Im going to buy (2) 12 inch alpine type Rs and put them in this box
http://www.streetneeds.com/uploads/twinturbonet/subs.jpg
pretty sick probley gonna get the Z in white instead of Red on the amp box, ill try too post pics once its installed, what kinda system yall go in your Z? I got some small ass pioneer tweeters in the back and small infinity tweeters in the front, a infinity 6X9 and a alpine cd deck, i did have a solo baric 12 inch kicker but sold it, i had 1 mtx connected to a rocfosgate amp, pounded hard, but my trunk rattles like a mofo i need to get some dyno mat..

i ditched the Bose system for my good ole panasonic head unit which has now been installed in 3 different cars. i love it. cost me about $500 about year and a half ago though. but nice. i think the model number is like HXE-2083U, its the ghost face, touch screen panel. i should know it beings i had to send it back because it overheated itself. never had a problem since though.

then i have 4- 5.25" infinity kappas all the way around. sounds muy excellente.

if i ever decide to add a stereo system, i will probably make myself a custom fiberglass box with the amps sitting below plexiglass for a nice clean look and not too much weight. mount some tweeters in the pillars. but i do like those custom boxes and amp rack alot. looks clean.

BTW: not too sound like a sales rep but audiobahn makes some of the best audio equipment ever. never had a complaint with them, except they are bit pricey but its worth it. you want SPL, its the only way to go. if want a nice classy clean sound, there cheaper line will destroy most anything on the market in sound quality. they make some amazing stuff.

Nah i love alpine i wanna switch over my tweeters to alpine tweeters maybe if i save up enough or hit hte lotto ill buy a flip up in dash alpine but alpine subs are num 2 below kicker, if you have ever heard an L7 solo baric kicker, god damn thats loud

i dont care for the solobaric's. alpine is a great company. i would take alpine's of kicker. i dont care for alpine's head unit, just because i dont like all that green. but their sound quality is above par. i would put them above kicker. but in my own experiences, audiobahn destroys ever sub on the market. the only sub that compared was the JL W7 against the audibahn flamed Q. and that wasnt even audibahn's best sub.

never had an audiobahn i should try em out sometime but i really want the Alpine type Rs, i have had sony explodes, california profiles, pyramid, mtx, and kicker, all 12s except the pyramids those were 8s, but amps my rockford fosgate was good powerwise but kept on cutting out, i had a pyramid that fuckin blowed, i had a sony x plode that xploded :), a lil ass Baja that was well worth 35 bucks, and 2 sound storm labratory 1000 watt amps, pounded 4 subs really loud and deep, i had a Kenwood cd deck before my alpine, and it was okay, i dont mind the green screen for the alpine, i need to get a new cd deck soon tho its crappin out

yeah get the alpine type r's. they are definitely a good buy. clarion makes some of the better cd players. they were the first.

yeah...rockford fosgates have a tendency to over heat under extreme use. but thats not unpredictable. i have had very good experiences with volfenhag amps. some german company but they make some nice amps. have internal fans built in to keep their cool. good sound, good power, and they are very inexpensive. if you are interested, i will give you a website for a great company that has some VERY cheap stuff.

if you cant tell, i used to be really into car audio. there was alot of people that went around beating shit off walls but you couldnt hear any treble along with that base. everyhting was distorted even inside the car where you couldnt hear the trunk rattling. not to brag or anything but i have pieced together some prestine sounding stereo systems for a few people.

have u heard of macintosh amps? some primo amps on the market expensive as fuck, i seen a porsche with 2 of em in the trunk, yeah my boy has put together alot of systems one time he had 2 15 inch preformance techniques hooked up to a big ass 1400 watt alpine v power, i heard of volfs, they make decent shiz, also polk does too

all as anybody needs for bass is 2 12" audiobahn flame Q's powered by a high powered intake series amp by audibahn, ran at .75 ohms. that is mind shattering. and then to have enough power running through 6 infinity kappa speakers. if that isnt loud enough for you, then you are already deaf. and if you turn it down and it aint the best sounding music you have ever heard you ears are rattling from the previous test of turning it all teh way up.

