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Good choice in door speakers, but in my opinion stay away from crutchfield if you can. Way overpriced! Big Evil is definetely the one to hit up on a good box design, my personal preference on subs and amps are Rockford Fosgate or Infinity. I'm currently testing/running Power Acoustik but I will definetely be upgrading to Rockford as soon as I succeed at blowing these Subs up. Sonic Electronix is a good internet store to use, good prices and good customer service.
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There isn't any need for a CD changer anymore. Unless you can hear the difference between .cda and .mp3, which I can't, (and if you keep using 4 15" subwoofers, you won't be able to soon either), you can buy a new in-dash unit with an SD card slot. With an 8-GB card in there, you can hold more than most CD changers.
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I bought a headunit with a usb in - and we just tote around about 5 x 4 gb usb sticks and load them up with music - works great, and since I usually rip everything at at LEAST 192k, it sounds great.Comment
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Well in my case the CD changer is already installed. I don't want to change out the head unit since I want the car to always appear stock. Personally I don't see myself joining the new mp3 usb etc.. world. Its just easier to go to the store buy the cd i want and put it in. I tried the downloading shit and I don't have time for it. I have high speed internet.I spent 1 night putting together a disc and had more crap files and problems getting them to burn. An hour later I eventually got pissed and just went and bought the disc. I also hear friends complaining how they put songs on their whatever storage units they use only to loose all of the songs due to the pos breaking.Comment
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I'm a computer geek for a living, so I have unnecessarily complicated ways to keep my files from vanishing (including having 3 complete copies of my 20k songs). If you have music in a digital format, the usb stick is the way to go - if you like having the cds, then absolutely the changer would be useful.Comment
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I went with the memory card slot on my headunit only because I'm horrible to cd's. Usually scratch them within a day or two. Cd changer is good though especially a big one, than ya never have to worry about touching them once you put them in the cartridge. Its all in personal preference I think. Only time I hear a difference in quality is when I get a hold of a crappy download.Comment
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Loud but clear.
I agree that excessive music for extended periods of time is damaging to your hearing, just like a car w/500 horsepower can be deadly, but I think of it as headroom (there when you need it.) I am a die hard audiophile and the system in my hearse has been considered massive. I designed it in my head when I was 18 and brought it to life when I was 30. I designed the system to score a perfect score on a RTA which is an audio analyzer that measures frequency response of sound. This was not accomplished without many hours of audio adjustments including individual amplifier gain adjustments, crossover adjustments per amplifier, and equalizer (parametric) adjustments via an Alpine high end head unit. I am running close to 30K watts of Earthquake amps that are installed along with the system batteries and cable management to 12 Memphis 15" subs, Memphis 8" component speakers in custom kick panel enclosures, and 3 6.5" Memphis component speakers in custom door panels. I utilize dual Memphis 10" subs in a custom console for up front bass reproduction. All, when properly adjusted for sound quality, yields an excellent sound stage that is very enjoyable to listen to for hours at a time. If I want to impress bystanders, I have the ability to flex the metal on the car by cranking the level to the wall of subs up. Just my 2 cents.Comment
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As little as I drive these days, I just put about 200 mp3s on a CD and I leave it in the drive all of the time. I put one copy in the hearse and one in the Chrysler...I bought the same JVC heads for both so I only had to carry one remote control. The same tunes, and more, are on my media server at home, so I can play them through the surround sound amp, and they sound really good. I just never saw any reason to have it loud in the car. I'm too busy driving, and I like to be able to hear other cars coming up, and emergency vehicle sirens. Maybe that's why old folks like me have lower insurance rates. Most of us have learned not to do anything but drive the car.
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Are you like some type of evil PCS double agent out to turn everyone into stock hearse owners?Comment
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