system for my car.
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im gonna have all good stuff eventually. but what should i go for at the moment. insane door speakers, or insane bass. because i cant afford both at the moment. but idk how the current speakers are in the vehichle.
Personally, I would go for door speakers before I got insane subs. Plus, I can tell you many a story of friends and acquaintances who paid big money for a system that really hits only to complain of headaches and vow to never run it above 25% again. Sounds like a waste of money to me....
ok. after doing the math. i really cant afford them and still be able to get a head unit. these seem to have a little similar stats. and i suppose the amp needed for these would be a little cheaper as well. http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_16485_Sony+XS-GTX6930.html
It was a mess of a job, but we managed to fit it in the glove box. It took up the whole glove box, and I cut a vent in the glove box for airflow to the pc, but it worked.
They derive that high wattage number by feeding in a sine wave, bridging at 2 ohms and upping the input bus rail voltage until the output transistors smoke in about 1 second at continuous power level.
On this one the high number is by feeding a super clean powered sign wave and once again when the voice coil melts down in about 1 second of continuous power level.
It survived charlie!
Alright get another one and we up the power some more until we melt one of these things.
My 2 X 600 W Rms Crown Macrotech amp is a 2U rack unit run on an inverter, pumping a pair of Kliptch 18" sealed cabinets with 15" passive radiators (15" speakers with no voice coil attached) this totally flattens out the response curve and seriously pounds your chest from 10 - 400Hz.
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To be honest, those speakers are most likely garbage, most of the newer Sony stuff is not very good.
If you are struggling to get together money for a head unit, I really would not even bother with speakers yet. Spend the money you would have spent on speakers and an amp now on getting a better head unit, then save up again for a while to get some speakers and an amp, then eventually save up for a sub and amp.
Buying a bunch of cheap stuff, simply to have a system is going to be a waste of money and disappointing when it sounds like garbage. If, however all you are looking for is some loud bass to impress friends with in school, by all means go ahead and get simply a sub and amp, use a line out converter to tap a signal from your OEM head unit, and call it a day. But it will sound crap, just be loud.
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Again, if you want to have all good stuff, don't bother spending your money on cheap stuff now. Even if you re-sell it you are losing money. Save more for a good head unit now, get the speakers/amps later.
I already have a spot picked out to install it in my car (and a build list of most of the parts I would need). I have an A4 Avant, and in the trunk there are large cubby holes on either side, currently the left one houses the OEM satellite radio module, and the right side contains the OEM Bose Amp/Sub.
If I do decide to install the carputer, I am going to install the computer in the right side of the trunk, and then fiberglass a 10" sub in on the left side. I should also hopefully have enough space to install something like a PDX.5 amplifier as well in one of the areas on either side. I had hoped to use a 10" touch screen up front, but the opening is short by about 1/2" so will have to drop down to an 8" instead.
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