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Lil Evo -> RE: Replacing all stock audio in car (5/4/2008 5:47:36 PM)
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First things first, I wouldn't have gone with the unit that you did. Having a din receiver and then another din monitor is usually not the best indicator for quality, and I've never heard of Eonon before. I would personally have gone something a little more main stream like Clarion, Pioneer, Alpine, Eclipse, etc. You can't go wrong with any of these brands, and you know you're getting a quality product. Second, I would not do as mentioned in the previous post in getting speakers prior to amplification. I would go the other way around, find yourself a couple good quality amplifiers. No dual, pyle, sony, or any other wal-mart brand crap. A quality 4ch amplifier to drive the speakers, and a good mono/2ch amp to drive the lower end. THEN, go about picking your speakers. You'll want something that is within the upper 3rd of the RMS rating of your amps (ex. an amp with 80 watts RMS/channel would work wonderfully with a speaker rated for 75w RMS or better). Don't be fooled by peak power ratings, those are often blown out of proportion and can mislead you into buying something that really wasn't what you needed or wanted. Just be sure to chose carefully, if the speaker to greatly exceeds the rating of the amp, it can cause distortion and will eventually ruin the voice coil. If the speaker is being overpowered by the amp, you'll burn it up in no time. Expect a qulity set up (assuming you keep the current head unit) to run, at a minimum of $1200 in parts alone. More if you get it professionally installed, and from what you've described so far, I would probably recomend it just to be safe. Don't have a buddy do it, I don't know how many cars I get every week come in because someone in your situation had one of their 'boyz' hook it up and wonder why things are sparking behind the dash and fuses keep blowing. Just my $0.02, take it or leave it.
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