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<blockquote data-quote="leonsv" data-source="post: 2218900" data-attributes="member: 570127">ok, a couple of things i caught on your pricings, $100 for install is a bit optimistic unless you do it yourself or have a friend that can do it for you.$70 for rca&#039;s are a complete waste, all you need is a properly shielded rca with oxygen free copper. Car audio is very different from home audio, for example at home my speakers sounded so much better when i replaced my $30 rca&#039;s with $500 rca&#039;s (well...i got them for free from ym cousin who runs a shop...lol) but in a car there are so many greater factors that affects the sound besides the rca. i couldn&#039;t tell the difference between $100 monster cables from my $15 knukonceptz.... $20 is the highest i&#039;ll go for car audio rca&#039;s.Also rear speakers are pretty much useless, they should be playing at about 5 - 10% of the volume of the fronts and at that volume, you can&#039;t tell the difference between highend speakers and your stock.... so don&#039;t waste money, run the stock rears off of the headunit...if you really want it....finally, you forgot to include a line out converter, the stock hu does not have any extra connections for aftermarket amps, you need a loc to get those connections.and for your civic, all you need is to replace the front 4 speakers, and disconnect the rears or run it off of the hu, whatever you choose to do.Also i don&#039;t think many people will appreciate you &quot;dissing rap&quot; lol<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />personally i listen to everything except country and techno (no offense but never quite got it...)i really like the works of Prokofiev (neo classical russian composer) and personally i feel that subs reinforce and richen the sound for classicals. I have a die hard classical music friend who has about 1000 classicals on his ipod and he too thinks that subs are a vital part in classical music.now heres what i suggest...speakers:&nbsp;&nbsp; rainbow audio slc 265&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $240 shipped to your doorloc:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Dave Navone&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $30amp:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; jbl px300.4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $222 (4 channel amp, bridge rear channels to power the amp)<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/JBL-PX300-4-CAR-AUDIO-AMPLIFIER-4-CHANNEL-770W-NEW-2006_W0QQitemZ300034575404QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4950QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/JBL-PX300-4-CAR-AUDIO-AMPLIFIER-4-CHANNEL-770W-NEW-2006_W0QQitemZ300034575404QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4950QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>subwoofer:&nbsp; Tang Bang 8&quot; or ascendant audio assassin 8&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; $50<a href="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&amp;amp;DID=7&amp;amp;Partnumber=264-854" target="_blank">http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&amp;amp;DID=7&amp;amp;Partnumber=264-854</a><a href="http://ascendantaudio.com/assassin8specs.html" target="_blank">http://ascendantaudio.com/assassin8specs.html</a>this comes to a total of $542, spend the rest on installation and wiringyou may go over $600 but not by that much...good luck</blockquote>

[QUOTE="leonsv, post: 2218900, member: 570127"] ok, a couple of things i caught on your pricings, $100 for install is a bit optimistic unless you do it yourself or have a friend that can do it for you. $70 for rca's are a complete waste, all you need is a properly shielded rca with oxygen free copper. Car audio is very different from home audio, for example at home my speakers sounded so much better when i replaced my $30 rca's with $500 rca's (well...i got them for free from ym cousin who runs a shop...lol) but in a car there are so many greater factors that affects the sound besides the rca. i couldn't tell the difference between $100 monster cables from my $15 knukonceptz.... $20 is the highest i'll go for car audio rca's. Also rear speakers are pretty much useless, they should be playing at about 5 - 10% of the volume of the fronts and at that volume, you can't tell the difference between highend speakers and your stock.... so don't waste money, run the stock rears off of the headunit...if you really want it.... finally, you forgot to include a line out converter, the stock hu does not have any extra connections for aftermarket amps, you need a loc to get those connections. and for your civic, all you need is to replace the front 4 speakers, and disconnect the rears or run it off of the hu, whatever you choose to do. Also i don't think many people will appreciate you "dissing rap" lol:D personally i listen to everything except country and techno (no offense but never quite got it...) i really like the works of Prokofiev (neo classical russian composer) and personally i feel that subs reinforce and richen the sound for classicals. I have a die hard classical music friend who has about 1000 classicals on his ipod and he too thinks that subs are a vital part in classical music. now heres what i suggest... speakers: rainbow audio slc 265 $240 shipped to your door loc: Dave Navone $30 amp: jbl px300.4 $222 (4 channel amp, bridge rear channels to power the amp) [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/JBL-PX300-4-CAR-AUDIO-AMPLIFIER-4-CHANNEL-770W-NEW-2006_W0QQitemZ300034575404QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4950QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.com/JBL-PX300-4-CAR-AUDIO-AMPLIFIER-4-CHANNEL-770W-NEW-2006_W0QQitemZ300034575404QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4950QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL] subwoofer: Tang Bang 8" or ascendant audio assassin 8" $50 [URL="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=264-854"]http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=264-854[/URL] [URL="http://ascendantaudio.com/assassin8specs.html"]http://ascendantaudio.com/assassin8specs.html[/URL] this comes to a total of $542, spend the rest on installation and wiring you may go over $600 but not by that much... good luck [/QUOTE]

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