Small budget SQ system ive put together. Need comments plz

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

Alright so my mother has recently purchased a new car (her back and forth to work DD car, 1980 'Yota Corrolla). She is very picky about her sound and im sure the 27 year old system in it is no good. She doesnt need a big boomin rattle your car apart system, just something thatll deliver nice lows and have decent SQ.

She has a limited budget of 400.00 for everything (HU, components, small sub and a sub amp), im looking at a 10 or 8 inch sub, however most likely a 10. Ill also need a decent component set for the front doors. Also a small sub amp, no more than 500 RMS, and a decent HU.

Now, on with the equipment ive picked out.

HU (shes owned a Blau. HU before and loves them)

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-DxiPI98YkTh/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=023LAGUNA6

Sub (shes in love with CV home audio //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif)

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13948

Sub Amp

http://www.millionbuy.com/prfap1000.html

Components (budget here)

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-DxiPI98YkTh/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=410&I=023PCCB650

Ill get a Knu 8 awg kit as far as wiring, and ill be installing myself.

However I have run into a small problem, Crutchfeild says that no HU they carry fit the car? Why is this?

Will this be good for a budget SQ system?

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[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Everything looks ok. However, if you want true SQ system, you work on the front stage. Don't get your components on a budget. Get your sub and sub amp on a budget. While there is SQ to a sub, it's not nearly as noticable as the front stage. So focus on the front stage.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

I plan on upgrading them later to some Infinities or something similar. Would it be easier and cheaper to just leave the speakers stock for now and ditch the Blaupunkts totall

Anyone got any ideas on the HU deal? Is crutchfield saying BS or is there really something special about this cars HU hole?

 

[camry_tuner 10+ year member]

how about getting a 4 channel amp, bridging rears for sub, and using the front 2 for comps, if you're really on a budget, see if you can get a hold of phoenix gold rsd comps, if not, pio rev coax, Profile has a 4 chan amp that could work, the ap1040, and how bout a kicker comp for a sub? its cheaper, than the cv, which gives u more money to get comps

http://www.millionbuy.com/prfap1040.html

http://www.millionbuy.com/kik07c104.html

http://www.millionbuy.com/piotsd161r.html

the headunit is fine, dont forget the amp kit too

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

i would pick up some better comps

blau's have never been my fave

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

id treat my mom to some better equipment then all that..

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

how about getting a 4 channel amp, bridging rears for sub, and using the front 2 for comps, if you're really on a budget, see if you can get a hold of phoenix gold rsd comps, if not, pio rev coax, Profile has a 4 chan amp that could work, the ap1040, and how bout a kicker comp for a sub? its cheaper, than the cv, which gives u more money to get comps
http://www.millionbuy.com/prfap1040.html

http://www.millionbuy.com/kik07c104.html

http://www.millionbuy.com/piotsd161r.html

the headunit is fine, dont forget the amp kit too

I may get the kicker, although as i said she really likes CV and their products so i may not be able to steer her away from it.

Are these the PG RSDs you were talking about?

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=4608

I was thinking i could just run the components off the HU as they will not have to keep up with a huge amount of bass.

 

[camry_tuner 10+ year member]

I may get the kicker, although as i said she really likes CV and their products so i may not be able to steer her away from it. Are these the PG RSDs you were talking about?

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=4608

I was thinking i could just run the components off the HU as they will not have to keep up with a huge amount of bass.

no, but those zr comps arent too bad for the money(on the same site)

pg rsd comps

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17540

tehy're a bit pricey for ur budget, but i think u can squeeze some extra funds for the project

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

no, but those zr comps arent too bad for the money(on the same site)
pg rsd comps

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17540

tehy're a bit pricey for ur budget, but i think u can squeeze some extra funds for the project

How about some Infinities for the same price? Would they sound better?

 

[camry_tuner 10+ year member]

infinities lack midbass

if you want an sq system, then you should be amping the front stage, amped front stage will sound better

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

Any other decent 6.5 inch components in the 100 dollar range?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

http://cgi.ebay.com/CADENCE-CWM6-KIT-ALUMINUM-ALLY-6-5-COMPONENT-KIT_W0QQitemZ250096001800QQcategoryZ32819QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Those are a pretty decent set of components. I really enjoyed my set and still run the tweeters.

Also, I would ditch the amp you're planning on using for that sub. Bridged, it does more than twice the RMS of that sub and then you're leaving the front stage unamped. I would grab that 4 channel version and run the sub bridged with the components on the front channels.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

I planned on running the sub off the bridged rear channel and the components off the front. The only problems i could find out was how could i control the sub and the components differently?

Im really liking those components Immacomputer linked me to, and im sure she will too.

 

[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

You can get RSD's for about 70 - 80 bucks if you look right

 

[JoeHemi57 10+ year member]

You can get RSD's for about 70 - 80 bucks if you look right

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