Theres been many topics like this before on forums, people wanting comments and suggestions. It always comes back to what that person wants/likes. Ive got a system setup in mind and obivously am looking for things i should look out for, considering im quite new with sundown amps...any questions/concerns/coments/suggestions all welcome, but as i said i would like to stick with this setup. If there is something that is obviously better/ would work better with this setup i would like to know....

Much appreciated

08 explorer

200amp alty (powermaster)

yellow top/ powermaster (dont know yet)

big 3

saz3000d

2 13w7's (ported box)

hu - Pioneer AVH-P4000DVD

What do you have planned for front speakers and amps? Surely with that Sub stage, you don't plan on keeping stock speakers in.

Other than the 13w7's it looks good. For the price of those speakers you could surely do better. (the w6's are amazing just imo, the w7's are money pits.) I would suggest looking into subs more before spending so much money on them.

Are you looking for loudness or the clarity.

I haven't gotten a mach 5 ixl yet to play with but they have been auditioned by some of the strictest ears in the hobby and passed with flying colors.

The Fi Q and SSA Icon are both very solid sq woofers that can get loud etc...

I'm only suggesting this because you can almost buy a solid front soundstage and 2 awesome subs for the pricetag of 2 JL13w7's

I would like loudness and clarity, and thats why i picked the w7. Ive heard that they are very clear and loud. As far as the front stage goes, thats one thing that ive been debating. I hear differen things, "The w7's are clear enough/ loud enough that you wouldnt need an awesome frontstage", and that "i would probably need a front stage along with the monsters in the back".....

I almost knew that i would need a front stage, but i didnt know how much damn work would go into it, i.e. the comps that i wouldn need if i were to have a front stage.....

Ive noticed that the price for the w7's is quite ridiculous, but, money is not a question as of right now. If im going to drop a stack on the saz3000 i want subs thats are going to uitilize that power..... I will look around and check out those subs you suggested. Any suggestions for front speakers? As for the front stage, another amp or no?

icon 12spl series....this is one that ive found....

disregard the whole "amp in the front or no?'....rather, what amp would u recommend for the front speaks...sax100.4??

I'm not trying to bash JL audio but the w7 is not the best woofer. It's not the end all to car audio woofers. I would be willing to say that a saz-3000d would be perfect for a pair of SSA Icons. Another sub I would look into before going the JL audio w7 route would be the Mach 5 IXL series woofers.

I'm not saying that money is the issue. If the w7 and the Icon were priced the same, I would pick up the icon.

I also back the sax-100.4. Every product jacob sends out from his shop is awesome, and he stands behind his products.]

What are you looking for in a front soundstage?.. If you are looking for "loud &clear with an emphasis on clear" I would suggest you start reading about: Hertz, Seas, DLS, Dynaudio, Morel, Focal and boston acoustics.

You have a choice, you can go active or passive. Active set-ups almost always sound better and are actually more often than not cheaper or very close in cost to a pre-built passive set of the same sound quality.

the shop here sells the SSA Icon, and the Mach 5 IXL is either in the shop or you can get the link to there website in their section on this forum. www.ficaraudio.com for the Q.

alright, everything is appreciated if theres any other things that i might need to know of, post them.

what do you think of the spl series.....