this when i bought my gear there... haha

[Borci88]

wish i had have known this when i bought my gear there... haha

Me too

[Chris Rogers]

sort of an open ended question. everyones taste is different as are the dept of their pockets.

stick to main stream stuff and you should be fine. if you are in brissy give me a call.

[Fryday13]

Im rocking a JVC headunit with usb control JVC 800W Amp and some JVC 6x9's in the back. They go hard, definitely 10x better than the sony I have up front. Also avoid fusion unless you get high performance range, but even then they cant handle much power going through them ( had them as my old 6x9's). Fusion for subs though i can vouch for =]

[Carbon 34]

the sound system is only as good as the install

you could call a ipod with headphones a good soundsystem, or a wall of subs with 100,000 watts ?

the best stuff isnt even sold in oz without importing special and your pockets better be real deep !!! shipping a 100kilo sub cost a bit

[sweefu]

Quality brands in my opinion:

Morel, Hertz, Crescendo, Alpine (older gear, not speakers), Pioneer PRS series, SB Acoustics, Fountek, Vifa, older Nakamichi, Focal, DLS, Audison.. These brand generally represent good quality products, though as said above, the stereo is only as good as the install, leave some of your budget for sound deadening and allow a lot of time to run the wiring properly, build proper enclosures and install everything correctly.

I use a $70 (Carefully chosen) midwoofer in my car, in a 2-way active system and I have only entered 1 SQ competition since installing my front stage, but they faired well against other $1500 front stages in my division.

[BoZZa17]

Quality brands in my opinion:

Morel, Hertz, Crescendo, Alpine (older gear, not speakers), Pioneer PRS series, SB Acoustics, Fountek, Vifa, older Nakamichi, Focal, DLS, Audison.. These brand generally represent good quality products, though as said above, the stereo is only as good as the install, leave some of your budget for sound deadening and allow a lot of time to run the wiring properly, build proper enclosures and install everything correctly.

I use a $70 (Carefully chosen) midwoofer in my car, in a 2-way active system and I have only entered 1 SQ competition since installing my front stage, but they faired well against other $1500 front stages in my division.

agree on brands here add these 2 for subs

+Image Dynamics

+Digital Disigns (more for max SPL)

for economy priced systems

+pioneer

+kenwood

+alpine

stay away from sony <-- cant stress this point enough

[BoZZa17]

Quality brands in my opinion:

Morel, Hertz, Crescendo, Alpine (older gear, not speakers), Pioneer PRS series, SB Acoustics, Fountek, Vifa, older Nakamichi, Focal, DLS, Audison.. These brand generally represent good quality products, though as said above, the stereo is only as good as the install, leave some of your budget for sound deadening and allow a lot of time to run the wiring properly, build proper enclosures and install everything correctly.

I use a $70 (Carefully chosen) midwoofer in my car, in a 2-way active system and I have only entered 1 SQ competition since installing my front stage, but they faired well against other $1500 front stages in my division.

agree on brands here add these 2 for subs

+Image Dynamics

+Digital Disigns (more for max SPL)

for economy priced systems

+pioneer

+kenwood

+alpine

stay away from sony <-- cant stress this point enough

[BoZZa17]

oh and PPI (Precision Power) they have some amazing amps.

and US AMPS also amazing amps (not to be confused with US Audio)

Edited November 10, 2011 by BoZZa17

[mii11x]

Hey guys! im about to start looking at getting a sound system put in.. I just want to know your opinions on some good quality brands! I have no idea so your help would be much appreciated

i would stick to the main brands, i prefer alpine and have never had a problem with any of the gear from them, hell i still gotta pair of 1st edition dddrive 5.25" splits from back in 96 that still go well today. never had any returns to them, however they are more expensive.

Best advice i can lend you would be set a budget : allow 20-25% of the cost for install if getting it all installed in one hit, 30% headunit and the remaining 50% for amps, front splits only and a sub/s. i say 30% for headunit cos its the brains imo, if it provides high volume clipping then it will only be amplified (pardon the pun) if you have amps subs splits and you dont want to ruin your new speakers. also when you go to concerts/raves/festivals nearly all the sound is supplied from in front of you, rear speakers (if any needed) are fill only, hence save your cash dont buy 6/7/8 x 9/10/12, if your thinking bout them for the rear forget it, put the money towards better quality/sounding splits for the front stage.

