The Car Stereo Thread

[unleasHell]

Ok, rockers, rappers, hip hoppers and guys who like to have great sounds in your car.

Or you can discuss what you had in past vehicles... 6-CD changers, cassettes, 8-Tracks, be proud...

Let's hear about it, the amps, the watts, the subs, the speakers, what's you got?

Share your car stereo stories here...
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[Omar Little]

Subaru Legacy. Stock stereo.

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[999]

Lexus IS-F.

Levinson sound system stock 6 inch sub. Added 10 inch morel subwoofer custom side box and amp upgraded kicker battery harness to sub. I estimated near 2000 watts. Although it sounds amazing. That tech is over 10 years and the car just has squeaks and rattles

[unleasHell]

bought a 2019 Honda Passport in March, a Touring model, added the factory CD player for $500 (ouch), it has a hard drive to up load music and a 550w 10 channel / 10 speaker set up that sounds pretty good, but I'm upgrading to two pairs of Focal 165AS components to make it sound even better!

The OEM speakers in the Passport (SUV) are laid out as follows:
(2) Tweeters installed to cross-fire in the A Pillars
(2) 6.5" drivers in the front doors
(2) 6.5" drivers in the rear doors
(2) Mid-range/Tweeters, front firing in the upper rear panels, behind the rear seats
(1) Center Channel in the center of dash
(1) Sub Woofer under rear deck, near spare tire

The Focal Tweeters will replace the (4) existing Tweeters/Midranges and the Focal woofers will go in the four doors. I can turn the Center Channel down (independently) and also plan to leave the stock sub as it can be adjusted independently as well.

My car is at the shop right now...
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[jonnybravo]

[unleasHell]

[DaMuleRules]

[jonnybravo]

[unleasHell]

[ringfinger]

Curious. How do people even get non-stock stereo systems anywhere when there’s no standard “slot” for it anymore.

Do you just have a gaping space or do you forgo changing the stereo system and just add a woofer?

[adkindo]

back in the day......loud systems were a huge deal in small rural towns where teens literally pass time on the weekend "cruising" around town in a circle like manner.

I had a 1991 Dodge D50 4x4. (If you are not familiar with them, they were sister trucks with Mitsubishi's. This is a similar truck, but my truck was blue and not extended cab.) I had

- 2 15" Kicker Speakers behind the seat. They were a little too large because the seat had to be pushed up about an inch beyond comfort.
- all of the stock speakers were replaced with Pioneer speakers. They were not the highest quality if I recall.
- 2 12" JL Audio subs in a bandpass box in the bed under cover.
- a Clarion 400 Amp to the bandpass box and a Clarion 360 Amp to the speakers behind the seat mounted between the 15" speakers
- a Pioneer single disc head unit (with detachable face of course )
- an Alpine equalizer (which I really never understood how to properly utilize)

looking back, I am sure the quality was ass, but it would vibrate any structure within 100 yards! After college I got a wild hair and put 2 12" JL Audio with a Rockford Fosgate Amp and an Alpine 6 disc changer in a SUV I had just purchased. Since then (around 2003), it has been all stock for me. My current car has a Bose system and it has solid sound for dad!

[adkindo]

[adkindo]

recently, the OEM Bose amp went out in my car. I learned that this happens a lot with this model. It was under warranty, so they just ordered another and installed....but I did ask the guy about replacing with an after market. He told me that it would not work....the OEM Bose systems in Cadillac's only work with like components. He said the change the amp, I would have to change the head unit and speakers also. I assume he was telling me the truth, but back in the day I recall you could change the head unit or leave the factory and it would still work with after market speakers and amps.

[PLATNUM]

[LarryCoon]

I'm not sure what the value is in replacing a head unit any more. There's just too much functionality integrated into the car, and as long as it supports everything you want to do, I'm not sure how much there is to gain in quality.

I'm thinking of replacing the amp & speakers in my X3 (I want my science podcasts to sound like I'm in the room ) and there are aftermarket kits that will achieve that (i.e., Bavsound) with speakers & amps that are exact replacements for the factory equipment -- no modifications needed.

[unleasHell]

[jonnybravo]

[jonnybravo]

[Hector the Pup]

Spent 3 grand on a system for my car when I was a teenager. I can't imagine any reasonable adult doing something like that.


Probably one of the dumbest things you can do is spend money on something that has an almost zero value once purchased and pay money to have it installed in something that loses value on a daily basis.

we used to joke about people spending 10 grand on a system for a 5 grand car. The reality is that they had 300 bucks worth of junk that they spend 2 grand installing in a car that wouldn't be worth 3 grand with or without said junk.

[Omar Little]

[adkindo]

[adkindo]

speaking of car stereo's, did anyone have the large home stereo systems that were held in the large wooden case with the glass door?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/02/d6/8d/02d68dbc68c4e92429401445e44387fe.jpg

I recall I got one when I was around 13ish and CD's were somewhat new. Got it at Circuit City....it was a Technics brand. I do not recall the price, but I recall thinking it was very expensive. Not sure what happened to it, but that thing did sound great and would shake the entire house when the volume was up.

[LarryCoon]

[Omar Little]

[adkindo]