yo, i want to set up a budget build in my hatch for now, so what i want to know first of all is what are the best brands out of obvious budget brands. Pioneer, alpine, sony, clarion, RF? which brand offers a decent reliability and sound?, anyone who owns/uses such a setup, or from what u have heard. And ive been looking at kicker subs, they are the square ones right? and lastly, one of the local audio shops does have JL, i have seen through searching threads that they can be pricey, what is their lowest model of subs and amps, i dont want to spend to much, but i dont want to cheap out so i need to be replacing subs every few months, and im not really looking for anything of a fancy amp, just a good solid amp, so any suggestions would be helpful. Ive searched on the forums here but there r alot of conflicting opinions, lol, of what/who makes good subs and amps, i really like the clarion stuff, but it seams no one has any of this stuff, i know stu likes them though

 

Give us a price line. no more then 300, 400 ?

We can suggest some things, I will edit this post when i find some options.

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I am suggesting 10" subs for you, they are cheaper, and sound better, in my opinion:

Ok, as far as JL goes, they are great speakers. Even their bottom of the line will set you up with years of enjoyment. Here's a Link for the W1, their lowest end, which is a beautiful budget build, and they are SVC 4ohm subs, so they will wire up in a pair to 2 ohms, meaning you can run a smaller amp then different setups. They want 125RMS watts, and in a civic this will still rock out. So you find an amp that supplies about 300 -400 watts of RMS at 2ohms, and your set.

The next up is their W3, which I have, and have for the last 8 years. They still run like day one, and have been refurbed once along the way to repair some dammage I caused to the dust ruffle. They are a wonderful speaker period, no need to go any higher really, unless you compeat. Here are links to them.
Dual 2 ohm- wires up to 2ohms
Single 4 ohm- wires up to 2ohms

Those are the only 2 combos I suggest, as they easily wire up to a 2ohm amp load, which makes your setup more effective, period. They aren't that different in price really, but it's the best 300 you will ever invest if you want long life and crisp sound. They want 300 RMS, so you need a 600RMS amp at 2ohms for these. That will be a little more pricey then that 400 for the W1's.

As for some other price options, I listed some decent pics here. You don't need those square kicker speakers, they still have round options that offer decent sound for your money, and read the reviews to compare and contrast.

Kicker Comp VR - DVC 2ohm - haven't tried one but they get good comments and are cheap
Infinity Reference - SVC 4ohm - cheaper end for infinity, still gets a lot of praise.
Alpine Type R - For the price, these blow the type S away, and can hold alot of power for future amp upgrades
MTX - Haven't heard their newer line-up but I used to have a set of 15" MTX's that rocked, no complaints.
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Amps:

Alpine - 1 , This will power those W1's and the low end power requirement items
Alpine - 2, This is only 40 bucks more and will power 300x2 at 2 ohms, perfect RMS for any of the above listed.
Alpine - 3, plenty of power for future sub upgrades, or etc.. A little more pricey, but a great amp.

MA Audio - Still suggesting this offer, MA is popular here, although I haven't used their amps yet. They sell competition level gear that wins awards for locals.


There are some quick suggestions. As for amps, Kicker, JL, Alpine, even some MTX, and Fosgate's higher priced line-up are pretty dependable. I run a punch 500.1 newer "best buy" age fosgate, and I don't have any problems with it. I traded my batwing out a while back and got this one, my friend still has the batwing, i keep demanding that he return it to me, but he won't sell it.

Anyway, if you got any questions let me know.

 

well why should anyone else even post on this thread? haha. you pretty much covered everyting stu. haha

 

Damn Stu. Are you fingers bleeding after that one? LOL

 

I work nights, and I get bored with no one to talk to :-) So I unload.

Like I said, I used to be a hard core gamer, so typing is like a primary form of communication for me !

 

lol, thanks stu that sure helped, i think ill get JL setup 4 the subs

 

Yea he has got all the bases covered i see... ive personally got one JL W1 12" w/enclosure powered byan eclipse EA2000 which only pushes like 180w in my 07 coupe, whole setup installed cost me i think it was 450-460, ive never had a problem with any of it and its not too hard to rattle the side mirrors and rearview till i cant see out of em...

 

cool, thats not a bad price, and since i can hopefully install this stuff myself ill save a bit more

 

you can find new stuff on ebay for really good prices too. just keep that in mind, Stu has everything else covered

 

alright, and i finally got my digital camera, 8 megapixel so it should take some nice shots, ill post up some pics of my hatch that i bought, and mabey a few of the hatch to see where good mounting spots for the sub and amp would be, hey, where on the forums can i post up a few pics of my car for you guys to check out?