greenflames10

Head units: Alpine, Pioneer, Eclipse CDx000 series Amps: Kicker ZX (rock f*ckin solid amps), eclipse, hifonics, us amps, JL slash series, polk audio, MTX Thunder Elite, PPI Speakers: DIY (dayton, audax, tang band...), Polk audio (except the DB series), MB Quart, Focal, Infinity Kappa/Perfects, Rainbow audio, Image Dynamics, Diamond Audio Subs: RE, FI, RF T series, Kicker, Alpine type R and X, Ascendant audio, JL W6 Wiring: Tsunami

Vehicle: Lowered 1998 Chevy S-10 regular cab Head Unit: Pioneer Premier deh-p580mp Amps: Kicker ZX750.1 and Kicker ZX250.2 Front Stage: Polk Audio MMC6500 components Sub Stage: 2 10" Kicker CVR, sealed Wiring: Tsunami Elite/Competition series Deadening: FatMat Electrical: Big 3 upgraded with 4 gauge

run new wires to the speakers.

boi, **** dere truck needs some TLC

Sound deadening lowers road noise and creates a relatively acoustically dead environment. It's crucial for a great sounding system. I haven't come across a car yet with good enough factory sound deadening.

...you put speakers in the middle?

disregard that last post i made, i didnt realize what thread i was in. that is completely unrelated...sorry lol

Blazer X

there's also a housing you can buy that mounts a single din radio under the dashboard.

I like rammat.

you would get different frequency responses from the different boxes, and you would run into cancellation from the different sized drivers.

Ahh, capacitors... Unless you have a 40 farad powerbank, or unless you want to buffer voltage spikes in an SQ vehicle, the capacitor isn't gonna do much of anything but add some resistance to the system and MAYBE help out some small regulator lag, at best. A 1 farad capacitor will be depleted by a 500 watt amp in less than a second, and a lot of the power they hold isn't usable.

Oh i know this firsthand... I got my ass handed to me by a turbo beetle, i'm not even gonna pretend like it didn't happen. Somebody told me an older CRX is very good for staging also...which leads me to believe that hatchback compacts are the way to go. I'll be on the lookout. What about something like a 4th gen camaro/firebird? How would the angle of the back glass affect the bass response/imaging? Thanks for the help.

...and one of the main deciding factors was that it has to have a lot of potential for a very good sound stage. Probably something that a lot of you have thought about. What would it be? SUV? Hatchback car? Small? Big? Medium? Oh and it has to be decently quick and cool looking, manual, and around $5.5K used. Since my truck is so unreliable, I'm throwing in the towel and buying something else. Plus everyone who has a standard cab S-10 knows exactly how hard it is to get good sound going in it. I'm planning on doing barely anything on the outside save for some window tint, and doing a very clean, very stealthy install. No bling, no flair. No fancy speaker grilles or bright neons/LED's. A completely "sleeper" system that sounds really good. Plans: Front stage: Either some eclipse components, DIY Dayton/ Audax 2-way upgradable to active 3-way later on down the line, or the Polk SR components Rear fill: Whatever coaxials match for the back, for fill purposes only. If oval speakers are anywhere in the car, i'm adapting round drivers to fit. Source: Eclipse CD4000 or my current pioneer premier 580mp Amplification: Eclipse XD4000 4 channel and XD1000 mono or polk 500.1 and 400.4 (any input on the 500.1 would be great, word on the street is that they're comparable to the JL 500/1) Subwoofer(s): Polk SR 10" ported in ~2 cubes tuned to 32Hz. Deadening: Sound deadening out the ass. Wiring: Big 3 upgrade if needed. Tsunami wiring, whatever gauge I deem necessary. Any input on this is appreciated.

I found this site through DevilDriver on S10Forum. I'm pretty active over there, especially in the car audio/security section of the forum. I know a good deal about what's going on in the audio world. I also work at circuit city installing in the roadshop. (Keep in mind that I didn't say "i'm the best installer in the world because I work in CC's roadshop". I know that Kicker isn't be-all-end-all of car audio...heh. I know what T/S parameters mean and how they work, I know how to properly build and tune a ported box, and I know how to set up a good soundstage. I am also an electrical engineering student at Rowan University.) I just wanted to join an audio forum free of all the complete morons who think that because they did one "install" that they know everything (cough *sounddomain* cough) and this seemed like just the place. I love music, I have been involved with it since I was 6 years old, and I think that there's nothing better than listening to music that you love on a great sounding audio system. So, yo.