How Much Money Did You Spend On Your Entire System?

[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

Tell us all how much $ you spend, how long it took to get your system setup and if you want tell use what you got..

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[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

I tend not to think about it.

- Steve

 

[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

as for me it took me about 1 year and 1 month to save up for my entire system and after that i have to wait another 3 more months to get all my parts in and another week after that to get it all hooked up.. total came out to be 1.2k for front and rear speakers, 2 subs, 2 amps, sub encloser subzero, got my deck for free.. and its all rockford except the subs.. subs are diamond audio

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

I TRY not to think about it, but since you asked...

HU: Alpine 9813 $300 off eBay.

Amps: Orion 225HCCA x 3 (for the next week or so if I even get them in before the 250 shows up) $500 each new in '96 for 2 and $150 off eBay for the 3rd. The 250 I got NOS for $295 shipped.

Subs: JL audio 10W6 x 3 (original model) $250 each new in '96. $80 each for a recone (car accident and several years in storage took their toll) a fe wmonths ago.

Speakers: CDT ES-620 $439 from the Zeb.

Wiring: Audiopipe 1/0 and 4 ga $100 (there's a lot of wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif), Stinger Bullet 17' interconnects x 2 $27 each, Stinger Expert series battery terminals, fuse holders and distro blocks ~$150, Stinger Expert series speaker wire 10ga (20') and 14 ga (100') ~$80.

Total: $3263

Time to acquire: 8 years

Time to install: 1 month and counting. Hopefully it will at least be working in the next week.

Now you see why I try not to think about it.

 

[misterio 10+ year member]

$500.00 Total

Blaupunkt MP3 HU $130

1200 w audiobahn amp $100

5 farad audiobahn capacitor $50

2 12" kicker comp vrs (subs) $171

Sub Box supplies $30

Other: $20

Time to acquire: ~6 months

 

[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

yeah i know how it feels.. took me a while too..whoa with 3k i can get even better stuff for my car.. lol but as of right now im just saving up to get a new engine

 

[slick316 10+ year member]

about $4500 so far, that includes the deck, components, 2 amps, a sub, an EQ and controller, a DSP, wiring, optima battery, alarm.

i'm gonna get rid of my current deck and get another one, and also got a new alarm, this stuff just keeps growing and growing.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

hmmm

deck: $350

speakers: $90 a pair x2 = $180

install: $60

sub: $200

box: $30 but gonna trade for a ported one soon

wiring: $25

amp: $135 ( gonna need new one soon)

total = $975

but that goes down once i sell the older stuff to help pay for the new stuff

 

[Shugarra 10+ year member]

RS-Audio Tec Components-$730

Zapco 360-$480

Rockford RFX-8250ti-$350

Magnum d2-$300

Kenwood sub-amp-$280 (stupid purchase)

1 Zapco Eq 30-$200

Balanced cables-$80

Misc wires/box materials/etc-$100

Grand Total: $2520

 

[WarDrumz 10+ year member]

See my sig,

ALL NEW

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$215 HU

$175 components

$399 subwoofer

$140 subwoofer box

$100 custom kick panels

$140 amp 1

$250 amp 2

$100 second 800amp battery

+/-$150 installation fees

+/-$175 wiring and RCAs

I have the best sounding car audio system I've ever heard. If you ever get to sit in my car and hear my system, you'll know I did pretty good for $2000.

It took about a year, piece by piece.

At this point, I could not ask for better.

 

[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

I haven't got any of this yet but it is what I am looking at paying...

(1) Incriminator Audio Death Penalties 15"-$350

(1) Orion 2500D :-D -$400-$500????

(1) Pionner Premier DEH-P360-$130 ish

(1) Second Skin 50 cubic ft $84

(1) Stinger Kit-$56?????

(1) HORNET 553T $119

(2) enclosure disigns from Rangerman $30

Then you add little things here and there....$100

Around $1400 give or take a hundred

 

[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

you guys must be rich or something spending more then 2k

 

[LostCause 10+ year member]

you guys must be rich or something spending more then 2k

Or broke! A lot of people pour the majority of what they make into their cars...it's a hobby...just a **** expensive one...

So far I've spent $0...but that is going to change soon...

Alpine 9813: $300

Memphis Audio 16-MC2004: $216

RE Components (when they come out...): no idea

Polk MOMO MMC570s: $90pr ($180)

Memphis 16-MC500D: $209

Resonant Engineering SE 12": $149

Total: About $1250 not including shipping, tax, fuses/blocks, wiring, box, effort

- Lost Cause

 

[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

haha yeah im broke as of right now

 

[WarDrumz 10+ year member]

You should never break yourself getting car audio.

Most of us that have posted so far have spent atleast a year acquiring what we have. And if you have a decent, STEADY job, $2000 isn't a WHOLE LOT over 12-18 months time. Especially if you still live with your parents like I do, hehehe.