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Car Audio Do you live in your car? Then you need to be able to listen to some high-quality music.
View Poll Results: How much?
Nothing 3 3.16%
Less than $200 7 7.37%
$200-$500 25 26.32%
$500-$1000 23 24.21%
$1000-$2000 18 18.95%
$2000-$5000 12 12.63%
More than $5000 7 7.37%
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Old 02-01-2006, 04:28 PM   #16
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

My last setup was as follows:

Cadence ZRS-8: $490
RE XXX 15": $420
Head Unit: $200
Wiring/Enclosure: $60

Around $1200 give or take a bit.

My new setup will be as follows:
RE XXX 12": $600
Amp: Not sure, but I know it's gonna break my wallet so we'll say around $500
Head Unit: $300
Wiring/Enclosure: $60

Total: Around $1500
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Old 02-02-2006, 05:43 PM   #17
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

Close to $1500 without my discount from Best Buy
I've ACTUALLY only spent about $500
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Old 02-03-2006, 03:17 PM   #18
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

you spend 1500 on that? jesus that is double what i've spent and i bet im alot louder. and sound jsut as good / better
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Old 02-13-2006, 07:03 PM   #19
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

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I would like to know how much money everyone spent upgrading their audio. So far I haven't spent anything, but I'm planning to do some major upgrading soon.
Let me figure it out..

07's from CDT $750
2 mag 12's from SI $800
2 Cadence amps to power it $800
Enclosure and Dynomat $200

Total around $2550 and worth every penny.
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Old 02-13-2006, 07:21 PM   #20
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

Well, about $110 for speakers, $200 for the head unti, about $270 for both of my amps, $60 worth of wiring crap, $35 for the fiberglass, $80 for my new infinity refernce sub. So thats close to $800 dollar ballpark. And thinking of buying components for the front.
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Old 02-13-2006, 07:37 PM   #21
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

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Well, about $110 for speakers, $200 for the head unti, about $270 for both of my amps, $60 worth of wiring crap, $35 for the fiberglass, $80 for my new infinity refernce sub. So thats close to $800 dollar ballpark. And thinking of buying components for the front.
I forgot wiring. The wiring kit was about $25 plus a few bucks for regular speaker wire.
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Old 02-14-2006, 12:54 AM   #22
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

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Let me figure it out..

07's from CDT $750
2 mag 12's from SI $800
2 Cadence amps to power it $800
Enclosure and Dynomat $200

Total around $2550 and worth every penny.
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Old 02-14-2006, 06:33 AM   #23
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Yummy!

I love SI .

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Thanks man..I do too.
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Old 02-17-2006, 10:51 PM   #24
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

Just totaled it up earlier today for my home audio project (well, dorm audio)

It totals up a little over 1k...

Mains: Fostex FE103E in Back loaded Horns
Main Amp: ART SLA-1
Crossover: Behringer CX2310
Preamp: Behringer T1953 Tube Preamp
Subwoofer: ED E8a.44
Subwoofer Amp: Behringer EP2500

My current Setup
The 1k also includes some misc other crap, including cables and my receiver...
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Old 02-22-2006, 02:18 AM   #25
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

$140 dollars for head unit, amp and two 10" subs. my friends get in my car and say holy shit when they hear the system, and my windows shake like crazy....job done
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

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Just totaled it up earlier today for my home audio project (well, dorm audio)

It totals up a little over 1k...

Mains: Fostex FE103E in Back loaded Horns
Main Amp: ART SLA-1
Crossover: Behringer CX2310
Preamp: Behringer T1953 Tube Preamp
Subwoofer: ED E8a.44
Subwoofer Amp: Behringer EP2500

My current Setup
The 1k also includes some misc other crap, including cables and my receiver...
How do you like that behringer amp? I am planning on getting the ep1500 for my SI mag 12 so I can hook it up in a Home theater. Let me know if you think it is a good choice.
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Old 02-26-2006, 07:48 AM   #27
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

new tally, just one this truck.

RE comps: 130
Avalanche 18: 300
BX1205D: 220
Wiring: 30
IS2080: 125
40sqft Damplifier: 100
e12a: 90
18" Recone @ RE: ~100
DEI 1100D or PPI 1000.1 (pending with ikesound, i have a DEI on return) 100
Enclosures: ~100

Total: ~$1300

and that is for basically two sub setups.

Local JL dealer cant get near as loud for that much money eaither. DIY = tehroxor.
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

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How do you like that behringer amp? I am planning on getting the ep1500 for my SI mag 12 so I can hook it up in a Home theater. Let me know if you think it is a good choice.
Hey, i wrote my first impressoins up on ca.com for ya. I will try to tell ya more once I figure out where the hell my crossover and why it hasent showed up yet and get it permently hooked up to my sub.
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

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How do you like that behringer amp? I am planning on getting the ep1500 for my SI mag 12 so I can hook it up in a Home theater. Let me know if you think it is a good choice.
My limited experience with Behringer has been good, I've got a DEQ2496 and will be buying a DCX2496 as soon as they're re-released (there's been a shortage of the chips they use in that processor).

For amps, I use Crown, and I've heard good things about QSC, both are worth a peak.
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Re: How much money did you spend on audio?

The reason I went with behringer for my sub amp, preamp, and crossover is that they do good stuff for pretty reasonable prices. If I woulda had some more money, I probably wouldn't have went with the EP2500, but the other amps I would have gone for were atleast a couple hundred more it seemed like, plus it puts out plent power for an ED e8a. My main amp is a ART (applied research and technology) SLA-1, from what I understand, ART makes only 2 amps, mine and the SLA-2. The thing I like most about this amp is its SMALL, simple, quite and seems very well built. When I upgrade my main amp I will most likely get the SLA-2, I am pretty darn impressed with the SLA-1. The behringer is kinda what I expeced from a huge ass amp, loud (fan, gonna have to swap in a quieter one for it), heavy (40lbs), and seems a little more cheaply made than my ART (which it probably is). I'm not saying its a bad thing, it just seems "cheaper", but for the money per watts, thats kinda to be expected.

But you ought to be pretty darn happy with that EP1500 to drive your mag for HT.

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