What's your (sound) system like?

[SR20drftSX]

Well , Recently , 3 days ago to be exact , i made the purchase of a brand new Sony CDX-Gt310 head unit, and two used Alpine type R 12" subs in a sealed carpeted enclosure. the head unit was 129 with tax , and i got a steal on the subs and box , and only paid $130 (each sub retails for 200 bucks roughly and the box would have been a 120 dollar box) for them off a guy from an NY forum im on. i already had a Jensen 300 watt amp and then i caughed up 80 bucks and baught a nice 4 gauge wiring kit from wally world . it cam with a capacitor and 100amp fuse and nice mountin brackets for the cap. I was actually quite impressed with it. The subs hit incredibly hard and shake my entire car , i love deep , hard , tight bass and this combo deff does that! Ill post up alot of pics tommorow and maybe a video or two...

please post up yur guys' set-ups and tell everyone what you like in your music and tell about your system... pics are very welcome!

thanks








Modified by SR20drftSX at 11:13 PM 12/31/2006

[SR20drftSX]

heres some pics from today:

[Looneybomber]

I dig the amount of money you spent. Last I heard, car systems have an average life of 2yrs before they're stolen.

One suggestion would be to upgrade your sub amp, and use the Jensen to power your door speakers. Also, clean up your wiring!

***My stuff***In my explorer, I have these installed in the front doors. They sound good,but if I was to do it over again, I would have bought some Infinity'shttp://www.memphiscaraudio.com...id=17

My s2000 is totally stock, but is in need of a headunit, door speakers and hopefully a sub behind the seat, but that is going to be tough!

On my motorcycle, this is my sound system.And
Modified by Looneybomber at 3:39 PM 1/1/2007

[SR20drftSX]

haha thanks..but yeah i just installed it the other day and havent had time to clean up the wiring mess , im gonna slive holes and bring em up through the carpet so they look better and eventually mount the amp to the box , i think if i used the amp to run the door speakers that itd fry them , but yeah i deff wanna get a bigger amp like around 500 watt rms

[NCturbo75]

My s2000 is totally stock, but is in need of a headunit, door speakers and hopefully a sub behind the seat, but that is going to be tough!

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Back in the days, my cousin had a shop install (8) 8" Kickers behind the seats in his '86 Toyota MR2 plus (2) 12" Kickers in a plexiglass bandpass box in the trunk. I'm sure you will be able to fit something back there in your S2K.

[nissanman04]

those are nice...i was thinking of getting one 10" but i'm so damn broke from all the other crap i bought lol.

[PoorManQ45]

I'm building my system right now.

So far I have an Alpine 9856 head unit.

Upfront I have some cheap pioneer 4x6s.

In the hatch I made plates to mount 6.5" components. I filled them with a pair of Focal 165A1s

I'm powering these with a cheap 50wx2 pioneer amp

To Come:

98% fiberglass box(only MDF for the rings) ~1.5ft^3 enclosure for two 12" subs.

For now I will leave one of the rings blanked and put a single JL Audio 12W3V2D4 in it. Eventually I'll put a second one in there, or even upgrade to a W6, but that'll be too loud for me.

Not quite sure about the amp i'll use yet, but I'm thinking a JL 500/1 which I get dirt cheap brand new through employer

For the front I'll make some fiberglass door pods(I would make kicks, but I rest my foot where the pods would be! ) In these pods I'm planning on a set of focal165KFs or maybe even a set of 165K2Ps(retail for ~$950 )

For the speaker amp I'm thinking either 1 JL 450/4 or 2 JL 300/2.

Total value of the system is going to ending up around $2k~$3k. Total cost for me is going to end up around ~$800

[PoorManQ45]

Oh, are those new or old type Rs?

A coworker had a pair of the Alpine type Rs and they had an accordian type suspension rather then the half roll surround.

[SR20drftSX]

used 1221 model

[breadbox]

http://viewmorepics.myspace.co...76058

the best i could do I don't know if you can see it but

JL w6RF 1000wSome alpine mp3 cd headunitoh and some mtx door speakers.the pic is of it in a civic

[SR20drftSX]

yeah yur frriend has the new version , he has the 1242 model...with the accordian style and 500 watts rms , mine is the 1221 and has the half moon rubber surround and only 300 watts rms

[joe603]

Here's mine

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[SR20drftSX]

fuggin sweet, how much coin?

[Logan76]

Mine is what I like to simply call "spool". I have no speakers theyre all removed and no headunit. so my sound system is just me talking to myself and the spooling of my turbo.

[SR20drftSX]

thats the best kind

[joe603]

Just over 2k for everything installed...doing the next phase soon

[SR20drftSX]

holy fugg...yeah thats the price yah pay for custom stuff..i think im gonna fill the entire hatch area of my 240 with a custom box and mount the cap, amp , and the two subs side by side facing up in the box..should look pretty sweet..got quorted around 200 with a fully carpeted box from a local friend

[Notorious170]

Pioneer AVH-P6800DVD in dash 6 disc changer with tv tuner

Audiobahn AWT12X 2000 watt sub in 2.5 cuft box, angled front and back, back of box sits flush against seat to allow amp to show inside vehicle

Audiobahn A1500HCT 2000 watt @ 1ohm
Modified by Notorious170 at 6:03 PM 1/21/2007

[SR20drftSX]

nice nice..is that just a single channel amp?..very nice tho..hopefully that vinyl matches your interior color?

[Notorious170]

nice nice..is that just a single channel amp?..very nice tho..hopefully that vinyl matches your interior color?

Yeah its a 1 channel amp. rated 2000 watts at 1 ohm. doubt thats what im pushing though. the vinyl doesnt match yet, but those will be the colors that im using in the interior.

[SR20drftSX]

sweet..should look balla when its done

[Notorious170]

heres the box in the trunk

[zackr_downbeat]

^^^^^^SICKK set up bro. i Like it alott

i have 2 10" mtx subs in a mtx box & a JL AUDIO 500/1 Amplifier & kenwood deck

no pics yet..

[SR20drftSX]

oo yu got fuggin air ride dude? thats sick...and deff nice audio set-up

[Notorious170]

man was it a b***h moving that box down a flight of stairs. thing weighs close to 80 pounds. damn near threw my back out trying to pick that thing up. then i had to pull my tank and compressors out to put the box in. and it was cold as hell outside and supposed to rain so i was working quick.

i still have more to do. my 4ch amp was stolen so i gotta replace that. dont know where the hell im gonna put it though, and its bigger than my 1ch.

the air ride is the dopeness. got it back in 2001 and been lovin it ever since. it was a requirement for me before i got kitted.

[SR20drftSX]

thats sweet..yeah i think my box and subs weigh close to 100 lbs or more..yeah im thinkin more...and they were hard to pick up and move..luckily i got em dfuring wrestling season so im in shape...haha yeah air ride would be sick..kitted as in yu put a body kit on yur car?

[PoorManQ45]

Hehe, fiberglass FTW. I'm working on a 1.5~2.0ft^3 box for two twelves. The box by itself weighs no more then 30lbs. hehe

[SR20drftSX]

lucky some biotch

[PoorManQ45]

Lucky!?!

It just takes a little bit of knowledge and patience

[SR20drftSX]

yeah , the know how and cash that i havent aquired yet :P