Suggestion on my 07 civic with navi

[MattGeorge 10+ year member]

i just purchased an 07 civic with OEM navigation. Because of the navigation i do not want to change the head unit.

So i am left with the decision of using a regular LOC or something like the JL cleansweep. I really dont want to spend a ton of money on the system but will spend what i have to, to get something that sounds decent.

I currently have the following from an old stereo

12" infinity perfect sub

junky fosgate amp for the sub ( i will change this to something better down the road)

Alpine v12 mrv-f407 Amplifier for the speakers.

Now the question is if i am planning on spending ~200-250$ on a set of component speakers is the JL cleansweep worth the extra cash vs a LOC?

It seems silly for my to spend the money on the cleansweep when the speakers will not be super high end. I dont want it to sound like doody though. Considering what is offered in a speaker that is ~250$ is the cleansweep all that advantageous?

thanks for any help

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[canadapettit 10+ year member]

What model RF amp is it out of curiosity?

 

[MattGeorge 10+ year member]

Its a punch 500a2.

I dug up my old equipment today and unfortunetly the infinity sub is blown. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I do have a 12" JL W0 that i will have to use for now. I guess it will give me the opportunity to purchase something really nice in the future.

Anyone have opinoins on the LOC vs Cleansweep thing? Now that i have to buy a new sub i really dont want to spend the money but will if its detrimental. This project is getting expensive.....