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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 551441" data-attributes="member: 555320">Honestly, I don&#039;t know of any books.....or even any comprehensive websites.&nbsp; General ideas; you want the pathlengths of the speakers to be as close to even as possible, you want to kill as much resonances and reflections in the vehicle as possible, you need to properly level match and phase each speaker, speaker aiming and placement is very important.Best thing to do is go to <a href="http://www.elitecaraudio.com" target="_blank">http://www.elitecaraudio.com</a> and look at the tutorials (link right underneath the top banner) as well as the forum there, and also check out the forums at <a href="http://www.carsound.com." target="_blank">http://www.carsound.com.</a>&nbsp; Both of those are more SQ oriented, with many, many IASCA and USACi world champions that surf and give advice.&nbsp; Just read through some of the threads that are about topics you are interested in, and do some searching about things like &quot;speaker placment&quot; or &quot;speaker aiming&quot; or &quot;phasing&quot; or &quot;level matching&quot; or &quot;equalization&quot;......things of that nature.&nbsp; As you search more, you&#039;ll come up with more questions.<a href="http://stereointegrity.com/" target="_blank">http://stereointegrity.com/</a>Digital Designs, <a href="http://www.ddaudio.com" target="_blank">http://www.ddaudio.com</a>There is so much to that question that it would take pages to cover.&nbsp; Basic idea; 95% install/tuning and 5% equipment.&nbsp; The install and tuning are the major thing that will determine how the stereo sounds.&nbsp; Good equipment with bad install = bad sound.Budget is the major limiting factor there.&nbsp; And again, &quot;decent&quot; equipment installed and tuned properly will give great results.Short answer; there is no best, period.&nbsp; IDMax, Brahma, XXX, Magnum D2 all are very good, but &quot;best&quot; is subjective.Rainbow, Arc Audio, Tru Technology, Zapco, Focal, Brax/Helix, Boston Acoustic, Image Dynamics, etc........the list could go on forever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 551441, member: 555320"] Honestly, I don't know of any books.....or even any comprehensive websites. General ideas; you want the pathlengths of the speakers to be as close to even as possible, you want to kill as much resonances and reflections in the vehicle as possible, you need to properly level match and phase each speaker, speaker aiming and placement is very important. Best thing to do is go to [URL="http://www.elitecaraudio.com"]http://www.elitecaraudio.com[/URL] and look at the tutorials (link right underneath the top banner) as well as the forum there, and also check out the forums at [URL="http://www.carsound.com."]http://www.carsound.com.[/URL] Both of those are more SQ oriented, with many, many IASCA and USACi world champions that surf and give advice. Just read through some of the threads that are about topics you are interested in, and do some searching about things like "speaker placment" or "speaker aiming" or "phasing" or "level matching" or "equalization"......things of that nature. As you search more, you'll come up with more questions. [URL="http://stereointegrity.com/"]http://stereointegrity.com/[/URL] Digital Designs, [URL="http://www.ddaudio.com"]http://www.ddaudio.com[/URL] There is so much to that question that it would take pages to cover. Basic idea; 95% install/tuning and 5% equipment. The install and tuning are the major thing that will determine how the stereo sounds. Good equipment with bad install = bad sound. Budget is the major limiting factor there. And again, "decent" equipment installed and tuned properly will give great results. Short answer; there is no best, period. IDMax, Brahma, XXX, Magnum D2 all are very good, but "best" is subjective. Rainbow, Arc Audio, Tru Technology, Zapco, Focal, Brax/Helix, Boston Acoustic, Image Dynamics, etc........the list could go on forever. [/QUOTE]

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