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<blockquote data-quote="Strakele" data-source="post: 6795526" data-attributes="member: 601455">Cheap system for girlfriend--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This summer my girlfriend and I are going to be working on her car a lot, and one of the things we&#039;ll be working on is the stereo. Money is super tight with college and all, so this really won&#039;t be what most of you would consider a good SQ system, but just something that&#039;ll give her some enjoyment when she wants to listen to some tunes.Car is a &#039;98 Mitsubishi Diamante. Has stock locations for 6.75-7&quot; in door, tweeters in sail panels, 6x9&#039;s in the rear deck.Budget is on the low end of $400-500. She listens to newer rock and pop. Likes to crank it with the windows down.She already has a Kenwood eXcelon headunit (don&#039;t remember which one, but it has time alignment and from what I remember, a decent bit of EQ, no active though).My plan is to forget about the 6x9&#039;s in the rear, add a 5 channel amp, a set of comps that can be bi-wired to get some use out of the features of her HU, and a single 12&quot; sub.I&#039;d like recommendations for all of the above.I don&#039;t know many 5 channels, but a quick look on ebay shows an Alphasonik model in the $150 range, around 75X4 at 4 ohms and 320X1 at 2 ohms. Don&#039;t need a whole lot of power, just need something that&#039;ll run the whole system and not fail on her. Haven&#039;t seen any bad reviews, and the people who normally buy cheaper stuff like this tend to beat on them pretty hard, so that&#039;s probably a good sign. No biggie if it doesn&#039;t quite do rated, so long as it doesn&#039;t break.As for comps, I know the PG RSD&#039;s are a popular budget choice for $100, but I&#039;m pretty sure they can&#039;t be bi-wired, so I&#039;d like suggestsions on cheap sets than can be. If not, this isn&#039;t a huge deal, we&#039;ll just forget about T/A.Don&#039;t know a whole lot about the lower budget subs either. Right now I&#039;m looking the RE Audio REX12D4 for $60. Confused about enclosures though. I was thinking of going ported, but the specs suggest it&#039;s best in a sealed box, and RE recommends a .75 ft^3 box (not sure if this is before or after driver displacement). This yields a qtc of over 1.1 though. If optimum is normally .707, this seems way off.Anyway, these are my thoughts. I&#039;d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. Please keep the budget in mind. No &quot;if she saved a little more, she could get this&quot; kinda stuff. Want to keep this cheap and sound decent.Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Strakele, post: 6795526, member: 601455"] Cheap system for girlfriend -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This summer my girlfriend and I are going to be working on her car a lot, and one of the things we'll be working on is the stereo. Money is super tight with college and all, so this really won't be what most of you would consider a good SQ system, but just something that'll give her some enjoyment when she wants to listen to some tunes. Car is a '98 Mitsubishi Diamante. Has stock locations for 6.75-7" in door, tweeters in sail panels, 6x9's in the rear deck. Budget is on the low end of $400-500. She listens to newer rock and pop. Likes to crank it with the windows down. She already has a Kenwood eXcelon headunit (don't remember which one, but it has time alignment and from what I remember, a decent bit of EQ, no active though). My plan is to forget about the 6x9's in the rear, add a 5 channel amp, a set of comps that can be bi-wired to get some use out of the features of her HU, and a single 12" sub. I'd like recommendations for all of the above. I don't know many 5 channels, but a quick look on ebay shows an Alphasonik model in the $150 range, around 75X4 at 4 ohms and 320X1 at 2 ohms. Don't need a whole lot of power, just need something that'll run the whole system and not fail on her. Haven't seen any bad reviews, and the people who normally buy cheaper stuff like this tend to beat on them pretty hard, so that's probably a good sign. No biggie if it doesn't quite do rated, so long as it doesn't break. As for comps, I know the PG RSD's are a popular budget choice for $100, but I'm pretty sure they can't be bi-wired, so I'd like suggestsions on cheap sets than can be. If not, this isn't a huge deal, we'll just forget about T/A. Don't know a whole lot about the lower budget subs either. Right now I'm looking the RE Audio REX12D4 for $60. Confused about enclosures though. I was thinking of going ported, but the specs suggest it's best in a sealed box, and RE recommends a .75 ft^3 box (not sure if this is before or after driver displacement). This yields a qtc of over 1.1 though. If optimum is normally .707, this seems way off. Anyway, these are my thoughts. I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. Please keep the budget in mind. No "if she saved a little more, she could get this" kinda stuff. Want to keep this cheap and sound decent. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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