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<blockquote data-quote="Yadda" data-source="post: 8217246" data-attributes="member: 659434"><p>Let me preface this by saying I have absolutely no ******* idea what I am doing. I bought a new car and as a gift my father gave me some of his old audio equipment from 2007 which I used as an excuse to outfit the rest of my car. Iv done a fair bit of research on my own however car audio is a lot more complex than I thought and I would like others opinions/wisdom before I end up making a very big mistake and so I can bring all of the proper equipment to the installer. I know a lot of you like to do this yourself and promote others to do the same but this is my daily driver, I am very short on free time and I don't have the tools/knowledge to even begin. Maybe down the road when I learn more, but not now.</p><p></p><p>The car is a 2014 Ford Focus (Mk3) and as far as I know it has a door depth of ~3 inches and uses 6.5 front/back and 1" tweeters. My goal is to retain the factory HU for Sync + wheel controls and get decent clear music with the ability to shake some windows if I want. I'm not a bass junky, I just want a respectable system with some power. I'm trying to avoid having too much bass. The planned equipment is as follows.</p><p></p><p>Speaker amp: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KAC8405/Kenwood-KAC-8405.html?showAll=N&amp;search=Kenwood_Kac-8405&amp;skipvs=T" target="_blank">Kenwood Kac-8405</a></p><p></p><p>LOC: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_161LC7IG/AudioControl-LC7i-Gray.html" target="_blank">LC7i</a></p><p></p><p>Equalizer: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Clarion-EQS746-Graphic-Equalizer-Crossover/dp/B000EZV3T8/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389315559&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=clarion+equalizer" target="_blank">Clarion EQS746 </a></p><p></p><p>Fronts: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_1086011CS/Infinity-Kappa-60-11cs.html?showAll=N&amp;search=Infinity_Kappa_60.11CS&amp;skipvs=T" target="_blank">Infinity Kappa 60.11cs</a></p><p></p><p>Rears: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_1086211I/Infinity-Kappa-62-11i.html?showAll=N&amp;search=Infinity_Kappa_62.11i&amp;skipvs=T" target="_blank">Infinity Kappa 62.11i</a></p><p></p><p>Sub amp: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-fEpiofoGJ7X/p_575P4502/Rockford-Fosgate-Punch-P450-2.html" target="_blank">Rockford Fosgate Punch P450.2</a></p><p></p><p>Sub: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mqdfLFxBNe1/p_065G5104/Boston-Acoustics-G510-4.html" target="_blank">Boston Acoustics G510-4</a></p><p></p><p>Capacitor: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rockford-Fosgate-RFC1D-Digital-Capacitor/dp/B000WUE1T4/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389154172&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=rockford+fosgate+digital+capacitor" target="_blank">Rockford Fosgate RFC1D 1 Farad Digital Capacitor</a></p><p></p><p>Sub cables: <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_206PK4/Kicker-PK4.html?showAll=N&amp;search=kicker_pk4&amp;skipvs=T" target="_blank">Kicker PK4</a></p><p></p><p>The sub set up was all a gift and is non-negotiable as I already have it. I already bought the kenwood amp. I need advice on the LOC and my speaker combo. Also, I'm a bit confused on what the heck a LOC is for.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading, I'm really quite overwhelmed by all of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yadda, post: 8217246, member: 659434"] Let me preface this by saying I have absolutely no ******* idea what I am doing. I bought a new car and as a gift my father gave me some of his old audio equipment from 2007 which I used as an excuse to outfit the rest of my car. Iv done a fair bit of research on my own however car audio is a lot more complex than I thought and I would like others opinions/wisdom before I end up making a very big mistake and so I can bring all of the proper equipment to the installer. I know a lot of you like to do this yourself and promote others to do the same but this is my daily driver, I am very short on free time and I don't have the tools/knowledge to even begin. Maybe down the road when I learn more, but not now. The car is a 2014 Ford Focus (Mk3) and as far as I know it has a door depth of ~3 inches and uses 6.5 front/back and 1" tweeters. My goal is to retain the factory HU for Sync + wheel controls and get decent clear music with the ability to shake some windows if I want. I'm not a bass junky, I just want a respectable system with some power. I'm trying to avoid having too much bass. The planned equipment is as follows. Speaker amp: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KAC8405/Kenwood-KAC-8405.html?showAll=N&search=Kenwood_Kac-8405&skipvs=T"]Kenwood Kac-8405[/URL] LOC: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_161LC7IG/AudioControl-LC7i-Gray.html"]LC7i[/URL] Equalizer: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Clarion-EQS746-Graphic-Equalizer-Crossover/dp/B000EZV3T8/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389315559&sr=8-2&keywords=clarion+equalizer"]Clarion EQS746 [/URL] Fronts: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_1086011CS/Infinity-Kappa-60-11cs.html?showAll=N&search=Infinity_Kappa_60.11CS&skipvs=T"]Infinity Kappa 60.11cs[/URL] Rears: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_1086211I/Infinity-Kappa-62-11i.html?showAll=N&search=Infinity_Kappa_62.11i&skipvs=T"]Infinity Kappa 62.11i[/URL] Sub amp: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-fEpiofoGJ7X/p_575P4502/Rockford-Fosgate-Punch-P450-2.html"]Rockford Fosgate Punch P450.2[/URL] Sub: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mqdfLFxBNe1/p_065G5104/Boston-Acoustics-G510-4.html"]Boston Acoustics G510-4[/URL] Capacitor: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Rockford-Fosgate-RFC1D-Digital-Capacitor/dp/B000WUE1T4/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1389154172&sr=1-1&keywords=rockford+fosgate+digital+capacitor"]Rockford Fosgate RFC1D 1 Farad Digital Capacitor[/URL] Sub cables: [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/p_206PK4/Kicker-PK4.html?showAll=N&search=kicker_pk4&skipvs=T"]Kicker PK4[/URL] The sub set up was all a gift and is non-negotiable as I already have it. I already bought the kenwood amp. I need advice on the LOC and my speaker combo. Also, I'm a bit confused on what the heck a LOC is for. Thanks for reading, I'm really quite overwhelmed by all of this. [/QUOTE]
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