charlie31603

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is the sony xplod stuff any good. any of it cd player, spekers, amps, and subs. thanks

Ragnarok_Tyr

I've never had any personal experience with Sony Xplod, but all that I've heard is that it is garbage. The old Sony Mobile ES stuff was pretty OK, in my opinion, but most everyone I know who was running Xplod equipment in their car soon swapped it out for something else. I heard that the amps are OK (but overrated), but the decks and subs are crap. Apparently, their subs don't quite handle the power they claim, and their decks make frequent trips to service centers to have the laser beam pickups fixed, among other things.

2 dope

darnit, i wanted to purchase an explode 1000 watt amp, guess i wont now

charlie31603

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one of my friends had all sony xplod system in his ford exploder. He had four 12's and two 1000 watt amps and there cd player (forgot whice one ), and it would hit so hard the roof would move in and out a couple of inches! But since he bougth a 01 ss he got rid of the system. Im just wondering about long term reilebilty of the stuff. thanks for the help

Jim85IROC

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It's crap. The electronics are unreliable, the speakers sound like an intoxicated monkey banging on a tin can, and the amps would make a better George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine than they do an amp. Whatever joker decided to advertise their class D sub amp as "1 ohm stable" must have a wicked sense of humor.

DISTURBthePEACE

I just made my car sony free. I've had it all. The CD Players, the amps, and the subs. CD player was crap, skipped all the time, didnt work when it was cold out, and the remote sucked. The amp was better than the cd player (which isnt saying much), it was the 2 channel 760 watt amp, wouldnt run 2 ohm, gor really hot. the sub was the aluminum cone 12". The sub was pretty good, especially in a small enclosure. It seems great, until you hear almost anything else. my car is now Alpine and JBL and Boston Accoustic. Bottom line, stay away from sony as if it were pyrmid or pyle.

charlie31603

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so if sony sucks what sould I get

Justins86bird

Kenwood or Alpine.

CAMp3RO

xplod is crap. my deck (came in the car, being replaced tomorrow) doesnt play in cold, no real skips though. sony car stuff went downhill as soon as they made xplod

Jim85IROC

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One of the 1,475,200 different brands currently available.

For head units, there's Alpine, pioneer, kenwood, eclipse, panasonic, JVC (Digifine stuff only), and others.

When it comes to amps and speakers, there's literally hundreds of good brands out there. Speakers are easy. Buy the ones that sound best to you. For amps, you need to do your homework and make sure you're getting a quality brand that actually makes the advertised power (or more).

charlie31603

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thanks for the help! so I,ll get anything else but sony.

spartyon

i agree sony is cheap crap but the cheap amps i got are doing the job but probably not as well as a good amp. my friend had a 1000 watt sony amp and it pushed his two jlw0's really well.

Ragnarok_Tyr

Ford Exploder! LMAO! Ain't that the truth.

tamu130

A88GTANotchback

LMAO
i always liked sony decks but i guess ill switch to something else

CAMp3RO

the thing is, sony was good at decks. but that was more than 3 years ago. as soon as xplod came out, they went downhill quick. i owned one of their mobile es amps and the first line of mobile es speakers under the xplod name. the first year wasnt bad, but as soon as making the red color more important than what was inside, they just became crap.

86TAtony

I have a Sony Headunit in my car and the only thing I have to complain about it is that the remote doesn't work when the car sits in the sun for a while and it gets nice'n warm in the car. But other than that its been good to me. But I have heard a lot of bad things about the amps. Hopefully my HU won't have to serviced anytime soon for anything.

Tony

3.1RS

Hey, Jim.............why do you say that sony es class-d's are not one ohm stable............have you hade any experience? WHat do they do?

Jim85IROC

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Most of the time they would just shut down. Sometimes they would cook.

Sony may have improved them since then, but since they haven't improved anything else in that lineup, I wouldn't bet on it.

iroc22

I've been running Sony Xplod head units since they came out. Currently I have three in my possession and none have ever failed on me. My Pioneer Premiere that is now 2 years old is not playing half the CD's I put in it now. My Xplod head units have out lasted the Pioneer Premiere and Kenwood decks that I currently own.

