MasterEvilAce

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Looking to get some quality sound in my camaro. Currently I have the stock monsoon system with the popular infinity kappa upgrade in the doors (my monsoon stockers blew, in more ways than one)

I'm wanting to use this headunit

Alpine CDA-9885
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...&tp=5684&avf=N

And I want a 10" sub in a subthump box


Goals: sound quality. I don't care about loudness THAT much.. but I need to be able to hear everything balanced properly at high volumes, when the t-tops are off.

I want to spend around $1000. I don't mind paying a little extra for quality.

I listen to electronic music.. trance, drum n bass, breakbeat, etc. I like my highs as loud as my lows. I need a sub, since my major complaint is the lack of any sort of lows. Also looking to drive the door speakers off of an amp. Sail panel speakers probably driven from the HU.

Recommend me some gear that matches each other well.

dragonrage

I'll recommend pretty much what I have other than the HU and amp. I love my current setup.

HU: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...rs/DEH-P4000UB ~$160
Front speakers: Rainbow CMX265. They sound great. Nice and crisp highs. The crossovers have three levels for the tweeters. I like the middle one myself. Get a tweeter pod from Mike or Ian. ~$450
Sail panel: Nothing or some Rainbow coaxes I guess. Probably sound line or dream line. I use nothing here personally. $0 - ~$100
Sub: Fi Q12 dual 1 ohm in a 12" stealthbox from Ian ~$350
Amp: Kicker ZX700.5 on Ebay ~$200

You won't get better quality from a receiver unless you step up to the 880PRS or 800PRS or similar. It's not the amplifiers themselves that are higher quality, but those PRS receivers will let you do extra stuff like time alignment. They won't sound any better without tweaking.

Oh, were you looking to make a system around your current Infinitys?

Chattanooga

Two JL 10w1v2 subs They are around 90-100$ a piece and are great!
Probox, not subthump... trust me, better
Pioneer or Alpine headunit I have a kenwood and love it
And a Audiobahn amp
And you can get some Pioneer speakers or Infinity.. depending on how loud you want it

Pioneer is good quality clear speakers IMO, and they are cheaper

and i would go ahead and get 12 inch subs.... not much more, a lot better sound

~100$ for 4 good pioneer speakers
~250$ for a probox for the camaro
~200$ for the subs
~140 for a good audiobahn amp
~ you know the price for the HU you want

for the JL if you have more, get the w3 over the w1
you will need a bigger amp, i have a 1000 watt kenwood amp pushin my two JL 12s and loved it in my Probox

KEE AUDIO

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I can set you up with this deal:
CDT CL-E61CV 6.5" convertible system. $189.00
CDT EF-6 6.5" midbass drivers for the sail panels. $99.00
Kee Audio fiberglass stealth enclosure with CDT EF-100 cast 10" audiophile sub. $199.00
Cadence FXA-5100 5-channel amp. 100w x 4 @ 4ohms with sub channel 300w x 1 @ 4ohms. 2ohm stable. $299 also includes inline fuse, remote bass ****, remote bass **** cable.
4 awg wiring kit with 2 extra RCA sheilded cables all by dB Link: $35.00
50ft. of 12awg dB Link speaker wire: $10.00
Shipping through UPS ground with their guaranteed packing and extra insurance: $42.00
Total of $873.00 shipped to your door with everything you need for installation.
If you need it, I'll throw in the mounting kit, antenna adapter and harness adapter for your new radio as well.
This is a proven sound quality set up that has great sound quality and maintains clarity even at high volume!

pentavolvo

KeeAudio knows his stuff

KEE AUDIO

iTrader: (65)

I appreciate that!! Especially coming from you as you also know your stuff!! There are a handful of guys on here that really know what they are talking about and you are definetly in that league! Thank you!!

