How shitty was your first system?

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

that had to be about the last year of the air cooled bugs....

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

i had 2 pyramid clear 12's,with a pyramid tape deck,and a ske 75.2 amp,it sucked

 

[SteveSkal]

I don't remember all the components but it was put together between Radio Shack and the Flea Market, so yeah it was pretty bad...but at the time I thought I had the $hit! LOL

 

[22mountaineer 10+ year member]

1 9515,

Phoenix Gold 1600 watt amp

and stock electrical= poo!

Kamelion cd player and a yellow top..

PRetty good for being 15, went to a comp even without a license and got 1st with just throwing a box together in one night, outperformed a souped up Alpine car and a Memphis car (the memphis car was having some problems) again I was 15 though,

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Ignorance is bliss....

If you stayed ignorant about car audio, you would have been happy with a POS system that cost you 200$.. In ways it's nice to be "in the know" but it kinda sucks hard too...

("you" is being used in general... not anyone specific...)

 

[clbolt 10+ year member]

I built my first system in 1990, but I put a lot of thought into it. I started with an Alpine 7903 deck, 2 Fosgate Punch 45s (pre-HD), a Hafler MSE40di, a Coustic XM3 crossover, Boston Acoustice Proseries 4.1s, Sony XS-L6 mids with whatever the matching tweeters were, and a pair of Punch 10" subs in a sealed box.

All this went into my 1986 Merkur XR4Ti. The Bostons were driven by the Hafler, with the mids in the stock locations in the bottom of the dash, and vent mounted tweeters. The Sonys were driven by one of the Punch 45s, with the mids custom mounted into the rear side panels and the tweeters mounted in the c pillars. The other 45 drove the subs. I mounted the crossover in the dash, between the glovebox and the dash storage pocket. I could just pop the pocket out to access the adjustments on the crossover.

The first day I showed off that system, I was offered a job running an install shop by the manager of the store where I bought most of the components. I wish I'd taken the offer.

BTW, the crappiest complete system I've ever had is the one in my car right now. I'm going to upgrade everything from the speaker wire up in the next month or so. Still, considering the amount of sound I'm getting out my cash outlay of approximately $100, I don't think anybody would complain.

 

[theothermike 10+ year member]

im 16 ur looking at mine below.

 

[THUMPPER 10+ year member]

my first system....back in 1985 consisted of

a Pyramid Phase 3 cassette deck and a pair

of Sony 4" full range door speakers:crap:

 

[NissanKicker 10+ year member]

Screw all that... My first system:

Single 15" Subs ( Pro Studio Home Theatre Subwoofer )

Single Pre-Fab 15" Sealed box

Depth Charger 200x1 ( Upgraded that to a JBL BP300.1 )

Wal-Mart ( Scouche ) 8-guage wiring kit

JVC K????? CD PLAYER

JVC Copper Coned 6.5s front stage

Apline S??? 6.5s rear stage

That sucked... I miss that JBL bp300.1 * still have it, just goes to protection *

 

[bluelceii 10+ year member]

I got my first system from fingerhut.com... need i say more?

 

[carguy83 10+ year member]

My first system consisted of two 10" Rockford Fosgate Punch HE's in a prefab sealed box, Boston Acoustics 4x6's up front, Alpine 6.5" coax's in the back. The speakers were powered off an old Kenwood HU, the subs were powered by a RF Power Punch 451S.

Not too bad, but not great either.