Thought I'd make the first post in this section. What have you got for entertainment in your car? Mine is a fairly mild (read cheap) setup, a veritable Heinz-57:
Kenwood KDC-MP425 CD/MP3 deck
Pioneer Premier 6X8 rear, 5.25" front speakers
Alpine 100-watt X 4-channel amp
JL Audio 12" sub & box
PPI 400-watt mono amp
It won't win any SPL competitions, but it sounds ed good at painful volumes!
stock premium. :o
Pretty weak for now:
Pioneer DEH-1400 Head Unit
Premium Sound 6.5 sides
Pioneer TS-A6870R 6x8" rears.
Blaupunkt Overdrive 3.5" fronts.
Pioneer DEH-P6500
Pioneer REV 6x8 250watt Rear Deck speakers
Infinity Reference 3 1/2 120watt Front Dash speakers
Rio-Volt Portable MP3-CD Player connected through the pioneer rca adapter.
Enough bass to tricks lil' kiddies into thinking I have sub's and the clarity without distortion at high volumes that I desire :evilgrin: !!!
Portable CD player with a cassette adapter for my Stock system :giggle:
Pioneer DEH P6400
Pyle (of shiznit) 3.5"s in the front, Pioneer 2-way 6x8's in the rear.
Cheap 200W Optimus amp with horrible wiring connected to a Pioneer 400W 12" in a way-too-big bandpass box.
Stupid Previous owner...anyway.
The Grand Marquis, on the other hand, has a new Kenwood KDC-MP5025 deck awaiting installation (I'm using it in the Bird till I get the Marquis back on the road). More audio mods to follow in that car.
This is the system that was in my '95 Thunderbird (sold)
Clarion DX515 (I later upgraded to a Nakamichi MB75)
Clarion PEQ460
Phoenix Gold QX180.2
Phoenix Gold RMD
MB Quart 6.5" Component Set (front)
No rear speakers
Infinity Kappa Perfect 12.1
Alpine MRV-T757
Here's my system, not too impressive, but pretty good for how much it cost me - $400 total
Sony CD/MP3 in dash receiver.
Profile 400 Watt 4 channel hooked up to my Jensen 6x9 3 ways
Jensen 400 Watt 4 channel powering 12" rockford punch bandpass and stock front speakers.
Oh, and I have my trunk ported!
(http://a_thompson.home.mchsi.com/port1.jpg)
(http://a_thompson.home.mchsi.com/port2.jpg)
Factory stock AM/FM radio with STEREO! :hick: & an alpine deck with some "vintage" pioneer 6x9"s in rear, 6.5" rounds under the front seats :p and a couple 1.5" tweeters. Ever drive down the highway in a car with plastic covering a window? if you turn it right up it sounds like that :rollin: but at mid volume it sounds good :slap:
In my 88 XR-7 I have:
Pioneer premier deh-p430 cd player
rockford fosgate punch 200.4 4 channel amp
polk ex351a dash speakers
polk 3 way 6x9 rear deck running off of amp
massive rx5 door speakers
pioneer 12'' in singled sealed hatch box running bridged off of amp
bass blockers on door and dash speakers
monster cable wiring throughout whole car
fairly stealth and sounds great!
total of around $850
88 XR-7
Deck: Deh-p750mp(premier 6v pre-out)
Speakers: Infinity Kappa 3 1/2 dash, Kappa 6 1/2 door, Kappa 6x9 rear
Wires: all Knukonceptz
Amp: Profile 4 x 60 (rms)
Sub: dont need one :)
Installed by: Myself
Got it all on EBAY ;)
System sounds crystal clear. You would think I had component seperates. Incredible bass responce also. Sounds like I have two 8's back there. And If I want to I can get a better amp because my rear speakers can handle twice the power I'm feeding them!
In the 87 XR7:
Nothing, stripped entire audio system.
In the 93 XR7:
Pioneer DVH-P7000 DVD player (Head unit)
Pioneer AVX-7300 In-Dash 7" Plasma
Pioneer 3-Way 6x8's (Fronts)
Pioneer 3-Way 6x8's (Rears)
Pioneer 12 Disc CD Changer
Pioneer XM Radio Hide Away Tuner
Terk Through Glass Antenna
JL Audio 500/1 Class D Amp
2 Kicker 2005 Solo-Baric L7
3.25cu.ft. Ported Box
Total About $4600 minus $1800 I saved on Head unit and screen
In the Kota:
Pioneer DEH-P760MP
Kicker 4 Channel Amp
Eclipse 3-Way 6.5" (Fronts)
Eclipse 3-Way 5.25" (Rears)
Infinity 1" Tweeters
Total About $400
All installed by myself, wouldnt have it any other way :D
Stock two , push button AM radio. ..... Seriously.
Light blue Bird:
Stock premium sound system, except with two Pioneer 6x9s under the rear deck.
Dark blue Bird:
Alpine cassette player. Rest of system unknown at present.
i have stock dash tweaters, dhi or dih or something 2way door speekers, and pioneer rear 3way 6x9s and kenwood head unit cd/mp3 player. did i mension everything was FREE!!!! ha ha ha ha ha ha... k, im done :p
i gots a jvc sx-sumthin cd/mp3 player, a pair of pioneer 6 1/2 components and a pair of pioneer 6x8s ran off a 300w 4 channel crunch amp with built in crossovers, a couple of mismatched, cheap 12"s that actually sound pretty decent running off of a profile california 600w amp, and soon to install an optima yellow top battery and upgrade my subs. my cougar's slow, but it's loud as hell.
some cheap pioneer cd player deck
stock dash speakers (not hooked up...they sound funny)
sony xplod 5 1/4 doors
pioneer 6x9 rear (loathe pioneer 6x9s)
don't remember name of 12 inch sub in box.
sony 444x4 watt amp (don't ask...it was under $100)
mostly out stuff i had laying around. wanna s most of everything and go component speakers and ditch the sub and it's space eating box.
My 87 tbird has:
HU- Pioneer DEH p6500
Front- Infinity 6.5, 3-way
back- Infinity 6x9's
amps- 1600 watt Class D HiFonics Amp pushing 600 RMS each sub
subs- 2 12 Kicker L7's
Custom built box built for specs of subs.
wiring- Monster wiring ( 4 ga, RCA, speaker wires etc.)
Totals out around $900
Same As SLY, But I have a JVC Kamelion that i have been having trouble with because i have the premium (UPDATE) Just bought an 800 watt sub and Kenwood 250watt amp
Head Unit: Pioneer DEH 6500 50x4 watts
Dash Speakers: Pioneer 4.5's
Door Speakers: Sony 6.5's
Rear Speakers: Pioneer 6x8's
Amp: Rockford Fosgate 1800 watt 2 channel 600 RMS @ 2 ohm
Sub Box: Home made sealed 1.5 cubic feet per sub
Subs: 2 Pioneer 12's 500 watts max
I have the amp turned down quite a bit. Used to have and 18" Kicker Comp VR but I smoked the voice coils with the RF amp.
headunit- Pioneer DEH-3600
indash- Infinity 3.5" tweeters (sounded like so i cut wire)
door- Pioneer 5" 4 way speakers
rear- Pioneer custom fit Ford 4 way speakers (amped MTX Roadthunder 202)
subs- 2 Rockford Punch HE 12" subs in a sealed bandpass (oversized might i add) powered by a Rockford 1200 watt amp
It could be alot better and thats why im up gradeing it soon :grinno: new components ordered (amps, subs, box, tweets) and may even add a few more goodies ill see :grinno:
head unit- Cyclone Audio
dash speakers- stock
doors- Clarion 6.5 3 way speakes
rear deck- Alpine 6x9's
in the trunk.... 2 6 inch rear deck assist speakers.....
i had a crunck 450w amp but i blew it to smitherines running two shiznitty 12" thump woofers and a 8" thump....
this is my old system only have peices of it left:
in dash :kenwood deck
doors: 4 pioneer 6X9s 220 watts each
rear deck: 2 more pioneer 6X9s 300 watts i think
amps: 2 audiobahn 2400 watt "flame" amps
subs : 2 audiobahn 15" "flame" basket
in my t-bird : i have no idea :no head unit in dash speakers i think and rear deck speakers no sure about doors (lots of empty spaces in my dash )
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Just noticed sears had its tool sets on sale cheap so I went a picked up a set (after years of dreaming about it) once home i'm looking at the shipping box and notice on the box "SUPPLIER NAME = JESSIE & J CO.,LTD." so after a quick google search I find this (http://"http://library.consusgroup.com/library_pvw/130/130022.asp") so I guess its true.. craftsman is all made in china?!