Go to all shops and listen to speakers when hunting for them, dont take other peoples word as this could lead to much disappointment. your ears hear differently to mine, and everybody elses. not sure bout now, but years ago a pair of jaycar splits costing bout 150 sounded way better than anything else under 500, they won many awards, so too did their sub's. my first setup while at uni consisted of alpine head deck, jaycar splits and 10" carbon sub powered by a nice alpine 4 channel amp, sounded awesome, ran second place in a small soundoff, and highest spl figure i got was 130db. bought a set of dddrive the following year to replace the jaycars and never turned my back on apline since really.

now im all apline, higher end gear and i absolutely love it!!

if you can install yourself, do it yourself, not with your mates, if they f**k something up, you and they wouldnt want to feel guilty.....after all its your car. secondly if you get it installed never let your mates touch/change any of the settings(this includes the volume knob too, you will one day turn it up to the point of crackling, everybody does, but you will also turn it down after noticing it, your mates may not). NEVER EVER let them adjust the gain on any amp you may get. if YOU are not happy with it how it sounds take it back to the installer and politely ask/say/tell them to adjust to suit your needs. If its professionally installed you can ask to test it before you leave to make sure YOU like how it sounds, after all its your car. if your mates are not happy with it how it sounds and want to start turning this and pressing that grab the nearest blunt force trauma producing object and promptly crack em with it. this makes it easier for you to kick them out your car.

finally, back in the day i had no idea either, i read read and read some more so i had a little knowledge of what these shops were talking to me about. if i didnt understand them then i asked them to explain it to me, if they couldnt they didnt need my business as i was clearly in the wrong place.

hope all my jibber jabber helps you in some way mate

need anything else, ask away or shoot me a pm

[Fryday13]

if you can install yourself, do it yourself, not with your mates, if they f**k something up, you and they wouldnt want to feel guilty.....after all its your car. secondly if you get it installed never let your mates touch/change any of the settings(this includes the volume knob too, you will one day turn it up to the point of crackling, everybody does, but you will also turn it down after noticing it, your mates may not). NEVER EVER let them adjust the gain on any amp you may get. if YOU are not happy with it how it sounds take it back to the installer and politely ask/say/tell them to adjust to suit your needs. If its professionally installed you can ask to test it before you leave to make sure YOU like how it sounds, after all its your car. if your mates are not happy with it how it sounds and want to start turning this and pressing that grab the nearest blunt force trauma producing object and promptly crack em with it. this makes it easier for you to kick them out your car.

I agree with this, My gear is in no way the quality as above but I still had it running the way I wanted and it all went well... (may have powered the rear speakers up aswell though) This was however untill some of my mates thought theyd start cracking around my sounds and I have got it to sound the same =[ and rears just muffle and crackle around at high volume.

With gear in general though (again i've probably got a lot lower quality gear than most people) but if they have a performance series or competition series I myself have found its worth the money investing in it. Like the man said though, find an audio store that knows what theyre talking about and listen to it so you find what you want

[BoZZa17]

i say 30% for headunit cos its the brains imo, if it provides high volume clipping then it will only be amplified (pardon the pun) if you have amps subs splits and you dont want to ruin your new speakers.

clipping part only applicable if you are powering speakers using the internal speaker amp in the headunit. your rca outs you can always keep low and add the gain on your amps.

when shopping for a headunit just make sure the headunit has the adjustments you want, its annoying to go to the boot to adjust x-overs and gains on amps.

Edited November 11, 2011 by BoZZa17

[260rsstagea]

i run a full rockford setup but use an alpine W502E hed unit that has won mutiple awards in spl so cant reccommend them enough heres a few pics:

Edited December 4, 2011 by 260rsstagea

[Carbon 34]

Yeah rockford has some decent stuff, sold it for a long time with minimal returns except for blatant abuse . rockford had some bad years but now watch out they new stuff is pretty damn nice

what kind of spl did that setup pull ? how much power is it ?

that controller looks like batman..lol

def not a stealth system lol who installed it just curious ?