I say alpine all the way :-)

toad

last time i checked they were uk's #1
dunno bout now tho... and they have mean toys to go with their alarms ;)

and for car audio

LANZAR ;)
and they have pretty lights :lol:

ahh ok kool

I say Alpine for their car audio :)

we have 2 for alpine :-)

LoL yeh go APINE!!

:)

Alpine is good stuff but ive been in the car audio "thing" for awhile and ive heard alot and i must say JL Audio was the most impressive.

im for alpine and infinity they are both great my car is all infinity and my dads is all alpine cant saw they are bad at all loud as hell

alpine takes it out.... woot :D

jl audio all the way :D

Depends on money, if you got dolla to spend, go kicker or fosgate, there the best, but not cheap, if you want cheap stuff go alpine, pioneer, or jl audio

i happen to disagree with Lanzar, and alpine i think that kicker and memphis have the best subs and amps, i have 2 12" kicker solo-barics and a Pyrimid 2400watt amp and they blew out my back window in the first 2 minutes i had them, memphis also makes a mean sub my cuz has 2 10" M3s but it depends on your preferance. cardomain.com has the best low priced subs and speakers but 4 an amp
etronics is the place to go! if you have any questions feel free to email me @ JohnnyFritsche@hotmail.com good luck searching.


cardomain has great prices

etronics

FUSION AUDIO!!!! :D

I can't decide what i want to put in i like pioneer,sony,kenwood plus i was looking into the Eclipse Car audio sys I like the security feature and the 20 gig jukes box feature they have a nice info site i found in SS. my Fav is pioneer :-) For alarm sys I'm going with a python or viper sys with red and white strobes hooked up to it to shock people plus a kitt bar in the front the car has one but i don't like it, everyone i know has viper # 1 Best)

ya cool.forgot that one i like alpine tooo they got some fat systems ;)

bose is great to but major $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

does yamaha have car audio haven't seen any i have a yamaha home threater and it rocks would love to get ymah for car depending on features

Memphis Car audio! I got one 18" Memphis M3 and 2 Memphis Belle 2400 w amps, 2 Optima batteries and a Monster Farad 1 capacitor. Never blew my window out and I have twice as many watts as you dude, but my hatch has came un-locked all the time so I only turn it up when I am parked and can get out and close it!

i enjoyed the kenwood systems i've bought. 3 kenwood receivers (all in different cars) 1 alpine, 2 pioneer and 1 sony. my favorite combo is the kenwood deck & equalizer with rockford fosgate amps.

Fusion audio has a really good range of high quality speakers, woofers and amps :D

I grabbed a Sony package from Best Buy for something like $300 and they work great for the price a little distorion when ya crank them but $300 where can you go wrong... :D

but for the best i'm laying my money on JBL sums, Rockford Amp, and Bose spearkers. :D

Alpine as well for me. I have a 7894 head unit and wouldn't trade it for anything except for another Alpine.
Speakers, I prefer Diamond Audio. I have 2 sets of the M6 series in my 84, and love them.
I also have an Audiobahn amp running a 12" JL Audio sub.

Ill have to say yes to Alpine but only for head units.. If it comes to subs id have to go with LANZAR.. I had 4 10"LANZAR heritage series 800watt subs running off a Rockford 500a.2 bridged mono..It was all in a 86 cuttlas with a set of 1000watt 6x9's and 500watt 3" peizo tweeters in the dash..They hit so hard that the speedo would jump up at stop lights and could blurr my vision on the highway with the windows down.. :blink: The whole setup only cost me $800 with every thing including the wireing..Nothing like having truckers looking over at you on the highway or over blasting someone who thinks theres is loud..Setting off car alarms for 50 yards,Beautifull.. B)

i go with rockford fosgate dude, with there $1,000 (one thousand-dollar) subs and there amp are strong as hellllllllllll.

JL baby~!!!
 

JL audio is honestly the best thats why they win for best sound for 5 years running now.

Honesty I want a car more(1989 turbo supra) so i got 2x12" W3s with a mega herts seald box "kaboom kaboom", with a rockford 10001db(good up to 1450 wats RMS, comes with berth certificate) and a stinger 1 ferad power cap for sale $1200.00 OBO(make me an offer My name is Matt e mail me or catch me on msn at matvie@hotmail.com

There are sooooo many great quality manufactors out there, it all depends on what kind of features your looking for and a price range your looking for.

