What's a real good setup? I'm gettin tired of the weak ass Sony HU that came with my car (Used), and that Bose amp too. I'm lookin for a setup that has real high quality sound and a good amount of bass, but not so much that it's all i hear and just vibrates the damn car. I'm lookin to replace all speakers, the amp, and HU, maybe get a sub too. Any suggestions? Price range doesn't matter right now.

 

think Polk ES, eclipse, nakamitchi, focal, A/D/S, older PPI and soundstream. Alpine clarion and eclipse make good hu's. Just to name some of the good ones.

 

here is my setup -- install done by me

HU-alpine 9815 $350 Ebay
front components= CDT HDef 200 Ebay
rear components= CDT cl 6.1 $150 thezeb.com
amp for speakers= soundstram rubicon 604= 220 ebay
amp for sub = soundstram van gogh 600.2 $320 internett
subs+box= 2 12" IDQ version2 $300 ebay

so you have some idea

 

I have never owned an Alpine headunit but whenevere I have sceen one in a store or a car, I havent been inpressed with the feel/look of them, they seem cheap. Maybe it has awsome features and souds great but i have always felt the alpine buttons felt cheap. I like the pioneer headunits personally but regardless if you are looking for a headunit I would say you want to look for one that matches the looks of your car or one u just like the looks of, nice high preout voltage ~4-5 would be best. I think it pays off to have a cdplayer with crossover built in so u can remove the bass from your 6.5's and 6x9's if you have a sub. If you like mp3 cds then that might be a feature u like. Preout voltage is probably going to determine the quality of your sound greatest.

 

ill tell u what
i bought a kenwood kdc-969 and a RF 500s amp with 20 FS HE-2's
and i used the stock bose speakers with that amp that i dont know where it is at.
ANd i get compliments on my systme all the time
that shit bumbs hard and the highs and mids are clean.
Maybe i got lucky i dont know but bose os kick ass with the right deck i guess

 

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=70795

thAts my bump

 

keep it quality .. JL , Pheonix Audio, MMats, eclipse is good from

what ive heard, so is alpine..

not too keen of RF, Kenwood, but i hear they do decent stuff

dudes around me in long island have been getting a lot

MTX stuff, they say its good but i dont buy it ... stick with JL,

cant lose with them