New Setup advice - sound quality based
#1
New Setup advice - sound quality based
Hi all,
I am setting up my first decent car audio setup. Most interested in sound quality..
What I have so far...unfortunately, nothing installed as of yet
Alpine CDA - 9886
Alpine Imprint Module
Sirius Module
Bluetooth Module
Amp - Arc Audio 4150 650w/4
Speakers
Front - Alpine Type X 6.5" Pro (woofer in front door, tweeter on dash)
Rear door - not purchased yet - need 4" coax for this. I was leaning towards the Jl Audio c2 4"
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NONE (wife has said it is not happening...)
Thoughts of this setup?
Thanks
I am setting up my first decent car audio setup. Most interested in sound quality..
What I have so far...unfortunately, nothing installed as of yet
Alpine CDA - 9886
Alpine Imprint Module
Sirius Module
Bluetooth Module
Amp - Arc Audio 4150 650w/4
Speakers
Front - Alpine Type X 6.5" Pro (woofer in front door, tweeter on dash)
Rear door - not purchased yet - need 4" coax for this. I was leaning towards the Jl Audio c2 4"
SUB
NONE (wife has said it is not happening...)
Thoughts of this setup?
Thanks
#2
She does know you can turn it off when she's in the car, right? And that you can take it out if you have to pack a lot of crap?
No thoughts on your system; your marriage...well, that's a different matter. Then again, who am I to talk? We all know all about the concept of "not allowed". Don't get me started. Oops, too late.
I just spent 6 hours the hell out of the house. Glenora ferry over to Picton; sat in the car at Lake on the Mountain Park listening to Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap--now back home to God Knows What. Guess our nice leisurely drive to Wellesley Island tomorrow to pick up my MBQuart PVI216s may not be happening. Hey, how about a road trip? Maybe we can get our wives together to talk girl talk and we'll go. Oh crap--you're in Halifax.
Guess the "Wife Appeal Factor" is not limited to home audio. Good luck, my brother.
No thoughts on your system; your marriage...well, that's a different matter. Then again, who am I to talk? We all know all about the concept of "not allowed". Don't get me started. Oops, too late.
I just spent 6 hours the hell out of the house. Glenora ferry over to Picton; sat in the car at Lake on the Mountain Park listening to Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap--now back home to God Knows What. Guess our nice leisurely drive to Wellesley Island tomorrow to pick up my MBQuart PVI216s may not be happening. Hey, how about a road trip? Maybe we can get our wives together to talk girl talk and we'll go. Oh crap--you're in Halifax.
Guess the "Wife Appeal Factor" is not limited to home audio. Good luck, my brother.
#6
Okay...done
I am now looking at one of these options...
Need to make a decision today...
Option a) Alpine Plt -5 (uses PDX amp interally - reviews seem amazing)
Option b) Alpine Type E 12" in Sealed Box with a Clarion APX 1300 Amp.
I am leaning towards the PLT5.... smaller and has a better amp. Plus I am looking for tight clean bass...( listen to older R&B, Jazz and some pop)
ie. not really interested in bouncing down the street.
Thoughts?
I am now looking at one of these options...
Need to make a decision today...
Option a) Alpine Plt -5 (uses PDX amp interally - reviews seem amazing)
Option b) Alpine Type E 12" in Sealed Box with a Clarion APX 1300 Amp.
I am leaning towards the PLT5.... smaller and has a better amp. Plus I am looking for tight clean bass...( listen to older R&B, Jazz and some pop)
ie. not really interested in bouncing down the street.
Thoughts?
Last edited by Kodadad; 06-08-2010 at 11:12 AM.
#7
Question 2
trying to decide on the rear door speaker too
I have a lead on a pair of infinity reference 4" for $60 (new)
but the speakers that were on my list initially were one of these..
Alpine sps-400 4". $99
JL audio c2's 4" $129
Hertz ESK 4". $140
I know these are less important... But should I get the infinity's? Or one of the others?
trying to decide on the rear door speaker too
I have a lead on a pair of infinity reference 4" for $60 (new)
but the speakers that were on my list initially were one of these..
Alpine sps-400 4". $99
JL audio c2's 4" $129
Hertz ESK 4". $140
I know these are less important... But should I get the infinity's? Or one of the others?
#10
Might be a bit much for the tweets, but it would work fine. If they are the real deal, the pro X's should handle that power. Unless people are in the back seat alot, there's not a real good reason to have rears in my opinion. Plus with that level of power on the front stage, you wouldn't hear the rears, the fronts would over power them. In this case, because they would be taking the full range (vs running them as part of a 3 way set), it would colour the sound in a bad way and pull the sound stage back