building a sound quality system

its all about what sounds good to you. unless you plan on competeing. if you like how it sounded in your old vehicle, then, try and fit it in the new one. if not just surf through this board and we have discussions about this on a weekly sometime daily basis.

haemphyst wrote:

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IMO none of that is remotely SQ gear. That is my opinion. I'd start fresh!

1: How much do you want to spend?
2: Are you particular to any brand?
3: How fanatical do you want to get?
4: REALLY sound quality? No BS?

I am asking, because I think we can get you wherever you want to go, but we have to know where to reign in.

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To add to this, have you heard any really good sounding car systems? But mainly, how much do you want to spend?!

I think the BostonPros are alright. If you put a nice amp on them, Kicker excluded, you can probably be satisfied with them.

jmelton86 wrote:

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haemphyst wrote:

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IMO none of that is remotely SQ gear. That is my opinion. I'd start fresh!

1: How much do you want to spend?

I was thinking in the range of 1500 to 2000.00
2: Are you particular to any brand?

No not really, I do like how the bostons sound i like the soft dome tweeter,do like a harsh sounding tweeter.The soft dome reproduces sound better in my ear. 
3: How fanatical do you want to get?

Not looking to get real crazy as the price willing to spend reflects.About the only crazy thing that is a must is that the sub box must be removable "if that's crazy".
4: REALLY sound quality? No BS?

Not real sure what you mean here.To take a guess,I prefer to hear the music and all its little creaks,pops, guitarist finger sliding on the strings,birds chirping LOL etc etc,Over a 3000 watt bass monster that you can hear 12 blocks away. I've already had those kinds of systems,think ive lost a bit of my hearing due to it.    

I am asking, because I think we can get you wherever you want to go, but we have to know where to reign in.

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To add to this, have you heard any really good sounding car systems? 

I've been out of the audio game for quite some time most of the systems ive heard were just bass cars,Yes I have heard some nice sounding cars.

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Excellent information thanks,I looked up the PDX's and the audiopulse 10 and they look like they would be perfect for my car size wise,eclipses dont have alot of room to begin with.

For the headunit i have a alpine CDA-9856 in the car now, but i also have a panasonic flipup/dvd H/U dont know the model number off hand that i was going to use instead of the alpine.What do you think about that.

Was looking at the bostons and some how the wires got ripped off of the tweeters beyond repair so i'll have to get front speakers,What would you recommend.

Im a big believer in quality wiring/RCA'S so i guess ill figure in a good amount just for that stuff. When i had my old system the best out then, was the stinger "KING" Series? been awhile. whats good out now for RCA's etc.

Ok I might get flamed for this but RCA cable's really make no difference at all. They are all the same. With that being said as long as you keep them from the power cable, power down one side of the car rca down the other you will be fine. I have used the cheap one's that you get with the amp kit's from Wally world with no problem. That leaves you with more money for stuff that will make a audible difference. And the same goes for speaker wire too. Just run the proper size for the run you need to make. Or if you want to you can spend alot of money for that if it makes you feel better casue you spent $$$ or more on your RCA and wiring.

In fact I knew of several people who would run the cheapest wire & RCA's then would just cap it off with the high dollar stuff  for comps so it looked good for the judges and they did just fine in the comps.