mtlhead 10+ year member
CarAudio.com Veteran
I personally won't go here anymore. They are extremely overpriced, cocky, and have ignorant staff. I went in their to get a backstrap for my zx2, they said they couldnt do it properly, and just put something to weigh it down that was incredibly easy to take off. Turns out that they were too lazy to take off the trim panels and just attached a metal weight on the back of the radio...45 bucks for that...
Then i noticed my amp was cutting on and off (sound wise) and decided to look at my rca's after looking at everything else....well I couldn't because while installing the "backstrap" they broke my f'ing clip inside my aftermarket dash kit, so I had them take it back out and give me a new one, but while doing this they f'ed up my dash (since they had to pry it out) and now i have two dents in my dash because of that.
Next, the ignorant staff. I took an amp in to get "bench tested," basically to them this means it turns on. Well they said my amp wasn't working, protect light came on instantly. So I had them show me. Well no **** it won't come on, they tried to turn it on with 8 awg instead of 0/1. f'ing morons.
They also had no idea what the Big 3 was...and when i showed them they said it was pointless...
their definition of a "good" woofer is a W3...
the only "good" subs they have are kicker, jl, and diamond....but if you want them, you better be prepared to pay about 1k+ for a system
their box builder is an asshat, said the only way he would do a box build inside my trunk is if i paid up front, and it would take a week to do, and needed my car EVERY day, would cost roughly 400 bucks for a 3.5 cu ft @ 32Hz net was like 6.5
the only good work they actually do is on THEIR cars, or exotic cars...even then they don't do that great of a job
they also laughed at me when i said i had RE, they said i shoulda got a JL...then i shook their windows with the SX....they told me to leave...i dont get it?
their selection is horrible, they pretty much have pioneer, alpine, kenwood, and jvc for headunits
they have kicker, jl, kenwood, diamond, and memphis for subs and amps as well
the main highlight is that they have focal...but you have to special order them, and it takes about a month to two months to fill it.
Now onto their overpricing....
A brand new kicker ZX300.1 costs about 300 bucks there
A brand new kenwood KAX-811D costs about 350.
A brand new 10" CVR costs about 200
But then they try and get people to buy their shitty stuff by offering "buy one get on free" on subs that msrp like for 50 bucks, but sell them for like 100
Wiring is ridiculous...they charge for 4awg, about the same knu does for 0/1
the list goes on...but i wouldnt go there, DIY FTW
edit: also with the ignorant staff, when i was having problems starting my car, i went and asked if they had any idea what was wrong, and they told me to buy a cap...how on earth is a cap gonna help me start my car? so i told them no, but give me a quote on an alternator....500 bucks for a 180A!!! I ended up buying a 150A for 150 bucks INSTALLED
and apparently theyll kick you out of the store if you mention american bass? i guess bob doesn't like the owner...mainly because of the above reasons, and won't sell to him
Also: my dad had two 7" screens put in his old van, well it turns out that they didn't know how to ground them properly so we would always get the discoloration and lines on the screen....
Then i noticed my amp was cutting on and off (sound wise) and decided to look at my rca's after looking at everything else....well I couldn't because while installing the "backstrap" they broke my f'ing clip inside my aftermarket dash kit, so I had them take it back out and give me a new one, but while doing this they f'ed up my dash (since they had to pry it out) and now i have two dents in my dash because of that.
Next, the ignorant staff. I took an amp in to get "bench tested," basically to them this means it turns on. Well they said my amp wasn't working, protect light came on instantly. So I had them show me. Well no **** it won't come on, they tried to turn it on with 8 awg instead of 0/1. f'ing morons.
They also had no idea what the Big 3 was...and when i showed them they said it was pointless...
their definition of a "good" woofer is a W3...
the only "good" subs they have are kicker, jl, and diamond....but if you want them, you better be prepared to pay about 1k+ for a system
their box builder is an asshat, said the only way he would do a box build inside my trunk is if i paid up front, and it would take a week to do, and needed my car EVERY day, would cost roughly 400 bucks for a 3.5 cu ft @ 32Hz net was like 6.5
the only good work they actually do is on THEIR cars, or exotic cars...even then they don't do that great of a job
they also laughed at me when i said i had RE, they said i shoulda got a JL...then i shook their windows with the SX....they told me to leave...i dont get it?
their selection is horrible, they pretty much have pioneer, alpine, kenwood, and jvc for headunits
they have kicker, jl, kenwood, diamond, and memphis for subs and amps as well
the main highlight is that they have focal...but you have to special order them, and it takes about a month to two months to fill it.
Now onto their overpricing....
A brand new kicker ZX300.1 costs about 300 bucks there
A brand new kenwood KAX-811D costs about 350.
A brand new 10" CVR costs about 200
But then they try and get people to buy their shitty stuff by offering "buy one get on free" on subs that msrp like for 50 bucks, but sell them for like 100
Wiring is ridiculous...they charge for 4awg, about the same knu does for 0/1
the list goes on...but i wouldnt go there, DIY FTW
edit: also with the ignorant staff, when i was having problems starting my car, i went and asked if they had any idea what was wrong, and they told me to buy a cap...how on earth is a cap gonna help me start my car? so i told them no, but give me a quote on an alternator....500 bucks for a 180A!!! I ended up buying a 150A for 150 bucks INSTALLED
and apparently theyll kick you out of the store if you mention american bass? i guess bob doesn't like the owner...mainly because of the above reasons, and won't sell to him
Also: my dad had two 7" screens put in his old van, well it turns out that they didn't know how to ground them properly so we would always get the discoloration and lines on the screen....