Electronics and Audio

Jaydon · Jaydon

just curious what do you guys rate the installations at best buy/circuit city compared to places like tweeter or other smaller business name car audio shops and does anyone recommend a place in the eastern massachusetts area??

Aubres · Aubres

ok so my stock 97 cd player is great and all, but it just doesn't have the power i want, plus it dose not have a aux in. so i just bought a Pioneer Premier DEH-P4901B cd player. it has 3 different sets of pre outs (high, medium, low), it has 2 aux inputs, and a i-pod conector, but i doubt i will ever buy another i-...

Adria · Adria

Installation of components is important and correct placement of drivers, cross over points, power and box design make a system. There is no such thing as a universal install that fits every need. You may like drowning bass, they may not. Point is that each person has their own taste and beliefs. Down...

Doris · Doris

Hey man its not as much about the product as it is the install in many cases. It sounds like you are saying just because the focals cost more that they are better. Well, Bose cost more than most audio, and anyone will tell you it is lacking. I would put my alpine system up against anyones for clarity, loudne...

Evangelina · Evangelina

I had the same set of alpines in a previous Accord of mine and I took them out because they sounded like cr*p. My wife and I both have leased Accords over the last several years, and the speakers are the first things I replace. I've installed Infinity, Alpine, Bostons, Polk, and of course, Focals. Of thos...

Nicholas · Nicholas

Let me tell you what I had installed in my former Accord for about $1,000.00Alpine 6.5s in the doors and Alpine tweeters in the dash........Alpine 2 way 6x9s for rear fill........Alpine in dash CD player, Directed 5-Channel amp pushing 75w x 4 to the speakers and 250w to a ported Kicker CompVR subwoof...

Princess · Princess

I had CarToys install Focal 165cv1 components up front and 690cv1 in the rear connected to my factory HU (2007 EXL Coupe). The Focals are very efficient speakers. Not only to they play really, really loud, but the Bass is very strong and tight. In fact, the installer commented that it sounds like I had a...

Doreen · Doreen

I upgraded my stock speakers with Polk Components in the front and Infinity Kappa 6 x 9's in the back. They are being powered off the factory head unit in my 05 EX-L coupe. I haven't been unhappy with the sound and bass until recently. We just bout an 08 EX-L 4 door and the stock 270 watt stereo with subwoofe...

Deforrest · Deforrest

If you are about balance/clarity, a 6-8inch bazooka tube would add just enough "thump" to your system. I you want a "wake the nieghborhood" system then get 2 tens/twelves. I listen to alot of techno/rave which doesnt require rap music heavy bass so the most i've ever addad was 1...

Davin · Davin

Actually, I'm not bored. I was over simplifying for the sake of time. I actually would probably enjoy talking music reproduction with you. I spent 15 years installing, competing and judge car stereo and deal with mid to high end home audio currently. But that's another topic and time.

Dana · Dana

Well heres the latest. I pulled the Polk speakers. Reinstalled the factory. Yes less on clarity and seperation but got the bass back. Regarding the factory speakers. I was told that these are NEO Speakers very small but hign powered magnets. They are made by Alpine. NEO Type speakers are sopposively...

Cecily · Cecily

Actually music is not intended to only be heard from the front, the range of sound fills in your ear from all directions. When you go to a concert the band plays in front of you and hits your ears from the front but also reverbs off of the walls behind you and from the side. This is true of any indoor concert re...

Boyce · Boyce

If you want good sq and clarity you shouldnt stray tooo much from the factory set up. As stated before in this thread the front door speakers are mid bass drivers and the 6x9s are also just drivers... the stock system sounds good if you dont crank it. But if you're like me and like your music loud and clear (...

Lavena · Lavena

You can still do this, but it will be hard to find 6X9 woofers. Very few companies make them any more, if at all.Just as a side note how old was this 'stereo tech'? The way the system in an Accord is set up is that the front door and rear deck speakers are full range single drivers and they added tweeters in the...

Romey · Romey

Oh but you can! The cost of the amps, crossovers, speakers, wiring, and labor would well exceed the $2000 level in my opinion. Others here have done so but were able to do the labor themselves thereby cutting costs. If you are handy at this stuff ( I am not) then it can be done for much less. Search all of the...

Louie · Louie

Here is the question now. Why can't you add upgraded speakers in doors (Mid range drivers) and tweeters in dash (components) and upgraded rear deck woofers. All powered by seperate amps and controlled by cross overs and possibly an Equalizer. Now I show my age. I can remember upgrading a car stereo li...

Liz · Liz

I have about $500 less than that invested with SUPERB clarity and overall sound with no audible distortion regardless of volume level. I did it over time, as budget allowed, not in one chunk. Those improvements include Polk speakers, JL Audio Clean Sweep, 12 gauge wiring, JL Audio Amp, sound absorbi...