Cronic3rd

I had a sony H/u for a while. It skipped so bad I thought it was broken and had the dealer replace it. The replacement as just as crappy. Took that pile back and get a blaupunkt. 4 years later I am still very happy with my H/U. As far as amps and subs I have always been partal to MTX.

nikh23

i've had two sony xplod headunits in my car's the 550LX and the M630 and both seemed to be decent units for the price. although i'd still prefer to go with the alpine head units i really haven't had a problem with the XPLOD units in terms of skipping and taking a crap while they're playing but many others have. As far as their subs, amps and speakers go, i've heard many of them and i'd never ever buy any of that garbage. Currently i'm running infinity speakers, jl subs and yes a profile amp. hehe i'm saving up to buy a new amp don't worry. But no i wouldn't touch their other stuff even though their head units sound decent.

Packy

I've had my Xplod CD head unit it 2 cars my 92 Cont and my 92 RS, plays well for me, but on hard bumps in the RS it does skip, perhaps my 1" drop might have something to do with that, never skipped in the lincoln. I agree on the speakers they sounded like crap, i went with polks.

Now to fit the JL 2x12 box and my Memphis amp in the RS. hmmmm
.... shoe horn and vaseline

89' RS/blue

Well i know that Sony XPLOD subs suck ***, but they are really good amps. The XPLOD decks suck. I run an 800 watt XPLOD amp to two JL audio 12W3 subs. It sounds excellent. As well my friend just purched the new XPLOD 1000 Watt amp and some infinity subs, it sounds awesome. Sony makes good amps mostly, in my opinion.

KCobain147

My opinion for a 1000 watt monoblock, the only choice is xtant..that amp they have rips soooo loud.

CAMp3RO

my opinion is save yourself some money on the Xtant and buy yourself a JBL. rated at 1200w and pushes out 1400 (so you get a few hunder extra watts)

just messing with ya. xtants great stuff but kinda overpriced

1988irocz350

I ran that exact same set-up in my old camaro. Never had one problem. Even had a xplod cd deck. For the price and my personal experience with xplod I have nothing but praise for it.

Verviticas

I had that sony explode amp, the red pentagon one, forgot the name, 800w max, i bought it after reading a review saying how it totally blew away the expectations of the tester for a sony amp in the magazine i was reading. It was putting out 550rms. I got it for 240 canadian brand new (which is well below sticker like 160US ) Compare that to ANY other amp of 550rms and its a great deal. I had a warrenty so i blasted the cheese outta it and is was still pumping hard.

first 2 subs were jbl 12" p1200's, next two were jl's 12w6's. Both sets sounded very reasonable. and an Awsome price. Altho, that amps gone in place of a jl500.1 which sounds better, just not as loud belive it or not.

junkyarddog

Did you tune the JL 500/1 properly?...I doubt it.

Sony Xplodes are a joke.....All stuff breaks, but Xplodes break more often. You can't be certain if anything will last, but Xplodes are more likley to not last than almost anything. They don't have much to offer to begin with, basically more cheesy K-mart audio equipment.

Boomin Boy

explode head units-
#1 very very ugly
#2 (main problem) they skip for no reason, ive worked with three different models so far and each of them have a mind of their own
#3 they're wayyy too common...almost every first system my friends have gone through has had some sort of explode product it in which is soon upgraded

subs-
#1 it takes a lot of guesswork in box building to make them sound remotely good but it is possible
#2 they cant get very loud SPL wise but the SQ on them is decent for their price range

i installed a single explode 15 in something like 3.2 cf tuned to 37 hz in my friends civic and it sounds not bad. We ended up throwing about 500 watts at it, (200 watt sub) and a subsonic filter and it sounds decent.

speakers-
#1 if there's a best part of sonys lineup, its they're speakers. For a beginner they arent too bad, there's a lot better out there but sony is acceptable for most beginners. Of course when you get more into the industry you realize that there are some speaker systems out there that will blow your mind. (my first car audio purchase was a pair of explode 6X9's about 4 years ago)

amps-
#1 if had two explode amps in the past (we were all beginners once and believed everything the salesman said) and they put out the dirtiest power ive ever come across. They seem to put out close to their rated power specs but it just sounds horrible.

although i wanted a refund on my explode amp and it was still underwarranty and i didnt know what to do. So i ran it at 1/4 ohm mono when it was only rated to 2 ohms mono. Surprisingly it lasted about two days, ungodly distortion levels but it was still pushing a lot of power. You could cook an egg on the thing though, I could see heat waves radiating off of it. But in the end, there was magic smoke and i got a new one under warranty then traded it in to the audio shop for a full refund


and i dont see how one of those stupidily shaped explode amps beat out a 500/1...thats like saying a kia beat out a camaro

ddn69

Frankly Ive got the "1000 watt amp" sony makes and it sounds just fine to me. My subs havent broke yet, they sound fine to me, and my amp hasnt fried. Sure the head units are crap. But seriously YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Keep in mind that more features means more money. More features on a cheap deck means its most likely poorly made. One word JENSEN! Theyre WAY!!! worse then sony (had to bring a mp3 120.00 jensen back like 5 times!