I guess its better than Taiwan.....:yuck:
In the Sprint (AKA the silver bullet)
Headunit - JVC KDAR760
Dash speakers - some 15 year old audiovox 4's that actually sound decent and a pair of tweeters
Rear speakers - Pioneer 3-way 6X9's
Sub - 10" sony pentagon shaped thing
Amp - 360 max 125 RMS Jensen running sub
Total cost - $170 CDN :D
In the Cougar:
Rockford Fosgate RFX 8330 Headunit
Rockford Fosgate 3.5" FRC4203 Punch Highs
Pioneer 6x9s
No 6.5s in yet(pioneers in my room)
Scosche Wiring
Jensen 600 watt amp
2 10" Rockford Fosgate P1s
Waiting:
Audiobahn 10" AW1000
Have:
2 10" Ultra Linear Subs(sold)
Coustic Crossover
(http://www.baxo.ca/cougar/xr7/system.jpg)
Showoff!
In my red bird:
-Alpine Headunit from 1996
-Infinity kappa or reference (cant remember) 5x7's
-Pioneer 2 way 6.5"
-Stock 3.5's with bass blockers
-Crossfire 200w amp
-Kicker Comp 12" in the trunk, in a huge plywood box
Mind you, everything in that car is free audio wise, i paid for some RCA cables, and speaker wire, since i ran all of my own wiring. Its sad because my friend put probably 600 bucks into his toyota audio wise, and mine made his sound like , i had it all set up very well.
In the turbo coupe:
-Stock premium sound.
-Sony 10-disk CD changer
Mine is all older stuff and my real amp needs to be fixed. but
Headunit Pioneer dehp825 with 1`2 disc changer.
Subs all atomic 2 x 12" hpw1294 2x 10" hpw1094
Mids and highs Lanzar 5.25 and matching tweeters.
Amps should be a Soundstream reference 705s but its broken so I've got a chessy pyramid 100 watt pushing the 12"s only al the rest is deck power the 10"s aren't hooked up right now.
I also have an mp3 player in there too. The subs are setup in freeair Setup. I've totaly seal the trunk of the car from the interior. I made spaker pods on the doors to give better imageing. I've also made a mount for my mp3 player. I
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Haha, it's pretty ghetto rigged right now. Since I like to keep my full size spare, the sub's crammed in the corner. I did actually try it mounted in the middle of the trunk and it didn't hit as hard.
My full setup is as follows.
Kenwood KDC 4019 head unit
Kenwood 5 1/4" 2-way coaxial speakers up front.
Infinity Kappa 6x9" 3 way coaxial speakers in rear.
Infinity Reference 12" Dual Voice Coil subwoofer.
Rockford Fosgate Sp series 300 watt amplifier.
The amp is pretty weak for what that sub can handle, but the rest of the system sounds good. Although as of late the amp has been cutting in and out, due to a slew of different possible problems.
Here's some pics. Sorry they are py cam phone pics, it's just what was easiet though.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/DakotaEpic/Trunk1.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/DakotaEpic/trunk2.jpg)
Mine is sad.
Car originally had premium sound, but it was all hacked up beyond repair before I bought the car.
I installed a good system but removed it for my new car so now the cougar has...
head unit-old aiwa tape deck- half of the lights are burned out :hick:
doors- cheesy cheap speakers that were free with the Panasonic mp3/satellite head unit that is now in my new car. *Circuit City's thank you for spending more than 300 on a head unit... $20 speakers :wtf:*
rear- Factory rear speakers.
Dash- They are not original, are junk and are not being used.:disappoin
Oh well, who needs a great stereo system in a car that makes it's own sweet music through the exhaust notes. :ies:
Stock stuff in everything except the '89 Mark, which has a Pioneer CD/MP3-CD head unit hooked to the stock Lincoln Premium Sound stuff. I have a wish list drawn up for that car, but I can't justify about a thousand bucks worth of audio equipment when I can't even currently afford to get the brakes fixed.. so the six Infinity speakers will have to wait a bit. :p (no sub planned, unless I can do things a little odd) The truck will get a similar head unit soon, and a couple speakers.. but nothing fancy. No idea what I'd put into the '86 T-bird once I bought it back and began the big change. Only planned out the Mark's stereo.
neither of my birds have a radio :O
my wifes car does though:)
sony x-plode head unit
sony hi's in the dash
sony mids in deck
2 alphasonic 10's in the trunk
sealed box
350w alphasonic amp
street wires wiring 4ga power wire
my set up right now it temporary untill I get all my engine, drive train and body work done.
I have an old panasonic cd/mp3 player with the blue and white animated display
alpine 6.5s in the doors, with a custom door panel for them
no rears for now
2 of the old pioneer IMPP 400 series subs powered by an early 70s 100 watt pioneer amp.
PS I ran all new wiring.
Ditto...although I could use some new dash speakers.