I'd hardly say dead set on anything, I'm questioning it because I don't understand how it works, trying to learn here and logically what you're saying doesn't make sense, but I know I have a poor grasp of car audio and staging is a concept that I'm lost on. This is why I'm here, to pick your brains.
Personally refurbished electronics are a no go for me, I've had bad luck with just about every refurbished electronic device I've purchased down to the Microsoft Surface that I picked up a few months back to watch IT videos on during my lunch break. They usually work great for a month or two and then something integral fails and I have to buy a new one.
logically saying, do you go to a concert and when the band and music comes on, do you turn around having your back towards the band? Same concept. A very good rock concert has good sounding music that reaches everywhere. not just the front people. A poor music setup will have it reach everywhere but sound like sh*t.
rears dont matter, dont bother spending money on them. You pool all your money into your front speakers and they arent so expensive anymore when you dont have to waste dollars on rears. Just have your stocks on head unit power or 4 channel power and thats ALLL you need. DS18 are new, I would wait till they are more proven in the lanes before giving them a chance.
If its a 32 bit dac then i'd go for it as well then. Most of my buddies that swapped their alpine and kenwood for the 2700bs noticed big improvements due crossover, time alignement and EQ capabilties.
Well I never looked at it that way, I see people and seats in the way blocking the front from the back, I never even thought about the fact that there aren't any speakers behind the crowd.
the amp and speakers I linked are really nice gear.. the amps are a few years old and just hang around. they are overlooked as junk because they basically selling them for what they paid. their competitive with the mid-end lines today. similar to the high-end Rockford fosgates in build quality.
Maybe it's Amazon, but looking at the 1 5 star against the 4 1 star ratings makes me hesitant. I did come across a nice application specific dash mount for my phone so I'm a little less hung up on the Mirrorlink issue (partly because I just spend 45 minutes reading through reviews bitching about it not working consistently or worse at all for several people), though I'd still like to have a viable GPS screen to look at aside from my phone without a Nav unit, but I guess I'll have to let that go until they work all of the bugs out of Mirrorlink and turn it into something with functional reliability.
I might take you up on that if I ever get a free second away from the family, I really like the look of the 2700BS and the 2600BT as well as well as the pretty strong reviews.
only true for trusted brands of speakers. Anything under 150 could easily be inflated bloated numbers to trick noobs. Best way to see if the speaker is good is through #1 trying out for yourself. # 2 check the build quality, voice coil size = power handling, silk tweeters are usually good vs mylar(plastic and cheap metal domes). # reviews from people who know what they are doing. Most reviews from little teenagers/college kids that just barely got their first system should be taken with a grain of salt. #3 is brand quality and whats been proven in SQ competition lanes.
That's part of my problem, most of the brands I see guys on this site discussing are brands I've never heard of, names that didn't exist when I was looking at stereo equipment 20 years ago, etc...I mean somebody mentioned Audiofrog to me and looked them up expecting some cheapy throw away swap meet grade speakers. Same with Image Dynamics, Morel, etc...
yeah times have changed. the brands you avoid are
