whats a good brand name nowadays for head unit/speakers/subs in terms of sound quality.

im obviously looking to upgrade but want to go the sound quality route at about 400-600 rms say.

any suggestions? thanks in advance.

 

depends on bames surprisingly they dont count for me anymore i go for specs - My only suggestion is go for a headunit with a flash drive Tons Easier than burning cd`s or buying them with flash drives u can load your own music.

 

Depends on what you're talking about. The best brand for head units may not be the best brand for speakers, amps, whatever. Pioneer/Pioneer Premier are good for head units. Alpine and Eclipse have started catering more toward the Best Buy/Circuit City car audio customer, and have since started downgrading in terms of quality. Alpine still makes a pretty good sub, though, and their components are pretty good for what you can buy them for. You can put a good package together with just about anything, what are you looking to spend?

 

I would say to keep it to 1 10" sub, 2 amps (1 for sub, 1 for mids/highs), components for the front, delete rear speakers, and Premier/Expensive Alpine/Kenwood headunit.

 

ive got an alpine headunit, alpine components in the front and an alpine amp, and it sounds amazing. Quality is awsome never had any problems even when it was -30 in the winter.

 

setup i had in my old focus was alpine headunit, 500watt kenwood amp, 10'' mtx t8000 series subs, stock speakers and loved the whole setup. hope this helps.

 

2 Diamond Audios subs (10") and Diamond HEX series components..
Kicker 400.1 mono amp runnin the subs, and alpine v12 runnin the speakes

 

I've always been fond of Polk subwoofers when it comes to pure sound quality.

 

Why on earth would you want to do that?

 

I would have to recommend JL Audio or ED (Elemental Designs) subs running off an Xtant Amplifier(pre-MTX buyout) with good components. you can't go wrong!

 

On SQ systems, you generally want the soundstage to be in front of you, so rear speakers aren't needed. Personally, I prefer to be surrounded by the sound, even if it is only 2 channels.

 

A mid behind you is fine, generally you don't want a tweeter behind you or above your ear level.

 

I still don't understand why they would say it sounds better with the soundstage in front of you. I think it sounds like ish if I turn off my rear speakers. Better to be immersed in it, than sitting back like you're watching it from a distance. Perhaps it's too complicated to get surround sound to sound good in a car. It's far from a perfect acoustical environment, but the soundstage BS sounds like just that to me.

I'll keep my rear speakers, TYVM.

 

polk speakers FTW.

i have 11 of them in my boat. (2 front, 2 mid, 2 rear, 4 tower, 1 sub)
amazing sound even with 50mph wind

 

+1 on the rear speaker delete. If you have a good deck with time correction it'll sound even better. But . . . for SQ setups, this is common practice. You're listening to a stereo signal, and the rear speakers interfere with the fronts and muddy it up. If you want technical info, there's graphs out there that show exactly what happens. But . . . it's preference. Most people don't like it, but since I had it that way in my 350z, I've stuck with it.