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New member Username: Kylebigmac09Post Number: 1 Registered: Jan-08 | I am interested in getting a nice sound system for my car. The problem is that I know nothing about audio systems at all. I want to get new door speakers and a sub, but thats about as far as I can get with my limited knowledge. I'm not interested in showing off much, I just want super good quality sound. What size speakers should I get/will fit, what kind of accessories will I need, and what brands do you recommend? My car is an '06 Ford Ranger. Because of that, I need a sub that is small enough to fit behind or under the seat. I'm not looking to spend a ton on this, so please no $600 speakers. :p |
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Silver Member Username: Alpine97Paramount, California USA Post Number: 272 Registered: Jan-08 | Myself. I am a big fan of Memphis amps. Alpine Head Units (HU) RE SUBS, Alpine Trye R SUBS, Fi, Eclipse (Ti) JLW series Interior speakers: Infinity Componets. Kicker 4ch amps bc they are cheap (don't use bass knobs) But heres a list to help guide you.} This is the general section: Bad American HiFi (Rockwood) American Pro Audiobahn (speakers and subwoofers) Audiovox Automobile Becker Boss DHD Dual JDL Jensen Kenwood (speakers and amplifiers) Kingwood Kole Kraco Kronik LA Sound Legacy Lightining Audio MA Audio Optimus (Radio Shack) Power Acoustik Profile Pyle Pyramid Rockwood SAS Bazooka (amplifiers) Sherwood Sony (anything by Sony except the older Mobile ES line) Sound Storm (owned by BOSS Audio) Sparkomatic SPL Audio Thump Ultimate Sounds Volfenhag Questionable Blaupunkt (Bosch) Aiwa Crunch Elemental Designs (eD) Harmon-Kardon (current, Phoenix Gold owned) Hollywood Infinity (amplifiers, reference components) Kenwood (head units) Kicker Solobaric (L5, L7, Solo-X square subs) Lanzar Lightning Audio Matsui Onyx Mobile Audio Panasonic Phoenix Gold (anything after the mid 1990s) Pioneer (amplifiers) SAS Bazooka (bass tubes) Soundstream (current Power Acoustik owned products) Visonik Good Adire Audio a/d/s (present DEI owned items) Alpine Altec Lansing Alumapro Ample Audio Audiobahn (amplifiers) Audio Development Audiomobile Autotek Avionixx Boston Acoustics Bravox Cadence (current amplifier products) CD Technologies (CDT) Cerwin Vega (subs) Clarion (head units) Coustic Crossfire Crystal Directed (DEI) Earthquake Eaton Elevation Audio Helix Hifonics Illusion Infinity JBL (amplifiers) JVC Digifine Kicker (excluding square solobaric speakers) Lunar Memphis Audio MTX Orion (current DEI products) Phoenix Gold (older 1990s amplifiers, subwoofers) Pioneer (subwoofers) Planet Audio (amplifiers, owned by BOSS Audio) Polk Audio Rockford Fosgate Soundstream (older pre-Power Acoustik amplifiers) US Acoustics Viper Highly Recommended a/d/s (older 1980s, early 90s pre-ADST products) Alpine (old "6 green preset buttons" head units) Alpine F#1status Arc Audio Ascendant Audio Audax Audiocontrol Brax/Helix Butler Audio Diamond Audio Digital Designs (DD) DLS DynAudio Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten) Esoteric Audio/Streetwires Focal Harrison Labs Image Dynamics (ID) Infinity Kappa/Kappa Perfect components Iraggi Alternators JL Audio KEF Kar components Kove LCY Luxman MB Quart McIntosh Laboratories MMATS Morel Nakamichi (tape transports) Ohio Generator Orion (older SX, GX, HCCA, GS, and XTR lines) OZ Audio Pioneer Premiere (head units) Precision Power (PPI) Rainbow Resonant Engineering (RE) Rockford Fosgate (older 1980s and early 1990s products) ScanSpeak SEAS Sinfoni Stinger Treo TRU Technology US Amps Vifa Wrangler Alternators Xtant Zapco This is the equipment-specific section: Head units ---------------------- Highly Recommended Alpine Clarion ProAudio Eclipse JVC Arsenal Pioneer Premier Sony Mobile ES (from the early 1990's only, rare) Good Clarion JVC Nakamichi Panasonic MXE Pioneer Questionable Blaupunkt Kenwood Panasonic Avoid Audiovox Boss Dual Jensen Sanyo Sony Amplifiers ---------------------- Highly Recommended Arc Audio Audison Brax Eclipse Esoteric Audio Elevation Audio Genesis Harrison Labs Helix JBL (Crown made models) JL Audio McIntosh Laboratories Memphis Audio Orion (pre-DEI) PPI Art series Rockford Fosgate (early 90s, Punch and Power series) Tru US Amps Xtant Zapco Good Alpine Autotek Avionixx Cadence Concept Crossfire Diamond Audio Directed (DEI) Earthquake JBL Kicker MA Audio MTX Audio Phoenix Gold Planet Audio Rockford Fosgate (Power and Punch series) SoundStream US Acoustics Questionable Alphasonik Audiobahn Cerwin Vega Coustic HiFonics Lanzar Lightning Audio Power Acoustik Tsunami Avoid Bazooka Crunch Jensen Legacy Optimus Pyle Pyramid Sony Visonik Volfenhag Main Speakers ---------------------- Highly Recommended Adire Audio Alpine (F1 Status