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I am going to purchase a system for my truck (F-250). I need some help chosing the best/clean sounding speakers. What do you think is the best brand for a car head-unit, speakers, bass speakers, and apmlifiers? I dont need it to be too loud. but i do whant it to ble clean. (Anything besides JL Audio....list from good to bad) Thanks
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The components of a good car sound system would be as follows: The source (cd player, in-dash dvd/nav system, radio, tape player, etc.), the speakers, the subs, the amps, the parts/wiring. Also, depending on how big of a system, possibly a new battery or two and an alternator. Here are some of my recommendations as far as good brands.
Deck: Eclipse, Pioneer (regular or premier), Alpine, Kenwood Excelon, Nakamichi (not the greatest looking, but great sound).
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Speakers: Polk Audio, Infinity, Eclipse, Pioneer Rev High end: Focal, Boston, MB Quart, Nakamichi
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Subs: JL Audio, MTX, Kicker, Eclipse, Audiobahn, Memphis, Hifonics, Diamond Audio, Fosgate (p3 and higher), RE Audio
Amps: all the sub companies, plus, Precision Power, Crossfire, Cadence, Soundstream, US Amps
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Parts/Wiring: Monster, Tsunami, Streetwires, even Kicker and Fosgate make decent parts/wiring.
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Now if I had to choose, here would be my choices:
Deck: Eclipse or Pioneer
Speakers: Polk Audio, Infinity, or Eclipse
Amps/Subs: JL Audio or MTX
Wiring: Tsunami or Monster
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As far as the order in which to purchase (if you can't do it all at once) here would be my suggestion:
First replace you speakers (stock stereo with good speakers sounds better then aftermarket stereo with stock speakers),
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Then replace the deck (it'll help the speakers, but it will also give you the foundation to build the rest of the system off of)
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Next, subs/amps/wiring (give you that extra bass that you need, make sure you use good wiring and the right size, capacitors if needed, important for system, also as far as the wiring, remember you will need another amp for speakers)
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Next, amp for speakers (speakers will play cleaner, tighter, more accurate, and louder - a must, especially with the subs)
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After that its all just accessories: i.e. satellite radio, navigation, dvd player, screens, etc.
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Now as far as where to get them, most of these companies will be available at Circuit City, BestBuy, Cardomain.com, Cruthfield.com. Others are only sold at authorized dealers (usually a local audio company), but you'll have to check out their websites in order to find the ones nearest you.
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As far as cost, I would say a decent FULL system would start around 1200 installed and then just go up from there. Now just new speakers and a deck, I'd say around 450 and up for a good setup completely installed.
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But in the end these are just my recommendations (based on quality and sound), like Sparky said only you can judge what you like. Everyone's ears are a little different so what sounds good to me may not sound good to you. Shop around at all the car audio dealers and take a listen, but make sure you take one of your cds with you so you can judge all of them with the same song (one that you are familiar with).
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Kicker L5 and L7 will put out enough bass for any car or SUV.Ok, first JL Audio has won every award worth having as far as subwoofers are concerned, and their amps are just about the best you can buy due to their patented power supply which gives you the same rated power whether you have a 10 volt alternator or 14+. They are the Kings of sound quality plus great bass response, but you're entitled to your opinion. The only way to blow them is if you are inexperienced with car audio and try to push them too hard with bad equipment.
But I digress...the best equipment is in the ear of the beholder....YOU. Go to your local shop and have them show you everything in your price range then base your decision on what you think, not what some idgit on the interent thinks.
The only thing I can tell you for sure is that you want to avoid brands like Rockwood, Pyramid, Pyle, Audiobahn, Boss, DHD, Coustic, Legacy ...these manufacturers like to adorn their products with lots of pretty lights and chrome to fool new car audio consumers into buying their products. But the sad fact is that these products are made so cheaply that their protection circuitry rarely works properly which puts all of the rest of your euipment into jeopardy. Also, they always like to put their max wattage ratings on the products when in actuality they couldn't put out the advertised power if lightening struck them.
Stick with Alpine, JL Audio, Kicker, Memphis, Kenwood, Pioneer Premier, Diamond, Zapco, Precision Power, Panasonic, Crystal, Sony, etc...names you can trust.
Quick true story...3 years ago I bought a big ported box loaded with 3 twelves that was rated for 900 watts RMS. I only had a JL Audio 500/1 at home so I bought an Audiobahn amp that was rated to push 1000 watts into a 4 ohm load. Hooked up the amp when I got home and I could just barely tell that I had subs in the trunk. Took the car to the shop, the techs checked it...nothing wrong. I had brought my JL amp along and had them connect it so I could see if maybe one or more of the subs were bad, but when I turned on the system with the JL amp on my trunk just about blew off. Moral of the story...you get what you pay for. My little JL amp puts out probably 200 more watts than an Audiobahn amp that was rated for twice as much RMS power.
Good luck and remeber to buy what YOU like, not what your friends or other people like. It's your money and your ears.
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Eclipse
Pioneer Premier
Kenwood Excelon
Clairion
JVC
Alpine
Sony
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Speakers (full range or componets)
Boston Acoustics
MB Quart
Kenwood Excelon
Diamond Audio
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Subwoofer
Boston Acoustics g5 (best sub i have ever heard)
Eclipse
MB Quart
Kenwood Excelon
Pioneer Premier (more for spl)
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Subwoofer (if you need a shallow mount)
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Pioneer Premier
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Audison
Boston Acoustics
Kenwood Excelon
Note how i didnt put any JL audio on there. thats cause JL is overated by most people and stores. there overpriced. all of what i recomended will give you awesome sound quality. good luck to you.
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