A friend is buying a 98 audi station wagon and has asked me to help him come up with a system for it. I was wondering if you folks might help me come up with some ideas for him. Im thinking something by Eclipse for the HU. The rest is kinda up in the air. Thinking maybe Arc components. Amp and sub wise i've no ideas on yet. We'd like to keep the price between $1000 and $2000. I figure that sound deadening can come later since its a relatively new car. If you had between 1000 and 2000 dollars, what hu, components, sub and amp(s) would you get?

 

Thats quite a big price range, and no specifics as to his goal with the system...SQ? SPL?...will he be buying stuff online or at retail shops to get an idea of what he will pay for whatever he gets

edit: inevitably its going to come down to eclipse, arc, rainbow, etc. Id say Diamond amps since they wont put a hurtin on your budget as much as arc or others, but theyre still good. An Eclipse deck. And speakers and subs theres a million options.

 

To narrow the budget, lets say $2000. SQ is important, but SPL is also important. He wants it to sound as good as possible, but also be loud. Thanks for the ideas.

 

again a very broad statement, many systems can sound clean, and produce a good amount of spl. how much wattage would he like to be runing? something mind blowing or soft tonish??

good as possible?

2 gran would get you someting relatively nice and clean. if you want the best from a sub in terms of SQ ARC and Diamond are the way to go.

you could probably get a Diamond D9 12inch sub from a dealer from 450 to 500 dollars. then agan how many subs do you want? and how many amps? any interior speakers as well?

 

Actually Arc KAR amps are a bit cheaper than the Diamond D3s, considering theyre still both Zeff designs Id take the Arcs.

 

wtf.. oh shiet i got more posts than Don.. you know what that means Don... you have to handover our moderating powers to me hhaha

 

Today, 12:06 AM #6
2 Da Max
Banned


Moderate THAT !

 

HAHAHAHA BANNED!!!!!

And Don I didnt know that, hence why you > me

 

Thanks for the help guys...How much does an Arc KAR 900.1D run? And would it match well with an Ascendant Audio Avalanche 15"? What line of speakers from rainbow should I look at? Also, how much could I get an Eclipse CD5425 for? Again, thanks for the help.

 

I unbanned him, but it just goes with that old cliche...Children should be seen, not heard

 

Rainbow Soundline are best bang for the buck.

Ill be putting 1200 watts to my Ava 15, which is more than it needs. 900 would be very nice.

 

Prices would all be dependant where your buying from..online or legitely.

Or well of course from me.

 

O yea Kevin, the question that Chris asked the other day about my 8s to the ALCs Jeremy has....


Lets just say...WOW

 

How about online and legitely...or from you.

 

oh man, the day don hand over his mod power to you, is when all mufflers stop leaking water.

 

I think 2 da max learned his lesson, step out of line and you will get the ban stick. He can join Rich now in the Banned by Don club. Im hoping im not next

You have a pm sir.

 

Buahahahahahahahaha

 

 

Well lets see, if I ban him for a few months, Im sure Ill pass him in postcount. Although I dont post threads like...why isnt my muffler leaking...

 

haha he zoomed by me in terms of post count pretty damn quick! i think sprinty should be careful or else he's gonna get passed up too

 

You guys are killing me!!

 

 

Y2KevSE has been gone for a year and a half now and still has like 25k posts.

Its about time us regulars had a night of whoring up a few threads way off topic. Wheres did 2 da max go? Don scared him away with the 2-minute ban

 

sure, someone has to start something audio related. then ***** away!

btw my 15" RL-p came in today!!! will make a thread with pics when i open the box

 

My Ava was supposed to arrive today too but to the parents house in Tampa and Im in Gainesville right now. Its killing me. But ill get pics up asap too

 

Did you get my last PM Kevin?

 

Though im not sure whether anyone will pay any attention to this...I'll try anyway. What are your opinions of:

Eclipse CD5425
Rainbow Sound Line speakers
Ascendant Audio Avalanche 15"
Arc KAR 900.1D for the ava
Arc KAR 400.4 for the speakers

opinions on how it would sound would be most appreciated. Also, any ideas on prices would be most helpful.

 

well, according to slickrick, his ava 15 hung with a W7 and got a little louder. can't go wrong with ascendant audio (i was gonna get a 12" ava, hence my user name...but i end up getting a sound splinter instead )

 

 

on the soundsplinter or the ava?

 

On the soundsplinter, just messing with gordon because slickrick, who told him to get the ava, and i, both have an ava 15. Slickrick was the first to have it, and mine will be going in shortly.

 

I take it the ava is a good choice then?

 

yeah, it's a good choice. very low distortion and apparently it can get quite loud given you have it in a good enclosure.

 

15" RL-p > 15" ava

 

XBL2 > you.

 

I can't wait to see the results. Kevin, let me know when you get the rest of the deadener so we can get crankin on this project. I hope your as excited as I am. I hope your 15" isn't louder than mine either. BTW, thanks for the tuning help. My ish has never sounded better.

Chris

 

i hope it'll play as accurate as my brahma did. i miss xbl2 then again the rl-p is based off of the tc9 drivers...so it should sound pretty good

 

Chris-no problem

Gordon-from hearing Rich's, I think itll do just fine.

 

Rich had a rl-p ?

 

oh. you meant you hope your ss will play as accurate as the brahma. nevermind, im a little slow after a 10 hour day at work from which I just got home.