Car audio- Whach you got?

[Bass Man]

I am really into making my car hurt myself without anything touching me, and my last install did a good job of it...  Too bad I blew up my Van:
http://www.carstereo.com/installs/photo_gallery_album.cfm?home=yes&photoid=29057&galleryid=2153


That is my latest one, but 2 weeks before it blew, I bought some 12" Mass Destruction Sidewinders for $300 both.  It was the loudest thing I could think of around here...

Soo...  Just wondering, what does anyone else have??  My best SPL score was 146db's at 41hz with 2 12" subs, a van, and a 912 watt Hifonics amp.  (caps suck BTW.)


Edit:  When I said it has changed a lot...  I ment it...  Now it has 2 pioneer 3 way 6x9's in the dash, 2 3 way Pioneer 6 1/2 in the rear, and HAD a Pioneer 6600 Head, but it blew up in my Samurai.

[kneedownnate]

I don't like loud, my hearing is bad enough already!  I prefer good quality sound

[Travota]

I have a 60 dollar head unit and some handme down blown six by nines, when I do get a stereo in it it will focus on quality instead of loudness.

[snowshoebrue]

my daily driver has a nice pioneer deck, 6.5 front doors, tweets in the a pillars, 6x9's in extended cab pillars and two tens in a thunderform box under rear seat.

toyota has $39 pep boys special cd player, walmart 6.5 in doors and and two 6.5 "subwoofer/3-way box". didn't care to spend much money on my toyota.

[red]

stock in my suburban for now, plannin to get some new speakers in stock sizes for it as well as a cd/mp3 deck. i like my music at lower levels with great quality, and sometimes i'll turn it up for a song or two.

[kneedownnate]

Guess I coulda said what I have: nice pioneer deck, rockford fosgate 5.25 in front of doors and infinity 4" in the factory location and 8" bass tube behind the seat powered by a 100ish pioneer amp.

[CTENG in KS]

My runner has 4 1/2 inch Focal 3-ways up front, 5 1/4 alpines in the rear.
Alpine head unit, Fosgate 750W amp (good deal on it otherwise would go Alpine) and a 12 inch Alpine Type R sub.

[Bass Man]

Man, you guys have some good taste...  Focal is one of my top picks for sound quality...  Rainbow would be my #1 and CDT would be closely following.
For subs; either Type R's, or my Sidewinders (for under $150.)

A guy from a site I used to contribute to used to put up 154.# DB's with a single 15" Type R...  A GOOD 2x10" setup will get about 143, a GOOD 2x12" setup will get about 145, and a GOOD 2x15" will get about 148-150...  But 154 with 1 15 is insane.

But my buddy is going to get 2 sidewinders soon and pound the crap out of his 85 RX7...  If I can set it up perfect, I would expect 146 with his Hifonics BX605...  (Big box, little car (Built for sound) and a "good" amp.)

Should check out this site:  www.MDcaraudio.com

[CTENG in KS]

I am an Alpine fan myself...good clarity, low harmonic distortion.  The Focals were a good price and they sounded killer so I jumped on em.  One of these days Ima rplace that Type R with a JL 12W7, but I don't have $700 to drop on audio at the moment...my truck, she doesn't run so good.

[blackdiamond]

Someone stole the CD player out of my 85 so I replaced it with a detachable face tape deck. 

[alwayzbroken]

I have the truck wired with good speakers but I don't have a head unit The one I had stopped working so I threw it out the window then turned around and ran it over

[Rocksurfer]

I have an awsome stock Toyota cassette player.

[AaronB]

alpine head unit, 2-kicker solobaric L5 12" and kicker 1200 watt amp

[Bass Man]

alpine head unit, 2-kicker solobaric L5 12" and kicker 1200 watt amp

If you have the right box, you might be louder.

[AaronB]

It should be pretty loud, i dont have it hooked up yet though so I dont know. My last set up was 2-L7 10" woofers and they could make you def.

[Bass Man]

There is a difference in making you go def and making it hard to breathe.(for instance.  I can't hear out of my right ear as of yesterday morning...  Due to an unfortunate ear cleaning accident!)  I couldn't understand why nobody said anything about how loud it was untill they got out...