For example: Lets say you want a MP3 player, but dont want to spend $100 or more. Well it looks like if you cant find one used you are forced to go to Pyle or simular brand. But if you want a MP3 player and can spend up to $200 on a player there are numberous brands out there. Panasonic and Alpine pops in my head first. The display may not be fancy, but you get the basic MP3 player that will play cds with a average of 120 songs!!

Also something to look at is warranty. If a company has a long warranty they believe in their product and knows it will last. You may find a awesome deal on factory refurb products which mean they have been sent to the factory for repair, but instead of fixing them on the spot the company just sends out a new unit for exchange and finally gets to fixing the original unit. Factory refurbs are great if you dont expect having the equipment for longer than a year or so.

I could write a book on the subject of brands, but you need to get out there and get reviews from people that run it on the streets. Find "Joe Blow" that has had the same equiment for years and get with the shop/place he bought it and ask questions and hopefully you will leave with a supra full of speakers, amps, and a kick ass cd player with the option fo satellite radio.

I personally have ran the same companies for years and will do so for many years. I run clarion/panasonic for headunits, run Zapco for my amps and eq's, and run Cerwin Vega/Treo for my speakers (highs, mids, and subs) and have not had any problems with any of it.

Okay, Head units I'd have to say Pioneer Premier, Alpine, and Sony make the best. But for speakers I say Rockford Fosgate and Boston Acoustics have to be the best out there. For subs I'd say JL Audio is the best.

wow rookies
 

hmm so heres the real deal


headunits...
alpine-best by far-dont overheat-easy user interface-ipod connections-everything
pioneer-not bad at all..overheat sometimes if you dont reconnect power straight to battery..interface is by far the easiest and has tons of options for sound
kenwood-same as pioneer
sony-dont even waste your money..overheat...dont last long...bad product
eclipse-very nice headunits...good for trucks and jeeps because of the major skip protection and insides are very well insulated...kind of hard to use until you get the hang of it

subs
JL AUDIO-by far the best product ever...just plain badass....amazing sound quality..awesome looks..good warranty...kinda pricy but def worth it
Kenwood-not bad...good for mid bass and mostly good for rock music
pioneer-only ones i have used are the IMPP's they were pretty damn loud but no sound quality at all
sony's-not bad at all about same as pioneer..really loud bass but no sound quality at all
MTX-very good company..nice warranty...GREAT mid bass and good for pop/ rock and some bass
lanzar-used once...very loud subs...NO SOUND QUALITY AT ALL
RF-good for really LOUD NO QUALITY BASS

amps
JL AUDIO-All the way...BADASS amps....one of the only amps that dosnt lie on their wattage on the box...amazing sound quality...good warranty...easy hookup..def like the stick in and screw connections unlike the sonys and stuff where you have to connect a connector and then screw it down
sony-not bad...OVERHEATS BAD...half decent sound quality for the money..1000w=300W MAYBE on sony amps
Pioneer and kenwood-great 4 channel amps...mono amps are a bit pricy for sound quality and connection quality
Lanzar/volfenhag/audiobahn-all of the knockoff's-they arent bad good for MAJOR BASS but no sound quality..blow fuses easily and channels blow easily
mtx-good amps,, good sound quality...good price..all out good amps
RF-new amps are a bit pricy for the quality they put out...good wattages..old rockford fosgate amps are the shit!! put out even more power than on the amp sometimes

mid and high speakers
jl audio-too much money for quality..blow easily at high frequencies and without amp
MB quart-very nice products..great sound quality at mid volumes..high volumes even w/ amp start popping
Focal-AMAZING--VERYYY pricy but good warranty and good products
sony/pioneer/kenwood/lanzar/ other brands of the sort...waste of the 50 dollars a set if you want some speakers to last and sound really good
RF-same as above

Capacitors
spx and rockford fosgate are the best in keeping power charged


many more brands didnt list but those are main manufacterurs

btw i install and get good prices on car audio..live in houston area

its all about eclipse head units. starting out with 5 volts on their beginner decks, up to 8v and even 16 with the adapter.

