Ok, here goes.
Currently I have a 2011 Mazda 3 Hatchback with a included Bose system. I've suffered for 3 years on its low output and decided now it the time for change.
I'm no audiophile by any means so I don't need a competition grade system, just something that is a significant improvement over what I have now.
The update I plan on doing are :
HU
Components in front doors
Coaxial in rears
Sub
Amps to Power everything
Sound Deadening of some sort
battery
cap if needed
Big 3 upgrade
I'm not sure of the amp rating of my current alternator, but I believe I have read it's between 110-125. I don't want to change this.
I'm not going to listen to music ear splitting loud, but I do like to turn it up. I like tight punchy bass, so I will be going sealed for that and also since my trunk space is valuable - my daily driver.
I prefer quality over loudness and from what I gather I want silk dome tweeters since I don't want any type of metallic tinny sounds.
Currently this is what I am looking at, price is important so these are my compromises for cost vs performance.
Pioneer AVX 5700BHS HU
Alpine DVC 4 ohm 12" Type R sub
I'm pretty set on these and most everything will be purchased at Sonic Electronix. I know their not Alpine authorized, but from everything I've read, their very good at taking care of issues should they arise.
So I need help picking out amps and door speakers. I'd like to keep each of them under 200.00 if possible. I need reliability, don't want to look forward to failures. I know price-performance-reliability don't generally go together, but here's to hoping.
Appreciate any help you guys can provide, I'd like to order some things today. I'm also going to try my hand at Build the sub box, since I enjoys stuff like that and most of the pre-fab enclosures don't meet Alpine specs anyway.
I know the amps aren't high end, but if they work and aren't going to crap out on me, I have no issue with them.
Currently I have a 2011 Mazda 3 Hatchback with a included Bose system. I've suffered for 3 years on its low output and decided now it the time for change.
I'm no audiophile by any means so I don't need a competition grade system, just something that is a significant improvement over what I have now.
The update I plan on doing are :
HU
Components in front doors
Coaxial in rears
Sub
Amps to Power everything
Sound Deadening of some sort
battery
cap if needed
Big 3 upgrade
I'm not sure of the amp rating of my current alternator, but I believe I have read it's between 110-125. I don't want to change this.
I'm not going to listen to music ear splitting loud, but I do like to turn it up. I like tight punchy bass, so I will be going sealed for that and also since my trunk space is valuable - my daily driver.
I prefer quality over loudness and from what I gather I want silk dome tweeters since I don't want any type of metallic tinny sounds.
Currently this is what I am looking at, price is important so these are my compromises for cost vs performance.
Pioneer AVX 5700BHS HU
Alpine DVC 4 ohm 12" Type R sub
I'm pretty set on these and most everything will be purchased at Sonic Electronix. I know their not Alpine authorized, but from everything I've read, their very good at taking care of issues should they arise.
So I need help picking out amps and door speakers. I'd like to keep each of them under 200.00 if possible. I need reliability, don't want to look forward to failures. I know price-performance-reliability don't generally go together, but here's to hoping.
Appreciate any help you guys can provide, I'd like to order some things today. I'm also going to try my hand at Build the sub box, since I enjoys stuff like that and most of the pre-fab enclosures don't meet Alpine specs anyway.
I know the amps aren't high end, but if they work and aren't going to crap out on me, I have no issue with them.
