I am new and clueless please help

5,000 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/omg.gif.05aa02c3095d6ce9338996654eca0863.gifIt better sound really, really good....

Just out of curiosity. If you had that big of a budget. Why not go with really good brand names like MTX, JL, RE, DD or more respected names than MEGALOUD ?
I had bad experiences with JL and MTX, RE and DD I don't know about so I got what was offered to me and I am plesae with it. I am not saying that I wasn't going to get DD or RE if I knew about them but I didn't so this is where I am at.

 
Man 5k is alot of money. I bet your next system wont cost that much;)
I like alot so I might spend more but a lot was included with that 5k. custom box for my car, custom interior speckers 2 pairs, there was a lot of custom stuff made so I didn't mind it.

 
i doubt u had bad experiences /w JL, MTX, RE and DD. also, is it really custom? or did they just tell u it was custom. i dont know, but from my personal experience, you paid 5000, for a system that you're trying to improve... doesnt make sense to me imo. and with "improvement" do you mean louder?

 
I had bad experiences with JL and MTX, RE and DD I don't know about so I got what was offered to me and I am plesae with it. I am not saying that I wasn't going to get DD or RE if I knew about them but I didn't so this is where I am at.
My Donnel I am new to the car audio world and I bought a megaloud system and I wanted to know if it was the right choice I made.
if you are new to car audio how have you had bad experiences with JL and MTX? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 
Ive actually seen his box, its a prefab, or a really good copy of a prefab for dual 12's with a single slot vent in the middle. Its probably a $100-$150 box.

Its not his fault man really, its just that car audio shops prey on service men. I live over here next to Fort Knox and I see the stereo shops do it here all the time. I just hung out at one of the lower level shops in Radcliff and the percentage of customers that were military was 90%. And they were selling them Audiobahn & Volfenhag junk and telling them it was custom for their car too. People often want to believe this, its human nature to expect the truth out of people who sell them stuff. Cold hard truth is that they're swine and will get you to buy anything.....which is where education about what your dealing with comes into play.

 
yeah i agree for 5gs, you should really have a system capable of hitting 150's plus.

but you got what you have, so use it. the only thing i can recomend is build a better box, and tune you system right. thats the best you can do now.

 
lol, you shouldn't have jumped in so fast, but if you like it then thats all that matters i guess
Apparently he isnt happy with it if he is asking us on ways he could improve is five thousand dollar set-up.

The only thing we can suggest is to gain more knowledge, and try again. $5,000 is not needed for any set-up, do more with less //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 
Apparently he isnt happy with it if he is asking us on ways he could improve is five thousand dollar set-up.
The only thing we can suggest is to gain more knowledge, and try again. $5,000 is not needed for any set-up, do more with less //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
Definately can do more for less...I spent a total of 600. Thats front stage, two amps, and subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I should be in the 40s once I make a new box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif
 
He really just needs a decent box, the one he has now is a prefab and you can only modifiy it so much.. I suggested he coat the inside of it with resin, but that will only gain him a few tenths to maybe a half a db. It really needs to be a box designed for those subs and not a generic tuned one.

If he didnt live so far away from me id tell him to come down to the shop and we'll put him on the meter and see what we can do...but he lives in NYC //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 
i doubt u had bad experiences /w JL, MTX, RE and DD. also, is it really custom? or did they just tell u it was custom. i dont know, but from my personal experience, you paid 5000, for a system that you're trying to improve... doesnt make sense to me imo. and with "improvement" do you mean louder?

Yes I am trying to go louder . I had jl and mtx subs burn out on me, and I never heard of DD and RE

 
Apparently he isnt happy with it if he is asking us on ways he could improve is five thousand dollar set-up.
The only thing we can suggest is to gain more knowledge, and try again. $5,000 is not needed for any set-up, do more with less //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Thanks for your words

 
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