Best bang for the buck setup?

Amuse370z

I'm looking to upgrade the base speakers.

My standards aren't incredibly high but the speakers have to sound good and the base should be able to shake the car when I want it to.

Main requirement is a large touch screen, no or minimal lag, reads mp3 off a CD/DVD, navigation and rear view camera. I use an android so if there is some type of compatibility, great, if not, no biggie.

I'm not looking to spend too much on this, less than $1000, preferably closer to $500.

Any advice?

How much should I expect to pay for installation?

vermithrax

You are going to have a hard time shaking the car with just the 6.5 inch door speakers. For that, you will need a sub of some sort.

I would recommend Polk db6501 or mm6501 door speakers, amplified by somewhere around 100watts RMS. That will get you nice clean sound with decent mid-bass.

I installed my system myself, and saved a bunch of money. It isn't hard if you follow the instructions on this forum, and take your time to do a good job.

MicTheProduce

AppRadio 2 came out a recently. That has Android compatibility. I was looking into getting the AppRadio 1 but i heard alot of those units breaking. Maybe AppRadio 2 is better.

Also I have JL C3's installed which sound great. I had them running before i installed my sub and they sounded like like I already had a sub. just make sure you provide enough power to them with an amp.

bigaudiofanat

Not really, a set of hertz or focal polyglass will really hit hard without a sub. However I recommend running something like that off an amp. So you are looking at paying more money. However I love the polyglass.

For a 500 or 1k bill your not going to be able to get solid bass from lower end speakers like the db's. I would recommend upgrading the head unit first than later upgrade the speakers.

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harman.khinda

I got a used avic-u310bt for $185 eBay, db6501s $110, rear view cam $30, accessories $65 and labor is $170. That's $560 I feel like I got a lot for the money (haven't had it installed yet). If I had a little more I'd go for a four channel amp and maybe mm6501's. I feel like you'll spend upwards of 1k for system w/ a nice large touchscreen.

Bigaudiofanat - Should I get an amp or will the 50 watts rms the headunit provide be enough? What will I notice with 100 watts rms running to em? Mostly hip-hop - 328kbs mp3's.

kenchan

honestly ive been pretty happy with just my double din pioneer and rearview camera.

the 3 band parametric EQ and DSP on these pioneers are so adjustable it can make your stock junk speakers sound pretty good.

KaienZ34

Used bose system...

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vermithrax

If you don't absolutely need a touchscreen, and want something stock looking you could try the JVC KW-R900BT. I have one installed, and it sounds great. It has most of the bells and whistles of the higher end, non navigation units. Bluetooth, ipod controls, high end sound processing, time alignment.... Would save you a bunch of money to use on speakers, and sound just as good as a touchscreen unit.

gaveup

For bass, I used a $200 infinity bass link and it shakes the car quite well for what it is.

Im quite happy with it.

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bigaudiofanat

Nope

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KaienZ34

Mine sounds fine to me, plus i sent the money on new GS4's.

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bigaudiofanat

You can not wire up bose speakers in place of base speakers because of the ohms difference, you would fry your base head unit. The bose speakers are just as paper as the base speakers. A set of polk db's would sound better than them as well.

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KaienZ34

I got the touring for the interior so the bose came with the car. I figured for him he could get the speakers and bose head unit for cheap. Since a bunch of guys have swapped them out for a much better setup.

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dmhenderson

On the cheap? Buy an infinity kappa tweeter/door speaker combo. As for the head unit, I have a Pioneer AVIC-Z140BH and I love it. I think they're down to around $700 but you can get the XBT for a lot cheaper (sans DVD playback) but both come with nav. If you want XM there's a (cheap) separate module.

If you want to keep going, I installed an alpine 4 channel amp under the passenger seat and ran lines to a small pioneer sub in the back just to fill out the sound. Entire setup cost me less than $1500 but a friend and I installed it.

If you have it done at a shop and you don't buy the parts from them, expect 400-600 in install costs depending on the complexity of the setup.

Edit: If you need links to prices, i can pull up my old amazon shopping cart but it shouldn't be hard.

dmhenderson

*unfortunately the reliable infinity 6x9s won't fit in the Z which blows but the kappas are a good substitute (and cheaper)

2nd edit: Also confirming that the stock bose system is junk and is *NOT* what you'd get were you to buy a bose system out of a store.