whats the best set up if you wanna get a sound system?

Answer 1

Whats the best movie ever made? That is a similar question. What is the best to me is not the best to other people. A good deck, a couple decent amps, and some nice subs and a component system are a nice start though. Good brands are JL, Alpine, Eclipse, Fosgate, MTX, Crossfire, MB Quart, Focal.... I am sure I am missing some, but those brands should get you started. Good luck.

Answer 2

It depends on the size/shape of your car and what you are listening for. I have an explorer, and I wanted my system to sound good and well balanced...not base everyone off the block! I bought 1-12" Rockford Fosgate for the back, 1-4 channel Rockford Fosgate amp, and 2 Pioneer speakers for my doors. The whole deal cost about $600 (including installation), and my music sounds good! (Oh,,,and I got a new head unit too)

Answer 3

Jensen and Blaupunkt used to make some pretty good stuff, my friend was all about Pioneer stuff, mainly depends on you and how much sound you want in the car...one simple answer would be to get some 1/2way good speakers, a 200-watt amplifier and adapt the line-in from the amp to a headphone jack, and play your pocket MP3 player through it. Or, you could always sing while you're in the car...other people may stare at you though..

Answer 4

Depends on how much you want to spend. I personally love Rockford items. They have a great sound, they are affordable, and I have never had a problem with any thing I have ever purchased. Well, once I blew a brand new speaker (it was a twelve, but I sent back to the manufacturer, which is in Michigan, and it was a wiring problem with the speaker so they sent me a brand new one right away, and I didn't even pay for shipping.
ROCKFORD FOSGATE ROCKS

Answer 5

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Your system won't mean squat without a well designed box to put your subs in. Some manufacturers have recommendations as to dimensions of various types of boxes. It is best to find someone who builds boxes if you go with something other than a sealed box.

You should always match up RMS (Root Mean Square) watts of Subs and amp per channel as well as impedance's(resistances). When a sub has rating of 600 Watts MAX it really has an RMS rating of about 200 Watts RMS. RMS is the nominal wattage your most likely going to get out of it. Remember, a 200 Watts RMS amplifier has more power output than a 200 Watt MAX.


If your amp is rated at 4Ω don't subject it to 2Ω, it will fry.

Here is the formula for subs in parallel:

Z = 1 / (1/sub1 + 1/sub2 + 1/sub3 + ....)

For series, just add them up (sub1 + sub2 + ...).

You can mix and match these equations to get the right impedance required by your amp.

Example 1: Amp is 2 channel and rated at 4Ω, 4 subs @ 4Ω each. If I connect two in parallel and the other two in parallel and connect the two pairs in series, I would have a total impedance(resistance) of 4Ω. So to the amp, it's just one sub.

Example 2: Amp is rated at 1Ω mono, 2 subs @ 4Ω each dual voice coil. If I connect two voice coils in parallel and the other two voice coils in series and connect the two subs in parallel, I would have a total impedance of 1.6Ω. Which would be perfect for a 1Ω stable mono amp.

You should use a capacitor as well.

Recommend for every 500 watts MAX you use a .5 Farad cap
Example: 1000 watts MAX - 1 Farad cap

You will also need what's called a "line level converter" if your stock head unit doesn't have RCA outputs or your amp doesn't have high-level inputs.

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If you like I can send you some plans for reference. My plans are for a 4-th order band-pass bass box (A.K.A. bass-reflex) that holds two 12's.

Also included are java calculators you can use to figure parallel and series values given Ω values, tips on box building and types, calculating port diameter and length(if used), calculating box dimensions for types of boxes (sealed, wedge, cylindrical, etc.), materials needed and even how to make a jig for cutting perfect holes for your subs.

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My system

Blaupunkt TSw1200 subs with a Sony Xplōd XM2200GTX.
My amp is 1200 watts (200 Watts RMS X 2), subs are 600 watts (200 Watts RMS) each, cap is 1.5 Farad

SPL is about 112 db each sub

Total cost(so far) = $410

Answer 6

The best set up I would say is a receiver (head unit), new door speakers and a subwoofer or two, depending on your want for bass. If you want light bass, go with a single 10" or 12". If your looking for heavy bass, go with two 12's or two 15's.