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Originally Posted by slinker
My car is an 89 jeep cherokee 4 door.
I currently have 4 speakers in it (stock locations) two 5.25s in the front doors and two 5.25s in the "tailgate". My head unit is some kind of generic cd player pushes 4 X 15 watts I believe.
My goal is to get the best sound I can for a minimal amount of money (under, say, $500). I dont need anything thats gonna impress other drivers, just something that I can crank as loud as i want and still have it sound good. Prefer rock, metal some hip hop incase its gonna make a difference.
Ok so I guess my questions are ...
1- Any suggestions based on that so far?
2- How big/many (if any) subs do i need for decent bass? Is one
8",10" or 12" enough?
a-Is brand important, or will a generic sub perform pretty much as
well as a more expensive one?
b- Will standard walmart boxes work for them?
3- Would an amp help things?
4- Would a more powerful headunit make a difference?
5- Could a more powerful headunit power a sub, without using an amp?
6- also if not too much trouble could someone give me real quick rundown on the process of hooking up an amp ..
Thanks
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1.well for my suggestions they cost too much, but go for something other than generic lets say.. (kicker/RF/JL/JBL/Alpine/sony/MTX/Audiobahn)
2.a. it really depends on you, for me.. i just keep spending and spending.. but i think one sub 8/10/12/15 running at 300 watts rms is enough
b. nah no walmart boxes, look at the link i gave u
3. an amp will power either the subs or the speakers, your head unit has a built in amp, but it is really weak, usually putting our 25 RMS x 4 while the amp im using right now puts out 60RMS x 4 or a 4 channel which i think is 2 x as loud it will also keep distortion low, because from my experience once u turn the head unit too high it gets distored, and sounds ... weird
4. i think its not really the power of the head unit, but the brand, for a fact, i think alpine is really nice, i got my 9807 mp3 one for $220 downtown, clarion is ok, pioneer mp3 players lag, panasonic ones are pretty good, sony ones are good, kenwood is ok too, but if you are into LOUD MUSIC i say just get a 4 channel or 2 channel amp for your speakers
5 i dont know taht many peopel that used head units to power subs, bu tthey have, and it isn't that loud
6. well for me i have my amp in the trunk i ran a 4 guage power wire thru a fuse that i bought and into the battery, for the ground i drilled into my chassis in the trunk near where u put the spare tire, and i have the ground wire on a screw, for the control/power wire i ran it to my head unit, because when the head unit turns on, the amp will also turn on, and that is about it
also remember when buying speakers, dont go too cheap, keep the RMS atleast above 40 or so, because i broke my stock speakers because i ran too much power to them, they started cracking one day and it is gone
also always keep the RMS of the SUB or Speaker higher than the AMP, because also from experience i matched the subs with the amp (at exactly 150rms x 2 and it sounded ok, til i turned the gain up on the amp then my subs started fluttering like crazy: so if u get a 400 watt sub, get a amp that is like 350 or under, or if u do get the same RMS then dont turn the gain up