Wat you got??
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Intermediate
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: New Jersey
Wat you got??
Hey im wondering wat kind of sound system your guys have in your vettes? how many watts and wat equip ya got...if you have any pictures of your display feel free 2 let me see em...jus looking for some ideas.
Ty BiG FOoT
Ty BiG FOoT
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Brampton Ontario
Got a Sony Xplod http://www.xplodsony.com/
Hope to render it useless once BB and side pipes are installed.
Hope to render it useless once BB and side pipes are installed.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Columbia Missouri
I have a simple but effective system, with a head unit, a very good set of front speakers in the kick panels, a single small sub in the rear, both amped, with proper sound deadening materials installed. This setup is far better to my ears than dash speakers, or even rear speakers. I have tried both in many cars and this simple setup is best in a C3 to my ears.
The pics below don't reflect the new sub and new box, and I hadn't dusted anything or loomed the amp wiring. Everything is new in the pics, just dirt and dust was picked up by the flash.
Kenwood Excelon Anniversary XXV-01D
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-TrZxTCA...&search=XXV01D
Cadence CWM-6KIT (150 watts RMS per channel @ 4 OHM)
http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductC...&idproduct=194
Fi.SSD 10" Dual 2 OHM (800 watts RMS @ 4 OHM)
https://ssl.perfora.net/www.ficaraud...iew.shopscript
Cadence TXA-6004 4 Channel (150 watts x 1 & 2 / 600 watts x 3 & 4)
http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=6099
The pics below don't reflect the new sub and new box, and I hadn't dusted anything or loomed the amp wiring. Everything is new in the pics, just dirt and dust was picked up by the flash.
Kenwood Excelon Anniversary XXV-01D
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-TrZxTCA...&search=XXV01D
Cadence CWM-6KIT (150 watts RMS per channel @ 4 OHM)
http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductC...&idproduct=194
Fi.SSD 10" Dual 2 OHM (800 watts RMS @ 4 OHM)
https://ssl.perfora.net/www.ficaraud...iew.shopscript
Cadence TXA-6004 4 Channel (150 watts x 1 & 2 / 600 watts x 3 & 4)
http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=6099
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 24,125
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From: Columbia Missouri
Who were you directing these questions at? If me, I personally installed everything in my car. Most Vettes have a stock speaker or speakers under the dash firing up at the windshield. The later C3s had an option for speakers in the kick panels, and rear storage area corners.
In my opinion, the dash, and rear corners are bad locations for speakers in a C3, and kick panel speakers, if done right, can sound amazing.
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Instructor
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 119
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From: Baton Rouge La
I've got 2 500 watt kenwood amps, one runs a 10" kicker sub, the other runs the two kick panel alpine speakers (not sure of wattage). I'm told the sony cd/mp3 setup I have (not sure of the exact model) should have enough juice to run the speakers, but the previous owner did this and I don't need to mess with it. It sounds great, but I'm not one to crank it all the way up and try to cause heartbeat irregularities 
, so I can't tell you how it sounds at full blast, or even if those amps would facilitate that. Can't post pics, but my setup is terrible, as it takes up the entire t-top storage area 
, so I can't tell you how it sounds at full blast, or even if those amps would facilitate that. Can't post pics, but my setup is terrible, as it takes up the entire t-top storage area
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Arlington texas
I guess I'm just getting old. Rarely listen to music in any car. I'd rather hear talk radio if I turn radio on. On a bike or in a vette, the exhaust is music to my ears. Would rather spend that extra cash on some performance parts.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Taylor Michigan
The sound is courtesy of GM. Stereo music to my ears,....
the radio quit years ago..
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/f...t=MOV00008.flv
the radio quit years ago..
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/f...t=MOV00008.flv
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 14,345
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From: Hartselle AL
St. Jude Donor '09
Here's my info located in the General section
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1982750
6x9 3 ways in the rear bar/box.
5.5" 2 ways in the kick panels
amped
It "immerses" you in sound. Vocals predominately in the front creating the "stage" that Durango Boy refers to with the rears filling the rest of the cabin.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1982750
6x9 3 ways in the rear bar/box.
5.5" 2 ways in the kick panels
amped
It "immerses" you in sound. Vocals predominately in the front creating the "stage" that Durango Boy refers to with the rears filling the rest of the cabin.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,202
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From: Bocabec, New Brunswick
Mine is pretty rudimentary. In the centre console I have the stock AM/FM 8-Track radio. It's wired into the Radio Shack equalizer you see mounted on the side of the transmission tunnel so if I feel inclined I can still listen to the stock radio. (I plan on finding a place to hind the equalizer so that the installation looks stock but haven't bothered yet) The equalizer has an aux input that I plug my Sansa MP3 player with FM radio into. The equalizer is then wired into the amps behind the passenger seat that are in turn hooked to the speakers you see in the back as well as upgraded 4X6s in the dash. The equalizer also has a sub-out going to the Bazooka sub you see in back. I kind of like the speakers in the dash, I find the sound stage more realistic with the sound playing more at my ear level than at my feet. The rears are set to a much lower volume just to add fill and the sub gives me bass which is essentially without direction. Nothing fancy about the install as you can see from the pics but the sound is quite good.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Glen Allen, VA
Clarion head unit, Alpine 4x6 speakers in the dash, Polk 5 1/4" (I think) in the back speaker loactions when I have the room a 10" Kicker sub box with Kicker amp, I don't know the wattage, the whole sound system came with the car. Not bad sounding, too bad the sub box takes up too much room, so I take it out when I need the extra room. Also as said above, sometimes the best sound is my modified 350 with headers and flowmasters. I can listen to either equally as long.