What was your first system?
 

My first system was in an 88 Chevy Corsica (*12 years ago!)
$30 Used Blaupunkt cassette player
$40 used 2 channel 100 watt amp (CRUNCH)
$75 2 new 8" subs in a box that had the tweeters and sub grills(from the company that know make Legacy)
$40 used Old Ghetto Black Magick 6x9's
and a SONY portable diskman with the travel kit.

oh how ghetto....

You couldnt even hear the subs hit unless you open the trunk LOL!

1988 All Kenwood
1971 Dart Swinger Special
10 disc changer with changer control
1021 200wx2 amp
921 95wx2 amp
821 75wx2 amp
2-12" kenwood subs
4-4 way 6x9's
1 pair of 6.5" comps.

First system - ahh fond memories...

* JVC tape deck 35x4, 10 disc changer
* Lanzar 5.25 coax speakers in the doors
* 2 old kenwood 12's (the old school blue ones) in a sealed one
* Kenwood 250W mono-block

Unless you count the bookshelf speakers I wired into the stock 2 channel Clarion deck in my old Subaru wagon when I was 16.... haha

pioneer 3400
jvc 2 way 6x9's
12" pioneer impp
with a 120 watt kicker amp

in a 70 cougar
12" Blue Thunder in a very large ported box
500w Profile amp
Blau laughna Cd player
pioneer premier 2ways off deck power

Cutra's first system.
 

Firstly, I'd like to say that I was going to post the exact thing lol.
Anyway here goes.

1977 Oldsmobile 98 Regency,,, Pimp mobile.

JVC deck
stock dash speakers
Alpine 5 1/4 in the doors 6276 i think.
JBL 6X9's on the back deck.
Running off a Sherwood amp and a sansui amp.
Installed at Stereo Emporium back in 1985 i think.
No pictures camera's were not invented back then.haha

funny think i saw the same sherwood amp on ebay the other day...hahaahahaha.

Good post.

91 Topaz
$150 Clarion Deck
Kenwood 5x7's in the back
Heres the fun part.
1 10" MTX Road Thunder Sub
1 10" Pioneer Cheap Sub
Sealed dual 10" box
Jensen 360w 2ch amp w/ chrome...god i miss being 16

1984 ltd crown vic, this was about 2 years ago
$150 kenwood deck I bought at futureshop
Pioneer 4x6's, sony 6x9's both came out of a car someone had given me
scosche amp from walmart and an old sony xplod sub (before the pentagon)

ghetto but a lot better than I could have expected for next to nothing
the car and the stereo all together cost me less than $700 haha

get ready for it....

old alpine deck from 94 that came with the car
10awg wire
some random blue 2 channel amp from my buddies garage without any low pass filter
10" kenwood sub from the early 90's which had crack in the cone.
sub box close to 1/2 cube made with scrap wood and mono bathroom caulking to seal it.

hahaha, oh, that was sweet.

ohhh yeah and the extension cord my dad told me to use for power wire!!!!!!

My dad's 77 LTD, with JVC cassette deck and Alpine 6x9's. Ohhh!, I almost forgot, the Realistic(radio Shack) tune up tweeters.

really old craico tape deck , stock dryrotted highs , with a 400 watt <thats what they claim anyway> piramid eq pushin 2 thump 10"s . it was in my grandma's car some kind of old chevy I think , about 13 years ago . It sounded great . NOT

This goes way back in 1977......... I had a Craig Powerplay cassette deck(12w x 2) and 6x9 Jensen Traixial (8 ohms) in the rear shelf of my 70 Cuda.

89 chevy celebrity eurosport (2 door rusted to )

alpine cda-9811
alpine type s 6x9s
rockford(i hate myself) power 200

those speakers moved haha

My fist system was in my 1988 Cavalier Z24.