Macey · Macey

Where did you find the information that the doors are mids and the rears are subs? So you're saying it is a component system? I don't think so which is why I'm asking where you got that information. I was under the impression that the door and rear speakers are full range with whizzer cones (not even two wa...

Elnora · Elnora

If you upgrade the speakers like you have and basically add a mid and tweeter to the rear you are going to have a lot more mid and high range to your system. You still probably have the same amount of bass as you did before but you have a lot more output from the mids and highs because you have more speakers tha...

Adrian · Adrian

Needed to start new thread as a continuation of the POLK STEREO SPEAKERS. If you upgrade the amp over the factory amp and push more power to the Polk Speakers, will that not increase the bass of the speakers? If so, do you really need the sub woofer? A young lass I know has upgraded system in here Civic. I sa...

Dames · Dames

Well After looking at this amp it will work fine. If you go to the alpin2s site and download the owners manual you will see that is has a speaker level input connection(number 8) which allows you to hook directly into the factory speaker wires. After you connect the speaker level input connection to the...

Queenie · Queenie

I just installed some alpine 6x9s and the alpine type x component into my accord. Currently I wired the component set using the door lead from the head unit to the crossover, from the crossover to the door and dash tweeter. I like the factory look and do not want to change my head unit. My question is, can i...

Jaqueline · Jaqueline

It would have to be Pioneer, no one else likely makes one for that head unit. Unless the face plate is interchangable with other Pioneer models I'd guess "deal with the one ya got."

Deirdre · Deirdre

Look that is my head unit....Is there a possible way to get a different face plate because mine is detachable and if so where can i find one?? Google?__________________ 1977 Chevy Nova 350 Retired 1991 Corrola LE Retired 1998 Integra sedan LE Retired 2002 Civic Coupe EX Eternal Blue Retired 2002 Acur...

Launce · Launce

Well i just got a new head unit and i wanted to know where to find face plates of any kind? Also if i have a pioneer unit do i have to have that certain kind of face or it doesnt matter??

Marlee · Marlee

...........JL Audio components to replace the door speakers and the tweeters in the dash. The door speakers are 6.5 midranges and the dash is a 3/4" silk dome tweeter. Boy did they sound awesome. They were also on sale for $149.00.....down from $200.00 I will have to wait a bit to pick them up thou...

Bettye · Bettye

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to this forum and I was looking around. I just got a 2005 Honda Accord EX V-6 that has XM, 6 disc cd changer, etc... I was looking around the fourms about the different interefacing adapters and stuff. Can anybody tell me the pros and cons about like the US Specs, BlitzSafe, and oth...

Aubrey · Aubrey

Now, the problem with the buttons. I discovered that the outer knobs come off (with both the stock kit and the Metra kit) with relative ease...just pull straight back. The outer portion of the stock knobs wouldn't fit correctly on the Metra unit...which is what I thought the problem was. However, the...

Kory · Kory

Hey everyone..new to the forums and ever grateful for the wealth of information. Anyways, here's my contribution. I'm a new owner of an 05 Accord LX (57k miles, got it for $13k) and I needed a solution to hook up my JVC KDBT1 (http://mobile.jvc.com/product.jsp?mo...thId=54&;page=1) to my new c...

