Need stereo advice

[rneedham1979]

I think I have prepared myself for it LOL... but we shall see.

Ryan

It's always a shock when the wiring ends up costing more than the head unit. Good luck with the install. Post some pics when you can.

[quickervicar]

It's always a shock when the wiring ends up costing more than the head unit. Good luck with the install. Post some pics when you can.

[rneedham1979]

Thanks for the post. I am planning on using the imprint module so I think I will maintain control over the audio. No?

I picked up an infinity kappa 10" sub with the selectable 2-8 ohm. After talking with Luke about the best sub to use, this is the one he suggested.

As it sits, everything is ordered. The alpine 9887, alpine BT, apline sirrius, 2 sets of kappa component perfects, kappa sub and the kappa amp. I also ordered the sub box from Luke, which I am very excited to see and install!

I need to order an amp kit, rca's and speaker wire now. I am in Iraq so I ma havign all th ecar parts and stereo parts sent to my buddies house. When they arrive I have will have blast off some pictures.

I want to send a big thanks to Luke for helping me with my stereo system!

Ryan

be aware that without the "imprint" module, some of the features of the 9887 stay locked. For the reason I recently (last week) picked up the 9886. I lose the medianxpander in favor of the bassengine, but at least i'll be able to adjust my bass & treble when I feel like it. It has fewer EQ bands too, but i gained the USB port which sounds like a feature I'll probably use a lot. It also doesn't have some of the illumination color options. I used to spend mad cash on top of the line alpine decks back in 2001/2/3, but pretty much gave up on that. I was extremely disappointed this shopping-go-round to find out alpine requires another $200+ module to unlock the features of its top of the line deck. How times have changed...

Sounds like you got a good system brewing, lets see some pics of the components.

[Holland]

Post 5 was seriously the most helpful thing I have ever read. I'm using a cd43 with it though.

[quickervicar]

My McIntosh MX-401 lights up kinda neutral so I think I'm set. (I love ebay...sometimes ;) )

[richardkeith97]

get a monster capacitor and a JL audio w7!! is that a mono amp?

[paulkeith]

be aware that without the "imprint" module, some of the features of the 9887 stay locked. For the reason I recently (last week) picked up the 9886. I lose the medianxpander in favor of the bassengine, but at least i'll be able to adjust my bass & treble when I feel like it. It has fewer EQ bands too, but i gained the USB port which sounds like a feature I'll probably use a lot. It also doesn't have some of the illumination color options. I used to spend mad cash on top of the line alpine decks back in 2001/2/3, but pretty much gave up on that. I was extremely disappointed this shopping-go-round to find out alpine requires another $200+ module to unlock the features of its top of the line deck. How times have changed...

Sounds like you got a good system brewing, lets see some pics of the components.

[richardkeith97]

i hope ur decks lights up red. i bought a kenwood and it lit up blue and it looked stupid so i sold it and got a sony xplod just because it was red at night.

[quickervicar]

No doubt that #5 is the single-most helpful post on E30 audio that I've read (including all of Luke's other great posts). Trouble is, now he's got me all juiced up to build my audio system but I need a good alarm system first. Bugger...

[rneedham1979]

I agree.

[twistednut]

Luke's Post #5 should be a sticky in the car audio and electronics section.

[rneedham1979]

Update...

I picked up:

2 sets of 5.25 infinity kappa perfect components
1 infinity kappa five amp (off the forum)
Alpine 9887 stereo
Alpine BT interface
Deposit sent to Luke for one of his boxes.

Three questions.... what is the best subwoofer to use in Lukes box? What RCA cables and speaker wire should I use? Finally, will the stock battery power this or will I need a better battery?

Thanks!
Ryan

[rneedham1979]

Luke,

No rush bro, no rush!

[StereoInstaller1]

I think I might be stretched just a little thin.

I will do my best to get prices and updates to you tomorrow.

I GOTTA get James' goddamn E28 done, plus 3 or 4 other installs that are eating my ass.

Luke

[rneedham1979]

Are you still sleeping? LOL

I will hit you back this afternoon.

I have been up nearly 24 hours....sleepytime!