(I'm going to apologize in advance for run-on sentences and grammatical errors).

First off, only been on ssa for a few days now but am overwhelmed at the wealth of information here. This will be my first system and will be going into a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. Only installed upgrade has been a pioneer deh p690 headunit, this was done by a local car audio store. I listen mostly to rap/hip-hop and classic rock, bud i'd say 75% rap on a daily basis. I purchased a set of 6.5' focal polyglass v2 components and polk db651s for rear fill ($400 for the focals, $50 for the polk at tweeter, still bnib in my bedroom). Anyway, in the process of amp shopping i almost put a $250 deposit on a tru b475 4 channel amp($1000), and in the process of researching the amp stumbled upon the zed amps and ssa....sorry, i digress.........

Long story short, I'm looking for front components that are a better performance per dollar value than the focals as I'm trying to have everything installed(front comps/amp, sub(s) amp, sound dampening/deadner and all cables and wires) in about a month or so on a 1200-1600 dollar budget(pending i return the speakers i already bought). By the way i really liked the midbass response of the polys(from what i heard on tweeters soundboard). In no way would i say i have an SQ's/audiophile's ear....i just want a sub that will get loud and sound good doing it, and a fronstage that can keep up(wont get drowned out by the substage, won't sound distorted at higher volumes). From what i've read all the subs talked about here( fi q, ssa icon, soundsplinter rl p, etc.) all seem to be affordable options and a better value than the boston g5 12 that looks tempting($400 retail for 450 watts rms).

Lol, perhaps i should be starting different threads...any advice and input is appreciated. I know everything is install-dependent, regardless of the drivers and amps i choose. thanks.

I live in the baltimore area if anyone on here knows a place that does good installs and can make a good sub enclosure (although, i'd like to try my hand at most of this w/the exception of the sub box, as i dont have the tools or work space for it).

Well first off, you don't need the Tru and it won't help you so let's scratch that first.

edit: hit alt-s too fast. We need budget, size, space, installation capabilities and desires to help.

Good to see another MD resident on the forums..

Budget is $1500...haven't made any measurements yet....factory speakers are 6" coax in the rear, 6.5 components in the door w/tweets in the dash, would like to keep factory locations, would need to buy a sub box...dont have the tools for it, but i think i could manage the amp, speaker and sub installation. Just looking for a system that will be loud when i wanna bump, not looking for competition level sq or anything, just dont want the front stage to be drowned out by the sub(s) when i crank it. I mostly listen to rap when i drive. I'm not expecting concert-like imaging, for now, anyways.

First things first since you listen to rap, you need to decide on your sub. Hurts me to say that but in your case it is true.

Might want to ditch the rear fill, but check ebay for A/D/S. They were always one of my favorites and the price is usually much better then Focal's, not to mention few people run them now.

Might want to ditch the rear fill, but check ebay for A/D/S. They were always one of my favorites and the price is usually much better then Focal's, not to mention few people run them now.

Well for fill(or lack of) i figured i'd just keep the factor speakers running of the headunit. I have them faded right now anyway. I started another thread w/my current thoughts on a sub(Fi Q, SSA Icon or something similar)...just want to the have front components that will keep up (clean output when i play loud).