Suggestions needed to upgrade from Bose HU
 

I want to keep the Bose HU for the OEM look, but are looking to get audiophile quality sound.

I came across the Audison Bit One as a starting point and then to add amps and speakers. I am very newb with car audio (mainly into Hi-Fi)

Is there another system that I can try in the place of the Audison ito bang for the buck and what amps speakers would you recommend? I also need to be able to connect an iPod to the system.

I listen to rock and acoustic rock.

I suppose I need to give a budget : +- $2 000

Any advice recommendations will be appreciated

The audison is pretty much the top of the line for the factory integration units. If you want to save some money go with the mtx re-q5. Your not going to need all the audison has to offer unless you are going to drop around 5k on amps and speakers.

I would look at audison for amps if you want a smoother sound and image dynamics for speakers the cxs are very nice and offer a rich smooth sound from their tweeters and deep mid bass from their woofers. I listen to a lot of rock and spanish guitar stuff and they sound great.

Another way to fo for the amp is a 5 channel alpine pdx5 which will power the fronts and the sub with good power.

I would look at image dynamics again for subs as they are higher end SQ subs and will offer solid tight bass in a z enclosure box.

ask big. he will have a solution for you. :)

i think he will say get a high to low converter, run new amp, rid the rear speakers, get nice focal components for the front.

EDIT: dohh! you beat me to the post... :tup:

Thanks big, :tiphat:

So my current list looks like this:

MTX re-Q5
ID CXS64 or should I go for the 62's?

What combination should I look at with the subs / woofers, ie. 10" with the 64's?

Is the IDMax the range I should be looking at?

Doesn't seem if I will be able to get a Z enclosure here.

Wait, seems like I can email for a quote.

Now just to determine which size sub.

Go with the IDQ and you can go with a 10 or a 12 I think 10 would be enough if you want it louder go with a 12.

So it is:

re-Q5
IDQ10v2D4
CXS64 (This will go into the doors, what should I go for for the rears if any?)
Audison LRX2250 (This is on sale atm)

If the 2 channel amp is not the desired choice for this setup, which model should I look for? What amp will work with this sub?

Sorry for the newbie questions, I just don't want to regret my purchases after I done it.

you could also look at Audio Control LC-6, JL Clean Sweep, Rockford 360...The reQ-5 is nice as it's the best bang for the buck though.

thanks big

I have supplied woofersetc with my final list of components. Only thing is that I won't be able to get a zenclosure. Will have to get one custom made here.

Will the space in the spare wheel area be enough to fit the IDQ10v2D4? I would like to try and do a stealthy placement of the sub seeing that I won't do the zenclosure

How will the Audison SRX4 work in place of the Alpine PDX5 (just to save some cost)?

The audison is only a 4 channel the alpine is a five channel if you went with the audison you would need another amp. Audison is a high end SQ brand that makes amp unless you want something like that and want two amps than go with the alpine.

Subscribed. Seether please keep us up to date on the finished install if you can. Thanks.

Hey Big, will the 2 channels for the fronts and a bridged 2 channels for the sub not work for this? That is what I thought about. (I won't be using back speakers)

If you are going to go this way i would look at somthing that has atleast 75x4 at 4 ohm, minimum.