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[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

This is why I doubted you lol. Nice picks.

yea i just like to get the best deal when i buy something op i am also buying a new set of cdts for my personal car thats how i feel about them and i run a boston gt-42 amp personally

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

Stinger Hyper 20ft 4 channel - Vertex Audio

ps you will ned another 4 way rca for the highs n top of the knu wire kit this is crazy cheap and free shipping lol

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

the cdt speakers from trumpet http://www.caraudio.com/forums/speaker-classifieds/565776-cdt-audio-b-stock-hd-61-6-5-components.html

Those speakers are sold. I have 1 set of CDT HD-61As on hand, JBL P660C as an alternative, and many many more I can order in.

 

[Vincer77 10+ year member]

Well guys, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Kenwood HU, the BA GT1105 and the Polk sub. Not sure I will keep the sub, but it seems like a smoking deal and it was a deal of the day. Was leaning towards the CDTs but missed that I guess.

I tried for a set of 4" Infinity Kappas on eBay that went for $47, but was outbid. What do you think of the Kappas?

I will keep a look out for deals on the 6" and 4".

Thank you so much for your help with this. I feel a lot more confident with my purchases. I also am a sucker for a good deal.

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

Harman Audio - KAPPA60.9CS

 

[Vincer77 10+ year member]

What is meant by "True 4 Ohms" I see it is a 2 Ohm speaker?

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

What is meant by "True 4 Ohms" I see it is a 2 Ohm speaker?

2 ohms but when you play speakers you have what is called impedence rise, speakers rise is usually drastic. if you look at people benching they will say nominal resistance 1 ohm rising to 2.8 ohm etc. so when you actually play a 4 ohm speaker you might only be getting 6 ohm load on the amp. this is from heat and pressure

witht he boston amp it would be perfect because at 2 ohms your amp will be utilized to its full potential. I will be running 2 ohm cdt's within the next week

 

[Vincer77 10+ year member]

This is where I ended up:

Kenwood Excelon KDC-X396

JBL GTO608C 6-1/2" Components

Bravox C550CF 5-1/4" Components

Boston Acoustics GT1105

Polk db104DVC

KnuKonceptz 4Guage Install

DEI Speaker baffles

Battery Terms

Interconnects

HD Speaker Grills, hardware

Speaker Terminals

I probably skimped on the front JBLs.

So far the total is under $600, not bad. When I started with the Crutchfield guy, my budget was between $500-$700.

I'd like to thank keep_hope_alive and especially Mclerico for their help.

I guess I need to consider Dynamat. Any less expensive but good products out there?

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

This is where I ended up:
Kenwood Excelon KDC-X396

JBL GTO608C 6-1/2" Components

Bravox C550CF 5-1/4" Components

Boston Acoustics GT1105

Polk db104DVC

KnuKonceptz 4Guage Install

DEI Speaker baffles

Battery Terms

Interconnects

HD Speaker Grills, hardware

Speaker Terminals

I probably skimped on the front JBLs.

So far the total is under $600, not bad. When I started with the Crutchfield guy, my budget was between $500-$700.

I'd like to thank keep_hope_alive and especially Mclerico for their help.

I guess I need to consider Dynamat. Any less expensive but good products out there?

much better stuff than what you originally was getting and if you end up not satisfied with the polk sub its not like you threw a lot of money at it.

just make sure you hit up double07 for a custom box seriously or you wasted your sub stage

 

[Vincer77 10+ year member]

This is a project for my son and I, so we will be building the sub-enclosure ourselves. Here is what We've designed:

Box Design

 

[Roberacer]

In December I decided I wanted to do something about my car in terms of audio. I couldn't even stand to turn it on really. Long storey short I have Tannoy dual concentric studio monitors coupled with a tannoy sub in my living room. I work in pro audio and that is the level of sonic I am used to. The stock rig in my Toyota was just not up to snuff if you know what I mean. Anyway, I have a friend who is an award winning installer (from years ago) who made some subs for a sound system my band was touring with at the time. They totally kicked ***. He worked hard on them. I wanted something that required little power were flat frequency response wise. Tight (fast transient response and freaking loud. It was a pa (Public Address system but not to be confused with what you hear at Wallmart) not a car stereo after all. The man is brilliant my friends. That is all I can say. He would have designed an awesome rig for my little rust bucket but it would have cost me as much as my monitor rig (which btw has earned me a living) so it was worth every cent. In this case would probably get thrown out with the car when it wroughts away (like they all do). Off to Future Shop I went to see what is out there. I knew they had some decent stuff and are a volume dealer so deals can be had. I listened to everything they had. Alpine, MTX, Pioneer, Kicker, Energy (which I was most interested in) and Infinity. I loved... None of them!!! Like every speaker I have every heard they all had their deficiencies. Interestingly the most tolerable turned out to be the Infinity stuff. Yes, Harman International who btw make some of the best pro audio gear available. They are the biggest and with that have the biggest research and development team in the biz. I know guys who were hired out of pro audio to design for car audio with Harman. Future Shop had both the Infinity "Reference" and the Kappa. Basically the only ones that sounded even close to correct were the Infinity Kappa stuff although it all depended on which model as some of those were a little far off too. It came down to comparing apples to apples. My car would only accept 6"(round) in the back. The Kappa vs the Reference... Kappa was light years better. Worth every cent folks. In short I would look to spend the extra bucks to go to those speakers. Maybe they have better crossovers. I don't know but they were much flatter. BTW I have since read reviews that state that the Kappa way out perform the Polks too (it is just a name anymore, as always mentioned...mass production has changed the face of things a lot). haven't heard the Polks though.

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

[quote name='Vincer77']This is a project for my son and I, so we will be building the sub-enclosure ourselves. Here is what We've designed:

Box Design[/QUOTE]
@RAM_Designs ; or @Buck ; real cheap designs and will even give you cutouts etc but looks like you are on your way