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May 6 2013 05:19pm
Yes.

1: What is the Year, Make, and Model of the vehicle.
2: What is your budget?
3: What exactly do you want your outcome to be? (Good sounding music, or loud bass?)
4: And specific sub sizes that you prefer more than others?
5: How much trunk space do you want to use up?
6: What type of features are you looking for in a CD Player (aka Head Unit)? (Ex: USB, AUX, BlueTooth, etc)
7: What type of music do you listen to?
8: Is your stock stereo system amplified? (You may or may not know this)
9: Do you have Steering Wheel Controls? (Volume/Seek on the steering wheel)

1: 1966 Ford Mustang
2: 600
3: Tasteful bass (enough to feel it somewhat) and nice clear music
4: No specific, whatever is recommended
5: Not too much, Id prefer a really small sub box, or even the new flat ones they have also (just dont want a massive 1ft by 2 ft box
6: USB, AUX (IDK if it matters but I do also listen to the radio)
7: Rap, Rock Anything BUT country and blues
8: Currently, no lol. i have a 1970s Sony tape-deck in there.
9: Nope.


EDIT:

I currently have 2 brand new 6x9 Pioneers for the back window (Size that originally comes with the car)
Would like a 6 1/2 for the front (2) and a sub and headunit. think that means i need two amps. one 4 chan and one mono block?

This post was edited by FanaticOfDiablo on May 6 2013 05:20pm
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May 6 2013 05:36pm
whats your alternator amperage output?

i would also need to know the exact model of those 6x9s.
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Quote (Subwoofer @ May 6 2013 03:36pm)
whats your alternator amperage output?

i would also need to know the exact model of those 6x9s.


sorry tried to follow the sticky

The amp output is ~65A, keep in mind I have no a/c so shouldnt need to upgrade. If I do i can get a 100-150+ Amp one as well let me know.

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May 6 2013 06:17pm
with the current one you can get around 500rms watts at most.

with that in mind you will only have 1 amp for the sub and run the speakers off the head unit. you may also want to consider installing sound deadening material since i can only assume you get a lot of road and engine noise in that old mustang.

with a new head unit you will have to do some work on the dash or build a new place to mount it in the glove box or something.

if i were you i would just put those 6x9s on craigslist and buy 4 matching 6.5s. oval speakers in general sound worse and it's also better to get matching sets so they all sound the same.

so far:

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KCA-K4
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_9111_Polk-Audio-db651.html 2 sets of these
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_64092_Pioneer-DEH-X7500S.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_2018_Single-10-Sealed-MDF-Subwoofer-Enclosure-Belva-MDFS10.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_44472_MB-Quart-ONX2.100.html 1 of these
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_63985_Pioneer-TS-W260S4.html 1 of these

also while you're ordering wire from knukonceptz you may also want to get some new 4 gauge kca or kandy wiring for upgrading your cars electrical system. http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/312025/page/1
also get some of the TCA series 10 or 12 gauge speaker wire if your car still has the old factory wiring it's a good time to replace it.

this should be around $500.


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May 6 2013 06:43pm
actually just decided to look it up and double check speaker sizes.

did you already plan on modifying the car to use these speakers?

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May 6 2013 06:51pm
Quote (Subwoofer @ May 6 2013 04:17pm)
with the current one you can get around 500rms watts at most.

with that in mind you will only have 1 amp for the sub and run the speakers off the head unit. you may also want to consider installing sound deadening material since i can only assume you get a lot of road and engine noise in that old mustang.

with a new head unit you will have to do some work on the dash or build a new place to mount it in the glove box or something.

if i were you i would just put those 6x9s on craigslist and buy 4 matching 6.5s. oval speakers in general sound worse and it's also better to get matching sets so they all sound the same.

so far:

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KCA-K4
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_9111_Polk-Audio-db651.html 2 sets of these
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_64092_Pioneer-DEH-X7500S.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_2018_Single-10-Sealed-MDF-Subwoofer-Enclosure-Belva-MDFS10.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_44472_MB-Quart-ONX2.100.html 1 of these
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_63985_Pioneer-TS-W260S4.html 1 of these

also while you're ordering wire from knukonceptz you may also want to get some new 4 gauge kca or kandy wiring for upgrading your cars electrical system. http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/312025/page/1
also get some of the TCA series 10 or 12 gauge speaker wire if your car still has the old factory wiring it's a good time to replace it.

this should be around $500.


