Gonna go with a Sony Xplod system (friend's mom works at Sony)

Have a few critical questions....

Where do I find an adapter kit for my headunit...going with the cdx-mp70....(single din) and how much does it cost? Please post link

Where do I find the harness? Please post link

What's up with the cdm...Do I remove it or just leave it there??

Any ideas about speaker installation...I'm going with 6 1/2's in the front and 6x9's in the rear....Obviously gotta yank the bose enclosures....any ideas about modifying these speaker locations to accept these speakers?
The 6x9's have to be enclosed from the gaping space I saw the last time I checked it out..to much loss of bass....any ideas?
Thought about mounting the 6 1/2's on the box panel (hides the bose fronts)..but not too sure yet.....All responses are GREATLY appreciated....thanks!


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I would stick with the stock Bose over Sony X-Plod. Bose is not a high grade car audio system, but X-Plod is just about the worst you can get. Sorry to sound rude, but it's the honest truth.

adaptors can be had at Sears. The wiring ones that is. Walmart has the din adaptors. They are as good as any. You may have to cut your dashboard bezel. Buy a spare.

getting the 6x9s in the rear is NO PROBLEM. I mounted some pioneer 6x9's in a rough mounting plate. It wasnt perfectly sealed, and they slammed pretty well for 6x9's.

6x9's aren't designed for a small sealed box.. but rather to be in a "trunk size" enclosure. They will be fine in there.

As far as fronts being 6.5s.. that will take some fabrication. I most commonly see 4x6's or 4" component sets up front. Sometimes 5.25.

 

I'm not 100% sure of the speakers yet....I'm more concerned about the deck. That's why I chose a $500 mp3 player. I might check out the Pioneers. Have another hook up at Best Buy. Anyone have any opinions about the Pioneers....3-way 6 1/2's the front, 2-way 6x9's in the rear? Any suggestions? Thanks

 

How much do you want to spend?


I used to have a Pioneer. I went to Clarion, and the Clarion sounds better. Alpine also kicks butt, and eventually I'll move to that.

 

Sony sucks for car audio. The only thing they make that's even average is their decks. Amps and speakers are low grade.
Any sterio shop will have the harness. As for a dash kit I used a pocket and mounted it in the hole. Metra made the pocket. The dash is a little narrow for most decks and I had to file mine to make it fit. I bought a backup which I have in storage for later if I want to go back stock. It was $35 from GM. Your dash is silvery. You may want to paint your kit or pocket to match. The make a paint you can buy from most of the vette catelogs that is made for that.
CDM???
The 6x9 will fit in the rear locations. You may want to fabricate panels for the front of the box from MDF 1/2" and mount the 6x9 to them. Make sure you seal their compartments.
The front will fit 6 1/2" but it needs alot of work. I ended up making custom boxes to replace the stock boxes and speaker covers so I could fit mine.
I would say to go with good 5 1/4" and work them into the boxes or make your own behind the grills. I like the boston RX speakers for most basic to midlevel applications. try http://www.tms-electronics.com to get each pair (rx57 and rx97) for around 125-150$. They will work well with and without an amp. Try http://www.pricegrabber.com for a deck. Pioneer 7400 or an alpine is probably the way to go. This pioneer is a higher level one than Kale had and has MP3 but the alpine will probably sound better.

 

Now I'm going with Infinity's now

Infinity Reference 605cs 6 1/2 components

Infinity Reference 6952i 6x9 2-way

Pretty good deal through crutchfield right now

What do you guys think? Is that good or any other suggestions....I'd like to keep the two pair under 300

thanks guys

 

I would go with a good $300 6.5 component set up front, and just a sub in the back. (Like an IDQ or JLW3)


the nice thing about these, is you can get a good set of components, and FREE rear speakers. (Run the rears off head unit power, they are really not important) and run the front speakers from 80-100x2 or so
http://thezeb.com/caraudio/CDT_Audio_Components.html

Look at the CDT Audio Classics.

6.5 2 way component system - $269

I'm going with CDT Classics for my truck (When I have the fundage)

and for amps... http://thezeb.com/caraudio/us_acoustics.html

MHO, the best low cost amp. They are no arc/zapco, but blow away sony/pioneer/jensen/etc

the USX2080 is $84.99 and delivers 80x2

 

alright...final decision....Thanks to your guy's suggestions on anything BUT sony......

Infinity Reference Component 6 1/2 2-ways (605cs)

Infinity Kappa 6x9 2-ways (692.5i)

I'm getting a Special deal on them right now....

For the price of less than 250...

any comments??

Kale - Good suggestion for the CDT's. Just needed them to drop a little in price...I will keep in mind for my buddies..thanks

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save longer, spend more, get the CDt's they REALLY kick the crap out of Infiniti's. I've had the reference 6.5's you mention. I ended up giving them to my friend for his Camry. They are OK but really not that great. Bose is probably as good.

Of course, if you aren't running an amplifier, you dont want hte CDT components anyway, they wont do very well on the 12-17 watts made from your head unit.

the CDT's are $269

CL-61

 

Oh the antagonism in here. Well picking speakers is more maddening then listening through a door for footsteps. I agonized over all of the above and got cheap but decent with Alpine series R components.

I consider myself a quasi-audiophile and have concluded.....there is no "absolute sound" so just buy whatever you think sounds good and just listen to the darn music. Otherwise you will always be comparing and consumed with what ever someone else thinks is better! :jester :cheers:

 

$250 for those infinities? Rip off. The bostons or CDTs will blow them out of the water. Crutchfield is generally a POOR place to buy equipment from when considering price and quality. Service has been hot and cold but they for the most part have crap and sell it for a premium vs. most other retailers. They do however have a great add campaign. :rolleyes:
For example http://www.mmxpress.com has the same speakers for $210. Not that they are any good. The reference series from infinity is their lowest line. Their highest line would compare to the quality of the Bostons I recommended that cost about $280 for all 4 speakers, and then we go up from there. Those 6x9s are total crap. Don't waste your money on a high priced over rated marketer and get bad equipment. If you want infinity, at least look at Kappa or Perfect stuff from them.
If you want components, look at Boston RC series and JL XR seperates for lower end seperates that perform well. :yesnod:
You could also just do the front or rear and then do the rest later. A pair of good speakers will sound better than 4 bad ones.


[Modified by 92TripleBlack, 11:25 PM 10/23/2002]

 

Exactly. If funds are an issue then just do one part of the system first. Then save up and do another part. May as well do it right the first time. If you buy crappy stuff you won’t be happy and will want to upgrade, and that will cost even more money. Just take it one step at a time and buy stuff when you have the money to do so. Like 92TripleBlack said, one set of good speakers will sound better than four bad ones. :yesnod:

 

Went with the CDT's...CL-641's....I want compliments out of all you guys who got me to go with these things...........

 

You are gonna love em. :cool:

 

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Compliments, greetings and salutations. ;) Enjoy. :cheers: