Getting my first system, are these good?

[stanky1219]

as far as the deck goes i would recommend an entry level alpine,jvc,or kenwood.

and alpine type-s or pheonix gold make great entry-level component speakers

 

[jg77 10+ year member]

Thanks for the assistance. Are there any good dual 10's that come with an enclosure for around $160 or anything that comes w/ a box since it would be more convenient for me, there are a lot of brands I don't know about it. I'm leaning towards misift suggestions though.

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Enclosure is very important is going ported. If going sealed, prefabs CAN work. But not as well as something custom designed for your purpose.

 

[stanky1219]

i'm not too sure of any pre-fab enclosures. when i was a teenager i went through a lot of pre-fab enclosures and i have learned from experience its always better to either build one to the specs that the woofer requires or if you dont know how , find someone who does. most if not all pre-fab boxes are garbage. check out the enclosure design section in this forum.

 

[stanky1219]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/enclosure-design-construction-help/137804-free-box-plans.html

i actually am running my 15 in one of these designs and it bangs hard as hell.

 

[stanky1219]

what part of fla are you in?

 

[jg77 10+ year member]

I'm in Pensacola.

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

There is a decent shop in P-Cola I went to a few *gulp* years back. But for the life of me I can't remember the name.

The owner of the shop also runs caraudioforum dot com

"Lee" is his name. He can help but he still charges local shop prices //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Intelligent guy though.

 

[stanky1219]

****. i was gonna say if you were in the tampa bay area i would help you out when you do the install.

 

[jg77 10+ year member]

Is this amp good with Misfit's subwoofer suggestions? HIFONICS HFi HFI100.4 800W 4 CHANNEL AMPLIFIER+AMP KIT - eBay (item 350334316903 end time Jun-27-10 01:50:51 PDT)

Just in case that amp he recommended is gone by the time I get paid and not able to afford it at retail price.

 

[YoungBloodM50 10+ year member]

Is this amp good with Misfit's subwoofer suggestions? HIFONICS HFi HFI100.4 800W 4 CHANNEL AMPLIFIER+AMP KIT - eBay (item 350334316903 end time Jun-27-10 01:50:51 PDT)
Just in case that amp he recommended is gone by the time I get paid and not able to afford it at retail price.

Don't get a 4 channel amp. That would be good if you were going to be powering a full set of components or your fronts and a weak sub. It will only do 400 watts bridged at 4 ohms, and that sub will take 500 watts rms. Not that it will not work, but you would be better off getting a mono amp if your only worried about powering your sub.

 

[YoungBloodM50 10+ year member]

I would consider something like this cadence amp here: CADENCE 600w RMS 2ch COMPETITION CAR AMPLIFIER+AMP KIT - eBay (item 300410264564 end time Jun-21-10 09:22:51 PDT)

oh yeah, and it's always a good idea to get a little more power than your sub can handle. That way you can upgrade the sub later on. Everyone here know you will want to. Remember, you can always turn down your gains but you can't amplify something more that you have power for.

 

[jg77 10+ year member]

Since everyone said the Kickers I first posted up were bad, would these be a waste of money too? Rockford Fosgate R1L-2X10 Dual 10" 600 Watt Enclosure - eBay (item 190403032772 end time Jul-06-10 11:17:49 PDT)

 

[YoungBloodM50 10+ year member]

They would probably wouldn't be bad. I like a little more power than that though. Those subs are 4 ohm single voice coil aat 300 watts each. Which means you can only wire them up to a 2 ohm load achieving 600 watts rms. So now you will be looking at an amp that will do 600 watts at 2 ohms.

Note: Most manufacturers power ratings will be max. Meaning perfect electrical in your car at 14.4 volts. For some reason I have a feeling you won't be doing much to your electrical, so getting an amp that puts out more rms wattage that you need is a really good idea. Otherwise your subs will be starving for attention from your cars power.

You might take a look at this wiring diagram to help you make your decision, just enter in the type of voice coils it has and how many and presto, now you know how many ohms you can wire it to and how. http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/rftech/woofer_wizard.asp?submitted=true&woofer_qty=2&woofer_imp=1

I just noticed shipping on those rockfords is $53. So now your upwards of $200. You should look in the classifieds section, caraudioclassifieds.com or even craigslist locally.

 

[jg77 10+ year member]

Okay so for those subs do you know a good amp? And your right about the electrical stuff.

I found them for cheaper here:

http://www.buy.com/prod/rockford-dual-r1s410-300w-rms-loaded-sub-r1l2x10/q/listingid/82178782/loc/111/215209455.html $166