Sound system recconmendations

[Black88GTA]

Originally Posted by BoxerFanatic

I wish I knew of a good company like NHT, but for cars. A company that doesn't do a lot of flashy stuff, not a lot of marketing hype, but makes good simple stuff, that performs well above it's price point. But unfortunately NHT itself went out of business a few months back...

Cadence fits this description to a T. Very well regarded, excellent bang-for-the-buck equipment (amps and speakers), reliant almost 100% on word-of-mouth advertising and reputation in the car audio community. Their CWM-6KIT 6.5 component set can be found everywhere for $79 or thereabouts, and is an excellent set for the price.

CDT makes excellent components for the price point as well. My SVX is getting CDT HD-62 comps and CL-69X coaxials as soon as I get around to finishing up the baffles for the doors and installing them... I still have to figure out the amp situation though. I was going to run without the rears, but decided to put them in anyway.

[RoughSilver92]

I've got some CDT ES-07 braxials that will be going into the doors on my SVX someday. I'm hoping I can get away with that, but if imaging isn't up to par because of legs in the way and such there is always the upstage kit.

[Black88GTA]

Originally Posted by RoughSilver92

I've got some CDT ES-07 braxials that will be going into the doors on my SVX someday. I'm hoping I can get away with that, but if imaging isn't up to par because of legs in the way and such there is always the upstage kit.

I worried a bit about imaging as well...I don't have the braxial kit, but I made baffles that are slightly wedge shaped, with the woofers angling up and back, so they point at your ears. I couldn't angle them too much though, due to the depth of the drivers (2.75") and the clearance behind the panel. Tweeters are going in stock locations for starters - I'll have to see how I like it, and adjust the positioning as necessary.

I still haven't figured out a location for the crossovers yet.

[RoughSilver92]

I'm going tho ditch the crossovers and go active. Hard decision because the cdt crossovers are some of the better crossovers out there, but it will eliminate the problem of finding a place for them. If I was using them, though, I think I would stash them back by the amp. The downside is you would have to run more wire, but unless you're using pretty exotic wire, that's not too much of a big deal.