re: Best brands for car speaker systems

I've heard two over the years that really sounded good.
Infinity with the Emit tweeters 80s
Focal all models 2012

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what's difference between car amplifier and a sound processor for factory radio?

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Pardon the messy install but its behind my F150 backseat. The LC7i takes my factory radio speaker outputs and gives the ability to plug amps into it. That way I kept my factory head unit that controls my AC and a lot of other stuff.

Kicker, Punch...oh, sorry, I haven't been into "car stereo" since the late 90's

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Alpine deck and Kicker 12's with a Punch 40

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My setup back in high school. Man I miss those days..

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crutchfield tells me i need a $119 wiring kit to go along with that amp for my vehicle. just wanted to make sure that is the case from you. (says the amp is not recommended for vehicle not sure why)

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Only if you’re thinking about doing this yourself. If you go to a shop, the wiring kits are included in the labor costs (about $750 total for this system). What do you know about wiring in an LOC like the kicker keyloc? What about properly installing the speakers, wiring the amp, setting gains, wiring the sub for a 2 ohm load, checking phase on the speakers, etc? What about tuning the keyloc’s DSP after the install is complete?

Unless you’re prepared to spend many, many hours reading on the site I linked (DIYMobileAudio) I would leave this to a professional. If not, I can almost guarantee you won’t be happy with the final outcome.

As stated previously, I wouldn’t buy anything from Crutchfield…not if you plan to have a shop build this. Use Crutchfield to set the price of the equipment (trust me…it’s lower than their retail cost) and pay cash for everything to avoid taxes. The shop will match price.

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how old are you? Are you putting a ghetto box system in your car? trashy

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maybe…

Salty how much for a set of A pillar enclosures for a set of Stereo Integrity M3 Carbon mids, and M25 MK II tweeters ? 2006 Explorer tan interior ? Since Steve Cook retired here local I don't know of anyone local that's into the SQ stuff.

Who ate some of the good shops doing work now?
Northshore or Southshore?

And, would anyone come on location to do an install on RV?

Some do, some don't.

German and some domestic stuff is pretty good. Asian stuff is pretty weak, IMO.

Just a general observation...

Resist aging.

Stay young.

Play good music, loudly.

Don't let the old man in.