BTW: i havent heard of the macintosh amps but im sure they are good. if its made by a computer company i dont understand how it couldnt be good.

you want a powerful amp? here ya go

http://www.jbl.com/car/products/product_detail.aspx?prod=A6000GTI&ser=GTI&cat=AMP

i can personally vouch for the amazing power of kicker's solobaric line of subwoofers... one 15" L7 in the right box with the right amp will simply destroy most sets of 2 12's and almost any other 15" that you don't pay 2+ thousand dollars for... the technology speaks for itself.... for example... an 8"... yes 8.. 8 inch solobaric sub hit 147.5 db... that's some pretty amazing stuff.. if you don't believe me

http://www.kicker.com/ShowPage.cfm?filename=03krazy8.htm

i'm currently looking at audiobahn for my next system.. want to go something more along the lines of sq rather than spl

i would love to have a stereo system like the pic posted in the first post, but i don't feel like dropping that much money on a stereo. right now i have the stock speakers and a $400 kenwood head unit. if i ever upgrade my stereo, i will probably just replace the stock speakers and MAYBE get one 10" sub.

-Jared

i dont care for alpine's head unit, just because i dont like all that green.
you know alpine makes head units with blue lights. i have one that was made about three years ago i think, i'll take some pics. the older rockford fosgate amps never had any problems with over heating or cutting out, i have (4) first model punch 150s, those were the best and most reliable amps i've ever had. i have a nakamichi cross over and haven't decided which speakers to use, thinking about using the mb quart seperates. one of the things you have to remember about the subs, you don't want to just go with the ones with the highest db level, you want to get as much info about the quality sound it makes. i will probably go with some rockford fosgate p3 subs. also, i looked everywhere for a stereo adaptor to install my alpine and finally found one, while waiting i pulled the bose out and realized that i could bolt the brackets that were on the bose to the alpine so when the adaptor comes in i won't be using it. one thing i do need it to find an adaptor for the antenna plug. i'll try and post some pics today.

yeah...the one with the blue lighting is the only alpine i would buy unless it the all-in-one. but alpine's best decks come in that green with the oversized panel. ehh.....i just dont care for the look of their cd players. i think panasonic makes some of the best decks but thats just my opinion.

i really like the new rockford fosgate decks... they're powerful, sleek, tons of options and very easy to use.. my buddy got one of those new alpine decks for his prelude... looks decent, easy to use as well.. good subwoofer control as well. the only decks that i really don't like that i've got experience with are the sony xplod ones... they look like crap imo and don't have many options on em... and the fact that i fried one trying to install it in my buddy's toyota truck..... that thing was a bitch.. even the guys at the stereo shop had a really hard time getting it to work... and even after that, only his front 2 speakers worked.

oh and for anyone wondering... i used 6.5" speakers in my z and they fit perfectly...

we should get a car audio sticky going

i love the look of my head unit, especially at night. i can have my buttons either red or green and my face changes between tons of colors. looks pretty sweet.

-Jared

yeah thtas how mine his. my touch screen face will change between any color you can think of. you can make your only color by mixing colors, pretty cool. plus it sounds freaking awsome. the new panasonics have so many features is unbelievable. its like a built in mulit-way crossover. but the new ones are kinda hard to use, IMO.

http://image22.webshots.com/23/8/61/10/221286110zCUbSU_ph.jpg
http://image22.webshots.com/23/8/63/68/221286368CafdlJ_ph.jpg
http://image18.webshots.com/18/8/64/73/221286473wrFFFd_ph.jpg
heres some pics of what i have so far. i'm gonna get the reverse glow for my guages that will go good with the alpine.

nice alpine :)

i want some clarions 6.5 i can only use 50$ but i was wondering whether or not getting 4 way speakers would be a good idea or is 4 way just a way to trick people into buying them because 4 way might be useless

i'll take some pics of the deck at night, the blue color looks really cool. http://www.lasertechstore.com/cda7965.gif

I had a panasonic head unit in my old 300...older one that the whole face glowed blue at night...and not just the screen...even the plastic frame parts. I had that, couple front no-name speakers in front with a couple tweeters wired in too...my back speakers didn't work and I had a 12" MTX Blue Thunder behind a ~280 watt (I think) MTX RoadThunder amp. Beotch would set off car alarms...till someone stole the box, sub and amp. Never really thought what a convienient package it was with the amp screwed to the top of the box...

