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I was going to respond to an existing thread, but this might be worth its own. Allot of google results for the more obscure brands I like are 10 years old. I want general brand quality/rep. My particular needs are plenty of bass and decent enough SQ for a loud, rattly interior.
Say we're in a low-mid budget range of:
<$150 per pair of speakers ($100 is very do-able)
<$300 for an amp (1, 4, or 5 channel)
<$200 for a sub (without box) (200w range)
<$150 for head unit
My current short list, no particular order:
DD Red Line series
Pioneer D series
Rockford Punch and Power series(Prime looks like it has a tiny magnet)
Memphis PR series
Kicker KS series
Infinity Refrence series
Focal Access and Auditor series (really not a fan of anything more than 2-way. seems gimicky)
Image Dynamics (very little to read about them, but they appear to be same quality as 10 yrs ago)
Pioneer, JVC, Kenwood head units (for single din, no clue about touch screens)
Amps- No idea. Same brands as above I guess. I used to say Zapco
My former top picks, but appear to have gone downhill due to bean-counting or company acquisitions:
Alpine S series (10yrs ago in a '94 explorer they were awesome, just got some for '94 ranger AND coated door in dynamat and not at all impressed)
Alpine head units (mainly cause my current one the loudness/bass boost button overrides eq settings making it useless. I don't know about the functionality of my above picks)
Zapco (fairly sure an acquisition killed them)
Polk (they used to be somewhat mediocre speakers at a high price i think)
Say we're in a low-mid budget range of:
<$150 per pair of speakers ($100 is very do-able)
<$300 for an amp (1, 4, or 5 channel)
<$200 for a sub (without box) (200w range)
<$150 for head unit
My current short list, no particular order:
DD Red Line series
Pioneer D series
Rockford Punch and Power series(Prime looks like it has a tiny magnet)
Memphis PR series
Kicker KS series
Infinity Refrence series
Focal Access and Auditor series (really not a fan of anything more than 2-way. seems gimicky)
Image Dynamics (very little to read about them, but they appear to be same quality as 10 yrs ago)
Pioneer, JVC, Kenwood head units (for single din, no clue about touch screens)
Amps- No idea. Same brands as above I guess. I used to say Zapco
My former top picks, but appear to have gone downhill due to bean-counting or company acquisitions:
Alpine S series (10yrs ago in a '94 explorer they were awesome, just got some for '94 ranger AND coated door in dynamat and not at all impressed)
Alpine head units (mainly cause my current one the loudness/bass boost button overrides eq settings making it useless. I don't know about the functionality of my above picks)
Zapco (fairly sure an acquisition killed them)
Polk (they used to be somewhat mediocre speakers at a high price i think)
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