Post your budget systems

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=113998

this thread has me thinking,you think you have a great system and got a great deal? post em up - lets laugh at the retailers!

here one of mine in my RSX

Excelon 789 FREE, won on swimfreaks raffle !

Diamond M612 BNIB 150. bought from SD message board

Audioenhancers enclosure 99.99 hifisoundconnection

Aura MR62 comps 175 Ebay

Wire,Knu 4 ga kit 35.00

MTX 801D 200.00 Induaudio

Gothic 820 100. Millionbuy

misc 50

809.95.....Not bad considering everything was half price and I got a 200.00 HU for 15.00 in raffle tix

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[blaze383]

2 12 Kicker L7's Brand New $235 shipped

Ported box 2.5 cu ft @ 30hz $50

Kicker 1200.1 $255 used

Pioneer DEH-P6600 $120 used

PG 4 Ga Amp Kit $25 new

$$685 all off ebay except for the box that me and my friend built which was 50 bucks for the wood and other materials. I plan on upgrading my door speakers soon and buying an amp to power them.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Blaupunkt Boston $140 - Audioheadquarters.com

Lanzar Cadmium 6.5 comps $90 - New ebay

2 pyramid pw1295us 12's (by Eminence) $150 audio-warehouse.com

Directed 5x7's (rear fill) used - ebay $15

Sub amp - Opti 1000.1D - ebay new $220

Component amp - Opti 100.4 ebay used $160

Enclosure - $50

Wiring/Misc $50

$875

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Mine is over a grand. Is that still considered budget? I mean it is to me compared to my last 3 rides.

s10 slammed on 20's with over 3g in audio

Protege5 with a wall in it. I have posted pics on here of it. 4500g's in audio

85 Cutlass with over 5g's in audio.

Now I have a 2002 Cavalier Ls with about 1500 into it. Alot of stuff I paid full price because of warranty and such. But some I get cheap.

Pioneer 7600-220$

Alpine x componets 180$//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

MB Quart DSE componets in back 100$//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

2 12" Type R'S 150 a pc so 300$ for the 2.

Box sealed at 1.75cft 50$

Lanzar bass amp 270$

Clarion highs amp 180$//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Lanzar x over 40$

Lanzar cap that came with 4g wire and connects and DBlocks and fuse holders. 100$

o/1 streetwire kit 40$

So almost 1500 all together. Not bad considering my past with car audio. At least I am not going full tilt lol!

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X679 ~ $250 (from Crutchfield..wanted the 2yr warranty)

Kenwood eXcelon KAC-X401M ~ $125 (eBay)

Kenwood eXcelon KAC-PS500F ~ $81 (eBay)

Diamond Audio M6 comps (x2) ~ $300 (both sets from eBay)

Diamond Audio M6mkII12D4 ~ $300 (retail - wanted the 3yr warranty)

Wiring/related accessories ~ $100 (most off of eBay, some retail)

Alternator rebuild w/labor ~ $100

So, all told, about $1250. I don't know if this qualifies for a 'budget' system but it ended up being a pretty decent SQ setup to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I reckon I'm the only one that needs to be happy with it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

I always have a budget system in the works.But here is the current budget system I'm working on for the work truck. BTW: I don't consider this great but it is pretty **** nice for the money.Sadly it'll take on any $1000 best buy system and most likely win.

Pioneer DEH-P6300 - $100 - Ebay

JBL Power P652's - Got them in a trade, paid $60 for the sub I gave up for em' though

Pioneer ts-w255c - $30 Previous place of work, got a great deal on in BNIB with warranty IMO

Jensen something or other (triple play series) - $40 - This amp is an old school jensen, half decent.It does its job.You can't notice a different between a $40 amp and a $400 amp for bass.

RF wiring kit - $17 - ebay

Wiring harness and some fuses - $25 - best buy

Box - $35 - Built it myself of course.

Still shopping around for a decent amp for the fronts.Then some kick panels //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I spent more time on the box design than anything.This box will play pretty flat in car from 22hz-65hz and get a good amount louder than a sealed box.VERY nice low end for a 10" sub.

Total is $307 before the kick panels or speaker amp.

 

[Untouchable11 10+ year member]

My first system:

Pioneer DEH-P3500~$200

Pioneer REV series 5.25 components~$19.99 (ebay)

JBL BP80.2~$80

JBL BP1200.1~$200

Shivas~$250

Wiring & Accessories~$100

Box~$50

Installation~$0 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

This was my first system, and damn, did I love it

Pics can be found in my sig under old system link...

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

my budget system,

450---- for jensen vm9410 in dash dvd player ==== BNIB 3 year warrenty

26 ---- box i made.

88 ----- type R === BNIB

30 ----- pbx comp set == bnib

worth 200 ----- soundstream rubicon amp traded a box i made and a rf punch HX2 so whatever that amounts too, im satisfied with what i got for the money, i havnt received the sub or amp yet...

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

All prices shipped

Alpine 9807 - $140 from classifieds

PPI PCX 280 - $90 from Classified

Rainbow Soundlines - $150 from speed&sound

Orion 1200D - $300 all said and done

IA LI 12s - $300

Box - $60

Total - $1040

Uhmmm.....

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

I just grabbed an Orion 2500D,autherized/w warrenty for 629.00 shipped

not bad........

my latest system for my truck,all BNIB:

2 12" TDX's 450 (ebay,my local guy wanted double)

2500D 629 (secret)

HEX's 200 (fell off a truck,my local guy wanted 499.00)

D5600.2 200.(Bimmer,local guy wanted 529.00)

Alpine 9833 300.00 (crutchfield,sale)

VooDoo 0 gauge kit 59.99(ebay)

Yellow top 129.00(autozone)

Iraggi Alt 300.00(SD group buy)

custom enclosure 450.00(local shop)

2710,I think local shop it would be 5Gs

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

Alpine CDA-7998 $330 (dealer found for me NIB)

Alpine MRA-D550 5.1 DSP amp $335 (ebay)

Alpine SPX-177R $180 (classifieds)

Alpine MRD-M1001 mono amp $400 (NIB ebay)

Still looking for a deal on subs.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Using all one company can be risky. Of the companies able to make the products to do a full car stereo from top to bottom, I can't think of too many that all of them are worth using.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

2 Rl-i 10"s --- 350

Viper 1200.1--- 180

Rainbow SLC---- 120

Coustic Amp---- 60

Box------------ 25

Wiring--------- 60

Alpine 9855---- 200

 

995

 

Pretty good system for under 1k

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

Well I got what I wanted, and I would have been just as happy with a set of Eclipse SC8365s, but I found a deal on the Alpine components first.

I have always been quite happy with Alpine, so I stuck with them.

 

[dak0ta_g33k 10+ year member]

not cheap but none of these was bought from a retailer:

mtx 801d 205 refurb off ebay

mxa 6004 285 ONIB ebay

thunderform 275 used from local seller

kick panels 125 BNIB ebay seller

RE comps 140 NIB ebay

xxx 6.5s 210 CA classifieds NIB

koda 10 180 CA classifieds used

add about 80 for install widgets totals $1500

still using factory HU btw and this would be my first car stereo system buildup