Who has had some super cheap audio inatalls that actually turned out really well? The more I think about it, I have been much more impressed with some of the cheap ssytems I have put together than the expensive ones.
One of my favorites was in my old '87 Porsche 924S.
Alpine 7903 head unit - $30 because it was broken. All I needed to do was snap the worm gear for the CD player back into place. Cleanest headunit I've ever had.
Hifonics Cupid - 22 watts RMS x2 at 4 ohms. 44 watts x2 RMS at 2 ohms.
I was pushing a pair of Senet Concepts (off brand made by Altec Lansing) plate speakers plus a set of Infinity RS components (5 1/4's and tweeters) in the doors. The plates were in the stock 4X6 locations and the tweets were in the kick panels with the Infinity mids in sealed enclosures I made out of the map pockets in the doors. They were all run in series. The subs changed over time. I started with a Rockford Fosgate Audiophile 12" and think I ended up with a JL Audio 12W1 in a bandpass box. I used all passive crossovers. It sounded good enough to impress a installer friend of mine who had plenty of Iasca trophies under his belt, and built systems for competition cars, Nikki Taylor, Wayne Gretzky, and C.C. Deville.
Another good one is my CRX Si. I have an older Eclipse head unit. It is a lower end model, but it is clean. It runs a 80 watt x2 Power Acoustik Gothic series amp that I got for $10. I opened this amp up and it is identical in every way to an Alpine amp that I have. Anyway, it runs some old MB Quart 5 1/4 components up front that I RTV'd the surrounds back onto and JBL 6.5"s in the rear They are all run inseries. I have a JL 10W0 for the sub in a sealed enclosure. All passive crossovers. There is something to be said about how balanced a system sounds when everything is coming off of the same power source.
My GN used to impress people with a Kenwood head unit, Radio Shack tweeters in the dash, Infinity RS 5 1/4's in the doors, Pioneer 6x9's in the rear deck, a LA Sound 100x4 amp, and a Series 1 12" sub in the trunk.
Let's hear some other stories!
Lets hear about some other ghetto installs that turned out well.
One of my favorites was in my old '87 Porsche 924S.
Alpine 7903 head unit - $30 because it was broken. All I needed to do was snap the worm gear for the CD player back into place. Cleanest headunit I've ever had.
Hifonics Cupid - 22 watts RMS x2 at 4 ohms. 44 watts x2 RMS at 2 ohms.
I was pushing a pair of Senet Concepts (off brand made by Altec Lansing) plate speakers plus a set of Infinity RS components (5 1/4's and tweeters) in the doors. The plates were in the stock 4X6 locations and the tweets were in the kick panels with the Infinity mids in sealed enclosures I made out of the map pockets in the doors. They were all run in series. The subs changed over time. I started with a Rockford Fosgate Audiophile 12" and think I ended up with a JL Audio 12W1 in a bandpass box. I used all passive crossovers. It sounded good enough to impress a installer friend of mine who had plenty of Iasca trophies under his belt, and built systems for competition cars, Nikki Taylor, Wayne Gretzky, and C.C. Deville.
Another good one is my CRX Si. I have an older Eclipse head unit. It is a lower end model, but it is clean. It runs a 80 watt x2 Power Acoustik Gothic series amp that I got for $10. I opened this amp up and it is identical in every way to an Alpine amp that I have. Anyway, it runs some old MB Quart 5 1/4 components up front that I RTV'd the surrounds back onto and JBL 6.5"s in the rear They are all run inseries. I have a JL 10W0 for the sub in a sealed enclosure. All passive crossovers. There is something to be said about how balanced a system sounds when everything is coming off of the same power source.
My GN used to impress people with a Kenwood head unit, Radio Shack tweeters in the dash, Infinity RS 5 1/4's in the doors, Pioneer 6x9's in the rear deck, a LA Sound 100x4 amp, and a Series 1 12" sub in the trunk.
Let's hear some other stories!
Lets hear about some other ghetto installs that turned out well.
