Whew, a can of worms? Rule of thumb re: stereo's, cars and women, we all have different opinions and taste, go with what please's you....

I would suggest, if you havent already bought the stuff ... dont do the rears ... most say they are useless ...

Everone else. I have played around with the sound staging in a C5 "IMO " the best set up is to have 6 1/2 mid woofer with no tweeters in the rear that way it keeps your sound stage up front where it should be and use the 6 1/2 inch rear for ambience just as FUN4JT said

I would suggest, if you havent already bought the stuff ... dont do the rears ... most say they are useless ...

:confused: You can here my MBQuart rears loud and clear.
As far as amps I chose Xtant :cool:
Subs: two 10W3's in a custom ported box :eek:
:cheers:

All these systems sound great! Can you guys post pictures of your subwoofer installs? I'm interested in the 2 10" and the 1 12" installs. How do these sound compared to the 10" JL stealth box?
thanks!
Mike

Whew, a can of worms? Rule of thumb re: stereo's, cars and women, we all have different opinions and taste, go with what please's you....


Well said JT.

FUN4JT I'll be over some time tommorow I will call Perry and see when the best time is. Can't wait to see them flames. The flame brothers will have there first meeting :cool:

Nrage I think you where a little harsh on NewVetteLover. Everyone does have a opinion of how powerful a amp need to be power a sub. Personal IMO I agree with him that 50x4 is a little week for a complete stereo but if you like it thats great. At sound off that's why have different divisions based on total number of watts. I have heard some great stereos that have only about 200w total for the whole system. Me personally I like to have more power and flexibity for crossing over speakers.

NewVetteLover I am with you. Any post is really a IMO it is the internet and this is a forum. I am sure Nrage thinks he has one of the top systems that he can get for the money. Ie. "Nrage- This system was designed, installed, and analized by award winning audio professionals..." Basicly all that tells me is that he spent way to much for his equipment and install. I am sure his system sounds nice but when you can think for your self and design your system your self generally your results are better. A amp and 4 speakers is a basic system I doubt there was that a ton of thought laid out in that system from the award winning professionals.

Everone else. I have played around with the sound staging in a C5 "IMO :rolleyes:" the best set up is to have 6 1/2 mid woofer with no tweeters in the rear that way it keeps your sound stage up front where it should be and use the 6 1/2 inch rear for ambience just as FUN4JT said

My last system in my C5 was a

Kenwood Z828 head unit
2 Ken Kac729 amps "100x2" 1 bridged mono for the rear sub 1 stereo for the front subs
1 Eclipise 4 channal amp "40x4" for the front mid range tweets and rear speaker
1 Sony electronic crossover just used for the rear sub.
2 8 inch MB quartz Subs in the front doors cross over at 140
2 4 in Mb quart q mid range speakers in the front doors crossed over at 160 and above
2 Mb Referance tweeters in the front doors
2 Mb referance tweeters in the front vents on the pilars
2 Mb quartz 6 1/2 mid/woofers in the stock rear locations Cross over at 1
60 and above
1 Kick Comp Vr 12 inch sub in the rear center storage compartment Crossed over a 80hz and below

This system was by far one of the best systems I have had in my C5's "I have had 3 C5's with a system in each". I know Kenwood amps are not the top of the line and this time I will have a Mcintosh amp to work with instead. Crossing over each speaker is a imporant part of maximizing power and clairity IMO.

My current system that came with the car sucks IMO. I will be changing it as soon I can. The guy that owned the car before me invested some big $$ "From some award winning audio professionals to get a medicore sound" although it blows away the stock BOSE system

Alpine Headunit 7963 and changer
Mb quart Q 6 1/2 components in the doors
Mb quart Q 6 1/2 components in the rear speaker locations
2 10 inch MTX subs in the center storage area in the rear
1 Mcintosh 6 channel 50x6 amp. :cool:

I will be keeping the Mb quartz and the Mcintosh amp everything else is going

[Modified by Wicked C5, 9:53 AM 6/15/2002]

Wicked C5: Who is our area (I'm just over the hill from you) can you recommend to install a full system in a Vette? I have most of the components but still need a Sub-box made...

Thanks in advance!

:cheers:

I installed my Kenwood Z828 deck that made a world of differance over the Alpine since it has built in cross overs. Pictures coming soon

I installed my Kenwood Z828 deck that made a world of differance over the Alpine since it has built in cross overs. Pictures coming soon

Is Kenwood the best ? I thought that Alpine or Eclipse were?

Alpine is excellent but the deck that was in there didn't have a crossover for the subs or a sub out.

The Kenwood deck was last years second to top of the line unit and comes with a built in X over and EQ + plays mp3's. I wouldv'e have bought the Alpine but the mp3 deck wasn't avalible at the time and the Kenwood deck got good reveiws.