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Posted by: John

I was having a discussion at work today about car stereos. Apparently, I pull in to the lot playing the music louder than some would have liked. Oh well. Anyhow, the ensuing "investigation" by the Fun Police got the attention of a co-worker who ws questioning the logic of having a stereo in your vehicle.

So, to get an idea of how crazy I just might be, I wanna know, how much did you spend on your car stereo?

Posted by: StoneFox

$150.00 Pioneer CD player
$100.00 6x9 door speakers (factory ones blew out)

$250.00 total

Posted by: Slow Nova

Past cars:
'95 Nissan Pickup
Approx. $1,000-$1,200. Mostly Kenwood & JL gear

'99 Honda Prelude:
Approx. $2,500-$2,600. Sony Head Unit & CD changer, PPI Amps, Phoenix Gold & Stinger wiring and connections, Image Dynamics Sub, Infinity speakers.

The Impala is stock because I don't plan on keeping the car. It's a piece of crap, and I'm going to get rid of it the first chance I get. Does an iPod w/ a tape adapter count?

The Explorer is stock because I'm hardly ever in it (only when I'm towing the boat), and my wife never listens to the radio.

The Nova...well, there's not much to say about the Nova, unfortunately.

I really miss the system I had in the prelude.

Posted by: GMR

In the Z28, Ill keep the stock CD player for as long as itll work. 99% of the time Im cruising with the cutout open and the windows all the way down so I cant hear anything anyways. In my old Blazer I bought an $150 Aiwa CD/MP3 player cause the stock one stopped working.(weird thing about that one was that it came with a little credit card sized remote

Whats up with that, I mean it took more effort to look for the damn thing, point it at the player and push the right button than it did to reach over to the player itself. I guess Im not realy that big of an audiophile.
On a side note, in my line of work I get to drive alot of cars, and I think most people will agree with me that most modern factory stereos sounds pretty damn good. However I still it see a lot of people removing the stock headunit and replacing it with the cheapest crappiest Roadgear, Durabrand or whatever the hell they can find. I dont know what these people are thinking.

LS

Posted by: MikeT

Bout $50 for some 6x9's, $50 for some 4x6's maybe another $50 for cables n such. Everything else I got for free or traded some junk for it.

I like to have something a little better than stock. However, I don't care for the loud ass thumpin bass. I'm already half deaf and nobody else wants to hear my shit anyway.

Posted by: John

I ended up dropping a chunk of change on my stereo. I nickel and dimed it over about 6 years though. But I did end up with something very nice and since I got most of the stuff on closeout prices, I spent half of what it's really worth. I have a Kenwood eXcelon KRC-X858 head unit with an eXcelon KDC-CX87 10 disc changer. The amp is a 5 channel Kenwood eXcelon KAC-X650D and it's powering Polk Audio db3065 components up front and db6500 seperates in back with a db124 12" sub behind the driver's seat. I'm pushing about 1200 watts total over 7 speakers. It'll play loud but that's not the point. To get control you need power. Power will help it play louder ut you want accuracy in your sound reproduction. Since the speakers are physical things and generate sound through physical movement, just like an engine, they need control to run at thier best. The more power you have in reserve, the more control you will have at the listening level you desire.

So just because someone has thousands of watts of power in thier car does not mean they are trying to mke too much noise.

BTW GMR, gadgetry does not make one an audiophile.

dictionary.com defines audiophile as this:

au·di·o·phile n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction.

Here is a wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiophile

So just because you couldn't deal with the credit card sized remote (many people hate them) it doesn't make you not an audiophile. Audiophile is an elitist word anymore and too many people use it as a deragatory statement. Basically, if you are interested in achiving the highest level of high fidelity performance from a sound reproduction system within your means, you are an audiophile. It has nothing to do with gadgetry or how much you spent. It's just like the people that hang out here are automotive enthusiats. Do we all buy Jaguars and tool around in our cap, scarfs and goggles? No. Does that make us any less enthusiastic? Defintly not. It takes all kinds, dude. Just because you didn't like one piece of gear doesn't mean you are some kind of reject. You just know what you don't like. Now you should go find out what you DO like and go with that. That's part of the fun of these audio and automotive hobbies. Trying different things and seeing what does it for you and what doesn't.