Approx money spent on the above:
Sub and box: $45 from some dude in the Circuit City parking lot. This is why THAT getting stolen didn't really bother me too much...it was probably stolen to begin with.
Amp: $300. Brand fuckin new...THAT being stolen (and the damage to the car) is what really pissed me off. Damn good amp.
Tweeters: $15 from some dude that lived in my apt building. Took the door apart and spliced the wires to these in with the door-speaker wires. Put the door back together and you couldn't even tell they were there. Improved the sound 10 fold. And remember guys...hi frequency sounds are directional!...not like a sub that you can put wherever. You have to have them facing you for them to be at their best!
No-name speakers: Like...$15 bucks or something at the swap meet.

I'm goin all out on my next system...but that stuff's secret...:biggrin:

well..since we are on the topic of stereos. i thought it would be cool if everyone posted pics of there stereo system in their Z. here some pics of my panasonic head unit.

here is my light bluish color that i usually have it set on so it matches my stock guages perfect.
http://img91.exs.cx/img91/7038/Image427.th.jpg (http://img91.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img91&image=Image427.jpg)
this is what green looks like. looks good at night, but you cant see anything during the day with the green.
http://img91.exs.cx/img91/8500/Image428.th.jpg (http://img91.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img91&image=Image428.jpg)
here is red. its the same as the green. looks real cool at night but during the day you cant see anything becauseof the angle that the Z's dash is at. those are the three main colors but you can blend colors together to create any color you want except for like yellow and orange.
http://img91.exs.cx/img91/82/Image429.th.jpg (http://img91.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img91&image=Image429.jpg)
and this is the only thing i dont like about this head unit. damn finger prints because of the touch screen. they wipe right off but they are right back. you cant seem them unless the light is shining on it so its all good.
http://img91.exs.cx/img91/7273/Image430.th.jpg (http://img91.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img91&image=Image430.jpg)

EDIT: does anybody know why imageshack always makes the pictures that i take with this digital camera so big, it ruins the picture??? i never had a problem with my older camera.
EDIT 2: oh im betting i have to resize the photo before i have imageshack host it. i see. my program expired so i cant do that. damn Dell...

your digital camera should of have come with an image program. mine came with photo impression, and now i have photoshop that i paid for :uhoh:. i will take pics of my stereo tonight.


-Jared

why don't you just use ms paint to shrink the pictures... it's simple, free, legal, and easy to use...

this computer only came with one paint shop but it expired after 6 months. its a way for dell to get you to spend another $30 by having to buy the official program instead of a demo. i dont have the digital camera software because i am borrowing the camera. i will see what i can do. it sucks, because the camera takes good pics but then the pictures are so horrible once you make them a 15"x15".

are you sure?? i'm almost 100% that it comes with all windows installs.... check under accessories in the start menue

sorry dude, but the only thing this comp came with that is microsoft is encarta. but i think i did find another program i can use. its adobe.

I have a good digicam...too bad I don't have anything special in the Head Unit department...an ancient Alpine cassette deck in the Z and the factory unit in the Prelude. The alpine's gotta go...the factory Acoustic Feedback System that's in the Lude is AMAZING. Honestly, I don't want to mess with it. Maybe a small sub, but that's all I would even consider doing to it unless I wanted to replace EVERYTHING. 6 speaker, 120 watts from the factory...sounds phenomenal. Don't fix it if it ain't broken.

I was going to do the system in the 300. Now I'm kinda thinking about leaving that out. Takin out the A/C...all that has to do with that...the weak ass stereo and speakers...all the crap that I don't want or need...gone. For the sake of weight, budget and simplicity. Thinking about using the 300 for power...speed...performance...all the GOOD shit...then have the Lude for the foofy shit like stereo stuff...comfort...looks...all the daily use stuff.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/Mac-11/DSCN0214.jpg
my crappy old school alpine, im gonna get a new alpine soon tho, ill post picks when i get it, i think im gonna get the same one shaddoe got