Review my to be setup

DaRealace wrote:

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I'm not an alpine fan-boy I've just heard good things about them so I am willing to venture to other brands.

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You really need to go listen to anything you are going to buy in person. I mean I have heard good things about Kia but I will never own one.
It's not that simple, they will never sound the same in a car as in a show room. Ideally you'd want to hear them *installed in your car*, but that's never possible until you're done.

Remember, car audio is 30% parts and 70% installation (or is that 10/90%?).. So, you will do fine with those parts, as long as they're installed right.

The biggest glaring problem is putting speakers in the doors. Yes, it will work, but I have NEVER heard good imaging from door speakers. Getting good imaging usually requires kickpods. However, you can always start by putting them in the doors - you will not have wasted any money on parts, because you can reuse everything if you choose to have pods made later.

The one thing I recommend (and I know there are at least two people here who will disagree with me) is to bridge the MRP-240 into the front speakers, and run the rear speakers off the head unit directly. 2x40w really isn't enough for front speakers, but 2x100w is. The 2x25w you will get from the head unit is plenty for the rear speakers, as long as you have them turned down low enough not to distort (i.e. clip the head unit's output amp).

Perhaps should have mentioned - I do like the sound of the Type-R subs. Very warm and smooth, and they punch hard :).

Which car are you putting this in?

If you happen to have a 4th generation F-Body (camaro or firebird), I happen to have a custom enclosure WITH two of the exact subs you specify, laying around! (came out of my 2001 trans am when I sold it). Fits snugly into the well where the t-tops usually go. Fat chance that you'd have that exact car, but I figured it's worth a shot!

I also have an Alpine MRV-1507 (1x1000w) and an MRV-F407 (2x144w or 4x50w) that came out of that same car.

To make the "Lord of the Rings" story short
Go with it and if you like it keep it. If you don't then look around for another audio piece then will talk, will compare and contrast. fo sho?

I noticed that, I'm just doing what you are doing, rephrasing it, and adding an opinion. If you look at the bottom what i wrote OGL Pro.

Thanks! ^_^

ouu 97 pathfinder, , good choice!!, ,be shure to run new speaker wire directly to the speakers if you have the patience.   There is a factory amp in the pathfinders, , you want to bypass it completely.   If you don't want to run new wire, , atleast bypass the amp at the amp.  I can help you with that, , i have a factory service manual that tells me all, , just tell me the factory system you have and i can set you up.

1 more thing, , invest in some sound deadening for that back hatch, ,there is latches inside it that rattle alot, , and annoy the heck outa me.

1 Change i would make with your set up would be, to get the components up front, , and just coaxials in the rear, , its slightly a bit of a waste of money to put components behind you where you really don't want to hear them that much.

Good luck!

You have to remove the whole panel that the tweeter grill is attached too, , it goes from dash to ceiling, , its just held there by clips.

You definately should get components up front, you will be WAYYY happyer, , im shure everyone here will agree.

Im guessing you have the blows (bose) system?  if so, , then you definately need to run all new wires.

Try the subs out first, ,then if stuff starts to rattle, take off the panel to see whats rattleing, see if you can dampen it somehow, ,or just cover it with deadening, , dynamat is not needed, , its too expensive, , brown bread is a cheeper/equivalent substitute..

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You really need to go listen to anything you are going to buy in person. I mean I have heard good things about Kia but I will never own one.[/QUOTE]

AMEN, but seriously i really like alpine stuff, but there is ALL kinds of stuff out there that may sound better to you.

matt

"ice4life8269"  There is no sound dirrerence between the 1221 or the 1241, , the only difference is resistance on the voice coil so you will have wireing options to squeeze the most out of your amps.   There the exact same subs, just 1 has 2 ,2 ohm voice coils, and 1 has 2, 4 ohm voice coils.

Read up in the "basics" section to your left of the screen on ohms law, and resistance, and such, it will help you understand more clearly.

my bad. with lower resistance in the coil doesn't the amp get hotter? and isn't a cool amp a happy amp? The heat affects the sound quality, and thats why i said that. if i am wrong, thanks for letting me know, but you should use a little tact before you jump down someones throat. If you read what i wrote, you can see that i said that's what i'd do, and it is up to him.

alpine guy, sorry if i was wrong....