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What Is The Best Brand For Car Audio??


gillman6000
11-20-2004, 12:18 AM
What Is The Best Brand For Car Audio??

KMoney28
11-20-2004, 02:43 AM
That question is hard to answer because it's broad. Different companies make different things very well. For example, Alpine makes some nice headunits, but in now way are their subs or amps equivalent. There's a lot of different companies(some more known then others, but regardless of mainstream or not) that make different products very well. I guess it all depends what exactly you're looking for.

CBFryman
11-20-2004, 08:16 AM
My Personal Likes

Head Units:

-Alpine
-Some Pioneer
-Eclipse

Componets:

-Crystal Audio
-Resonant Engineering
-Eclipse
-Image Dynamics

Tweeters:
-Image Dynamics Horn

Mid Bass:

-DDW6.5
-JL W0 6'' (do they still make these?)

Sub stage Woofers:

-Resonant Engineering
-Digital Designs
-Adire Audio
-Image Dynamics

SubWoofer Amps (class 'D' low range):

-Tru Technoligies Hammer series
-USA amps
-HiFonics
-Phoenix Gold

Mid/High amps (class A, B, A/B full range)

-Tru Technoligies
-Hifonics
-Pheonix Gold

there are many more that i have respect for but thoes are my favorites. why? well all of thoes perform very very well for their price.

gillman6000
11-20-2004, 09:36 AM
i've been hearing alot of good things about Digital Designs subs.

GSteg
11-20-2004, 11:09 AM
Tweeters:
-Image Dynamics Horn





horns aren't tweeters ;)

CBFryman
11-20-2004, 12:44 PM
ok highs....

gillman6000
11-20-2004, 01:19 PM
well... i listen to rap and i want some hard bass, and subs that i can run longer and an amp for each sub (2-3 subs 12") and an amp for all of the internal speakers (3-way) and a pop-out 7" LCD screen for the in-dash reciever. but there are so many different brands and models to chooses from. i'm :confused:

sr20de4evr
11-20-2004, 01:41 PM
well... i listen to rap and i want some hard bass, and subs that i can run longer and an amp for each sub (2-3 subs 12") and an amp for all of the internal speakers (3-way) and a pop-out 7" LCD screen for the in-dash reciever. but there are so many different brands and models to chooses from. i'm :confused:

subs - for you, it sounds like the RE SE series would be best
amps - maybe JBL, hifonics, soundstream, or eD
LCD - eclipse, pioneer, alpine

do you already have the speakers?

CBFryman
11-20-2004, 03:44 PM
SR20, have you or do you know someone who has had experence with the Tempest. ive had experence with the shiva. id like to talk to someone who has owned or done an install with both to see if its worth the extra cash for the extra surface area.

sr20de4evr
11-20-2004, 04:47 PM
Not personally, but there are a bunch of people on SIN and CAF with them and they all seem to love them. Never heard anything bad, except for the appearance of course ;)

GSteg
11-20-2004, 08:47 PM
IMO, the tempest would be worth the extra cost if yuo have the space.

CBFryman
11-20-2004, 08:58 PM
im looking at it for my room. Gsteg, wanna buy 2 audiobahn aw10's in a 3.2cuft enclosure tuned to 31Hz? or is it 32? i dont remember. low 30's. not providing the displacement i am loooking for.

edit:

do the shiva and tempest use XBL^2? i cant find anywhere where it says they do though they do have video of a shiva with only 60w getting pretty good excursion. and in the one install i saw with 4 of them they each only had 290w and the owner could make them bottom out. if he turned the gains on the 2 amps up to give them 340w. so that seems like they do, that or they have very sensitive motors...

GSteg
11-20-2004, 09:17 PM
the shiva and tempest do not use XBL^2.


they are quite efficient and thermally they could take up to 600w, but don't add more than 400w.

They do not require much power to get moving, but 400w is the limit or else you'd be wasting power.

i would buy your subs if i had money and if i need subs. lol.

bumpinstang77
11-20-2004, 09:32 PM
I've installed 3 shiva systems and 5 tempest systems and I think the extra cash for the tempest is VERY well worth it. I know they are similiar drivers but Tempests are far superior IMO.

CBFryman
11-20-2004, 09:37 PM
okey dokey... im convinced. now i just have to sell aall my current audio equiptment sitting in my room... which inclues:

2 Pioneer Fullrange Speakers
Optimas 7band EQ
My Audiobahns
Sony Xplod 444
blown bass guitar amplifier head

gillman6000
11-21-2004, 07:36 AM
I don't have speakers, so i need those too. and for the subs what is RE SE?

GSteg
11-21-2004, 10:49 AM
RE (Resonant engineering) is the brand.

SE is the model.

gillman6000
11-23-2004, 04:30 PM
so which spreakers 3-way

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