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<blockquote data-quote="jhall1jax" data-source="post: 7809979" data-attributes="member: 643135">I was into car audio heavily back in the mid- to late-80&#039;s. I still remember swapping out my Nakamichi tape deck for a new Alpine CD unit, and using PPI Art amps. I&#039;ve been out of the loop since then - wow have things changed.I recently inherited a 95 Grand Cherokee and thought it&#039;d be great to dive back into car audio and put a nice system in it. The stock speakers are so old that all the surrounds have turned to dust.I&#039;m no longer confident in my install skills, so I take it in to get a head unit, sub amp along with sub and install to include a distro block so I can add an amp later for the other speakers (when I decide what to get). What I end up with is a joke - no firewall grommet, wire loose under hood, power and signal cables run next to each other, and sub amp gain at 100% with max bass boost (after telling them I&#039;m after SQ and don&#039;t care at all about SPL).Reading the posts here have confirmed that the basics haven&#039;t really changed at all, and I&#039;ll be tearing out all their wiring and doing it myself! And I was definitely oversold on the subs. I ended up with 2 Memphis PR12&#039;s when just one is plenty. I also know NOW that I probably should have gone with an ID sub.Anyway, just want to give you guys a big thanks for sharing your knowledge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jhall1jax, post: 7809979, member: 643135"] I was into car audio heavily back in the mid- to late-80's. I still remember swapping out my Nakamichi tape deck for a new Alpine CD unit, and using PPI Art amps. I've been out of the loop since then - wow have things changed. I recently inherited a 95 Grand Cherokee and thought it'd be great to dive back into car audio and put a nice system in it. The stock speakers are so old that all the surrounds have turned to dust. I'm no longer confident in my install skills, so I take it in to get a head unit, sub amp along with sub and install to include a distro block so I can add an amp later for the other speakers (when I decide what to get). What I end up with is a joke - no firewall grommet, wire loose under hood, power and signal cables run next to each other, and sub amp gain at 100% with max bass boost (after telling them I'm after SQ and don't care at all about SPL). Reading the posts here have confirmed that the basics haven't really changed at all, and I'll be tearing out all their wiring and doing it myself! And I was definitely oversold on the subs. I ended up with 2 Memphis PR12's when just one is plenty. I also know NOW that I probably should have gone with an ID sub. Anyway, just want to give you guys a big thanks for sharing your knowledge. [/QUOTE]

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