Ask a guy who's been installing car audio for over 10 years anything

[edzyy]

What is your take on Powered subwoofers ?

I have a pickup truck with an extended cab so I don't have a lot of room for most box enclosures . Have a great system and was on the Rockford Fosgate PS30012 for five years before it blew out on me this week.

Had three of the infinity basslink ones but they blow out fast and have the Bazooka 12' but it's too big for my new truck. Probably gonna save it for the trunk for my next car.

Anyway, I was @ the JBL '12 inch they got but was wondering if I have better options out there instead of a powered sub setup. I listen to a variety of music do I don't need the bass thumping for everything I play.

I never liked them, but JBL does have some decent offerings.

Google your car and "subwoofer box"

You can find some boxes that go under the seats

 

[edzyy]

pro/cons of putting subwoofer under car seat
TS-WH500A - 8 ¼" HVT Sealed Active Subwoofer

IT won't do anything for u..trust me

 

[edzyy]

Just got this bad boy..what do you think of it?

Kenwood Excelon X700-5

Good amp. Kenwood is underrated as far as amps go.

 

[edzyy]

I want something LOUD and THUMPING for the least amount of work( too lazy to do big 3 and all that shiet right now for my future car) toss in a 15 with a very powerful amp?

What kind of car?

 

[edzyy]

I've got an 06 Acura RSX and I'm looking to install a system in it but don't have the money to do it all at once. Ultimately I want to put a 12" Alpine Type-R sub in the trunk but I'm starting with the head unit and speakers first.

I'm looking at a Kenwood KDC-BT562U head unit
Alpine SPR-60C component 6.5" speakers with tweeters (220 watts RMS total)

My question is about the amp. Is there an amp that can power the speakers on one channel and also provide 500w RMS to the sub on another channel? Am I better off just buying 2 separate mono-amps?

I'd prefer one amp to provide enough power for both so I can at least have a little bit of trunk space.

5-channel is what you need. This is a good one Precision Power PPI P900.5 Phantom 900W 5-Channel Amplifier

btw, get these instead JBL GTO609C 6.5" GTO Component Car Speakers System

 

[Donald J Trump]

getting a 2014 dodge dart within a month, i don't know shyt about amps subs or whatever..

i just want some good sound, damn good base and want to replace the cd player the car come with, with something that i can play my iPhone music with...

what should i do... don't wanna pay more that 500 give or take 200
@edzyy

 

[Microfracture]

5-channel is what you need. This is a good one Precision Power PPI P900.5 Phantom 900W 5-Channel Amplifier

btw, get these instead JBL GTO609C 6.5" GTO Component Car Speakers System

Thanks for the help I managed to find the speakers $115 a pair on Amazon

 

[edzyy]

getting a 2014 dodge dart within a month, i don't know shyt about amps subs or whatever..

i just want some good sound, damn good base and want to replace the cd player the car come with, with something that i can play my iPhone music with...

what should i do... don't wanna pay more that 500 give or take 200
@edzyy

Don't those already come with screens in em?

They "should" have some sort of ipod/iphone connect

you should verify that first

 

[Donald J Trump]

Don't those already come with screens in em?

They "should" have some sort of ipod/iphone connect

you should verify that first

ok so if it does, whats your next step

 

[Why-Fi]

whats the best unit i can get that has android auto? thats affordable

 

[edzyy]

ok so if it does, whats your next step

Sorry for the late response, man..I didn't see an Alert for this.

At that point, your next step would be a processor & that alone would blow your budget.

That's the thing about these new cars..Much harder to integrate aftermarket audio into them

whats the best unit i can get that has android auto? thats affordable

None

 

[Donald J Trump]

O

 

[edzyy]

its all good i ended up getting a 2015 Chrysler 200...what u recommend for that, budget under 700

Those have iphone intergration right?

 

[Donald J Trump]

Those have iphone intergration right?

yea

 

[edzyy]

yea

First thing you need is the processor

This will grab the signal from the headunit and send it off to your amps and offer a lot of tuning options



I spoke a couple pages back about "infinite baffle" set ups

You might want to look into that and get back to me