brentl
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Currently
2003 Civic Lx coupe(my baby)
-Sony 5050x ES cd player, changer controller, 4volt preouts ..... NO upgrade until all others are done
-Sony XEC-1000 crossover. I doubt that this has been eclipsed without spending a good deal of money(no Coustic crap) so it stays.
Everything else goes
2 Sony xm4520s(I know, gave wrong #s before) one may be used for rear fill, but the head unit should put out enough for fill.
Stock front mids and tweets come out.
Sinced I leased the car EVERYTHING must go back to stock without a fuss. As it sits now I can take out my system, just installed(YAY!), and NOBODY will know it was ever there ...PERFECT!
-REar stock speakers STAY only because rear fill isn't really needed in a small car like this and the work to remove them is pretty intensive in this car.
Subwoofer goes, It's a 12 year old Pioneer in a homemade 2Cuft sealed enclosure custom made(by me) to fill a 1985 Civic hatch.
I would like to install a DVD system in this. I know that Sony sells a Unilink Aux in so I can hook up a DVD player and screen.
I'd LIKE to put a screen in the passenger vanity mirror, so it CAN't be over 40MM thick. I'm looking at this
because it's nice and cheap.
The DVD and screen will get minimal use when the car is sitting around.
Has anybody heard of problem with the Malata
DVD player?? I wonder weather it would last in a car??
Would I be better to do something like this
and just save the headaches??
I don't need the highest quality in a portable, but opinions would be nice.
Now onto front speakers
As far as I've been told I can easily fit 6 1/2" in the door, and 1" in the pillar.
I want drop in speaker that can handle 75-100watts RMS, but my big worry is that the mid/midbass may be too deep for the stock location. I don't really want to modify the door by adding spacers and the like.
I guess I'm really limiting my choices eh
As for subs, I'm looking for something efficient(only inputing around 200watts) and relatively accurate.
I like to use a small sealed box, somewhere around 1Cuft would be great. I guess I could make my own, but it's a fair bit of work and I don't want to!!!
My biggest problem with a "prefab" box is that they tend to staple instead of screw and I refuse to use a box like that.
Now the biggy
AMPLIFIERS(echo echo echo echo)
I'd really like about 75wpc to the front, and around 200wpc going to the sub. I DON't need anything with a crossover, nothing with a remote bass/gain adjust knob. all I want is a straight amlplier.
The problem I run into is that I'd like it to fit UNDER my Civics passenger seat, the space is 14 by 10 by 3" MAX. Take away a 1/2" for an MDF bass, and you're left with 2 1/2" height.
Now the budget
This is all in Canadian money(loonies and toonies included)
NOT including the optional DVD thing, or for parts +tax.
Front component set ..... $275
Amplifier ..... $300
sub and enclosure ..... $300
Help me out?? Thanks
Brent
I'm thinking of a single Shiva, used SV sub, or something I can buy in Canada. I don't really like the variables of shipping from the States, but may if the savings are great enough.
2003 Civic Lx coupe(my baby)
-Sony 5050x ES cd player, changer controller, 4volt preouts ..... NO upgrade until all others are done
-Sony XEC-1000 crossover. I doubt that this has been eclipsed without spending a good deal of money(no Coustic crap) so it stays.
Everything else goes
2 Sony xm4520s(I know, gave wrong #s before) one may be used for rear fill, but the head unit should put out enough for fill.
Stock front mids and tweets come out.
Sinced I leased the car EVERYTHING must go back to stock without a fuss. As it sits now I can take out my system, just installed(YAY!), and NOBODY will know it was ever there ...PERFECT!
-REar stock speakers STAY only because rear fill isn't really needed in a small car like this and the work to remove them is pretty intensive in this car.
Subwoofer goes, It's a 12 year old Pioneer in a homemade 2Cuft sealed enclosure custom made(by me) to fill a 1985 Civic hatch.
I would like to install a DVD system in this. I know that Sony sells a Unilink Aux in so I can hook up a DVD player and screen.
I'd LIKE to put a screen in the passenger vanity mirror, so it CAN't be over 40MM thick. I'm looking at this
because it's nice and cheap.
The DVD and screen will get minimal use when the car is sitting around.
Has anybody heard of problem with the Malata
DVD player?? I wonder weather it would last in a car??
Would I be better to do something like this
and just save the headaches??
I don't need the highest quality in a portable, but opinions would be nice.
Now onto front speakers
As far as I've been told I can easily fit 6 1/2" in the door, and 1" in the pillar.
I want drop in speaker that can handle 75-100watts RMS, but my big worry is that the mid/midbass may be too deep for the stock location. I don't really want to modify the door by adding spacers and the like.
I guess I'm really limiting my choices eh
As for subs, I'm looking for something efficient(only inputing around 200watts) and relatively accurate.
I like to use a small sealed box, somewhere around 1Cuft would be great. I guess I could make my own, but it's a fair bit of work and I don't want to!!!
My biggest problem with a "prefab" box is that they tend to staple instead of screw and I refuse to use a box like that.
Now the biggy
AMPLIFIERS(echo echo echo echo)
I'd really like about 75wpc to the front, and around 200wpc going to the sub. I DON't need anything with a crossover, nothing with a remote bass/gain adjust knob. all I want is a straight amlplier.
The problem I run into is that I'd like it to fit UNDER my Civics passenger seat, the space is 14 by 10 by 3" MAX. Take away a 1/2" for an MDF bass, and you're left with 2 1/2" height.
Now the budget
This is all in Canadian money(loonies and toonies included)
NOT including the optional DVD thing, or for parts +tax.
Front component set ..... $275
Amplifier ..... $300
sub and enclosure ..... $300
Help me out?? Thanks
Brent
I'm thinking of a single Shiva, used SV sub, or something I can buy in Canada. I don't really like the variables of shipping from the States, but may if the savings are great enough.