Budget Stereo (Non Xr6)

[AusAnt]

Budget instal in my RA rodeo:

Kenwood head unit = $90

Alpine G series splts = $120

Pioneer 6" 2 ways = $50

$h!t powervox 1400w amp = $20

Wire kit = $20

Response deadener = $30

= $330 +or- $30 (cause have crap memory)

Sounds ok , probably better than premo on my falcon, except for lack of crappy 8" sub.

Ant

[Paulie2256]

Standard = $0

I win

What is the point of this thread

[AusAnt]

Even though you are actually taking the piss, it's a fair point, maybe should have been a little clearer.

Point 1: For people who don't have a huge amount of money they can have a sound system that costs stuff all if they pick up bargains.

Point 2: Was quite surprised that it sounds as good if not better than premo sound on falcon. Therefor would possibly cost less to upgrade a standard sound system for a falcon.

Point 3: Simply wanted to share my experience. I don't have others around me who are into cars or car things.

I realize that 'you get what you pay for'. The good thing about this system is any component that happens to die, it won't cost much to replace. It will also be easy to upgrade later on.

Thanks, I do appreciate honesty.

[spinr33]

You could have done it cheaper and better I would have got crap clarion speakers front and rear $100 for front and rear and lashed abit more for a 4 channel amp and wired it all up everything amped better results on a budget I've done it before

[Breeze_xr]

I have set up a few different systems in different cars and you can get surprisingly good results for a very small price

In a premium sound falcon you can replace the tweeters, front speakers and the polarity of the sub for less than 200 and get a great result

My best advice would be to buy audio gear from the US as from experience on several occasions I have bought soundstream products for less than half the price of a shop over here

[AusAnt]

Yea I've looked at a few US stores on line. Would end up paying more cause of shipping right? Was thinking of getting slim powered sub to put under passenger seat.

Ant

[Breeze_xr]

Us postage is massive but you can still get a good price if you look around

I bought a set of splits for 180 (100 for the speakers 80 for postage) on ebay when they were trying to sell them for 400 at an audio shop in Newcastle

Sonic electronix is a good website to try their prices are very competitive

Under seat and other 8 inch seats I have heard sound ok but nowhere near as good as a 12 inch

The best I've heard of about a slim sub is this one in the photo

Guy at work fitted it behind the backseat of his d22 navara dual cab and thought it was almost as good as the twin 12 inch jvcs in his wife's mazda 2

[AzMahoony]

Hey mate could you possibly share a couple of links to a good speaker/sub/amp setup? Premo in the FG is good but Id like a real decent bass. Something you cant really achieve with the 8 inch rear :(

Is there a thread on upgrading the fg sound? Sorry for hijacking the thread.

[Breeze_xr]

This is a link to my thread on my sub set up

I replaced my premium sound tweeters with middle of the range sound stream tweeters and noticed a massive improvement

I replaced all 4 speakers with the same size a factory but in soundstream tarantula full range speakers

I haven't amped my speakers because I thought the quality of the sound didn't need it and because of the amount of work and money required