Within a month or so I'll be upgrading my stereo with a sub. I drive a 95 Maxima GLE (w/ Bose). The stereo has great midrange and treble clarity (6.75 components) with good sound staging. I will not be replacing it. The bass is good, but not great. I listen to rock mostly (biased towards bands like Disturbed, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Chevelle, and so on). I still listen to alot of Punk, Alternative, Classic, and Grunge Rock, and Old-School Heavy Metal though. I like my music pretty loud and clear with power in reserve for bass hits and "heavy" parts. However, I appreciate sound quality of loudness anyday.
Anyways, I am leaning towards a single 12' sealed and around 300w rms amp. 200 bucks is about the max price here. That means lots of stuff off E-bay and such. I'm going to post some potential products here. But I'm open to ideas on alternative products for the same price. Here goes:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=48614
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=18797
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=18803
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=32808
I have a friend with a 1230w in a sealed box and it sounds nice. The box has free shipping, thats why I choose it. Only thing I'm worried about is the bazooka amp because ive heard they have problems with overheating. I just choose a wiring kit, I'm not really sure what I need.
Here is the problem, the Maxima's Bose system. How am I going to wire this? Bose runs weird impedances for their speakers and ive heard the adapters are real expensive and not very reliable. Whats they best option without losing much in sound quality? I'll be installing myself (for the first time).
As if this wasn't enough, the installation has to be fairly easy to remove. This is because in the fall I am going back to my old car (88 Acura Legend). I don't really want to go into why im not driving it now. But I'll summarize by saying my sis needs a car and I want to drive a manual again. The good part is that I have an Alpine cda-7871 with good pre-amps and subwoofer controls in it with jbl 6.5 fronts and infinity 6.5 rears.
This is alot of stuff to give me advice on, but you guys seem to know your stuff. Any productive advice is appreciated.
Anyways, I am leaning towards a single 12' sealed and around 300w rms amp. 200 bucks is about the max price here. That means lots of stuff off E-bay and such. I'm going to post some potential products here. But I'm open to ideas on alternative products for the same price. Here goes:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=48614
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=18797
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=18803
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=32808
I have a friend with a 1230w in a sealed box and it sounds nice. The box has free shipping, thats why I choose it. Only thing I'm worried about is the bazooka amp because ive heard they have problems with overheating. I just choose a wiring kit, I'm not really sure what I need.
Here is the problem, the Maxima's Bose system. How am I going to wire this? Bose runs weird impedances for their speakers and ive heard the adapters are real expensive and not very reliable. Whats they best option without losing much in sound quality? I'll be installing myself (for the first time).
As if this wasn't enough, the installation has to be fairly easy to remove. This is because in the fall I am going back to my old car (88 Acura Legend). I don't really want to go into why im not driving it now. But I'll summarize by saying my sis needs a car and I want to drive a manual again. The good part is that I have an Alpine cda-7871 with good pre-amps and subwoofer controls in it with jbl 6.5 fronts and infinity 6.5 rears.
This is alot of stuff to give me advice on, but you guys seem to know your stuff. Any productive advice is appreciated.