What audio system should I get for my car?

Car Audio Systems What's The Best Brand & What Should I Get 4 A Great System?

• I'm Looking For A Great Sound System To Put Into My Custom Rebuild & I Would Like To Know What Components I Will Need & What Brands Makes Up A Good System? I'd Like To Run At Least 4 Subs! Any Help With The Setup Is Gratefully Welcomed!

• Answer:

  that is a very hard question to answer, because anybody who answers it will be totally biased to the brands they personally prefer whether they are really good or not. that answer also depends on you budget and purpose of this vehicle. if you intend to enter sound-offs, then get ready to invest a heap o'cash! if you just want it to sound good for you and you alone (your friends included, of course!), then go by what you are willing to spend, because you won't necessarily shell out a lot of money. in real estate it's location, location, location. in audio, it's taste, taste, budget. budget brands: pioneer, jvc, some alpine models, sony. middle-high-end: some alpine models, JL audio, polk, audiobahn, orion, clarion pro-audio, eclipse, diamond, rockford. high-end: some alpine, JL,pioneer premier, boston acoustics, focal, kicker, and a lot more with funny names. brands to avoid: boss, pyramid, lightning audio (good accessories, bad amps + subs), crunch, pioneer or anything else FROM WAL-MART (not the same as pioneer's regular line!), etc. also, don't be decieved by popularity or price. soundstorm (a brand most people never heard of) has very inexpensive amps, but look at the specs! much better THD and S/N ratios than many amps at twice the price. also, avoid coaxial (i.e. 2- or 3-way) speakers if they mount through the main cone. the dust cap is an absolutely necessary part of the cone structure. if you get a multi-way speaker, make sure that the tweeters are mounted to the frame of the speaker instead of through the motor structure. use component speakers instead, and if you can fit them get ROUND speakers vice oval ones (like 6x9's). round speakers exhibit far less distortion and can typically handle more power. also, the seperate tweeter allows for much better sound stage set-up. higher frequencies need to be aimed or reflected off of surfaces, lower frequencies diffuse. for the subs, make sure they are all in their own, individual enclosures (not sharing any air space behind the cone). any more information from me would take up a ridiculous amount of space.