How much did u spend on your system?

[Yajin]

So far i have bought 2 12'' subs and alpine v-power 400 watt amp for the subs and alpine iDA-X001 deck. thos three iteams cost me about 800 bucks.



I am gunna buy a pair of 5-1/4'' alpine type R's for the frount and a pair of 6x9'' alpine type R's for the back and a 400 wat alpine v power amp to power the speakers witch is another 600$ so thats 1400 bucks then the wire to wire them all up will b about another 200 so thats 1600$

that just kinnda seamed like alot to me so i was wounder what other people spend on thiers.

And if u have any tips or aheads up of a problum i might run into thanks =P

-Yajin

[vanilla gorilla]

Nice choice on the Alpine products. Alpine makes great products. They're nicely priced, great sound quality, and they don't overrate their crap. What they advertise is what you get. But that amp is good and it really puts out its advertised power. I'm sure that head unit is great too. And I would also recommend alpine speakers to replace all your factorys. As for those dual subs....poop.
And you said something about adding another amp for the alpine replacement interior speakers...you probably won't need to. You will probably be suprised at how good those alpine speakers will sound powered soley by the head unit.

And how much have I spent?

$200-Kenwood head unit
$65ish-Kenwood 6 1/2's
$85ish-Kenwood 6x9's
$600ish-Orion HCCA 250r amp
$250ish-Orion HCCA 12r sub
$60ish-home made box
As for the phoenix gold 2 gauge power wire and rca cables...i dont even remember

[gthompson97]

Does a tv count?

Pioneer HU - $300ish couple years ago
JL 12w6 Sub - $175
JL E1400D amp -$140
Custom box - $40
Myron & Davis 5.6" LCD screen - $100
Dvd Player - $75
Wiring and misc - $25-30 probably

All together about $850ish, got the sub and amp used so that saved me some good money. I was also going to put in all new speakers too but then basically quit driving the car, so that never got done, which I'm glad I saved the money.

[SilvrEclipse]

Pioneer Head Unit - $50 used
Orion amp - $50
AudioBahn sub - $150
Wiring harness - $40
Sub enclosure - $30
Tweeters - $20
Total - $340

[Yajin]

Originally Posted by vanilla gorilla

And you said something about adding another amp for the alpine replacement interior speakers...you probably won't need to. You will probably be suprised at how good those alpine speakers will sound powered soley by the head unit.

As for the phoenix gold 2 gauge power wire and rca cables

Do you really thing i shouldnt get another amp for the interior speakers? the speakers can take like 200 watts of power eatch and the amp i was gunna get was the same alpine amp that i am gunna hook my subs up to only the 4 channel one and it only put like 80 watts per channel so i thought the amp was even kinnda lacking watts per channel! and u say dont buy an amp and just have the power from my head unit?

And the wire u said u got was 2 gauge the person helping me put all this in said 4 gauge was good enought. your thoughts?

[vanilla gorilla]

Originally Posted by Yajin

Do you really thing i shouldnt get another amp for the interior speakers? the speakers can take like 200 watts of power eatch and the amp i was gunna get was the same alpine amp that i am gunna hook my subs up to only the 4 channel one and it only put like 80 watts per channel so i thought the amp was even kinnda lacking watts per channel! and u say dont buy an amp and just have the power from my head unit?

And the wire u said u got was 2 gauge the person helping me put all this in said 4 gauge was good enought. your thoughts?

When you get the alpine speakers just hook them up to the head unit and see how it sounds. You probably won't want another amp, its all up to you. I mean your not going to want more bass out of them...thats what you've got the subs for.

For that amp 4 gauge is more than enough.

[gthompson97]

4 gauge wire should be fine for you. As for getting that second amp, the speakers will sound fine with just the HU powering them, but they'll have a little more "umph" powered by an amp. It's all personal preference whether you want it to sound "good", or sound like you're at a friggin recording studio.

[MazdaX]

Pioneer deck - 180
Volfenhag 12's - 150
Legacy 2000w - 200
Wire kit - 40

good enough for me :/ it's an eclipse not a mobile sound machine..

[Thor06]

Talon:
Nothing
Cavy:
Crappy deck - $130
Sony 444w 4ch - $100?
Pioneer 760w 2ch - $150?
JBL 5.25" components - $40
Eclipse 6x9's - $100
10" MTX Thunder 8000 - $80
Wiring, CD player bracket $75

For a total of $725. I am going to scale it down though, sorta in preparation of me selling it. My buddy Mike is going to take the speakers and 4ch amp in exchange for buying me a new set of walmart speakers. My brother is going to take the sub amp and sub. With that money I will buy a new head unit as my old one is a fucking POS and broke a LONG time ago. That way I will have a working system if/when I want to sell it and I wont have to yank the sound out later.

[Blackcrow64]

Geez you guys spend a lot of money on systems... Have you never heard of Ebay? lol... I bought all my shit brand new and I only have about 600 bucks in it all. One of the nicer Alpine headunit's, 12" type r sub, 1200watt mono channel amp, and 6.5" type r's in the fronts and rears... That is all I need... It is way overkill IMO... Oh and then I have two 10" Alpine type s's and a 600 watt mono channel amp in the Cobalt for 250 bucks... Again, major overkill... I'm actually thinking about selling that little setup because I realized I don't really need it that much...

[david-b]

Kenwood deck (originally $400): $90
Alpine 3-way 6x9: $30
Alpine 3-way 6x6: $30
Harnesses: $2

Worked at Best Buy bitches. When I worked there I bought 3 full setups (minus subs/amps) and got everything for under $200 each time around. HUGE markup on audio equipment.

[Yajin]

Originally Posted by vanilla gorilla

When you get the alpine speakers just hook them up to the head unit and see how it sounds. You probably won't want another amp, its all up to you.

Alright i will do that befor i go buy another amp.

[Thor06]

I should note that there was a pretty considerable sound quality difference when I went with my 4 channel amp, if you can get a decent one for cheaper I would recommend it.

[vanilla gorilla]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

Geez you guys spend a lot of money on systems... Have you never heard of Ebay? lol... I bought all my shit brand new and I only have about 600 bucks in it all. One of the nicer Alpine headunit's, 12" type r sub, 1200watt mono channel amp, and 6.5" type r's in the fronts and rears... That is all I need... It is way overkill IMO... Oh and then I have two 10" Alpine type s's and a 600 watt mono channel amp in the Cobalt for 250 bucks... Again, major overkill... I'm actually thinking about selling that little setup because I realized I don't really need it that much...

What 1200 watt amp did you have?

[SilvrEclipse]

Your amp can make or break your sound system. Your speakers may sound good on a cheaper amp, but hook them up to something nice and it will sound much better. IMO dont go to cheap on amps, you can get some good ones pretty cheap on ebay but I wouldn't get anything thats not a good name brand.