Good buy? Sony Xplod

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Topic: Good buy? Sony Xplod

Posted By: neonlizzard
Subject: Good buy? Sony Xplod
Date Posted: December 17, 2002 at 9:06 PM

I saw this link a while ago, and the pricing is almost right now..

https://www.sounddomain.com/sku/SONBASSPAK312

I need honest opinions...
Wether it is about sony in general, or these specific units...
Sooner the better, because I would really like to place the order within 4 days...

Thank you guys very much

Joe

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Posted By: beerstud136
Date Posted: December 17, 2002 at 9:28 PM

don't buy it.

trust me, i've gone through a sony head unit, amp, 6x9's, 2 10's a 15 ... and the list goes on. i would rahter build my own components than ever having a sony product touch my car again.

my 15 cracked from the bass, the wires running to the voice coil form the terminals on my 10's started on fire, and no they weren't over powered, when i pounded them to hard it made my car smell like old urinal cakes, damn voice coils are horrible. they can't even handle the power of a SONY amp, which i went through 4 of, all just cut out for nooo reason. if you do decide to buy that package, be a smart guy and buy the biggest warantee they offer. oh and the plastic that sperated the + and - terminals on my old amp melted. yea... needless to say it was a pretty awful sight to see an amp go up in smoke.

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Posted By: pain_is_lov3
Date Posted: December 17, 2002 at 10:51 PM

NO! NOT SONY!!

Go With JL, Rockford, or Kicker just not sony.

Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: December 18, 2002 at 9:55 AM

Like every one else says when it comes to car audio stay away from Sony Xplod I think it got its name for a good reason. Plus do these look about the same
https://www.sounddomain.com/sku/SONBASSPAK312
https://cgi.ebay.com/dll?ViewItem&item=1944387996
I think the second one is a much better buy. Just kidding I wouldn’t waste my money on either set up (not trying to put you down) What kind of set up are you looking for SQ, SPL or a little of both? Also what is your price range?

Posted By: ih8tktz
Date Posted: December 18, 2002 at 1:42 PM

Im gonna agree with everyone else and say that Sony products are junk, you couldnt pay me to put their products in my car. Run Alpine or Rockford thats where its at, I have a decent Alpine head unit CDA-7875, 6 1/2" Type R components both front and rear, a 15" (Running on a Rockford BD 1500.1) and two 10" (Running on a Rockford BD 1000.1) Type R subs. Ive never had a problem with anything by either company, well other than the fact that its really loud.

Posted By: beerstud136
Date Posted: December 18, 2002 at 1:44 PM

haha, i was looking at that sony site again, notice how the first line of the promotion is "SoundDomain.com has an posted_image "Xplo-sive" deal on great Sony Xplod bass gear!" , and holy #%^$ ih8tktz, that must move. i think saying it's really loud is a pretty big understatement, how many db's can you hit?

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Posted By: ih8tktz
Date Posted: December 18, 2002 at 5:24 PM

when I first had it installed I was hitting 162.4 DB then we changed things around a bit now the 15" is at the front of the trunk on a 45 degree to fire off the rear hatch and the 10" are in separate enclosures on either side of the trunk at the rear at about a 65 degree angle firing up to the front, and it hits a lot harder. But im yet to have it tested, but definitely after christmas it will happen. I will put the results up then.

Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: December 18, 2002 at 9:40 PM

Unfortunately I have an Xplod HU in my Mustang. When I get the money it will be replaced with Alpine or Rockford. Sony's have an inherrent problem of skipping at high bass levels, even with a backstrap. STAY AWAY from Sony XPLOD if you can afford it!

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Posted By: carguy411
Date Posted: December 18, 2002 at 11:31 PM

hay if u want to get a system i sell you mine

its only about amonth old i still have all the original boxes

e-mail me if your intrested

bboy411@aol.com

Posted By: carguy411
Date Posted: December 19, 2002 at 8:38 AM

im selling 2 subs an amp and a cap

email me for details

bboy411@aol.com

Posted By: Legbreaker
Date Posted: December 20, 2002 at 1:50 AM

I was looking at an xpod head unit, a cdx mp30. Are they ok for an average user, or is it not very good at all? All I want is cd/mp3 playback with no extra speakers amps etc. posted_image

I'd be buying it from ebay, costs less than half of local prices. Should I stay clear?

Thanks for reading

Mark

Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: December 20, 2002 at 10:51 AM

I would suggest looking at some other options. If your looking on eBay Fosgate makes a good MP3/CD the RFX9200 https://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&query=RFX9200&cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&ht=1&from=R10&currdisp=2&itemtimedisp=1&st=2&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&BasicSearch
OR RFX9300
https://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&query=RFX9300&cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&ht=1&from=R10&currdisp=2&itemtimedisp=1&st=2&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&BasicSearch They are very good units and usually go for about $200 on eBay

Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: December 20, 2002 at 11:04 AM

You can get the RFX9200 for $169 right now on eBay https://cgi.ebay.com/dll?ViewItem&item=1945978618

Posted By: beerstud136
Date Posted: December 20, 2002 at 3:38 PM

yay rockford! my whole CAR got stolen, they found it in 1 piece with no damage, expect my system was STRIPED down the the power wire! posted_image

now i have a jvc deck, i love it, but i use to have a rfx 9000, not the pritiest deck around, but man did it performe. i decided after my car got molested by thiefs that i wasn't going to replace everything cuz i didn't want to ask for it to get stolen again, so i kinda "downsized" (if u can call 3 jl's a downsize lol) but ya, my point i guess is if i were to go all out again, i would definatly do rockford.

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Posted By: D1g1tal V3n0m
Date Posted: December 21, 2002 at 8:32 PM

I would not even waste my time with anything as far as Sony car audio goes. I would not buy Rockford, Kicker, MTX either. Oh by the way I forgot to mention I would NOT BUY JL Audio either. I hate JL.

If you want a great deck for the money then you can pick up the Clarion HX-D10 (699.00) HU for about 300$ from Crutchfield who gives you the wiring and so on. You can find it for about 273$ from other places but they will not give you the kit to install it yourself.

If I was you I woul also give a look into Infinity, Adire Audio, Image Dynamics and a couple other companies if your on a budget but if you want great sound and aren't too worried about money then go ahead and get Focal or Audiomobile and a few other brands. But just up to you.

DON'T TOUCH SONY!!

But hey what would I know. posted_image

Posted By: themagicone
Date Posted: December 21, 2002 at 9:00 PM

Sony sucks big time! Worked at best buy for a year, must of replaced evrey sony amp i've installed ten times. They just suck!