Bose Woes. LAC!

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Ahhhh!

Oh man. Kent, you added a cheapo amp and sub to a full a/d/s system?!?

That's like putting "Supersport Generic Ultra Performance" el-cheapo
tires
on a 911GT1!

You really should have seen if you had a 3 or 4 channel amp or if you
could
have run it in a 3-channel mode- the powerplates are very, very good
amps and
some can run a bridged channel to feed the sub, anyway, another
powerplate or
a comparable amp wouldn't have been that much more expensive.

I hope you at least used the crossover to send the bass to the sub.

BTW, a/d/s is the sh*t when it comes to mobile audio. You can't go wrong
with
a full a/d/s system.

Speakers: Focal, a/d/s
Amps: a/d/s, PPI, Xtant
Head Unit: Eclipse, Alpine

I've heard some other stuff, Image Dynamics sounded quite good in one
guy's Passat,
some people love MB Quart, I think it's way too bright, my Bostons are
way too bright.
Really a matter of preference for speakers. I didn't go crazy w/ my
stereo because I
don't have the time while I'm driving to really do a critical listen.
I'm going to add
a sub to my existing system and if I really feel inclined, I'll scrap my
Boston RC41s
and figure out how to mount some a/d/s 5.25 or Focal 5.25 components in
the front.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Kent McLean
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:26 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: Bose Woes. LAC!


Lee Levitt wrote:

>I did one good car stereo...ADS component speakers and powerplates,
>plenty of power, in a Volvo wagon. The system sounded pretty good, but
>I never got around to adding the subwoofer it needed. Oh well.

My Miata had a decent CD head unit and separate woofers and tweeters in
the doors. In adding an amp to it, I found the speakers were ADS, with
an ADS powerplate amp under the passenger footwell. It was probably a
US$1500 system when it was installed 5 years ago.

I added a second cheap 50Wx2 amp ($70, on sale) with a cheap 10-inch
subwoofer ($40 on sale) in a not-so-cheap box ($50). To my tone-deaf
ears, the system now sounds great. The fronts handle the mids and highs,
and the bass thumps. Just adding ~$150 of subwoofer to the system
transformed it. Sounds twice as good as the Bose system in my 200TQ.

If I were to re-do my 200TQ, I'd get a decent MP3 playing head unit
(~$300) with a 4-channel amp ($400) to power separates (woofer, tweeter;
~$250) in the front doors and a subwoofer (~$100) and box
(~$60) in the trunk. All told, you'd spend about $1000-1200 for a pretty
good system.

The real audiophiles will tell you which manufacturers are good.

That's my $0.02.

Kent
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"