What should I truly be looking at when I want good speakers, woofers, amps? the watts? whats the good stuff?

Where you get a quality system is in the little details .... as in no cheap wiring and a quality box ... as for quality brands there are alot of them ... just know in car audio you basically get what you pay for ... as for brands on amp Rockford fosgate id my prefrence and the older the better ... Subs Diamond audio (quality and loud ) Jl audio (quality but pricey) Sundown (need power ) Incriminator audio Memphis audio Many many more just depends on cash your willing to spend Fi audio digital designes

kicker subs sound good and are cheap for the quality.i would get a american legacy amp(3000 watts) with 2 subs (12 inch), cause if you get the 1200 watt max subs, you would have some extra so you wouldn't fry the amp.

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Following are three separate categories of car audio product name brands. A brand may appear in more than one category. For example, Alpine appears in both the entry-level and high quality categories because some of their products fall into each. Some car audio enthusiasts may disagree with individual placements in the categories. For example, I know of people who would say that Visonik and Boss Audio, perhaps even Power Acoustik and Hifonics belongs in the Brands To Avoid category. But I think that SOME of their products are worth what they cost. A 4th category would be "Competition Level Products". Several of the brand names in both Entry Level Products and High Quality Products have some specific products that would be considered competition level. The "Brands To Avoid" doesn't mean that any of the products in the category are substandard, defective, or otherwise undesirable. Most are there because it isn't possible to find accurate and believable specifications. Many of the products may perform well, but at lower than advertised power output or power handling capabilities. Some are built with cheaper components and with little attention to build quality. Others place more emphasis on marketing rather than building a consistently reliable product. Some just want to get your money, by whatever means. The brand name SoundStorm sounds a lot like their much better competitor, SoundStream. Similar deception can be applied to Kenford - Kenwood and Rockwood - Rockford-Fosgate. Finally, some of the brand names have a full line of products, head units, amplifiers, equalizers (or sound processors), speakers, subwoofers, and accessories. Some may have 2 or 3 products, but not a full line. Some brand names are owned by larger "parent" companies that may have other businesses as well as car audio. Many have home audio or home theater products as well as car audio. 1) Brands To Avoid American Pro, Audiobank, Blackmore Mobile Electronics, Blitz, DHD, Diesel Audio, Kenford, Kole Audio, Legacy, Majestic, Performance Teknique, Phase Linear, Pyle, Pyramid, Rockwood, Sherwood, SPL, Solid Audio, Sound Storm, Street Edge, Ultra Linear, XFile Audio, XXX 2) Entry Level Products Alphasonik, Alpine, Alto Mobile USA, Alumapro, Ample Audio, Audiobahn, Audiopipe, Audiovox, Autotek, Bazooka, Blaupunkt, Boss, Bostwick, Cadence, Cerwin Vega, Clarion, Clif Designs, Concept, Coustic, Crossfire, Crunch, Cutting Edge Audio, DB Drive, Diablo Audio, Digital Audio, Digital Designs, Dual, Dub Mag Audio, Elevation Audio, Emerson, Harrison Labs, Hifonics, Hollywood Sound, Infinity, Interfire, JBL, Jensen, JVC, Kenwood, Kicker, Kove Audio, Lanzar, Lightning Audio, MA Audio, Matrxx Audio, MB Quart, Memphis, MTX, Niche Audio, Phoenix Gold, Pioneer, Planet Audio, Polk Audio, Power Acoustik, Powerbase, Profile, Rockford Fosgate, Sanyo, Scosche, Sony, SoundStream, Swiss Audio, US Acoustics, Visonik, Xsite 3) High Quality Products A/D/S/, Adire Audio, Alpine, American Bass, Ascendant Audio, AudioControl, Audison, Avionixx, Boston Acoustics, Brax, CDT Audio, Clarion, Critical Mass, Crossfire, Crystal, Diamond Audio, Digital Designs, Directed, DLS, Dynaudio, Earthquake, Elemental Designs, Eclipse, Focal, Fusion, Genesis, Helix, Hifonics, Image Dynamics, Incriminator Audio, JL Audio, Kenwood, Kicker, Lanzar, MA Audio, Massive Audio, MB Quart, McIntosh, Memphis, Milbert, Morel, MTX, Nakamichi, Orion, OZ Audio, PHD Audiophile Sound System, Phase Evolution, Phoenix Gold, Pioneer, Powerbass USA, Precision Power, QAS, RE Audio, Rockford-Fosgate, Seas Lotus, Sinfoni, Treo Engineering, TRU Technology, Tube Driver Blue, US Amps, Xtant, Zapco

ohm levels on you subs and amps good rcas and speaker wire and good amp kit good grounding quality equipment not cheap,(speakers) if it cost less than 50$ then ignore it, subs 100$ or less id ignore it when running your wires, run rcas down one side of car and power line down other side. when grounding scrap all paint away from area where you ground amp settings for sub, on gain dont go higher than half way, crossover should be set to 80herts or lower, dont use bass boost and if u do dont go any higher than 1/3 way up. sub box: sub boxs are very important from producing good bass notes, so dont go with the cheapest box for quality sound id definitly buy a eq. kicker mtx alpine pioneer infinity boston acoutics rockford fosgate polk jl aduio

Don't get ANYTHING this guy just told you to get. If I were you, I'd get: Sundown audio, Skar, SSA, or PSI subwoofers. For amplifiers, I would go with Hifonics BRZ line. GREAT bang for the buck. For highs/mids, I would go Focal. Can't get much better than them. Always remember, name brands aren't everything. No matter what the brand, there is ALWAYS going to be something better out there. As far as Kicker, I'm not sure why everyone still hugging their nuts. Their sound quality (to me) is BARELY above sony. JL audio is one of the best quality well known name brand subs, IF you feel like getting one of your boys chopped off in exchange for a single piece of their equipment. Do some research, check out some websites.

ill give you mu opinion. JL Audio - if you have the money then you should think about these guys. The 12w6v2 is known to be one of thee very best sounding woofers. 'the price really isn't that bad. Kicker - Avoid l7 Rockford Fosgate - im a fan of the new punch line but stray from the power line. You could think about Rockford Fosgate amps - again, one of thee very best to ever do it,. JL - again top of the line audio Orion HCCA amps - not cheap Kicker amps arent all that bad i guess Kenwood component speakers - infinity