Posted by: MadScientistMatt

My Focus's stereo is stock.

I have probably spent somewhere between $100-200 to outfit the Dart with a decent tape deck and not so decent speakers picked up on the scratch and dent racks at various local audio shops. But once I get the turbo / EFI project wrapped up, I'm turning my attention to the interior. And I plan to put in a much better stereo, probably something in the $500-1000 range.

Posted by: GMR

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Originally Posted by John


	I ended up dropping a chunk of change on my stereo. I nickel and dimed it over about 6 years though. But I did end up with something very nice and since I got most of the stuff on closeout prices, I spent half of what it's really worth. I have a Kenwood eXcelon KRC-X858 head unit with an eXcelon KDC-CX87 10 disc changer. The amp is a 5 channel Kenwood eXcelon KAC-X650D and it's powering Polk Audio db3065 components up front and db6500 seperates in back with a db124 12" sub behind the driver's seat. I'm pushing about 1200 watts total over 7 speakers. It'll play loud but that's not the point. To get control you need power. Power will help it play louder ut you want accuracy in your sound reproduction. Since the speakers are physical things and generate sound through physical movement, just like an engine, they need control to run at thier best. The more power you have in reserve, the more control you will have at the listening level you desire. So just because someone has thousands of watts of power in thier car does not mean they are trying to mke too much noise. BTW GMR, gadgetry does not make one an audiophile. dictionary.com defines audiophile as this: au·di·o·phile n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction. Here is a wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiophile So just because you couldn't deal with the credit card sized remote (many people hate them) it doesn't make you not an audiophile. Audiophile is an elitist word anymore and too many people use it as a deragatory statement. Basically, if you are interested in achiving the highest level of high fidelity performance from a sound reproduction system within your means, you are an audiophile. It has nothing to do with gadgetry or how much you spent. It's just like the people that hang out here are automotive enthusiats. Do we all buy Jaguars and tool around in our cap, scarfs and goggles? No. Does that make us any less enthusiastic? Defintly not. It takes all kinds, dude. Just because you didn't like one piece of gear doesn't mean you are some kind of reject. You just know what you don't like. Now you should go find out what you DO like and go with that. That's part of the fun of these audio and automotive hobbies. Trying different things and seeing what does it for you and what doesn't.

I think you got it pretty much dead on there with the fidelity statement. I like nice crisp clear sound. I got a set of JBL speakers for my home PC that sound pretty damn good. I like to listen to music or play DVDs while Im surfin the net or doing work. In my cars however I find myself driving with the radio either turned down to a whisper or shut off altogether with the windows rolled down and Ttops/sunroof open.
I guess the little remote struck me as weird, like having one for a cell phone.
I didnt mean audiophile as a derogatory term( I had no idea some people used it that way) just as I wouldnt mean auto enthusiast as one.
Although if I was to get some kind of aftermarket equipment for my cars it would have to be somthing resembling the stock unit. Somthing that doesnt stick out half a foot from the dash(like the Aiwa unit in my Blazer did) Or at least retains the factory colors of the dash and lighting. I would like somthing with an internal hard drive so I could load up it with a few thousand tracks and not have to worry about cd changers, thats what I like about the MP3 player in the Blazer.

LS

Posted by: LS1JAY

According the the kid I bought my F-250 from... It has about $3,000 in the alpine CD player, 4- Alpines (in the doors), 2 tweeters in the dash, 2 amps (highs and lows), custom box behind the back seat with a 10" Kicker Comp and the DVD system, ETC...

As far as my '05 4Runner goes... I only have about $600 in it. A have a box with 2-10" Kicker Comps and a amp. I still have the stock CD player and speakers. I'll be upgrading soon with those. Nothing super fancy, but the 4R as it is hits really hard for what it's got! BTW, I mostly listen to metal!

Posted by: Giz

I order whatever is cheaper in new cars I don't listen to a radio when I drive so if the stero is cheaper than the delete that is the way I go have never had one stolen since who would want mine.

Giz

Posted by: The OLE MAN

Radio DELETE.....................

The OLE MAN

ps, they just add weight.....................

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