poor boy sound system

[StereoInstaller1]

Sam, post a pic of that unit, would you?

[Sam Cogley]

Those old Blowchunks do suck ass, but they did when they were new too. I so wish those fags would get their heads out of their asses. I sure would like a real option to the AlpineClarionPanasonicPioneerSonyKenwood pile of flashy crap that is out there now. Even those stupid Toyota (oh, sorry, Eclipse) are going the way of goofy flashy displays and all kinds of silver crap on the dash of your car. Nak is crap too, stuff holds up for lke 3 whole years if you are lucky, plus no damn features.

yeah, I hate pretty much all head units. Old, new, stock, aftermarket, whatever, they all suck balls. How many $20 portable CD players have a skip buffer? All of them. How many car decks have that? None. Fucking retards!

/rant

JVC Arsenal. All black except for a tiny slash of matte silver in one corner, and the control knob is even in the same spot as my dysfunctional factory unit. I'm going to miss the built in Weatherband radio, though...but iPod control through the head unit is definitely FTW.

[bimma360]

I dont know if this is your sort of thing... but i have an almost complete ADS sound system sitting around that i have been meaning to put in the classifieds. I have everything except front components....

Rear: 5.25" (150RMS) components which are mounted to very nice ADS surrounds.
Sub: 2 x 5.25 woofers also mounted to a very nice and oldschool ADS surround.
Crossover: One ADS crossover which is used for fronts, rears, and subs.
Amp: 6 Channel (22RMS per channel)

Nothing too spectacular... but a very good quality oldschool system. It would be nicer if the amp was a little more powerful... but thats that. The audiophiles on here can chime in about ADS. I dont know about price but if your interested let me know.

Dave

[george graves]

How to hook them up is usually printed on the crossovers.

[SC ic]

Luke - I'm a retard. Can you give me a blow-by-blow as to how I'd install aftermarket crossovers for the front premium components? TIA.

Oh, and maybe you can sell me a couple.

[jflip2002]

My shit doesnt sound too great, but it does sound pretty solid. But I just use a nice Pioneer deck, and run 5.75" (I think) Kicker 2 ways in the rear, and stock sized kicker components in front. Its at about $500 if you buy on ebay (which I didnt sadly).

[alpinaclone]

Man Luke, all gloom and doom, makes me want to take to the bridge. I think I am gonna pick up the cheapie $129 Kenwood from best buy with the usb input and try to scounge some factory speakers. Failing that I may pick up the cheap 5 1/4" components from blowchunks and some Infinity 6x9s for the rear.

[SamE30e]

Premium speakers ftw!

I'm running them and they sound ballin.

[StereoInstaller1]

So sounds like you need to find a decent 3 way crossover.

Pawn shops FTW!

[Skoobeesnak]

Active control from HU

It doesn't look like I do after RTFM. I have the Kenwood Excelon KDC-X889. At this point I may just replace the deck since some of the other limitations I have come across are irritating (no USB or front faceplate input). Or I guess I could add an external system like an audio control unit. I am open to suggestions.

Thanks again

That all depends on your deck. Does it have crossovers in the 4.5Khz range? In other words, true 3 way operation?

Luke

[scabzzzz]

Man my premium sound system sounds awesome compared to my E36 (Ti). The Ti has hte WORST sound system EVER. The placement of speakers, the size of the speaker from the factory. I replaced everything with eclipse stuff and it still sucked.

Anywho, my premium stock ITT speakers sound great still. Baller on a budget says get the lowest end Alpine head unit from Best Buy or ikesound.com, and go buy some bottom of the line Pioneer speakers. It wouldnt sound bad. You may have 200 wrapped up in it max.

[StereoInstaller1]

Hey Luke,

I have thought about adding some component speakers but I have seen you mention using some leftover crossovers and had an idea.

If my head unit can set the crossover and slope for each channel couldn't I run the stock tweeters with any other midbass driver in the kick panel and be able to custom tailor the sound with more control than passive crossovers?

If I went this route, is there a good quality 5 1/4" speaker you could recommend? I will be using a 75 X 4 RMS amp to power my front stage or may bridge them to 150 X 2 and run the tweets off of the headunit power.

Thoughts?

That all depends on your deck. Does it have crossovers in the 4.5Khz range? In other words, true 3 way operation?

Luke

[Skoobeesnak]

Running an active setup

Hey Luke,

I have thought about adding some component speakers but I have seen you mention using some leftover crossovers and had an idea.

If my head unit can set the crossover and slope for each channel couldn't I run the stock tweeters with any other midbass driver in the kick panel and be able to custom tailor the sound with more control than passive crossovers?

If I went this route, is there a good quality 5 1/4" speaker you could recommend? I will be using a 75 X 4 RMS amp to power my front stage or may bridge them to 150 X 2 and run the tweets off of the headunit power.

Thoughts?

Matt, everyone has their own idea of adequate sound.

If you have no intention of ever having a subwoofer, but the panasonic deck at WalMart that is $90. Find a set of premuim sound speakers front and rear, including the tweeters up front...which your car should have come with.

Run new wire to all 4 corners. Use aftermarket crossovers if you can. hit up local installers to find some. Most any installer over the age of 30 will have a set or three sitting around, so go into the shop, not the front and ask the oldest guy you see.

If you plan on a sub, get a deck with high pass filters, so you can eliminate the bass from the inside speakers so they play clearer and louder.

Luke

[StereoInstaller1]

Those old Blowchunks do suck ass, but they did when they were new too. I so wish those fags would get their heads out of their asses. I sure would like a real option to the AlpineClarionPanasonicPioneerSonyKenwood pile of flashy crap that is out there now. Even those stupid Toyota (oh, sorry, Eclipse) are going the way of goofy flashy displays and all kinds of silver crap on the dash of your car. Nak is crap too, stuff holds up for lke 3 whole years if you are lucky, plus no damn features.

yeah, I hate pretty much all head units. Old, new, stock, aftermarket, whatever, they all suck balls. How many $20 portable CD players have a skip buffer? All of them. How many car decks have that? None. Fucking retards!

/rant

[alpinaclone]

Thanks for the advice man. I take it that you do not think too highly of the old blaupunkt. It's prolly gonna be replaced soon anyway. Every time I resart the car and was listening to a cd I get an error message and have to scroll through the tracks to get it to play the cd again. It's an ass pain.