Thank you so much

Yeah I do get a decent amount of cab noise, I have also already made a standard size box for the head unit in the glove box.

Ill get the sound deadening material as well for around the speakers and cover the normal surfaces in it (don't add to budget)

Also, Ill spend an extra 100 and get a new alternator rated for 100amps this way I have more just in case I do want the power eventually. (thinking for the future)

One issue I have is that in the 66 mustang the back window has a package tray that is meant for 6x9 and i have seen a few 6 1/2 for this and it looks funky to me.(personal opinion).
Also the holes prefabbed into the package tray are meant to fit 6x9s. How bad of a distortion will this cause to keep this and just add front speakers at 6 1/2?

Lastly, sorry to change things up a bit since i decided to purchase the alternator as well. Would I now need to get a 4chan amp for the other speakers?
If the budget is too low I can swing another 100-200 as well!

Thank you again for your help. Sorry for all the questions

Quote (Subwoofer @ May 6 2013 04:43pm)
actually just decided to look it up and double check speaker sizes.

did you already plan on modifying the car to use these speakers?


I can do any mods I need to, was planning on getting new kick panels to add the 6 1/2 in the front and the sub was going to get mounted in the trunk or w/e best fit. I can do pretty much whatever you recommend to be honest. Don't know a whole lot about speakers and just want some quality for cruising finally.

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you won't need to get a 4 channel but you can if you want. it should be pretty well rounded as it is but if you want to go ahead and amp them.

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_67851_MB-Quart-OA400.4.html
http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KCA-K8

if you are going to amp them it really would be better if you matched them. once you amp them their different sound properties more obvious. tweeter style, cone materials, surround materials, overall designs are pretty much completely different company to company. not saying you can't mix them but you have the budget to avoid the problem altogether so it would be better if you just got those polks for all the slots.

you'll need 6x9 adapter plates for the rear deck http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_39185_Xscorpion-USPA-6090.html

as for sound deadening material Soundqubed just released some nice material http://www.soundqubed.com/Q-MAT-Sound-Deadening-_p_215.html if this link doesn't work for whatever reason just use https://www.soundqubed.com/ and click q-mat on the left side.
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May 6 2013 07:04pm
Quote (Subwoofer @ May 6 2013 05:00pm)
you won't need to get a 4 channel but you can if you want. it should be pretty well rounded as it is but if you want to go ahead and amp them.

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_67851_MB-Quart-OA400.4.html
http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KCA-K8

if you are going to amp them it really would be better if you matched them. once you amp them their different sound properties more obvious. tweeter style, cone materials, surround materials, overall designs are pretty much completely different company to company. not saying you can't mix them but you have the budget to avoid the problem altogether so it would be better if you just got those polks for all the slots.

you'll need 6x9 adapter plates for the rear deck http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_39185_Xscorpion-USPA-6090.html

as for sound deadening material Soundqubed just released some nice material http://www.soundqubed.com/Q-MAT-Sound-Deadening-_p_215.html if this link doesn't work for whatever reason just use https://www.soundqubed.com/ and click q-mat on the left side.


Thank you very much, Ill make a new package tray by hand and make new holes and figure out a way to brace the speakers for the rear then.
Ill do the sound deadening material suggested as well. Thanks again! Will order all the parts here in a bit, gonna get the alternator online first to make sure that it I can get one the correct size/ A output.

Thanks for your time and answering my questions!

Appreciate it a lot.
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May 6 2013 07:09pm
i can't edit my post with links or they break so i'll reply to the edit in this one.

if you are going to do some interior mods you may want to abandon the rear deck speakers altogether. direct sunlight, close to subwoofer, further from you.

a higher power set of component speakers(separated midwoofer and tweeter with crossovers) and a 2 channel amp would be nice.
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May 6 2013 07:11pm
Quote (Subwoofer @ May 6 2013 05:09pm)
i can't edit my post with links or they break so i'll reply to the edit in this one.

if you are going to do some interior mods you may want to abandon the rear deck speakers altogether. direct sunlight, close to subwoofer, further from you.

a higher power set of component speakers(separated midwoofer and tweeter with crossovers) and a 2 channel amp would be nice.


and youd suggest these to go in the kick panels then? so it'd be a three speaker system with two (4 with tweeter) and sub?

That takes away a lot of the modifications so I'm not totally opposed to that still get around the same quality as the other set up?
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