Diamond Audio (made by Mitsubishi) AM/FM/Cassette. It had only 1 stereo pre-out.
Ran the front speakers off the deck, i think they were pioneer 2-way 3".
Ran the rear speakers, Marrantz 5-way 6x9's of an alpine stereo amp that did 80 wrms.
It Rocked!! People used to tell me it was great. I remember telling people you didn't need subs if you had enough power on the 6x9's.
:ohwell:

Traded in the 88 for a 92 Z24 and started again.
top line Pioneer AM/FM/Cassette (with Dolby C)
Rear was 2 Pioneer GM-H200's, 300 wrms each, made my own 6dB speaker crossover and used Pioneer 12" free-air subs and 6x9 3-ways, then upgraded to 4-ways.
Front was 2 Alpine stereo amps @ 70 wrms per channel. Kicker 2-way 3" on the dash and MTX black gold 5-1/4" in the doors.
People told me i should have competed.
:stroke:
About 94 i added first a 6 pack CD that skipped, then a 12 pack that skipped less.

Moved all this into my 97 Z24.
Most of it was stolen in 98.
Upgraded to Alpine 7559 casstte and 12 pack. The alpine didn't skip near as much. Still got it.
Gave the amps to my future Son in law. Sold him the pair of 12" free-air W303-F subs for $50.

Blaupunkt Hu - 4 x 20wrms - One 2 volt preout
Blaupunkt Amplifier - 300Wrms
Blaupunkt Subwoofer - 200Wrms
Scosche Enclosure - .75 sealed but not really

lol...i just got rid of my first system like a month ago.... and put all of $28 into it...consisted of the following and was in a 97 plymouth breeze :P

clarion db-155 cd player
all stock speakers :D
profile california 600m amp
concept ex-12 sub in a wicked sick not quite sealed box :P
the only cash actually put into it was on the wires and fuses...but that car is gone...along with the system

(GrizZz here, wife's PC)

My very first system... Not my first car, but my first system... hmmm...

That woulda been the bi-amp Jensen head unit in my '73 Plymouth Sattelite. That was.... mid-80's. It was a really sweet HU. Can't remember the model though. 6x9's in the rear dash, and Pioneer "Tune-up" speakers velcroed to the front doors.

jvc kd-g700 mp3 deck
alpine 6.5 speakers (which I still use)
alpine type R 12"
alpine mrd-m605
prefab box

cooked the sub a couple times, that made me learn.

Funny how people still remember model numbers

forgot to mention the AC Delco speakers I had up in the dash

First system, Pioneer pull out tape deck(model #??) Pioneer tune ups in the front, Pioneer 3 way 6 x9's in a custom made box from an old dinner table, 8ga amp wire, pioneer gm h200 running to them..Was very loud for back in the day!!! all in a 1969.5 Gmc Short box step side :), then in MY first car... 1978 Chevy Nova 2 dr rusted, had a pioneer cd player, pioneer tune ups, pioneer 6x9's, pioneer 12" impp sub(free air series) hooked up to a MEI 600w from Costco lol...Man those were the days :P THe truck with the first stereo, was my best freind at the time, and it was built more for speed then sound...had a 327 corvette engine completly built up from a school project hooked up to a 4 spd short throw shifter and man that thing was fun...Man I miss the 90's :P

Tell me you had the kenwood with the motorized drawr. that sucker retailed for $1700. and it was a tape deck

Alpine 7347 (i think)
MEI (ouch) amps X3
Becker dual 8" box....I never could stop those horns from blowing
Blaupunkt Blue magic series hacked into the doors.
Kenwood mini EQ
a billion dollars in DIN to RCA connectors (all you old schooler rember)..alpine to RCA...RCA to kenwood. at $40 a piece.

Haha, I love these threads.
Well my first prob being a 10" rampage from home hardware and a 98 watt jenson amp from radio shack. Sub was in a home made bandpass box I made in shop and I didnt have a car at the time, so I was running the in my room off a house stereo ( Which was also a pos ). I then later upgraded to 2 15" pyramids in a huge ported box, running off a 240 watt pyramid amp ( lmao ). Around then I was like 13 or so.....to say the least alot has changed since then with my knowledge in audio equipment. lol.

alpine head
orion cobalt amp
2 10inch orion cobalt subs in my lowered s-10

91 chevy 2dr blazer
- alpine cda-9853 (still using)
- alpine type-s 4x6's front
- alpine type-s 6x9's rear
- kenwood 800watt amp (kac-7201)
- JL Audio 12w0 in a prefab ported enclosure
- Scosche 8ga wiring and rca's.