I started a new game with my Van though;  If you could drink your soda with the bass goinging and not chock it up, you get a dollar 

[logan]

There is a difference in making you go def and making it hard to breathe.(for instance.  I can't hear out of my right ear as of yesterday morning...  Due to an unfortunate ear cleaning accident!)  I couldn't understand why nobody said anything about how loud it was untill they got out...

I started a new game with my Van though;  If you could drink your soda with the bass goinging and not chock it up, you get a dollar 

i have one 6x9,two 5x9s,one blown tweater one good tweater,a 12" sub that sits in a bucket in my passenger floorboard,a 115 watt highs amp hooked to the bass speaker,an ancient pioneer deck haha

[boggerunner]

my rock crawler has a panisonic cd player ive had for 7 yrs, too much sand kills them so only the radio works, 2 jenson 2 way 4's in the dash and 2 pioneer 5 1/4's behind the seat, but one died on billings, the cab got crushed in so far that it bent the speaker the opposite way, and my dd the 4runner has a pioneer cd player with 2 infiniti 4's in the dash, 2 kenwood 3way 6x9's in the rear, and a 15 inch kiker comp vr sub and walmart 600 watt amp behind the seat, had a pheonix gold amp till a buddy killed it and left me with a paper weight

[blackdiamond]

I started a new game with my Van though;  If you could drink your soda with the bass goinging and not chock it up, you get a dollar 

I will never understand the need for that much bass.  At some volume level, especially when the listening distance is considered, the quality no longer matters.

Are you into home audio at all?

[Willy Mammoth]

I just remembered I have a radio of some kind in the Mammoth, but never turn it on cause I can't here it anyway and I hate commercials.

BTW I think it is a bad idea to advertise wot youse got so it has a better chance for it to go by by.

I don't waist lots of money in sound because of that reason. Why buy it so someone else will steal it.

[DTB]

I just remembered I have a radio of some kind in the Mammoth, but never turn it on cause I can't here it anyway and I hate commercials.

BTW I think it is a bad idea to advertise wot youse got so it has a better chance for it to go by by.

I don't waist lots of money in sound because of that reason. Why buy it so someone else will steal it.

yes all true. I use to have a nice system in mine. Got stolen and now I have two 4 inch speakers in the dash and cheap CD player. I'm still happy with what I got. Don't wanna put a new one in. Better things to spend the cash on

[FATTshack]

trail rig:
Alpine Silver swing head unit
Alpine ere-g320 proccessor
Alpine 5 channel amp 50x4, 1 x 100
Alpine 6.5" DDDrive coax rear
Boston pro 4x6" plates up front
2 x 12" JL W0 subs
last compatition hit 142.6db @45hz

tow rig:
Alpine IVA-D310
Alpine Ipod controller
Ipod nano 4gig
2 x 8" Fosgate subs (good deal from crutchfield)
MTX 200 watt amp (also good deal)

here is pic of head unit mounted in my Tundra
I also do ALL of my own installs, after all I used to hang out with the "Fish man"..LOL

[DTB]

after all I used to hang out with the "Fish man"..LOL

fish man?

[CTENG in KS]

fish man is ta famous for ta custom audio installs...

http://www.fishmanaudio.com/

[topar]

I have a custom whole in my dash and matching wholes in the doors in my trail truck.  They help create better air circulation or something like that! 

[CTENG in KS]

"holes"

[Lady Di]

I will never understand the need for that much bass.  At some volume level, especially when the listening distance is considered, the quality no longer matters.

Are you into home audio at all?

I am glad someone said it! It annoys the CARP out of me. Not everyone thinks YOUR "music" (and I use that term VERY loosely) is cool, just as not everyone would think what I like to listen to is cool.
I don't want to hear your music any more then you want to hear mine.
Turn the dang thing down!  
What's worse is when some insists on blaring their carp on the trail! I'm in the woods to enjoy the woods, not listen to someone elses idea of "music". Keep it to your damn self!
Society has forgotten how to respect the people around them.

 

[topar]

Preach on sister girl!

[Lady Di]

 Thank you topar 

[MiniSimp]

I have a tape deck with 2 stock 3" speakers, and boggers so i cant hear it anyway.