Best Car Speakers and Subs

[Blu Haze]

What would you reccommend brand wise for car speakers. I want a nice sub in the trunk or something and maybe new speakers in the car. I have BOSE right now but they arent good enough.

Sam

Looking for less than 3000 bucks. And having nice appearence.

[JasonR]

I would get Focal for your highs and and JL for your subs.

http://www.focal.tm.fr/

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_s....php?page_id=2

[househead]

Go old school for your amps. The stuff from the 90's performed great and looked slick. Search around!

US Amps
Earthquake
Soundstream
MTX Terminator (made by PPI)
Precision Power

[househead]

Output Power at 12.5V:
2 x 50W @ 4 ohms (0.02% THD)
2 x 100W @ 2 ohms
2 x 200W @ 1 ohm
2 x 400W @ ½ ohm
1 x 200W @ 4 ohms bridged
1 x 400W @ 2 ohms bridged
1 x 800W @ 1 ohm bridged

mmm mmm good....

[JasonR]

JL is making some pretty nice amps as well.

Something like this for your sub.

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_amps.php?amp_id=440

And something like this for your highs.

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_amps.php?amp_id=438

[JasonR]

If you're looking at the stuff I mentioned, you are starting to get over 3000 dollars though...

These are crazy good.

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_s....php?page_id=3

These are awesome on a budget.

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_s...hp?page_id=200

The Focals come in all kinds of price ranges.

[mdabb]

Chances are your Bose will do a fine job with the hi-midrange. What kind of head unit do you have?

For component sets I personally love MB Quart.

Amps: Zapco, Xtant, US amps, Linear Power, Precision Power, Hi Fonics, Orion, Earthquake and many others. Just depends on $$ and if you don't mind looking for amps that are no longer produced.

Subs: JL audio, Kicker, Orion, Earthquake, Cerwin Vega Stroker, Rockford Fosgate, Etc......

There is a lot of good stuff out there and vary in price.

If you go big check the size of your altenator and battery.

[BStecke]

Check out Rainbow for your mids and highs. The Germaniums are amazing and around $450, and the SLC's are great as well for around $250. Image Dynamics makes some good subs, as do Elemental Designs.

[Blu Haze]

Its an infiniti qx4. ALL BOSE. I just dont like the bass when its high. MY HT sound better! Do you need a trunk sub? For major bass that can be heard from a mile away?

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by Blu Haze

Its an infiniti qx4. ALL BOSE. I just dont like the bass when its high. MY HT sound better! Do you need a trunk sub? For major bass that can be heard from a mile away?

Do you want it to be heard from a mile away, or do you want it to sound accurate? Either way, a separate sub is preferable. There's only so much bass you can get out of a 6.5" speaker.

[Blu Haze]

I want it to sound good. I want the bass to be heard though. And not have my SUV rattling to death. Just want clearer and better than the BOSE by a lot. How do i find what size to get? I cant just rip out the other one and put a bigger one in...

[BStecke]

You'd probably be alright with a single twelve if it's got decent output. You could also do two tens. In an SUV you don't need as much output as you would in a trunk since it's pretty open. If it were me, I'd probably get a JL Audio 12W6 in a custom box with a JL 500/1 amp.

[Thatcher]

FOCAL=HDDVD

JL=DVD UP SCALED

BOSTON= BLU-RAY

IMOP

I have had JL Alpine Focal Sony Pioneer ect...

Pioneer has the best decks! imop
Alpine has the best quality amps. imop
Boston, best sub I have heard ever!!! There mids and tweets aren't bad at all.

[mdabb]

Originally Posted by Blu Haze

I want it to sound good. I want the bass to be heard though. And not have my SUV rattling to death. Just want clearer and better than the BOSE by a lot. How do i find what size to get? I cant just rip out the other one and put a bigger one in...

On Cruthfield's website they should still have a " find what fits" your car page. It will tell you what size components to get.

If it were I. I would get :

1) new head unit ( Alpine or Eclipse)

2) new component sets and amp/s

3) two 12" or 15" subs and amp (mono or bridged mono) (maybe even 3 12" subs)


To not have it rattle you are going to need to strip your car interior and get sound dampening material (spray or sheets) I once helped work on a 1980 something Mercury cougar that had 272 pounds of cement in the trunk. Hard to believe but true. It was featured in "CAR STEREO REVIEW" magazine. Owner: Louis "Bud" Wentz

[JasonR]

+1 on the Eclipse head unit and two 12s.

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by Thatcher

FOCAL=HDDVD

JL=DVD UP SCALED

BOSTON= BLU-RAY

IMOP

This guy doesn't have ears, don't listen to him.

[crackinhedz]

JL Audio subs.

[crackinhedz]

Polk makes dam good car subs too!


....also, you might want to push each sub with individual amps.

[mdabb]

depending on how many amps/watts you draw from your altenator you may need to beef it up. I have gone through a few altenators myself and have seen many toasted altenators. I would get a new battery with more CCA if you plan on jammin when your car is not running.

[Blu-Jedi]

I've always liked jbl mids and tweets, preferably components for the seperation, and if you're on a budget i liked rockford fosgate subs , good subs at a decent price. Also like some have mentioned if you want clear, the head unit makes a difference. Back in the day I always used Alpine pre amp head units. The sound is clearer due to the amps powering the speakers and not the radio itself. Alpine also has very clean amps.