Stereo Advice...

[SEEMYFTO]

Hi...what kind of setup do you have? Im wanting a good reliable brand with great sound quality...GO

[Taz]

Ive never gone wrong with kicker or JVC

[XenaP]

Yeah, I'm a huge JVC fan. I bought all new components for the FTO - amp, subwoofer, headunit - in JVC and it's an awesome sound system I have Kicker 6x9 speakers in the parcel shelf and I'll be replacing the door speakers with either JVC or Kicker's when I can afford it.

[SEEMYFTO]

Did you install it yourself or get it professionally done?

[silverGPX]

Infinity, Boston acoustics, eclipse, soundstream

[XenaP]

I got my professionally done as I know absolutely zero when it comes to stereo install (I can build a computer, but I'm dumb as when it comes to car audio - go figure lol). Cost me $198.

[SEEMYFTO]

Wow, that sounds really cheap...did you buy your stereo brand new? Is it a single deck or a touchscreen? Who was the installation through?

[dstocks]

Tablet

[destinationtoby]

All comes down to what your willing to fork out , u can buy 2way kicker speakers for roughly the same price u can buy excellent quality 5way pioneer speakers which are way better in my opinion. I try to buy the best of the "less popular" brands
But if your loaded go for the best of the best !

I've got alpine doubledin
Fusion monoblock amp
Jvc in the doors
Pioneer 6x9s in back
Pioneer Lowprofile 12"sub in the boot

Have been complemented a few times on how good the setup sounds And asked what type I chose, bitsa everything

[XenaP]

I just don't get the whole tablet route? How is it better than a stereo? It seems to be the 'in' thing at the moment so there must be advantages. Inquiring minds want to know



$198 was just for install, not all my components. I managed to buy everything from Supercheap for less than on Ebay - they were having a massive sale on audio the day I walked in there with cash lol
Headunit was $249, 1200w subwoofer was $59 and 1000w 4 channel amp was $114. Headunit and amp are not 'top' of the range but I can make my boot lid bounce with this setup

[Vectose]

I just don't get the whole tablet route? How is it better than a stereo? It seems to be the 'in' thing at the moment so there must be advantages. Inquiring minds want to know

It's just that there are a lot more features on a tablet. I still have a hidden head unit that the tablet plugs into. (Which is not needed, but I wanted to use some of the features of the head unit, like Bluetooth hands free)

But when you compare a tablet to a touch screen head unit, the tablet is way more responsive and has a better/customisable layout and you can put things where you want etc.

A Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 can be had for $198 brand new now, even cheaper used.

[XenaP]

Ahh that makes sense. Thanks Vectose

[shadowarrior]

I picked up JVC 2 way fronts and Pioneer 6X9 rears from Supercheap for $98 total just before the bonfire. They had 2012 models on clearance plus a storwide 20% off for members.
Just replaced the stock speakers with the new ones, and done Easy to do it yourself as long as you have all the wirings in place.

[XenaP]

Being an SCA member does tend to pay off if you buy from there regularly. I ended up with $40 credit after their last big sale.

[shadowarrior]

Plus it's like 5 bucks to join but you get $10 free credit for joining

[SEEMYFTO]

Being an SCA member does tend to pay off if you buy from there regularly. I ended up with $40 credit after their last big sale.

Sweet...I'll have to join on the weekend

[SEEMYFTO]

Another question...for those who have sub and amps...how the hell do they fit? I just looked in my boot and it's tiny...

[Vectose]

By filling up your entire boot. Or you can do as I did and build a custom box for 2 8" subs that is tiny and fits behind the strut towers.

[XenaP]

Yeah, hang your amp behind the seat, chuck the sub into a prebuilt box and lose a bunch of space .... and put your shopping in the front passenger floor space and seat

Or, do all that, then steal Vectose's idea when you have the money and gain all your boot space back

[SEEMYFTO]

Ok...well at least I have a couple of options