System Setup vs Prices

[Andrew93]

its about a month away from when i start buying parts for the system but i wanted some opinions on what good set ups you could get for diff price ranges.

price covers, headunit, subs, box, amp, wiring.

$300 setup
$400 setup
$500 setup

and what is worth it

 

[pluckt007]

500 dollars can buy you 2 subs and a box.

you need a little more instruction as to what your looking for.

anything red and says "sony" is crazy overpriced., try performace techinique for amps.

 

[mkornely89]

save up for something you wont want to change a month down the road

 

[mkornely89]

Shoot, okay my setup cost probably 1,500 or so.
RF T600-2-$300
T600-4- $300.00
Alpine headunit (I forgot which one but its pretty nice)-$300.00
4 P1's (which i got for 50 bucks a piece at best buy)-$200.00
RCAs-$90.00
Power Wire-im not sure because I bought like 50 ft from knukonceptz but for my system i probably used 25 ft.- so like $75.00
I had the box built for me from a shop-$400.00
Alpine Ipod Touch power adapter-$60.00
RF Bass Knobs-$50.00
And I am constantly wanting to change my setup so this hobby kills my wallet

 

[AcurInteg96]

in 07 with help from ebay. i got alpine type r component fronts 100.00, type r 6x9 rears 86.00, 2 12' type r subs 250.00, a pioneer premier headunit126.00, 2 phoenix gold 1000watt amps140.00, 4 guage wiring kit.50.00, and my subbox 100.00. these were all BNIB 07 models too. for a grand total of 852 bucks

 

[patrick4588]

Shoot, okay my setup cost probably 1,500 or so.
RF T600-2-$300
T600-4- $300.00
Alpine headunit (I forgot which one but its pretty nice)-$300.00
4 P1's (which i got for 50 bucks a piece at best buy)-$200.00
RCAs-$90.00
Power Wire-im not sure because I bought like 50 ft from knukonceptz but for my system i probably used 25 ft.- so like $75.00
I had the box built for me from a shop-$400.00
Alpine Ipod Touch power adapter-$60.00
RF Bass Knobs-$50.00
And I am constantly wanting to change my setup so this hobby kills my wallet

amp - 750 and 350
alternator - 180
components - 110
coaxials = 75
subs - 750 each
head unit - 250
rcas - 110 and 90
power wires and speaker wires - 500
and i did all my fab and building so i saved some money there. oh and like 300 dollars worth of sound deadening.

 

[JimmyRos.]

snap if you guys wanna see system performance, PM TegSox. his shit is beast.

 

[TegSox]

Don't PM me, just make a thread, then everyone can read my answer, and others can chime in too.

A quality amp is gonna cost around 1$ per RMS watt, use that as a guide.
I recommend Alpine head units, you can get decent one nowadays for less than $200.

 

[wite2nr]

and dont buy any amp that list its peak wattage. quality amps are usually underrated and listed in RMS. I have a kicker zx750... birthsheet was 880rms

 

[mkornely89]

Patrick, what alternator you running? I got excessive amperage under my hood

 

[Andrew93]

well ill prob end up looking on craigs list first then ebay and seeing whats there and then ill need opinions on which to choose

 

[YadaDA9]

I got two 15" JBL GT5 Subs in a sealed eBay box. Rockford Fosgate Power speakers all around (5.25 front, 6.5 rear). Kenwood Head Unit. Power Acoustik 2000 Watt Amp. Cost me $700 total including wiring kit, RCAs etc. IT FUCKING SLAPS. Btw I have a hatchback so it has awesome acoustics.

 

[TegSox]

These Pecision Power amps on Ebay look good. They were both made in either 1997 or 1998 (I'm a PPI buff is how I know, lol): HERE and HERE
They both have built in crossovers too, which is a feature you'll definitley need to run subs.

I have the 6 channel version from this generation of PPI amps in my Teg.

Old school PPI from 1993 to 2003 is the shiz.

 

[97teg4l]

if i was you i would do kicker. kickers stuff is way under rated. and its fairly cheap. i have one 12 inch kicker and i hit way harder than anybody in my city. its all about matching an amp that can push your sub with a decent sub. you dont need like 4 12s to hit lol. just match your amp right with your sub and your good to go.

 

[rnhib25]

if you want bass u should get 15in L7