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Sep 2 2012 01:37am
1: What is the Year, Make, and Model of the vehicle. 2003 ford focus zx5 (hatchaback)
2: What is your budget? no set budget, but i'd like to keep it less than 200 bucks for a head unit/amp/sub, if that's not reasonable, so be it, i'm not married to the budget but it's the driving force here.
3: What exactly do you want your outcome to be? (Good sounding music, or loud bass?) a little punch with my music, space is an issue, i would like to keep it small
4: And specific sub sizes that you prefer more than others? smaller is better, i once had a beast of a machine, and i lost my trunk for it, wasn't worth it imo.
5: How much trunk space do you want to use up? least possible.
6: What type of features are you looking for in a CD Player (aka Head Unit)? (Ex: USB, AUX, BlueTooth, etc) aux, nothing flashy, removable faceplate would be nice, would really like something that doesn't look like it came off a 30 dollar boom box, so something sleekish would be ideal, i don't like shit looking "tricked out"
7: What type of music do you listen to? all sorts, love some vocals, enjoy some electronic music, but i'm not looking to bass it out.
8: Is your stock stereo system amplified? (You may or may not know this) i don't know.
9: Do you have Steering Wheel Controls? (Volume/Seek on the steering wheel) i don't think so.. (just bought the car, if this affects things i can check)

at one point in my life i owned an MTX roadthunder 9500 12" sub with a 3 farad capacity, don't remember the amp but it was something like 2k. it was enough to set off car alarms, it literally tore my car apart too.
i'm not looking to replicate that, i'm looking pretty much for some punch to some of the music, and round out the rest.
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Sep 2 2012 02:35am
Save up and double your budget, for $200 thats not happening
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Sep 2 2012 02:41am
Quote (kookymunsta309 @ Sep 2 2012 02:35am)
Save up and double your budget, for $200 thats not happening


give me your options then, it's not like i don't have the money. guess i didn't clarify that enough in the OP.
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Sep 2 2012 03:38am
maybe i'll just go with a new head unit and 2 pairs of 6x8 or 5x7s.

if somebody could recommend a matched set that would be great.
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Sep 2 2012 07:58am
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_22628_Rockford-Fosgate-R1682.html 2 sets
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_44311_Kenwood-KDC-452U.html put in car info for free wiring stuff except for the antenna adapter which is $7
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Sep 2 2012 11:31am
why not 3 way speakers?
thanks for the help.
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Sep 2 2012 12:47pm
2 way speakers do the job perfectly so no reason to bother getting more moving parts.

This post was edited by Subwoofer on Sep 2 2012 01:02pm
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Sep 2 2012 01:03pm
Quote (Subwoofer @ Sep 2 2012 12:47pm)
3 way and 4 way coaxials are more of a novelty thing.

2 way speakers do the job perfectly so no reason to bother getting more moving parts.


it's a novelty to separate your frequencies? i'd give you that 4 way speakers sound silly, but having a dedicated mid/tweet/low isn't a novelty as far as i'm concerned..

as far as that head unit is concerned, did you pick it for it's higher amperage?
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Sep 2 2012 01:08pm
Quote (SaintValentine @ Sep 2 2012 02:03pm)
it's a novelty to separate your frequencies? i'd give you that 4 way speakers sound silly, but having a dedicated mid/tweet/low isn't a novelty as far as i'm concerned..

as far as that head unit is concerned, did you pick it for it's higher amperage?


midwoofer/tweeter 2 way is the best setup until you can afford a proper 3 way component system hands down.

lows=subwoofers so no reason to have anything other than your mids/highs covered by your interior speakers.

higher amperage?

edit: and just to be clear 3 way coaxials are mid/tweeter/supertweeter not low/mid/high

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midwoofer/tweeter 2 way is the best setup until you can afford a proper 3 way component system hands down.

lows=subwoofers so no reason to have anything other than your mids/highs covered by your interior speakers.

higher amperage?

edit: and just to be clear 3 way coaxials are mid/tweeter/supertweeter not low/mid/high


the head unit you recommended me has higher power ratings than many of the other ones i've seen. by about 50%

in regards to my mid tweet low, i was talking frequency, sorry my terminology is a little meh, don't know car audio very well.


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