Most Expensive Part You've Bought

Well what is the most expensive piece of equipment you've bought. I mean to start with a nice system its only about a grand to a grand&a half. how much have you spent, and why?

I would have to say either my amp or my sub, both are about 300 dollars

brahma 12 380...hifonics brutus bx1500d 250....kenwood excelon HU 80.....pioneer flip up screen free......box suplies 50 ..... yellow top 150.....audiobahn cap free...total.....910 this don't include all the junk that used to be in my car....also im soon gunna buy a koda comp set and amp for it.

so far, the Cadence

Alpine - $414
Kodas - $280
LP - $384
Brahma - $440 (when I order it in a couple weeks, for now: e12a - $295)
Cadence - $703
wiring - ~$250
deadening - $160

So the current setup is right around $2600
Then if you go into all the stuff I've bought for previous systems....I'm well into the $4-5000 range (I've only had 2.5 systems so far)

current setup:

Alpine deck 150
Optima yellow top 180
wires etc 80
Components 160
tweeters 50
subwoofer 260
box 150
amp1 80
amp2 280
edead 30
install 165
install 70

total 1645

so with all these nice systems no one had to buy a new altenator? Just the optima batteries?

so with all these nice systems no one had to buy a new altenator? Just the optima batteries?

Damn, i'm thinkin the same thing...?

...hifonics brutus bx1500d 250....
where did u buy it??

eclipse deck 400
rockford amp 801s 500
2 rockford 12 p3 400
3 caps 450
box 100
2 pair eclipse 5x7 350
set of bose and eclipse tweeters 100
eclipse 4 ch 400
parts....ahhh....alot....about 700 (damn...i didnt think i spent that much...ouch) lol....
i also have an alpine indash dvd plyr and ps2 for my car, i ran controller extensions to each seat of my car so you can just plug in a controller into side of seat and play (very cool), also ran as power outlets under front seats for acc's from ac/dc convrtr.

so with all these nice systems no one had to buy a new altenator? Just the optima batteries?

I don't even have an optima.... :iceslolan
course I'll probably be getting one before too long

My setup has the ability to use over 2000rms, but you'd have to be deaf (literally) to ever be in the car with it turned up that high. With the magic 3 upgraded I don't even get any dimming when I really crank it up, but I have it tuned in a way where "really cranked up" is probably only using around 1000rms.

or just set it up right... come on

Off of ebay. I think the seller was dynamicautosound or sumthin like that. It ended up being closer to 260 after shipping but came with a 1 year warranty. Also... I need a new alternator the yellow top is just holding me over until I save up enough money for one. Ill probably get a 200 amp alt. My stock alt is 130 amp so its better then most.

sr20de4evr- Where did you get the koda set for 280? I can't find it cheaper then 350.

Legacy 800W amp - $100 - new in box
4-10" Pyramid 400W subs - $75 total - new in boxes
Pioneer 3300 - $81 - Ebay
Custom Sub Boxes - $80 - Local Stereo Shop
Wiring kit - $20 - Wal-Mart

Total - $356

I spent $350 for three Eclipse 12" subs minus the one I sold for $100. So I ended up paying $250 for two subs. Best deal ever! So far, the amp I'm going to buy for my subwoofers (replacing the MTX I currently have) from Eclipse is probably gonna be the most expensive part on my system, which I'm going to get around $400-500 (2000W peak, 1000W rms).

Legacy 800W amp - $100 - new in box
4-10" Pyramid 400W subs - $75 total - new in boxes
Pioneer 3300 - $81 - Ebay
Custom Sub Boxes - $80 - Local Stereo Shop
Wiring kit - $20 - Wal-Mart

Total - $356
Bet it sounds like 356 dollars too lol. Sorry for the low blow...

Psychobadboy, I love eclipse subs, but you can get way better deals on subs that will probably wail on those eclipse. How did you like the mtx amp... Why do you bother with peak ratings, they are meaningless. www.edesignaudio.com (http://www.edesignaudio.com) try the nine.1, it should ship within the month...

sr20de4evr- Where did you get the koda set for 280? I can't find it cheaper then 350.

www.acoustic-visions.com was having a sale on them at the end of june for $280 shipped. On july 1st they went back up to $350, so there's no real way to get $280 again unless they have another sale.

that sucks.... that's going to be my next upgrade. I'm mad now they pushed the brahma back to the end of this month until i et it...it was suposed to be in a few weeks then theyre going out this week and now not until the end of the month and it was ordered mid june......uuughhhh

Cerwin Vega Stroker Series 15" 700 Big Ones.

most expensive part ive bought was a mtx 942 amp i think it was like 300 dollars maybe less

that sucks.... that's going to be my next upgrade. I'm mad now they pushed the brahma back to the end of this month until i et it...it was suposed to be in a few weeks then theyre going out this week and now not until the end of the month and it was ordered mid june......uuughhhh

yeah, I'm about to order my Brahma, I hope it doesn't take all that long. Still better than the eD backups, my friend went without his 15a for over 6 months

Bet it sounds like 356 dollars too lol. Sorry for the low blow...
Suprisingly no, it doesn't, which is pretty kool...granted, it could sound a lot better with proper tuning, but I really don't ever compete anymore (had another system for that, sold), so I just have it set to what suits my type of music, nothing more.

Back in the days, my PPI A1200.2. Recently, $399 for my 200 amp iraggi alternator.

Yea I heard bad stories about ED... I fixed the brahma problem though....I'm going to run 2 tempests until it gets here.

The most expensive part of my system is my amp.. it was $500, but i got it for about $350... also about the optima batteries. i got one of those an they are great.. i got a yellow top an i can play my system for about 2 hours with the car not running an it only drops from about 13 volts to 12 :)

Pioneer HU ... $3-$400 (my best guess)
Infinity Ref. Comp. $1-$200 (don't remember asking)
custom fiberglass, lighting, wires, install, blah blah blah ... it was like another $2G's
JL Audio package deal - 13W7, 1000/1 and 300/2 (somewhere around) $2000

149 crystal clear Db's and 1 clean-ass install......PRICELESS!!!
charge it to the game...

Pioneer HU ... $3-$400 (my best guess)
Infinity Ref. Comp. $1-$200 (don't remember asking)
custom fiberglass, lighting, wires, install, blah blah blah ... it was like another $2G's
JL Audio package deal - 13W7, 1000/1 and 300/2 (somewhere around) $2000

149 crystal clear Db's and 1 clean-ass install......PRICELESS!!!
charge it to the game...


almost $5k for a single w7 and some infinity reference components? ugh....