Car Audio Help ?

[Ajk82]

Whats going on people ..i saved up for a few months and got like 400 to spend on sounds .. help is NEEDED lol i got an alpine head unit i need an amp and i also need a sub ..and some speakers so what shall i go for in subs ? Kicker Or Vibe ? What amp shall i get ? Alpine Kicker Or Vibe ? Speakers i think ill go with alpine type R`s shall i get 12inch or 15inch Lets see what you guys can give me all together my install will come up to about £650

[pac1982]

Kicker & Vibe are both shit, they are designed for the barry boys/boy racers, kickers are loud with no sound quality and vibe are even louder but have even less sound quality.

If your after a nice quality system go for brands like Alpine, Pioneer, Rockford, Boston, JL Audio etc etc.

Also if your only looking for a mild system get a nice Alpine 5 channel amp, if you want a nice well rounded system get a mono block amp to run just your sub and another normal amp for your speakers, as far as amps go Alpine win hands down.

[TheHeap]

15inch solobarick everytime... alpine amp for the speakers..... speakers should be alpine or infinty....... amp for the sub must be a kenwood monoblock digital amp. a grand should cover it.

PERFECT SET UP.

[Ajk82]

Pac man i had the WHOLE alpine stuff in my room i had the speakers the head unit the subs and the amp`s but i needed the cash and the subs were dirty and the head unit buttons had it so i though time for a change and sold it all off LOL but im getting a new alpine head unit tomorrow speakers are components alpine type r cost me about £90 .. just the fronts and the backs ill stick another alpine type r speakers as well shall i just go with the whole alpine thing again ? what is a mono block amp i heard of them but not to wise about um lil help there please

[pac1982]

Mono blocks are just for pushing out hard B line and you get a much crisper bass note, i'm a bit of an Alpine Fan Boy, you carnt go wrong with a full Alpine set up

[pac1982]

This is a good site to use for planning what to buy but i suggest when you see something you like you get it from elsewhere as there prices are quite high

http://www.carelectronicsltd.com/

[Ajk82]

Pac u and me both mate .. a friend of mine got me in to ALPINE and i HATE/LOVE him for it cause alpine is costly..how ever they hardly went wrong but i had the type s subs and i must say the bass was real crap ..i heard a vibe 10inch sub no lie sounds wicked lol i think kicker sub WILL do the heavy bass job .. heap mate your right a grand should cover it but im hoping my budget will stay £600 a grand is TO TO TO MUCH i had kenwood when i was young and they were good lol but alpine has to be the head unit .. no other head unit will do for me

[TheHeap]

in my experience Alpine are shite when it comes to bass other than that Alpine are very nice although when i had my mk4 golf i used the infinity daddies which where £120 for te tweeters and made from titanium, they where the best things i have ever had, they can't pop and i will NEVER buy anything else.

The Kickers i have are unreal but at £340 each they aint cheap



why not try and buy second hand

[pac1982]

The only reason some people think alpine is shit when it come to subs is because Alpine go for quality not quanity and some muppets out there would rather make loads of noise than have less volume but at a better quality, or people power an Alpine sub with a shit amp.

Having said that alpines budget stuff is kinda shit but but as long as you get the good stuff you wont be disapointed

[TheHeap]

i'm not knocking the pine just their subs.and i'm only talking from experience.

[ImysE30]

Alpine headunit, Vibe component SEK 50's and, JL Audio sub and a Vibe Amp

[pac1982]

Vibes are terrible all volume and no quality

[Ajk82]

Hmm i agree with heap alpine subs are crap so thats out of the question cause i had 2 12 inch type s and they were rubbish so alpine subs is out the box for sure .. alpine 9886r head unit ill get 2maro .. Jl audio i heard they quite expensive ? what are they all about i never actually heard one ..and ill buy brand new stuff no need for second hand i wont budge for another £30 or 40 quid so new stuff all the way for me im thinking Kicker 15inch Sub ? Alpine Amp ? Alpine type r speakers all around inc components and alpine head unit all together £ 579 quid what you lot think ?

[pac1982]

As far as Alpine goes its you gotta get the Type R's at least anything else is pants.

Really dont get kicker i have had 2 of the old kicker squares which were shit and there supposed to be the best ones!

JL are well worth the money, the subs aint that expensive but JL subs require a special sub box (unless you want to make your own) which makes JL bass seem expensive

[Ajk82]

Pac ill do research b4 i buy but the headunit is coming 2maro i do not get why alpine got so many makes type s type x type g and then type r ? God knows what they all about but i bin told Type R are the BUSINESS I saw this advert on jl audio subs this guy was selling he could not sell them for atleast 6 months so if they well worth the money how comes they dont sell LOL

[ImysE30]

JL is top quality stuff but also top money. Vibe is awesome, i use it all the time

I've got a 15" kicker fitted in my civic, powered by a Alpine Amp and it rocks, loud as fook

[Ajk82]

HA HA @ Imy its what i want man a nice bass nice speaker quality and good product should do me all good but all the sites got diffrent prices for speakers subs and amps i guess i like vibe as well they provide deep bass but kicker just kills the bass off gives it right to your ears LOL so loud it makes you want to turn it down no lie im looking in to Jl audio not alot online though not so many shop doing them so they cant be that good if no1 got them ? or is it people cant afford them ..