for amps, youve got either eclipse, mtx, or jl. depends on what you want. eclipses .008% thd rating is rediculous. with their biggest4 channel being almost 200w rms is nutsos. jl is expensive, buts rips power supplies on the slash series amps keep everything sounding and looking great.
if youve got the cash and love the way that music actually sounds, no other choice than Focal. you hear things that youve never heard on the same cds that youve got. amazing bass response. smooth highs that are never too bright and power handling that will hold up with most anything youve got.
if youre a broke ass or dont have any friends ni the biz, go with infinity. sound good, but the tweeters are kinda bright.
clifford alarms. or anything from directed for that matter. just not amps or speakers.
If you want the most badass stuff available, macintosh amps, soundstream or zapco. resonant engineering and image dynamics also make great subs. i forget who makes them but a series called rainbow or something like that are beautiful too. and either eclipse or nakamichi for headunits. and dont buy cheap stuff. you get cheap sound.

Hey id have to agree lanzar heritage serise is a great set. I got 2 12" 124D's in a Band Pass 4 port box. Now with a Vibe 248 amp pushing 500RMS per channel its good only thing amps getting kinda really hot so at these settings it sounds n hits fine just the heat issue:
HU Settings:

Bass +12
Trebel +12
Sub Lvl +4db (max +/-6db)
Sq Set 60hz+6 (can be +12 or 0)
LPF Hz 80
HPF Hz 180

Amp Settings:
Amp level is about 85%- 90 up.

LPF about 25% like that on the amp gain to the left so you can turn it up more but its pretty low.

HPF about 70% to the right of the adjust(gain) knob.

Freq Amp set: Low

Thoes are my settings

These are the settings so ya maybe any one have any reccomendations and stuff id love for some help at fine tuning my system. My hole system is.

Panasonic 50x4 watt deck
2 Infinity 6002i's
2 lanzar 12" 124Ds 1000RMS
1 Vibe 248 amp 500rms at 2ohms / chan.


THANKS!

are you guys serious? alot of those are cheap crap... check out www.REaudio.com or www.edesignaudio.com or ascendent audio, avionixx amps... only worth while subs and amps unless you can afford some JL w7s or w10s. as for head units I only go for eclipse by fujitsu ten.
everything else is garbage. I dont care if it bumps super loud if it sounds like an ass its not worth anything.

YOUR CAR IS AMAZZING I HAVE AN 88 TRYING TO HOCK IT UP BUT I AM ONLY 17

hell yeah....ALPINE ALPINE ALPINE ALPINE ALPINE ALPINE ALPINE

audiobahn compression piston comp subs, check em out. insane sound and design. not to pricey either.

audiobahn is crap go infinity 1242w with a hiphonics amp

Alpine for HU..the new stuff aint great

but for subs/amps/speakers..theres a lot better than JL/alpine/RF....

XTANT/DIAMONDAUDIO/ECLIPSE/MB QUART/DD AUDIO/MEMPHIS/FOCAL/IMAGE DYNAMICS/ORION/BOSTON/RE/CDT/SOUNDSTREAM/

and im missing a lot fromt hat lsit.....

this is coming from a guy that works at an authorized dealer for ALPINE/SONY/JVC/PIONEER/ULTIMATE/ROCKFORD/KICKER

they all make good stuff but theres much better....depending on what line of stuff you buy fromt hose brands etc

Ipod
 

Hell in my car you need to be able to crank up the volume as the noise coming from my exhaust is load "its awesome" I don’t really know if I want to overcome that.

Saying all that, what is the best Ipod interface out there Alpine or Kenwood?



Neil

Speakers
 

This the best setup that i can think for you ,for a headunit pioneer makes the best in the business e.i. the AVIC-N1,, for component speakers , but warning you, better jus use them with an amp and only only use them in high-pass mode and in stereo, you can achive this with a 4 channel amp,, use the alpine speakers , preferably the type r or type e,, and for your subs MTX has the most durable subs out choose the ones with the metal cones since they produce one of the best sounds in the bussiness, this setup is for somebody that wants sum boom in thier car but is on a budget,,
since the only expensive thing on this list is the AVIC-N1 but trust me the bragging rights is worth it



one again

head unit : pioneer avic-n1

component speakers : alpine type r or e

subs : mtx

i agree totally. i have Fosgates in my car and couldnt be happier. and my dad has Boston's in his and the sound is sooo clear. now i have a kenwood head unit and i love it, but i dont know if its the best or not. very good though