components) Arc Audio Beyma Boston Acoustics Bravox (component sets) CD Technologies (CDT) Diamond Audio DLS Dyn Audio Eclipse Focal HI-VI Research Illusion Audio Image Dynamics Infinity (Kappa Perfect series) JL Audio (XR components) JL ZR component line LPG Max-Fidelity MB Quart Morel Rainbow Resonant Engineering Scan-Speak Seas Vifa Visatron Good Alpine Boston Acoustics (lower model lines) Bravox (coaxials) Cerwin Vega Crystal Earthquake Fusion Infinity (Kappa and Reference series) JBL Kicker Memphis Audio Pioneer Polk Audio Rockford Fosgate Questionable Planet Audio Avoid Audiobahn Boss Crunch Dual Jensen Powerbase/Powerbass Sony Subwoofers ---------------------- Highly Recommended Adire Audio Alpine (Type-X series) Alumapro Arc Audio Ascendant Audio Boston Acoustics Crystal Diamond Audio Digital Designs (DD) DLS Dyn Audio Earthquake Eclipse Elevation Audio Focal Funky Pups <---- This being in the highly recommended section is a joke, in case anyone doesn't know. Image Dynamics Inhuman Audio JL Audio Kicker (CompVR series) MB Quart Memphis (Mojo series) MMats OZ Audio Rainbow Resonant Engineering Treo Good Alpine (Type-R or S series) Bravox CD Technologies (CDT) Cerwin Vega Concept Earthquake Fi Audio Fusion Infinity (Kappa series and up) MTX Audio (8000's and up) Onyx Audio Phoenix Gold Pioneer Polk Audio Rockford Fosgate Xtant Questionable Coustic Elemental Designs HiFonics SoundStream Avoid Alphasonik Alpine (Type-E series) Audiobahn Autotek Bazooka Boss Crunch Dual Jensen Kenwood Lightning Audio MTX (6000's and under) Pioneer (lower models) Planet Audio Power Acoustik Pyle Sony Volfenhag Wiring ----------- Highly Recommended Audiopipe Audison Connect Hooker Audio Knukonceptz JL Interconnects Streetwires Tsunami Good Directed Kicker Phoenix Digital Raptor Scosche Questionable American Bass Audiobahn (RCA cables didn't last long) MA Audio Avoid (none placed here yet) Batteries --------------- Highly Recommended Deka Interstate Kinetic Northstar Optima Stinger Good Die Hard (sold by Sears) Duralast Eagle Picher Everstart (Maxx battery only) Exstatic Scosche Tsunami Questionable (none placed here yet) Avoid (none placed here yet) Alternators ------------------- Highly Recommended (none placed here yet) Good Excessive Amperage H/O alternators Iraggi Alternators Motor City Reman Ohio Generator Questionable (none placed here yet) Avoid (none placed here yet) Dash Kits/Install Accessories --------------------------------------------- Highly Recommended Metra Good American International Scosche Questionable Scosche (the ones found at Wal-Mart only) Avoid (none placed here yet) |
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Bronze Member Username: ExigePost Number: 58 Registered: Nov-07 | CDT goes in the Highly Recommended section for speakers...then goes in Good for the general section? Hm, just about all they make is speakers (besides a few subs). Besides that point...crossfire, hifonics, coustics, MTX on the same list as CDT? that's why i stopped posting that list and similar ones a long time ago. they're simply not trustworthy and cannot always provide even a good rule of thumb. i think my favorite one on that list though might be the Infinity Kappa components placed in the highly recommended category...that's good for a hearty laugh. bah humbug. |
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Silver Member Username: Philly306After 194dBs your car ..., North carolina Post Number: 779 Registered: Apr-07 | Nick S. where did you get that list? theres no way you made it up because theres no way you've had experience with many of those companies and you kow better than to talk bad about a company that you have no experience with RIGHT? back to the thread. depending on your budget i would go with a cdt set like exige said. i love the way my hd-62/m6 set sounds and ive only herd them off a ht reciever and wow. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5580 Registered: Jul-06 | X3 on the CDT components He got that list from here https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/products/articles/329117.html I posted it. It's from another car audio forum. |
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Bronze Member Username: ExigePost Number: 59 Registered: Nov-07 | that list has been floating around for years...its nothing new. its simply needs some major updating and a few corrections. |
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Silver Member Username: Drant19DUB-C, TX Post Number: 204 Registered: Aug-07 | i think the crossfire amps are great amps. they do rated power and a bit more. one of their vr1000 amps did a bench of over 1200 at my local audio shop. they always push crossfire. ive never had a problem with mine and ive had it for 2 years. its not a vr1000 but its a 4channel. |