Best Speaker Set Up?

[chrisrocks_22]

Can anyone tell me from experiance, the best speaker set up they have had? ???

I am personally into hip hop and some indie music, i have had alot of people tell me diffrent things ??? and i just want some good advice!

Cheers ;D

[flash22]

keep it fairly simple - comps up front (amp\'ed). upgrade the rear speakers to coaxials and run them of the head unit (faded out) and a sub in the boot

depends wether you want sq or just plain loud. for the type of music you listen to i wouldn\'t go over a 12\" sub to keep up with the bassline of the music. I would go for a decent 10\" sub either JL, Alpine or the new\'ish Rainbow Hammer seires

A decent set of comps up front is a must to keep the sound stage up front (you dont sit in the back when driving do you!! do you). I like the sound of the rainbow 265 deluxe comps what to me sound better than my alpine comps ever did but its down to your own personal preferences and budget

As for rear speakers just change the standard rear speakers in the rear 1/4\'s to a set of coaxails and run of the head unit. mine are faded out 90% of the time anyway

Sound deadening is well worth the money and will change the whole way a system sounds

One last thing power caps are a waste of money and steer clear of 6x9\'s (only ever buy them if you cant have a sub and you realy want some carp sound in the back)

[chrisrocks_22]

So i should get a pair of comps, an amp, pair of 1/4\'s and a pair of subs in the boot ? :-

[markymicro]

Well i had 2 vibe subs, vibe mono block, 2 vibe power caps, vibe front door speaker and a jvc headunit the sound was amazing really clear!!!! Then it all got robed out of my car!

[flash22]

when i said rear 1/4 i ment the rear 1/4 trims (the bit the parcel shelf rest on) the standard speaker are mounted in them

Its up to you what you get and what money you have to spend makes a big diffrence as for the sub 1 decent sub will sound a lot better than a pair of cheaper subs

whats your budget ? and do you need a new head unit (stereo)

[markymicro]

Flash what do you work as! Sounds like you no your sound equipment and installation not really my stronge point aswell as electrics!

[flash22]

I played a lot with cars in my teens always had a nak for these things. I did a 3 years city and guilds in electroninics 4 years YTS as tv and video engineer, A+ certed PC hardware engineer for nearly 6 years and microsoft networking essentials on top to make life easyier

I have only been playing with audio gear properly the last 2 years or so I understand the technical side of things and that what drew me into it but i have been fitting alarms,stereos (those mid 1990\'s slide mounts) and allsorts for a long time

[markymicro]

I might be leaving my mechanic job in september i have been a mechanic for 7 years now and on an evening i work at huddersfield university in the library and computing centre and at the minute i am training to be IT support officer so when the job comes up in september i hope i get it!! starting on 17,500 not bad but we got to start some where![br]dont mean to be rude but how old are you?

[BenSRi]

depends wether you want sq or just plain loud. for the type of music you listen to i wouldn\'t go over a 12\" sub to keep up with the bassline of the music.

If he\'s listening to Hip-Hop, surely bigger would = better, as basslines in hip-hop are typically lower and less punchy than dance and other music types, so sumthin\' like a 15 would give better sounding bass than a pair of 10s (I personally have found this to be the case)

[flash22]

Its dependant on the speaker and box design (too many varables) and what the excursion rate is of the sub is to how quickly it moves normaly any thing over a 12\" is slower.It all depends what your after if you want a pair 15\" for spl/street bass (and deaf by the time you 50-60) or a 10-12\" for SQ

Also some us use the boots for shopping\'n\'stuff not filled to the brim with ply/mdf or fibreglass

marky. I am too old

[markymicro]

So you dont do pics and you are too old!!!! lol your not like 90 or something are you??? lol there has been couple who registered with this site today and they said they are in there mid 40\'s but it\'s ok i love old people lol

[flash22]

i am not that old its in my profile the same as everyone elses age

[markymicro]

Yea but it is optional to put your age!! av had alook you are only young so i must be even younger! lol[br]Everyone i no are old enough to be my parents.