My first system, in my 1988 Pontiac Tempest
-Pioneer DEH-?????(low end)
-Pioneer 4" 2-way up front
-JBL 6"x9" power Series in the rear deck
-JBL P180.2 amp
-Sony Xplod 12" in the 'custom' Sony Xplod box from FutureShop

pfffffftttt


in a 1988 spirt turbo


1984 clarion type deck that only played one side of the car.( factory cocked)
scarco 5 1/4 door in front
craco 5" in the rear doors
sparco 80 watt 2 channel wired off the back speaker no power or ground
rockford series 1 12"
box made out of a old kitchen table.
port made by 500 drill holes in a circle (of course)


so i think i win.

oh man, i was so ignorant when it came to car stereos! i went to this place called Beam Riders, and they took full advantage of me. They sold me two 10" Wildcat grey cone subs with a tiny ass box. They then topped it off with 150W MAX amp. I did have a sweet Panasonic deck with te 'top of the line' mosfet. man did those subs sound horrible...hah... the amount i paid...i could have got a top of the line system...they even tried to charge me for a freakin Beam Riders sticker to put on the back...bastards...

Nope but it was still $800.00 for the first changer and $1150.00 for the 1021.

first system
 

some really old Alpine tape deck i got from my dad
300w audiovox amp
and a little box with 2 cheap 8's in it

pounded pretty good, i remmber people thought i had like a 12, all in a 77 camaro, i knew jack $hit back then too, too funny

pioneer 7500mp h/u (in my second car now but on the last miles)
rockford fosgate punch 200M amp
rockford fosgate punch he2 sub
infinity reference 5 1/4
infinity reference 6x9

all theses things in a beautiful chevy cavalier 99

honestly,this setup sucks really hard :thumbsdow

Wow going to date myself.

Hicomp CD deck
Lear Jet 6x9
Factory Fronts in a 82 Chevy Cavalier
Hifonics ODIN7 amp
And one big ass Studio lab SL1 Studio Monitor in the back seat.

:)

Wow

1989 topaz
pionner tape deck with car kit and the 2nd model of cd-walkman sony ever made
stock speakers front and back
two kicker ex tens in homemade box
kenwood 450 watt class D
4 gauge stinger wire kit:cheeky4:

HAHAHA first system
 

'88 Fifth Avenue Granny-mobile

2 10" Rockford Punch Power DVC's in a ported pre-fab
PPI PC2150 running them

Pioneer tape deck with the discman car kit :smilie_da

I think stock speakers with bass blockers... who cared about quality when you're 16 anyways??

The ghetto piece
 

91 nissan standard cab 4x2

Kraco shaft tape HU
2 -Urban Audio works 12" subs in ported box
urban 100 watt eq
jensen 6 1/2 dual cone speakers
all bought at target store

total price invester 179 dollars

thinking your cool going to elementry school cause your dads truck bumps
PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the car- 1979 chrysler new yorker

the stereo- alpine tape deck with cd walkman lol
coustic 2 channel amp
dj 15" sub in corner style box
pyrmid 10 band ex
pioneer 6x9

definitly old school ghetto

1987 pontiac bonneville (classy)

3 year old pioneer deck with organic display or w/e they call it (like 6 years old now probably)
800w peak ma audio amp
2 oldschool jl audio 10" in a sealed box.

still have the deck and the amp sitting around... the subs are with my brother now. just can't kill them.

Pioneer 5700 Head Unit
Pioneer 3 way 6.5" in the doors
Pionner 3 way 6x9 in the rear deck

Played it with the EQ and often volume on full.


I learned :P

1969 Merc Meteor

Clarion cd deck
sherwood amp- 2 6 by 9's
kenwood 300 mono amp- 2 12 inch blaupunkt overdrives
and oogles of old blasting wire.. lol