Shogen

nice... crazy stuff

Welcome sir!

Alright, so here we go.. I want to upgrade my front stage while waiting on the Icon sub I have coming sometime this month.(already ordered) What I want to do it get rid of my Alpine 6x9s I have in the front doors and eliminate that horrid speaker the factory Toyota calls a "tweeter" ... I've somewhat bugged //M5 already and instead of continuing to fill his inbox I will give the SSA community a chance to jump in.. So I had found this chart: http://www.listenhear.co.uk/general_acoustics.htm I asked //M5 and he already stated that it is a decent chart but needs somewhat more range. So what my goal is and obviously this could be the wrong way in approaching it, but I hope to purchase some components that can cover almost a majority of that range without breaking the bank or windows.. I am only looking for it to be loud inside my vehicle and to be able to keep volume loudness with the Icon I will be installing soon hopefully. Info: 1. My budget as far as the set goes is $200 - $250. $300 means I need to get a better present for the lady for Xmas so lets keep it at $250. 2. a. I will be mounting the set in my doors with some modification to the skin(sheet metal that the door panel mounts onto) in order to get them in properly. b. If it will be somewhat better for imaging to mount higher in the door panel or dash let me know how well that works with keeping the mid inside the door cuz I have heard a few negatives about putting distance(more that 6-8 inches) between the tweet and mid... 3. I will continue to use my current amp, a Kenwood 60x4 cheapy(but solid built) but I am also looking into the Crescendo 1000C4. 4. This is going into a 2003 Toyota Camry. The sets I have looked into were: (these are in order of what I'm leaning towards) 1. CDT CL-61A.2-25 PRO @ $169 Reasons: It is actually under the $200 range, runs at 2ohms which will pull a little more juice from any amp I use, and has a glorious 3yr warranty which feels kinda nice. 2. Image Dynamics CTX65CS @ $189 Reasons: Heard alot of great things about build quality and sound quality, price of course is great for me, and power seems to be somewhat on par with the CDTs. 3. DLS MS5A @ $219 Reasons: Older buddy of mine who is into home audio has a few sets of bookshelfs and towers which sounded amazing and one set, the Ultimate series which I don't really want to spend the money on. Anyway, they sounded really good but again I think he paid $400 for his particular set. Side note: I was thinking about being ghetto and just throwing tweets in the dash and leaving the Alpine 6x9s in the doors just to give some better extension which I know is WRONG but I was thinking this. Luckily I take too long and think too much to just ghetto rig things up.. Help me SSA!!! I want my car to sound better. p.s. - If you have other equivalent or better recommendations then please give them to me. I am all ears and could care less about doing more research.

Please explain this funky pup....

alpine. jl audio, and someone else just can't remember which brand...

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/p_20380_Kinetik_KHC1400.aspx ^^ Full warranty from Kinetik and free shipping dude. Pick it up!

replace... Def better by alot... I'm using my HC1800 alone for my setup... But I am only running a baby amp.. JL Audio 500/1.. Still ... Get the HC1400 for the front...

Dude replace your starter.... DUH! ... Get a HC1200 - HC1800 ... whatever fits

really like that setup dood!

I cringed when I read that ^^ Why? Because it sounds better than what you probably have already? Notice I said probably. fixed. Wrong fix dude Dang!!

You remember exactly what set you have? Just curious..

I cringed when I read that ^^ Why? Because it sounds better than what you probably have already? Notice I said probably. fixed.

that's just crazy.... holy God^^

I just have to comment on the pristine quality of that car man... WTF! was that only garage kept???

Argent is having one too...

not trying to rock the boat here but Argent has these amps for less?? Not sure why but they are considerably less....

So, in an effort to be cool I have been looking at getting a proper enclosure for my 12" Icon. Spoke with Andrew and I'm possibly going that route. First I'd like to find someone more local than across the US. I'm in Jersey and need someone close by if possible that can design/build an enclosure to spec for my boom boom. ... Anybody here on the east coast with the skills and tools?? Please let me know... Thanks!

have you contacted DC Power?? They have they're own section here at SSA...

I wasn't arguing though... And I seriously though I had answered your question. Honestly don't know which question was being asked either.... As far as noob guidelines go though I realize it wasn't following to a "T" but I thought I knew what I wanted and it seemed I didn't. But I really don't get why couldn't provide a suggestion based off the information given. I thought it was clear but then you told me it wasn't and I still have yet to understand what you exactly want from my information, is what I said wrong or misleading or non-descriptive? I wanted a "decent" solution for component set, that could provide good all around sound. Meaning, nice mid and highs that don't sound muddy or distorted at higher volumes. Is that not making sense or even the right thing to ask for? It seems as though I am trying to answer you without know what you are asking. Can I get it in plain English? Maybe I misread your posts or didn't get it... If you wanted to help, which it seems as though you do, then I can make it easier if you ask a straight up question.. Like, what sounded good to you about the DLS or what kind of sound is good to you? If you would like to continue to help me then I will answer anything you ask or give the information needed if I didn't originally.. I don't know all codes... EDIT: I re-read what I posted last and I don't see what you see.... No argumentative intentions whatsoever ...

Sure, let's call it $270 + shipping. Edit: Just so people know what I am giving a quote for: 1 x US Amps MD-21 + 1 x SSA Dcon 12S4 A serious SQ sub/amp bargain. Thought I would quote myself for effect if anyone was interested. lmao... sounds good... I already have an Icon and I need more than my "baby amp"....

hmmm....

Wait... which question?? I'm kinda lost your last post didn't have one.. Unless you're talking about what I have heard that I liked... Honestly, the only set worth mentioning I thought were the DLS ... But I had owned some Kenwood Excelons about 8yrs ago and thought they were pretty sick... But I cannot use my ears from 8yrs... So, yea... I'm lost... DLS and blah... I really have no other reference... So I was hoping you would just let me be lazy and just throw some models that an untrained ear would be able to enjoy... I can't even really use the DLS I did hear as reference either because I don't even know what he was using to power it and I only know he had a Pioneer HU... I'm kinda stuck... I don't wanna just buy random shyt obviously... Unless it comes highly recommended and even then I have to reason with the opinions that are given... So my badd, I thought you might give me a starting point besides listen to my ears... I don't even have any real place to go and "audition" the sets .. Best Buy is not exactly where I wanna go to pick up audio...

Really?? But like they can cut the hole for the subwoofer and all???