Want to do some car audio upgrades

tunes · 04-17-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by poker

The output will only be as good as the input. Meaning: clean signal in= clean signal out.
Your components sound fine and yes an amp to drive the subs will be needed, but depending on your budget, I would also entertain the thought of a new head unit and/or multichannel amp.

I have a friend that ran in the car audio circuit for a while, even won a few competitions’. If you are doing nothing more than replacing the OEM speakers with quality Aftermarket speakers I don't think the return on investment is that great. You really need to look at a head unit with pre-amp out, multi-channel amp, wire upgrades, etc., but hey, that's just my

BP22 · 04-17-2009, 12:26 PM

Ray...I run the Polk DB651s (slim) in the cabin of my boat. I power them off of a Alpine PDX 4.100. I am extremely happy with the sound of the DBs even in an open air enviroment. The PDX amps are great...Class D, run cool, effecient, small and you can pick them up fairly cheap online.

Polk DB651s

Alpine PDX

04-17-2009, 12:26 PM	#2
BP22 Raiding Gerry's Zero Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brandon Location: South of the Border (KM 53.5) Posts: 59 Trading: (1)	Re: Want to do some car audio upgrades Ray...I run the Polk DB651s (slim) in the cabin of my boat. I power them off of a Alpine PDX 4.100. I am extremely happy with the sound of the DBs even in an open air enviroment. The PDX amps are great...Class D, run cool, effecient, small and you can pick them up fairly cheap online. Polk DB651s Alpine PDX __________________ Brandon "Everybody relax, I'm here." Jack Burton