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<blockquote data-quote="Flex68" data-source="post: 7856972" data-attributes="member: 638503">[quote name=&#039;ShankyMcPimp&#039;]Looking to finalize my setup.&nbsp;&nbsp; Haters and Lovers alike, what do you think? 2000.00 is the final cost I can spend minus 200 to get someone else to install....i think.&nbsp; $2k is a decent budget for an SQ/SQL install, but you&amp;#39;re likely not going to find anyone to do such an install for only $200...Car: 2006 Scion Xb Stereo System Build for Feedback&nbsp;Sound Baffling: How to thoroughly gut and eDead your xB...13 MEG of images - Scionlife.com&nbsp;Material: 2 Rolls Dynamat = $ 330.00Front Windows:&nbsp; 2 x Morel MDT -29 Large Format Tweeters = $ 110.00Front Side Doors &amp; Rear Panels: 4 x JL ZR 6.5&amp;#8217;s = $ 1200.00&nbsp; (anything not cost this much that may work ok vs. JL&amp;#39;s?)Rear: 1 x 12&amp;#8221; Subwoofer (what box do I need to buy/have made?) = TC Sounds Epic 12&quot; DVC Subwoofer = $ 200.00 + $ 200.00 box cost? = $ 400.006 Channel Amp: Zed Audio Leviation - III = $ 800.00&nbsp;Pictures of car and amps included.....thanks again....</blockquote>eDead and Dynamat....hmmm. I assume this means you&amp;#39;re looking at using the liquid eDead deadener plus Dynamat?Not awful, and of course I see the standard forum boners, AT and the as-yet-untested MurderMat, have been suggested, but I will say you can do much better for your damping/deadening needs through the use of Don&amp;#39;s products at <a href="http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi" target="_blank">Sound Deadener Showdown - Your Source for Sound Deadening Products and Information</a> .It will likely cost a bit more than your planned $330, but you will have a truly dampened/deadened ride when you get done, and the resulting increase in the SQ/SQL will reflect that (pun intended).The sub is okay...maybe you can do better with the two Adire Koda 8s&nbsp; [USER=608181]@whitedragon551[/USER] ; has listed, but the TC ain&amp;#39;t bad.Don&amp;#39;t know anything about the Morel MDTs, and haven&amp;#39;t heard the JL ZR&amp;#39;s. However, I don&amp;#39;t think you&amp;#39;re going to need four of any 6.5s, and you can damn sure save money by going with used components, or with new that aren&amp;#39;t JL Audio.Rainbow , Focal , Morel, HAT , etc&nbsp; are all likely going to be at least as good as the ZRs and prolly at a lower $$And, finally, as has already been mentioned, the quality of the installation and the enclosure(s) are going to be very important to the overall SQ of the system[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Flex68, post: 7856972, member: 638503"] [quote name='ShankyMcPimp']Looking to finalize my setup. Haters and Lovers alike, what do you think? 2000.00 is the final cost I can spend minus 200 to get someone else to install....i think. [b]$2k is a decent budget for an SQ/SQL install, but you're likely not going to find anyone to do such an install for only $200...[/b] Car: 2006 Scion Xb Stereo System Build for Feedback Sound Baffling: How to thoroughly gut and eDead your xB...13 MEG of images - Scionlife.com Material: 2 Rolls Dynamat = $ 330.00 Front Windows: 2 x Morel MDT -29 Large Format Tweeters = $ 110.00 Front Side Doors & Rear Panels: 4 x JL ZR 6.5’s = $ 1200.00 (anything not cost this much that may work ok vs. JL's?) Rear: 1 x 12” Subwoofer (what box do I need to buy/have made?) = TC Sounds Epic 12" DVC Subwoofer = $ 200.00 + $ 200.00 box cost? = $ 400.00 6 Channel Amp: Zed Audio Leviation - III = $ 800.00 Pictures of car and amps included.....thanks again....[/QUOTE] eDead and Dynamat....hmmm. I assume this means you're looking at using the liquid eDead deadener plus Dynamat? Not awful, and of course I see the standard forum boners, AT and the as-yet-untested MurderMat, have been suggested, but I will say you can do much better for your damping/deadening needs through the use of Don's products at [url=http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi]Sound Deadener Showdown - Your Source for Sound Deadening Products and Information[/url] . It will likely cost a bit more than your planned $330, but you will have a truly dampened/deadened ride when you get done, and the resulting increase in the SQ/SQL will reflect that (pun intended). The sub is okay...maybe you can do better with the two Adire Koda 8s [USER=608181]@whitedragon551[/USER] ; has listed, but the TC ain't bad. Don't know anything about the Morel MDTs, and haven't heard the JL ZR's. However, I don't think you're going to need four of [b]any[/b] 6.5s, and you can d[b]am[/b]n sure save money by going with used components, or with new that aren't JL Audio. Rainbow , Focal , Morel, HAT , etc are all likely going to be at least as good as the ZRs and prolly at a lower $$ And, finally, as has already been mentioned, the quality of the installation and the enclosure(s) are going to be very important to the overall SQ of the system [/QUOTE]

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