My review...
the deck, pretty good for how cheap it is, I'd go with an
ebay'd pioneer with a prettier interface before this one though. Does the job though and has 1/8" aux input jack for ipod/laptop which is nice.
the nine.2 and nine.2x (i feel the same about them)... they are **** sexy. they do the job, the nine.2 doesn't even get much above room temp and has every function needed. the nine.2x gets warm enough that its uncomortable to leave your hand on it but not so hot that it will burn you. one function I wish the nine.2x had, SSF, we need and SSF.
The 6000's, They are great for the money. the woofers amaze me with how clean they are even belching out the bass. they alone put out more bass then most old people can handle. the crossovers and sexy looking and do their job perfect. The tweeters... ehh. they are bright and lack detail. I don't know what one can expect from $135 speakers though. I can say with confidence though that I'd rather listen to these than the infinity reference series components, the woofers on the 6000's make them worth it. one mans opinion.
the box... its a box. eD must have some kind of precision cutting tool. all cuts are perfect . the box is very sturdy, the wire connectors on the outside of the box are easy to use. the carpet is nice, but i perfer the oem look and the carpet does not look oem at all. Also, it'd be cool if the port came painted or something, the bear mdf inside kind of stands out. another note... there is no audible port noise at all.
the wiring, great... easy to work with. much better than the
ebay crap.
the fatmat, I much perfer eDead, fatmat is not nearly as sticky as the edead nor is it as thick nor is it as flexible. eDead>Fatmat. but... it did stop alot of rattles though so its not a failure.
the 13Kv.3's. Sexy just like all the other eD stuff. these things are quite impressive. the move alot of air. playing low hertz test tones, his sunroof flexes at least 1/4" and his trunk gets completely owned. meanwhile, they are clean bass. I really like listening to rap music on this setup. rock however suffered, it was not quite as punchy as I like (I'm a sealed box lover though). We did however find the limits of these things, playing a screwed and chopped version of late night tip we were able to see the subs really get moving, on the lowest note it causes that dimpling effect in the rubber surround. actually heard the coil hit something at one point... thats when we turned it down. overall considering price, SQ, SPL, build, warrenty... I give them a 9/10
Still left to do... He's buying an external subsonic filter so we can get rid of those notes the box is allowing to go crazy. thats just a protection thing though. its sounds great, alot of rattling was killed, alot of rattling was introduce. its a lifelong battle. the first thing I'd upgrade (besides the SSF) would be either a nicer deck or a nicer pair of front stage speakers. (esp tweeters).
**edit** I wish we would have tried switching the phase on the tweeters. maybe I'd feel differently about them if that helped.
