Looking for Suggestions

[cyber5-0 10+ year member]

Back in the day (early 90's), I competed in a few IASCA and USAC events (even won a few). For some reason I have been bitten by the "car audio" bug again and I'm looking for some input.

Seeing that I have been out of the loop for so long, my equipment knowledge is not what it used to be and I would like some "constructive" input for a new system. I just bought a new Chevy Avalanche z71 and the Bose stereo is soooo disappointing!

Trying to keep some costs down here is what I'm thinking:

Keep factory head/Nav unit (I know, first mistake but I like the integration with other vehicle features)

Image Dynamics tweeters - factory pillar location

ID mid bass - factory door location

2 ID 12's in mid-gate box

2 Xtant X604's from my previous comp car

Now here is the dilemma - Use RF 3sixty v2 to convert factory head signal and perform EQ functions or should I use the Audio Control LC8 to convert the factory signal and then use my 2 IDQ31's (from previous car) for the EQ functions??

I know ID, Audio Control, Xtant and RF were some good stuff back in the day - plus I like the idea of a semi-old school system - BUT I'm not sure how they compare with today's stuff.

Any thoughts?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Thanks!!

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[cyber5-0 10+ year member]

Maybe I should have said "I wanna put 10 15's in my truck" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[aworldcollision 10+ year member]

I' would honestly look into home drivers, an active set-up and an alpine PXA H650.

Old school is great in terms of power power power. Unfortunately, power lost out with lower cost components and the addition of digital processing. We've lost alot of clean output that 90's system's could provide, but today's digital processing makes up for it...provided you can over kill the crap out of some output power.

The 650 can do all the processing. Do you need rear-fill? This is THE ONLY WAY I'd use rear speakers. The human ear isn't smart enough to manage rear fill properly, we need processing.(since you have subs and drivers) and seven channels of extreme power. I'd look into a 6-channel and a 1 channel for the subs.

You didn't say what your budget is, $2K-$8k or a bit lower?

 

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Maybe I should have said "I wanna put 10 15's in my truck" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[cyber5-0 10+ year member]

2-8k would be about right. Figuring in some deadening material for the metal and good wire/fuse blocks.

I'm still leaning on keeping the Xtant amps. These have xovers and noise gate built in, plus they sound extremely clean (only downside is 75x4 at 4 ohm). I don't need tons of power.

BTW: the statement about putting 10 subs in was a joke //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif