[s-cars] Replacement Car stereo - Ipod integration - Thoughts onbrand?

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

Taka,

I have had luck with the old Kicker F Series of subs.  They sound pretty
good given the car body is solid, as the free-airs tend to put a lot more
energy into the body.  I have 2 10" that I have owned since 1992.  I ran
them in two different cars for a total of about 10 years.  They still show
no signs of wear, spiders are still totally level.  The best I ever heard
with free-airs was an '89 T-Bird with the subs mounted in the back deck with
MB Quarts up front and MMATS amplifiers.  It's been awhile since I was
heavily into the Car Audio scene but I still tinker every once in awhile.
Here was a setup I did in an '89 200 Avant with one 12" (even kept the apre
tire under the sub box).  Sounded pretty good, not quite as good as my
Harmon Kardon/Infinity home system but pretty nice :)

--Calvin



-----Original Message-----
From: Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:20 PM
To: calvinlc at earthlink.net
Cc: chris chambers; Scar
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Replacement Car stereo - Ipod integration -
Thoughts onbrand?


Calvin-
Have you had good experiences with free-air subs? I have not heard a
good system with
free-air subs. That's why I advocated an acoustic suspension box.

A nice 250W or 300W monoblock would be nice for the sub.

Taka