Car sound system?

Question

What are the components of a banging car sound system? For those who have systems, what are good brands. I have a nissan 200sx, and I know nothing about systems but I want to eventually put one in

Answer 1

The components of a "banging" car sound system would be as follows: The source (cd player, in-dash dvd/nav system, radio, tape player, etc.), the speakers, the subs, the amps, the parts/wiring. Also, depending on how big of a system, possibly a new battery or two and an alternator. Here are some of my recommendations as far as good brands.

Deck: Eclipse, Pioneer (regular or premier), Alpine, Kenwood Excelon, Nakamichi (not the greatest looking, but great sound).

Speakers: Polk Audio, Infinity, Eclipse, Pioneer Rev High end: Focal, Boston, MB Quart, Nakamichi

Subs: JL Audio, MTX, Kicker, Eclipse, Audiobahn, Memphis, Hifonics, Diamond Audio, Fosgate (p3 and higher)

Amps: all the sub companies, plus, Precision Power, Crossfire, Cadence, Soundstream

Parts/Wiring: Monster, Tsunami, Streetwires, even Kicker and Fosgate make decent parts/wiring.

But in the end these are just my recommendations (based on quality and sound), like Sparky said only you can judge what you like. Everyone's ears are a little different so what sounds good to me may not sound good to you. Shop around at all the car audio dealers and take a listen, but make sure you take one of your cds with you so you can judge all of them with the same song (one that you are familiar with).

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The best advice you can get is from your ears.

Go to a pro audio shop and grab a listen. Only you know what sounds good to you.

Some of the better shops will demo a system in your car so you know what your getting.

Be ready to spend about $500 and up depending on what you pick.

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Car audio can be quite confusing to a beginner. Talk to a lot of people and ask tons of questions.

Here are a few sites to read for a starting point for terms and information:

http://spkrbox1.spaces.live.com
http://www.bcae1.com

Answer 3

Forget All Those Other Comments & Forget About All Those Other Brands. The 5 Best Brands Period Are Dc Sound Lab, Tc Sounds,Fi.Audio,Re.Audio,& JL.Audio. ''Hope This Helped!''

Answer 4

Pretty good answers so far but I would add. Try to decide what is more important to you Quality or Quantity (of sound). You can get both but the price goes through the roof. I'm not saying you can't get a lot of volume with high quality sound. I have a Sony 150 AM/FM/CD/MP3 player, 250 watt Rockford Fosgate amp, 2 10" subwoofers in the back of my Chevy 2500. You can feel the bass with Techno/Trance music no problems at all. But I can also pick out the violins when I listen to classical music.

Answer 5

Well figure out how much you want to spend for everything list included

Amplifiers, subs, head unit, factory replacement speakers, wiring, fuse blocks, and depending on your taste of car audio i would suggest some kind of frequency cut off blocks.

Then go to your nearest Car Audio place and tell them what you have to work with and see what they offer. Shop around and save if you have to. Take a few friends with you. Don't be persuaded by opinion though!

Answer 6

you should get some JL 10s or 12s (speakers) and like a 1000 watt amp, after you get it all put into a box (its pretty self explanitory when you get it) just hook it up to your cd player. with the stereos, its pretty much what ever one you think looks the best, stick with the more well known brands though, and with amps, pretty much every amp is the same, but the JLs hit hard!

Answer 7

rockford fosgate rav monitor- has tv tuner, dvd, mp3, nav inputs & screen & sound quality is excellent since they teamed up with eclipse.
for amps xtant x--chrome amps, stylish & quality clean power
subs if u run free air fo w/ the same xtant x, but if u run a box image dynamics idmax
components- focal utopia, mb quart q line, alpine spx or f1, dynaudio
capacitor-rockford fosgate or thr cap
wiring-streetwires
also need fuse blocks, chrome soundstreams are nice, good battery not optima, they suck, good nice battery get a rockford battery to match. audiobahn terminal connectors

Answer 8

i have 2 12" sdat DVC subwoofers and a 400w dual amp bridged.they hit hard and they are cheap.ps wire the DVC subs so they will be 4ohms together so it can be bridged.you will need a box also.

Answer 9

boston pro series kenwood excelon alpine