Amy · Amy

hi, last time my car ran out battery, so now the radio asks for the code, but I am not sure how to enter the 5 digits code, when I tried to hit the buttons according to the code, no response at all, I wonder is there any button I should hit first ? The manual did ask to press preset button, but I don't know what it i...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	audio installation (Preview) just curious what do you guys rate the installations at best buy/circuit city compared to places like tweeter or other smaller business name car audio shops and does anyone recommend a place in the eastern massachusetts area??	Jaydon	0	223	Apr 8, 2008 by Jaydon
	new headunit (Preview) ok so my stock 97 cd player is great and all, but it just doesn't have the power i want, plus it dose not have a aux in. so i just bought a Pioneer Premier DEH-P4901B cd player. it has 3 different sets of pre outs (high, medium, low), it has 2 aux inputs, and a i-pod conector, but i doubt i will ever buy another i-...	Aubres	0	195	Apr 8, 2008 by Aubres
	pro audio drivers (Preview) Installation of components is important and correct placement of drivers, cross over points, power and box design make a system. There is no such thing as a universal install that fits every need. You may like drowning bass, they may not. Point is that each person has their own taste and beliefs. Down...	Adria	0	179	Apr 7, 2008 by Adria
	alpine system (Preview) Hey man its not as much about the product as it is the install in many cases. It sounds like you are saying just because the focals cost more that they are better. Well, Bose cost more than most audio, and anyone will tell you it is lacking. I would put my alpine system up against anyones for clarity, loudne...	Doris	0	367	Apr 7, 2008 by Doris
	supercharged Civic equals a BMW 325 (Preview) I had the same set of alpines in a previous Accord of mine and I took them out because they sounded like cr*p. My wife and I both have leased Accords over the last several years, and the speakers are the first things I replace. I've installed Infinity, Alpine, Bostons, Polk, and of course, Focals. Of thos...	Evangelina	0	190	Apr 7, 2008 by Evangelina
	Directed 5-Channel amp pushing 75w x 4 (Preview) Let me tell you what I had installed in my former Accord for about $1,000.00Alpine 6.5s in the doors and Alpine tweeters in the dash........Alpine 2 way 6x9s for rear fill........Alpine in dash CD player, Directed 5-Channel amp pushing 75w x 4 to the speakers and 250w to a ported Kicker CompVR subwoof...	Nicholas	0	201	Apr 7, 2008 by Nicholas
	CarToys install Focal 165cv1 (Preview) I had CarToys install Focal 165cv1 components up front and 690cv1 in the rear connected to my factory HU (2007 EXL Coupe). The Focals are very efficient speakers. Not only to they play really, really loud, but the Bass is very strong and tight. In fact, the installer commented that it sounds like I had a...	Princess	0	221	Apr 7, 2008 by Princess
	subwoofer now blows my system away (Preview) I upgraded my stock speakers with Polk Components in the front and Infinity Kappa 6 x 9's in the back. They are being powered off the factory head unit in my 05 EX-L coupe. I haven't been unhappy with the sound and bass until recently. We just bout an 08 EX-L 4 door and the stock 270 watt stereo with subwoofe...	Doreen	0	186	Apr 7, 2008 by Doreen
	rap music heavy bass (Preview) If you are about balance/clarity, a 6-8inch bazooka tube would add just enough "thump" to your system. I you want a "wake the nieghborhood" system then get 2 tens/twelves. I listen to alot of techno/rave which doesnt require rap music heavy bass so the most i've ever addad was 1...	Deforrest	0	192	Apr 7, 2008 by Deforrest
	car stereo (Preview) Actually, I'm not bored. I was over simplifying for the sake of time. I actually would probably enjoy talking music reproduction with you. I spent 15 years installing, competing and judge car stereo and deal with mid to high end home audio currently. But that's another topic and time.	Davin	0	178	Apr 7, 2008 by Davin
	NEO Type speakers are sopposively a new tech (Preview) Well heres the latest. I pulled the Polk speakers. Reinstalled the factory. Yes less on clarity and seperation but got the bass back. Regarding the factory speakers. I was told that these are NEO Speakers very small but hign powered magnets. They are made by Alpine. NEO Type speakers are sopposively...	Dana	0	245	Apr 7, 2008 by Dana
	Actually music (Preview) Actually music is not intended to only be heard from the front, the range of sound fills in your ear from all directions. When you go to a concert the band plays in front of you and hits your ears from the front but also reverbs off of the walls behind you and from the side. This is true of any indoor concert re...	Cecily	0	181	Apr 7, 2008 by Cecily
	soundstream pro 16-90 mid bass speakers (Preview) If you want good sq and clarity you shouldnt stray tooo much from the factory set up. As stated before in this thread the front door speakers are mid bass drivers and the 6x9s are also just drivers... the stock system sounds good if you dont crank it. But if you're like me and like your music loud and clear (...	Boyce	0	229	Apr 7, 2008 by Boyce
	6X9 woofers (Preview) You can still do this, but it will be hard to find 6X9 woofers. Very few companies make them any more, if at all.Just as a side note how old was this 'stereo tech'? The way the system in an Accord is set up is that the front door and rear deck speakers are full range single drivers and they added tweeters in the...	Lavena	0	216	Apr 7, 2008 by Lavena
	aftermarket sound setup (Preview) Oh but you can! The cost of the amps, crossovers, speakers, wiring, and labor would well exceed the $2000 level in my opinion. Others here have done so but were able to do the labor themselves thereby cutting costs. If you are handy at this stuff ( I am not) then it can be done for much less. Search all of the...	Romey	0	181	Apr 7, 2008 by Romey
	upgraded speakers in doors (Preview) Here is the question now. Why can't you add upgraded speakers in doors (Mid range drivers) and tweeters in dash (components) and upgraded rear deck woofers. All powered by seperate amps and controlled by cross overs and possibly an Equalizer. Now I show my age. I can remember upgrading a car stereo li...	Louie	0	190	Apr 7, 2008 by Louie
	JL Audio Clean Sweep (Preview) I have about $500 less than that invested with SUPERB clarity and overall sound with no audible distortion regardless of volume level. I did it over time, as budget allowed, not in one chunk. Those improvements include Polk speakers, JL Audio Clean Sweep, 12 gauge wiring, JL Audio Amp, sound absorbi...	Liz	0	687	Apr 7, 2008 by Liz
	component system (Preview) Where did you find the information that the doors are mids and the rears are subs? So you're saying it is a component system? I don't think so which is why I'm asking where you got that information. I was under the impression that the door and rear speakers are full range with whizzer cones (not even two wa...	Macey	0	186	Apr 7, 2008 by Macey
	moderate amp and power a single 10 (Preview) If you upgrade the speakers like you have and basically add a mid and tweeter to the rear you are going to have a lot more mid and high range to your system. You still probably have the same amount of bass as you did before but you have a lot more output from the mids and highs because you have more speakers tha...	Elnora	0	175	Apr 7, 2008 by Elnora
	Is a sub woofer really needed? (Preview) Needed to start new thread as a continuation of the POLK STEREO SPEAKERS. If you upgrade the amp over the factory amp and push more power to the Polk Speakers, will that not increase the bass of the speakers? If so, do you really need the sub woofer? A young lass I know has upgraded system in here Civic. I sa...	Adrian	0	197	Apr 7, 2008 by Adrian
	factory speaker wires (Preview) Well After looking at this amp it will work fine. If you go to the alpin2s site and download the owners manual you will see that is has a speaker level input connection(number 8) which allows you to hook directly into the factory speaker wires. After you connect the speaker level input connection to the...	Dames	0	184	Apr 7, 2008 by Dames
	1 Amp For All? (Preview) I just installed some alpine 6x9s and the alpine type x component into my accord. Currently I wired the component set using the door lead from the head unit to the crossover, from the crossover to the door and dash tweeter. I like the factory look and do not want to change my head unit. My question is, can i...	Queenie	0	183	Apr 7, 2008 by Queenie
	"deal with the one ya got." (Preview) It would have to be Pioneer, no one else likely makes one for that head unit. Unless the face plate is interchangable with other Pioneer models I'd guess "deal with the one ya got."	Jaqueline	0	187	Apr 7, 2008 by Jaqueline
	face plate (Preview) Look that is my head unit....Is there a possible way to get a different face plate because mine is detachable and if so where can i find one?? Google?__________________ 1977 Chevy Nova 350 Retired 1991 Corrola LE Retired 1998 Integra sedan LE Retired 2002 Civic Coupe EX Eternal Blue Retired 2002 Acur...	Deirdre	0	207	Apr 7, 2008 by Deirdre
	Face plates (Preview) Well i just got a new head unit and i wanted to know where to find face plates of any kind? Also if i have a pioneer unit do i have to have that certain kind of face or it doesnt matter??	Launce	0	215	Apr 7, 2008 by Launce
	Finally looked at new speakers (Preview) ...........JL Audio components to replace the door speakers and the tweeters in the dash. The door speakers are 6.5 midranges and the dash is a 3/4" silk dome tweeter. Boy did they sound awesome. They were also on sale for $149.00.....down from $200.00 I will have to wait a bit to pick them up thou...	Marlee	0	193	Apr 7, 2008 by Marlee
	Ipod Interfacing.... (Preview) Hey guys, I'm pretty new to this forum and I was looking around. I just got a 2005 Honda Accord EX V-6 that has XM, 6 disc cd changer, etc... I was looking around the fourms about the different interefacing adapters and stuff. Can anybody tell me the pros and cons about like the US Specs, BlitzSafe, and oth...	Bettye	0	192	Apr 7, 2008 by Bettye
	INNER part (Preview) Now, the problem with the buttons. I discovered that the outer knobs come off (with both the stock kit and the Metra kit) with relative ease...just pull straight back. The outer portion of the stock knobs wouldn't fit correctly on the Metra unit...which is what I thought the problem was. However, the...	Aubrey	0	190	Apr 7, 2008 by Aubrey
	Metra Turbo 2 - Afterthoughts (& pics) (Preview) Hey everyone..new to the forums and ever grateful for the wealth of information. Anyways, here's my contribution. I'm a new owner of an 05 Accord LX (57k miles, got it for $13k) and I needed a solution to hook up my JVC KDBT1 (http://mobile.jvc.com/product.jsp?mo...thId=54&;page=1) to my new c...	Kory	0	200	Apr 7, 2008 by Kory
	help me out about enter the radio anti-theft code ? (Preview) hi, last time my car ran out battery, so now the radio asks for the code, but I am not sure how to enter the 5 digits code, when I tried to hit the buttons according to the code, no response at all, I wonder is there any button I should hit first ? The manual did ask to press preset button, but I don't know what it i...	Amy	0	204	Apr 7, 2008 by Amy
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