[ImysE30]

Keep an eyeout on eBay, can get good cheap bargains

Kicker and Vibe are awesome IMO but each to their own

I just spent £600 on putting a new sound system in my cabby, sounds awesome

[Ajk82]

Imy i get you ..i love the Alpine head unit so no other will do .. im on the look out @ the moment to see what i can get for my money .. so research is a must for me .. im searching for jl audio but not alot i can find on them i shall look in to it further, Imy what did you get for your cabby bro any rattles or anything share the info my friend

[pac1982]

Pac ill do research b4 i buy but the headunit is coming 2maro i do not get why alpine got so many makes type s type x type g and then type r ? God knows what they all about but i bin told Type R are the BUSINESS I saw this advert on jl audio subs this guy was selling he could not sell them for atleast 6 months so if they well worth the money how comes they dont sell LOL

Its hard to sell any second hand subs as no one want to take the risk on them being blown

Dont forget about the Alpine F1 status thats the top of line stuff and really expensive

If your gonna buy vibe you may as well get Fly stuff its much cheaper and equally as shit

[pac1982]

Kicker has quite a funny story behind how it got started, back in the day a red neck in the good ol US of A put an old house speaker under the seat of his pickup up truck and wired it up to his head unit, he said "Boy it feels like someones kicking you in the ass" hense the name kicker he then started his own business

[Ajk82]

HA HA HA @ PAC yeah mate ill do my research b4 i get ANYTHING .. from what i heard and seen with my own eyes vibe are okay alot of people say vibe is just as good fli are rubbish allow that fli and jbl cant just go in the bin even if you give them for free i still wont take them lol

[Brianmoooore]

Post in the correct forum, please!!

[ImysE30]

Imy i get you ..i love the Alpine head unit so no other will do .. im on the look out @ the moment to see what i can get for my money .. so research is a must for me .. im searching for jl audio but not alot i can find on them i shall look in to it further, Imy what did you get for your cabby bro any rattles or anything share the info my friend

I've just got one sub but it's a monster 1000W RMS DB Audio one

Getting sound from a cabby is really hard unless you can release the air if you know what i mean.

I have done this by porting the sub box through to the cabin through the rear seatbelt holders. Cut a small hole in the rear panel and sounds awesome now

[grantfk10]

I have done this by porting the sub box through to the cabin through the rear seatbelt holders. Cut a small hole in the rear panel and sounds awesome now

Just managed to get my sub box working, how'd you port it through the rear seatbelt holders??

[Alex]

Vibes are terrible all volume and no quality

i have to disagree

first set of vibe speakers ive had and they have no volume, distort before my comps but have fantastic sound quality thats with an amp too so it aint the headunit thats distorting

[ImysE30]

I have done this by porting the sub box through to the cabin through the rear seatbelt holders. Cut a small hole in the rear panel and sounds awesome now

Just managed to get my sub box working, how'd you port it through the rear seatbelt holders??

If you remove the rear seat, this is the panel that i cut a small hole in. Got my mate to make a tube/port and connected that to the sub box and then fitted it through the hole

[grantfk10]

Any pics Imys ?- sounds a bit bizarre!

[ImysE30]

Any pics Imys ?- sounds a bit bizarre!

It's definitely not your usual, 1st of a kind

I didn't take any pic's when fitting , too excited

I need to adjust the position of the sub so i will post up some pic's on the weekend

[grantfk10]

cool, keep us posted!

[Ajk82]

I got my new headunit i asked a local LAD @ halfords he told me KICKER SUB Alpine AMP Alpine headunit and ALPINE SPEAKERS say no more he goes so im off to do shopping tomorrow @ car shops to get a BEST deal as i can get .. =)

[pac1982]

Asking a Halfords worker for advice is not the best move

[ImysE30]

Suprised at that from someone who works at Hellfrauds

Try not to buy the first thing that you see, make sure you do quite a bit of searching

[Ajk82]

HA HA nono this guy KNEW what he was on about TRUST me i know what i wanted i just wanted to make sure thats all and he pointed me in the right direction and to the right shop ..i phoned up the guy he goes take the new type r sub ..alpine and alpine amp type r speakers and the headunit he goes i got is PERFECT and a mono block amp and he goes im SORTED set up SHOULD cost about £765 he goes inc wires fitting etc .. i did not want the alpine sub but he goes if i dont like it he will refund me my money and give me a kicker sub for free LOL i though what i got to lose ? NOTHING

[ImysE30]

Sounds like a good deal, good luck with it and post up some pic's