I think we assume people want what most of us have. I remember when I started..replacing door speakers with coaxials and getting a good budget amp and sub was more than enough. For $500 he can get some coax's, amp kit, used sub, used amp and even a prefab box for now until he gets more money to have a custom box built or build it himself. Not many of us started with systems even close to what we have now...I know I sure as hell didn't!But when the OP gets everything installed...he of course will want more a couple months down the road. Hopefully by then he will have read and learned a lot and can start figuring out his next system..that's when the fun starts //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif