Your Setup

[thrtytwo]

Im just interested to know what kind of systems ppl are putting in theyre skylines hehehe. I know most skyline owners will spend most of theyre money on performance mods but hey, some of us love a good sound system right ?.

i guess if its gunna be easy to read use some sort of format, i.e.;

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Head Unit: [brand] [iD number] [description, e.g. "plays MP3 WMA, 50 wat x 4 chanel"] [cost ( if you want)] [rating out of 5 or 10, you choose]

Front speakers: [brand] [iD number] [description, e.g. "3 way splits, 150 watts"] [cost ( if you want)] [rating out of 5 or 10, you choose]

Rear speakers: [brand] [iD number] [description, e.g. "6x9s, 300 watts"] [cost ( if you want)] [rating out of 5 or 10, you choose]

Sub/s: [brand] [iD number] [description, e.g. "2x12" 740 watts"] [cost ( if you want)] [rating out of 5 or 10, you choose]

Amp/s: [brand] [iD number] [description, e.g. "1000 watt "] [cost ( if you want)] [rating out of 5 or 10, you choose]

Overall: [are you happy with your system, would you change anything ?] [rating out of 5 or 10, you choose]

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I'd love to get the ball rolling but unfortunately i havnt bought my system yet , although i am 95% sure what im going to buy in a few weeks !

[jmac]

Head Unit: Sony CDX-R3300S CD/MP3 "control blade" tuner, 52Wx4, $180, rating 4/5

Front speakers: Pioneer 6" 3-ways, blue, $90, 4/5

Rear speakers: Pioneer 6" 2-ways, blue, $60, 2/5

Sub/s: Kicker 10" in sealed box, $140, rating 3/5

Amp/s: Kicker K150.4 driving fronts and sub, ?$200, 4/5

Overall: Good cheap bang-for your-buck system, wanted decent clarity and tight bass response on a budget, without sharing my music with everyone in a 10km radius. The rears are pretty average but still better than the OEM crap you get on most 90's Jap cars. The only thing I would change are getting split fronts and putting the 3-ways in the rear. Oh and the ergonomics of the Sony head unit are awful, I like dials that you turn not crappy rocker switches, and the gaps in between MP3 tracks annoy me. But for $180 new I wasn't going to argue! It gets too loud at the point at which you're pushing too much distortion through the speakers so I can't complain about the volume levels. Can't justify spending $1K on a "system" when that'll buy so much other fun engine stuff...

[uneekwahn]

Head Unit: Alpine CDA-9815 CD/Mp3

Front Speakers: MB Quartz RCE 216

Rear Speakers: None

Subs: 2 x 15" Rockford Power

Amps: Alpine MRV-1005 for the front speakers and Alpine MRV-1505 for the subs

I love bass. My setup is perfect for it. In my previous car (Pulsar N13) I peaked it at 143.9dB (untuned in a sealed box)

I haven't had it tested in this car yet as it's a basic setup with the subs in a false floor in the boot, not sealed. I'm currently looking at having them put into a custom enclosure in the boot but have other priorities that are preventing me from achieving this yet!

Jason.

[dezz]

[wraith_skyline]

Head unit: Sony dvd head unit with seperate screen 4.5/5

Front speakers: MTX 6.5 splits 4/5- little tinny

Rear speakers: Earthquake 6.5 4.5/5

Boot: 2 12 inch pioneer subs, jensen monoblock amp, 1 farad capacitor

Still needs minor tuning but sounds awesome, now where are those rattles coming from??

[Medium Dave]

Head Unit: Kenwood MP3 $250

Front speakers: Jaycar response Kevlar splits $130 front doors fully sound deadend and sealed.

Rear speakers: None

Sub/s: 1 10" $60 old stock Response sub in a custom 4th order enclosure ( took me 15 hrs to design and build)

Amp/s: 2x85 Jaycar for front splits $100 , 2x150 Jaycar for sub $200

I got most of this gear on special ( its already cheap tho) just to see what I can do with cheap gear and a proper installation, it was all in my subaru till I recently bought the skyline, to which it will be installed soon, but when it is up and running it sounds great - reallt loud without being harsh, plenty of nice fast, puncy bass, im really happy with it

[Damo Monster]

Head Unit: Pioneer DEH-P8650

Front speakers: Rockford Fosgate FNX-6214 Components

Rear speakers: Rockford Fosgate 6.5" 3way Punch Coax

Sub/s: Rockford Fosgate P3 DVC 12"

Amp/s: Rockford Fosgate P4004 (for speakers) and Rockford Fosgate P3001 (for sub)

What a nightmare R32 4door skylines are for sound systems... took me a while to get the car sound deaden'd, and to make custom mounts for the amps, sub box and front speakers... actually, the only easy thing in the car was the rears... still, results are what counts and I am really happy with the sounds now...

[someonestolecc]

Head Unit: Pioneer 7650, plays MP3 WMA, 3 source out, [$400 7/10

Front speakers: Focal KVP2 6.5" 2 way splits, 80wrms(?) $300, 9/10

Rear speakers: Carozerria "From Japan Special" 6x9s, 3 watts, free, 0/10

Sub/s: PP (lower of the range) 1x12" 600wrms, $100, 5/10

Amp/s: Pioneer vmx404 4x75wrms, $75, 7/10

Amp/s: Noname (blank) 2x300wrms, $50 7/10

Overall:

I'd like to have it tuned properly, put in some proper rear stage, and get a decent amp for the focals, a 1.400 audison and a DD idmax sub.

[thrtytwo]

just picked up my head unit today, was on sale

Head Unit: Alpine CDA-9855R (its the top of range model so it has too many features to list) cost me $900 down from $1100, havnt used it so far but as for features its a easy 10/5

[leo2nv]

where did u get the deck from?

[thrtytwo]

i got it from west side car audio but the sale is over now

[AMS]

Same as Dezz....Diff headunit

[thrtytwo]

Decided to do a mock up of mine too. Theres no specific reason why i want alpine components except that i like theyre head units and theyre speakers are just as good, if not better, as pioneer or any of the similar priced brands.

i still havnt decided on amps. i will talk to the guys when i go in for the rest of my system.

[Oblivion]

I have still to do some work on my sound system, but atm i have:

-Alpine CDA9833 head deck.

-Alpine XD-type 6.5" component x2 (front / rear)

-Alpine F540 4 channel amp running the splits.

-Alpine M1005 mono block running sub

-Alpine X-Type 12" subwoofer (which shakes the hell out of everything)

Overall 8.5/10 Needs tuning etc.

[StOjA]

head unit Kenwood 50x4 mp3

front - 4x6 kicker 150 watts

rear - kenwoods 6" 3ways 200watts

12 inch kicker L7 solo baric sub(750 rms) in boot

Schnieder 150x4 rms amp for the speakers

kicker mono block amp for sub 460 rms

did everything myself didnt cost me much for the amount of sound

[GRKGTR]

Pioneer P1Y 60x4 Headunit, 5x7" Fusion powerplant front splits, 6" Boston Acoustic rears, 12" MTX Sledgehammer 4*00 series, Pioneer 800w monoblock amp to sub, Kenwood 800w 4channel to all 4 speakers.

[2BNVS]

Head unit: Kenwood 7" dvd/tv/cd/mp3/vcd screen

Front speakers: 2 pioneers 6"splits in each door

Rear speakers: Fusion 6" 3 ways

Sub: 2x Alpine type R 12"

Sub Amp: Jaycar 4x100wrms (bridged)

Speaker amps: 2x pioneer 760w

Sunvisor 7" tv screens

15" flatscreen in boot lid

sony ps2 slimline

ben...

[gexenon]

HU: Clarion HD X2

Front: Boston Z6

Back: nothing

Sub: Boston G5 10"

Front Amp: Boston GT42 - 75W x 4

Sub Amp: GT28 - 1400W @ 2hm

SD: Stinger Road kill

runing Z6s active/passive with GT42

One of the best SQ systems around.

[Fhrx]

My system currently looks like this:

# Source: Clarion HXD2.

# Processing: Zapco (SymbiLink).

# Amps: Zapco C2K-6.0X's.

# Front: Rainbow Reference CS265 and Boston Z ambient tweeters.

# Sub: Diamond TDX10.

# Cable & Deadening: Streetwires / Stinger.

# Batteries: Stinger SPV44 (front) / Optima D34M (rear).

[danh]

this is a really great thread we should add pics too!