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the alpine stuff isnt bad at all. personally its a real good choice. i would go with some infinity kappa perfects or kappa's. the head unit by alpine is awesome w/ the navi. i put it in my buddie's H3. its a good unit. but i did alpine type x all around. sounded amazing. then he had 1 12" type x sub...best speakers of alpines. keep up the ideas
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The only reason i did type r 6x9s is because they dont make type x 6x9s One day i may uograde to type x subs but i didnt want to buy another amplifier to run to type x's and a new high quality battery for that power as well.
Im working at getting all this stuff into the car as we speak, i have never sweated so much, installing car audio in plus 30C (92f) is awfull.
Im working at getting all this stuff into the car as we speak, i have never sweated so much, installing car audio in plus 30C (92f) is awfull.
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Originally Posted by hondaeater
I agree 100%.
Getting an Alpine Deck **Great Idea**
Alpine Speakers **Not so good**
Alpine Components **Crap**
Alpine Amp's **Not Good At All**
Alpine Sub's **Might As Well Bought Circuit City Brand l**
The one nice thing about the Alpine Amps with the Alpine deck is that you can control the amp's gain thru the head unit. Otherwise, they are crap.
You could have saved yourself a **** load of money with going with an all in one screen-dvd-nav unit.
Personally, I like the Pioneer. I had the D1 Screen, but just upgraded to the Z1 because of the built in bluetooth, dvd player, and single Nav DVD XM and Sirius Not Either/Or. But the best part is, with the Pioneer, it's all in one, no brain to hide
Getting an Alpine Deck **Great Idea**
Alpine Speakers **Not so good**
Alpine Components **Crap**
Alpine Amp's **Not Good At All**
Alpine Sub's **Might As Well Bought Circuit City Brand l**
The one nice thing about the Alpine Amps with the Alpine deck is that you can control the amp's gain thru the head unit. Otherwise, they are crap.
You could have saved yourself a **** load of money with going with an all in one screen-dvd-nav unit.
Personally, I like the Pioneer. I had the D1 Screen, but just upgraded to the Z1 because of the built in bluetooth, dvd player, and single Nav DVD XM and Sirius Not Either/Or. But the best part is, with the Pioneer, it's all in one, no brain to hide
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Originally Posted by HackAbuse
People think that Sony sucks until they hear my system
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Originally Posted by Taro
The only reason i did type r 6x9s is because they dont make type x 6x9s One day i may uograde to type x subs but i didnt want to buy another amplifier to run to type x's and a new high quality battery for that power as well.
Im working at getting all this stuff into the car as we speak, i have never sweated so much, installing car audio in plus 30C (92f) is awfull.
Im working at getting all this stuff into the car as we speak, i have never sweated so much, installing car audio in plus 30C (92f) is awfull.
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get rid of the 6x9 before you even take them out of the box, get another set of 6.5 components.. im telling you right now, having all alpine speakers in my car, well accept for a couple sets of kickers, you will be a lot more happy with the 6.5's in the rear. Also, as far as power, you can buy a jl amp that will blow any alpine amp away, and drive all the speakers just fine. I got rid of my alpine amp for a jl for my mids and highs, best thing i ever did. Also, if you plan on running type x subs, you could get 1 10 with a jl 1000/1 and it would sound amazing. Im not bashing alpine at all man, I love alpine's stuff, but for real the 6x9's sound like crap, and alpine amps are a joke, as the one guy said the only cool thing is you can control them from the deck, and get like temp and volt readings and all that stuff...
I'm happy with 6x9s in the rear. They're fine. They're actually louder too.
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Originally Posted by italstalnprd86
get rid of the 6x9 before you even take them out of the box, get another set of 6.5 components.. im telling you right now, having all alpine speakers in my car, well accept for a couple sets of kickers, you will be a lot more happy with the 6.5's in the rear. Also, as far as power, you can buy a jl amp that will blow any alpine amp away, and drive all the speakers just fine. I got rid of my alpine amp for a jl for my mids and highs, best thing i ever did. Also, if you plan on running type x subs, you could get 1 10 with a jl 1000/1 and it would sound amazing. Im not bashing alpine at all man, I love alpine's stuff, but for real the 6x9's sound like crap, and alpine amps are a joke, as the one guy said the only cool thing is you can control them from the deck, and get like temp and volt readings and all that stuff...
I agree JL makes awsome amps, but the price of the 1000/1 would cost more then i paid for the entire system. I used to run a 500/1 and 300/4 in my old car. I was really impressed with the 500/1 but the 300/4 wasnt to my liking.
I have everything install now, and it only took 10 hours The components sound crystal clear just amazing, i am a little dissapointed with the 6x9s but i never had that high of standerds for them, Another compenent set might be in the near future. I havnt tested the subs yet. tommorow ill probly be trying to stop all the rattles
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FYI.. If you are running powerful amps in your car, you dont have to get a new battery, you can just go out and buy a power Capacitor, they go from 40 to 200 dollars, Just lettin you know bro.... Hope your sound system sounds great
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Originally Posted by SRT-S2K
truely you would be better off just buying a new stronger battery.
Everything is working well and sounds awsome, huge difference over stock in sound quality.
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Caps are nothing but band-aids. Your gunna need something deep cycle like a Yellow top.
Sony is extremely cheap equipment.
As for what you purchased, it will sound amazing after everything is tuned. Darkstars had the same setup on J-body.org, all alpine type R/X stuff and he won I think 2 or 3 competitions for sound quality so far.
You guys have to be realistic, we drive cobalts... Putting a 6k dollar sound system into our cars is freaking crazy in my opinion. If you can afford it, more power to you. Me personally I am 19 and still making payments on my car.
Sony is extremely cheap equipment.
As for what you purchased, it will sound amazing after everything is tuned. Darkstars had the same setup on J-body.org, all alpine type R/X stuff and he won I think 2 or 3 competitions for sound quality so far.
You guys have to be realistic, we drive cobalts... Putting a 6k dollar sound system into our cars is freaking crazy in my opinion. If you can afford it, more power to you. Me personally I am 19 and still making payments on my car.
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A cap is just a band-aid but its a very small one at that. It will only last a few second if that unless its above 10farad then(depending on how much power your pushin) it might last up to 60 sec. A stronger battery is usually very well needed!
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I new battery will be in the near future, ill take pics soon as well. Im havething the subs custom built into the spare tire compartment next month as well as having everything tuned properly. so ill get pics of that when its donw
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They will face either strait up or at a slight reward angle. I do this so i can continue to use my trunk. I do alot of driving and need my trunk for luguage.
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Originally Posted by lorenwade
He already bought them. Don't tell him to send them back.
I'm happy with 6x9s in the rear. They're fine. They're actually louder too.
I'm happy with 6x9s in the rear. They're fine. They're actually louder too.
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Originally Posted by rocco11189
hey Taro would you like to sell your stock sub and enclosure to me?
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Well how much do you want for it and idk about the enclosure because idk how i would fit it or where that could be a problem.
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