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What do you do when you've acheived that sonic greatness in your car? other than claening up the install, i don't know wtf to do! The only other thing my car needs is good door speakers... but i'm not extermely worried about that atm.I want to start a new one but thats not an option right now

RE SX 15 upfiring in the trnuk of my saturn... i just want roof flex! and i have the power for it!

Don't worry... it always becomes apparant, that next "goal".

I noticed, as soon as I accomplished my first "reference system", I started noticing all sorts of things that made me wonder about this "high end" stuff...
...like, DAMN... I love this album, but... you know... NOW I can hear all these deficiencies in the recording... it doesn't sound as good as these other albums I own... look at that, plain as day...
...is that a good thing?

So then, you start hunting down 'better quality' recordings... reference music... you start listening to all sorts of music that you wouldn't ever have had an appreciation for before.

That might lead to a new source unit... suddenly, MP3 capability.. maybe more of a "don't know if I want to listen to MP3's anymore" rather than a "hey, cool! I can fit lots of music onto one CD!".
...is that a good thing?

Suddenly, you find yourself adjusting your subwoofer to "realistic" levels, rather than "let's see if I really crank it on this song, if I can get my rear view mirror to sink and face the dashboard top!"... and squeaks and rattles in the car really start to bother you.
...is that a good thing?

Well, anyway - whatever symptom ails you, you can find your prescription at the consulting of any doctor on this pharmaceutical forum here...
...and as always, any problem can be solved with the right amount of money invested.
...is that a good thing? :

Well see.. i've already got the sound deadening thing done (Except the doors... i hate door panels!)

My EQ is flat other than loud! which makes me proud, because with my last system i had to drive around with eq "Low" on my deck to 2 or 3 for best sound.....

only thing i really need to do now like i said is find a new place to mount my amps and then set the gains on both amps again...

maybe somewhere down the line convice my dad to let me take the spare tire out and do a stealthy spare tire well enclosure!

Just keep one thing in mind:

The more an audiophile you become, the more you continually strive for better sound. An audiophile will find flaws in a system he spent $10,000 on, while the casual enthusiast will be just as happy (if not more so) with a BOSS system he got at a flea market. It's not a bad thing, just a constant push to get that little bit better every step of the way. Note this isn't to say an audiophile is never satisfied with his system, or can't crank it and enjoy like everyone else, it's just that "better" is always on his mind. Your friends will be soaking up the greatness of your system while you give them the scoop on the next upgrade you have in mind.

Darthness wrote:Well see.. i've already got the sound deadening thing done (Except the doors... i hate door panels!)

My EQ is flat other than loud! which makes me proud, because with my last system i had to drive around with eq "Low" on my deck to 2 or 3 for best sound.....

only thing i really need to do now like i said is find a new place to mount my amps and then set the gains on both amps again...

maybe somewhere down the line convice my dad to let me take the spare tire out and do a stealthy spare tire well enclosure!

Deaden the doors and put some good component speakers in there. That will make the biggest difference SQ wise.

Seeing your install, some fiberglass enclosures in the rear corner of the trunk would be nice and clean. Maybe you could make a false floor for the amps. It would still leave you some good trunk space too.

I guess i'm on the audiophile path... i've already been dreaming up the SX 15 deal.. I've also been thinking about putting in component spekers.. but i keep telling myself! no new system until new car! ffs..i think i may work on a false floorish type of deal tommorow... if i sucesfully do so, i'll mount push the subs against my back seats and possibly invert them. to proerply do that all i have to do is swtich the positive and negative wires on the subs right?

edit: you mean between the wheel wells and the end of the trunk? the problem with that is that when my car is wet and i open the trunk, a little water drips in that area.... but hrm. my dad won'to be home tommorow. maybe i could start and not even give him a chance to say no! :-p

edit2: another thing i've always wanted to do was a car PC install.. but i think i'll leave that for a future car unless i some how come across lots of cash.

^lol

i found myself in a similar situation.... i thought i was only going to go with a woofer, box and amp. no HU, no Speakers, no nothing. once i spent my money on this i thought I was done. haha boy was i wrong.

a bit ago i got an i pod so i could listen to music in the car. (duhhh) i used a FM transmitter. if i said it sounded like shit i would be giving it much more credit than it deserves.

soooo about 2 weeks ago i ordered my HU so I can play my I pod off it and some cathodes. this last week i have been looking on the net for some nice speakers and tweeters both of which I thought I would never get . but that’s not all... i have been looking for some screens so i can play videos off my ipod to the screen.

Normally I would never be able to pay for this… but in this last two months I have been working my ass off to say the least just so I can get more things. (car payments are almost done… that’s not going to be good… more money for car audio :) )

Sooooo I’m sure you will find something to improve upon…. Your mind will go crazy… trust me

get the dayont neo. 3/4" tweeters, forgot the number at parts expres but they're great. I have a FM transmitter for mine.. the only way to get a good signal is holding it directly above the fuckin radio.. so i just let it sit in my car. i can't rember if my HU has rca inputs... but i could just hook it directly to my amp couldn't i!

i kinda wish i could mount my amps under my rear seats... i'm tempted to tear my car up tommorow and figure it out! I'd like to see a theif get them like that!

yeah that wouldnt be a bad idea haha

i have a camry... i have to pull out my tweeters and see how big they are then i can go around getting new ones :) i already pulled out my speakers so maybe tomorrow its time for the tweeters haha

If you can cross around 3-3.5khz, look at the LPG 26NA (aluminum) or 25NFA (fabric) tweeters. Designed for car audio, compact domes, excellent top octave extension and off axis performance. $37 each, plus around $3 each for the mounting kit (flush mount, hinged mount, wedge mount, your choice). Available on madisound.

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