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<blockquote data-quote="BCotrell" data-source="post: 8540252" data-attributes="member: 666314">Interested why you say that? I think the tone of everyone&#039;s response is general shock at the price tag of op&#039;s estimated retail install cost. Either he hasn&#039;t effectively communicated the extent of his consultation and corresponding estimate with the shop or he&#039;s plain and simple experiencing an expensive version of what happens when you go buy all your big ticket items like subs and amps from the internet and expect a local shop to do the install for similarly low profit margin. Anyways, a couple people brought up key points.Two of the three quoted items seem excessive/unnecessaryNeeds an alt an alt/big 3Needs serious sound treatmentNeeds a good huNeeds a front soundstage that can compete with bassNow it&#039;s entirely possible that in addition to the extremely high quoted pricing on things like 0/2 amp kits they can in almost checklist style wait till they got him ***** (car in shop) to present each of these challenges and in the panic and excitement of getting his car a good sounding finished product get him to shell out gobs of additional money (that they missed out on when he bought his amps and subs). Just a theory but doesn&#039;t sound far fetched. Would be nice if someone from Ohio can get him networked with a local member and honest installer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BCotrell, post: 8540252, member: 666314"] Interested why you say that? I think the tone of everyone's response is general shock at the price tag of op's estimated retail install cost. Either he hasn't effectively communicated the extent of his consultation and corresponding estimate with the shop or he's plain and simple experiencing an expensive version of what happens when you go buy all your big ticket items like subs and amps from the internet and expect a local shop to do the install for similarly low profit margin. Anyways, a couple people brought up key points. Two of the three quoted items seem excessive/unnecessary Needs an alt an alt/big 3 Needs serious sound treatment Needs a good hu Needs a front soundstage that can compete with bass Now it's entirely possible that in addition to the extremely high quoted pricing on things like 0/2 amp kits they can in almost checklist style wait till they got him ***** (car in shop) to present each of these challenges and in the panic and excitement of getting his car a good sounding finished product get him to shell out gobs of additional money (that they missed out on when he bought his amps and subs). Just a theory but doesn't sound far fetched. Would be nice if someone from Ohio can get him networked with a local member and honest installer. [/QUOTE]

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