MasterEvilAce

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Oh wow. I am interested in CDT, as everything I've read is nothing but good. That's pretty much everything needed, minus the headunit, huh? The amp would be powering the front speakers and sub right? And is the subbox carpeted? Lastly, with the CDT CL-E61CV's, is the tweeter separate?

Thanks

KEE AUDIO

iTrader: (65)

That would be everything but the HU, including what you need to install the HU, just not the HU itself. The amp would actually power front speakers (door), rear speakers (sails) and sub. It can also be bridged to run double the power to just the front speakers as well if you chose to do that. It's very verstile. The face and a little bit beyond is carpeted in your choice of black, charcoal, or gray.
The CDT CL-E61CV is what is known as a convertable system. This means that it operates as a component system but can be converted to a coaxial by removing the dust cap in the center and twisting in a center pole that the tweeter can be mounted on coaxially. It is made to do this and comes with all the mounting gear. Again...very versatile and you still get great sound quality with the use of the CDT crossover.
If you wanted I can order your Alpine deck in as well. I don't carry Alpine as a brand yet but can order them in and save you about $20.00 over Crutchfields price. It would still have the iPod cable as well. That is a nice deck!
If I can help you out let me know!

linegtdt52

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If I understand you correctly you want 1 10" subwoofer. Get a side firing box and i can get you the name where to get it from (unless Kee Audio has one), JL Audio 10w3v2 and JL Audio 500.1 monoblock. The amp will be versatile if you ever change the system and you'll have sound quality like you would never believe. The whole system will run around 600 with box and wiring kit but you'll have to wire it. Make sure on the sub you get 4-ohm versions not 2. Sound quality will be phenominal

dragonrage

Sound quality will be the same as any amp. You WILL get versatility as far as impedance goes using their slash series, and you WILL get an excellent quality amp that is very reliable, and you WILL get excellent service from them, but you will not get sound quality differences. I have a 500/5 myself because it has a good amount of power for me.

KEE AUDIO

iTrader: (65)

I like the JL 500/5 also. The only thing that kinda bugged me was channel 3 and 4 having alot less wattage instead of having the option of just being able to adjust the gains down or up to compliment the front stage accordingly. They kind of made the decision for you in that respect. I understand why they do that and it does make perfect sense...I guess I just like to be able to turn it up more if I need to.
For those who don't know what I am refering to the JL 500/5 has 100watts x 2 to the front channel (front speakers) at 4ohms and 25watts x 2 to the rear channel (rear speakers) in addition to the Class D sub channel of 250watts at 4ohms. This amp is stable to 1.5 ohms though more than doubling the output if needed. For the record this is a hell of an amp as well and I am sure that the 25watts to the rear is underrated anyway.

3.8redbird

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can i see some pics of the systems yall mentioned

dragonrage

All JL slash series are way underrated. For the 500/5, expect it to do a good 50% more than rated.

KEE AUDIO

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That's what I figured. Any good quality amp like that is always underrated.

Eskimo

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My guess was they did it to try and keep the footprint of the overall package from becoming gigantic, as is so easy to do with a big multi-channel amp.. True you do lose some versatility and it would make for more of a challenge if you wanted to use it to power an active component set, but I suppose you could power the tweeters from 3&4 and it would probably work OK...

The 5-channel amp I just got in will barely fit on the back wall... it's a beast at 10" w x 26" long...

KEE AUDIO

iTrader: (65)

That is one reason but the other I would think is because most guys using a 5-channel are sound quality oriented and if you had more power at the rear channels (3 & 4) it would potentially take away from your front stage if you put too much power to that location. JL knows this and knows most guys wouldn't need much power to 3 & 4 so they focused on what matters...1 & 2 and of course the sub channel.
That being said alot of people are not concerned with that kind of detail when it comes to audio so most companies just make the front and rear channels the same so they can power their 6 x 9's (jk) the same as their front speakers!

Eskimo

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Sparkomatic forever!!

WhiteBird00

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There's a name I hadn't heard in awhile (and hoped to not hear again).