no.... sony isnt good for ANYTHING or ANYONE.

ill buy a sony tv in a heartbeat (im actually purchasing a w series 40" in the next few days) il prob end up with a sony blue ray player. sony ps3 is great, sonys old minidisc players were great. SONYS CAR AUDIO IS WORTHLESS

 

My headunit, speakers (besides the tweeters), and amplifier are all Sony and my system sounds pretty well balanced and clear.

 

im glad u like it, everyone has different taste.

 

I'm glad you respect my opinion. I respect yours too.
I think what would be a good idea is for the OP to go to a nice car audio shop and listen to the various speakers and equipment they have and then make a decision. Many car audio shops have their most popular products on a display wall where you can listen to them.

 

I will take Sony product over having none at all!

i rather have no subs then sonys. This statement is rediculous (even if it is missplelledd)

 

would u rather wear wet socks or no socks

sonys = wet socks

 

Ok so ive been reading this and am gunna try to help solve it. Sony is infact a good brand overall, but Sony Xplod is not. The Xplod part means that they went as cheap as possible to meet Walmarts price standards. Would I purchase Sony no... but if I had nothing I would grumble a bit then use it. The Kenwood subs keep them sell everything else they are even the Kenwood, Walmart equivalent but they will do. Get a good Alpine, Kenwood, Eclipse or other know brand head unit. Then a quality amp I sugest Alpine and Rockford. Then one thing that your buddy has is speakers get a good set of them then tune everything so it sounds good. Take your time on it. Then and only then you would be happy.

 

I miss the old Mobile ES line! I forget the model number, but in my 1996 Thunderbird I had a Mobile ES CD deck that had Electronic Skip Protection memory in it! That unit served me well from 1996 to 1999!

But back to the OP, I would recommend a decent amp for the front stage and possibly a budget amp, like a Hifonics BXi series Class D amp, for his subs. I see way too many people focus on their subwoofers and not spend enough time on the high frequencies, where most of the musical material is!

 

i have just one kenwood typhoon and a 280w alpine amp and it kicks hard i love it i say kenwood subs homie