I'm really not looking for anything that'll win contests or anything like
that. I'm just sick of the stock speakers and I know I can do much better,
even with cheap aftermarket ones.
Would it be worthwhile to get a pair of tweeters in addition to 4 new main
speakers? Would that let me get mains that are skewed a little more
towards the low end? Would I need some extra equipment (EQ?) and an amp
for that?
I've got an Alpine CDA-7839 right now. I'm not going to be putting a lot of
money into this stereo. but it certainly neds an upgrade. There's a place
down in Ithaca (about an hour away) where the aforementioned co-worker had
his stereo set up that comes very highly recommended. He mentioned he may
be able to help me get a deal through them considering what he's spent with
them already. I'd like to do an install myself (with help), for the
experience, but I don't have anywhere I can do it, living in an apartment.
There's a Best Buy here in Syracuse but I wouldn't trust them with my
Dakota in a million years.
Where would a Bazooka go in a CC? Or anything else, for that matter. Is
there enough space under the front seat to safely mount an amp? What
options are there, w/o an MTX Thunderform, for mounting a sub?7
Richard C. Stillwell wrote on Thursday 28 June 2001 11:37 am:
> I suggest a couple of things..
>
> If you just want it to sound good and don't plan on blowing your eardrums
> out (I really should post up pictures of my system in DML), I would just
> get
> decent speakers to fit around your car. The ones they put in stock are
> laughable, in my humble opinion (the magnets on the speakers are about the
> size of my thumb).
>
> Dakotas are tricky with the mounting depth of your speakers, *especially*
> the pre-redesign, but you shouldn't have too much of a problem. I suggest
> speakers by Audiobahn (which are *great* and have a shallow mounting
> depth,
> well priced too--and they make great subs). Otherwise, Sony makes some
> decent components in their Xplod series and really, almost anything is
> going to be leaps and bounds over stock and will be able to handle
> whatever comes
> out of your head unit. Stay away from JBL and MA Audio, though.
>
> If you're feeling spiffy, you can do the flush mounting of the components
> and etc yourself, or you can have your local electronics dealer (Good
> Guys?
> Circuit City? They're not cheap, but they do good work) do it for around
> $80.
>
> Put it all in and then contemplate your bass. If you decide you need a
> sub, you can either A) get a Bazooka tube with the amp built in or B) turn
> yourself into an audiophile and sink in mega-dough and totally redo
> everything with amps, capacitors, equalizers -- the works.
>
> The cheapest I've found a lot of stuff, including my AudioBahn components
> is from www.competitionsound.com
>
> Richard
> rstillwell@mediaone.net
> 1995 Dakota Sport 3.9L V6 w/ about 3000watts shaking the panels off.
>
> "Andy Levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:9hbca3$slv$2@bent.twistedbits.net...
>> I'm really getting tired of the factory speakers in my '99 CC. I
>> upgraded
>> the head unit to an Alpine about a year and a half ago. I'm not looking
> to
>> go overboard, just replace the speakers I have and maybe add a pair of
>> tweeters.
>>
>> Any suggestions on some nice midrange speakers? I'd like to keep the
>> cost down - I'm not an audiophile like my co-worker who recently dumped
>> $15,000 into his 4Runner, mostly on stereo/electronics - but I definitely
>> want things to sound better and not have to replace the speakers in a
>> year.
> I'm
>> not even sure I need/want a subwoofer right now, but when I have the
>> speakers installed I'll have them route things so that it's easier to add
>> the required hardware & amp when it's time for the sub.
>>
>> --
>> -andy
>>
>> http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@yahoo.com
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> modesty, n.:
>> Being comfortable that others will discover your greatness
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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