Well I dont wanna drag on but you can get better for your money then sony but not really at retail stores. Check online, magazines, etc. The amp in my opinion isnt trash. Works for what I need it for.

Nate

Boomin Boy

everyone has different goals with their setup...if it works for you, thats a good thing...the only problem is car audio is a very addictive sport. Once i heard my first really loud system that put mine to shame i decided to upgrade that day.

If you plan on upgrading in the future sony is just an added step that costs you time and money

br()bert

I WOuld like it if what i posted stay in a post i dont need any mod to edit my post. Now i even forget what i posted anyway

Barry85Iroc

They didn't call their stuff xplod for nothin'.

ctimm_rs

I had a skipping Sony M630 deck and hollow sounding mobile es 6x9's. They've been replaced with an Alpine 9813 deck and Alpine type-r 6x9's. Buy Alpine and you won't be disappointed

ddn69

amen to that alpine decks are the shizzle.

Nate

theratdude64

JVC :hail: I have a nice JVC headunit that rarely ever skips, and when it does the cd looks as if it was scraped on cement, lol. Ive had really good luck with mine

Jim85IROC

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They break too.

Unfortunately, head unit reliability as a WHOLE has fallen right into the crapper. This is what happens when you get 10,000 features for $200. 10 years ago $200 got you a volume control and an eject button, but it also got you a whole lot more reliability. Now $200 will get you a head unit that can provide 2nd order crossovers, parametric equalization, full color displays with screensavers, motorized twirly-gig faceplates that do the icky shuffle every time you load a cd, and oral sex for up to 6 users. Unfortunately, for them to turn the same profits, they need to provide all of this crap at the same cost as the volume **** and eject button of 10 years ago. The only way is to cut production costs, which means cheaper materials, cheaper components, and cheaper manufacturing & tooling methods.

NEEDAZ

ddn69

well when it break u can tell me told you so. Otherwise Im VERY happy with it....Love your sig^^^

Nate

ss85tadude

Hey guys, I am getting a sony xplod HU (cdx-L510X) and two 6X9's for free. my mom had this set up in here GP and it sounded great and never had any problems over the 2 months she had it. I also went and got a pair of xplod 4X6's for the front of my car today and installed them and they sound great on my 50 dollar Wal-Mart Special cd player. What should I watch out for with this set up? I am seeing mixed opinions about this stuff.

It is free so I can't beat the price

Rage13

i must be real lucky, i've got an xplod head unit thats lasted a little over 4 years and has taken a hell of a beating.. had it in my 91 rs for a year, car was totaled and the unit sat in my garage for 8 months, then put it in my 84 z28 but was too lazy to mount it so it just sat in the radio space bouncing around for the rest of the time, while being taken off roading and all other kinds of **** no f-body should ever have to deal with. and after all that its still going strong, remote works well, only time it ever skips is when the car bottems out. so i got nothing but good things to say about the head units

305RSlc

I currently have 2 sony xplode 12's and have had them with absolutely no problems for over a year now. They sound pretty good too for the price. They were running off a Jenson 680w 4 channel, then I switched to the sony 800w mono sub amp. Now I can say they POUND. The sound quality is less than what I have heard in other systems such as my friends Fosgate stuff, but it is louder and condsidering my box, it is almost as loud as a ported box with the same setup. If you want high end quality sound, don't go with Sony, the decks suck, the amps are a bit overrated but do push speakers to the sky, and the subs are a great way to go if you are just investing in a budget system. That's just my $.02 and experience.

Kontrax

the name says it all "Explod" and thats exactily what that stuff does. my whole GTA was that garbage and it all cooked in 1 week. gave it back and got all kenwood and never had a problem. that was 2 years ago though. i think its flashy just to sell. sony stuff has become realy crappy quality over the years

Intensity_Z

actually i personally have had good experiences with the stuff, i got 2 1100 max 10's and an 800w mono amp, i custom built the box to sony's specifications on air space and if you properly break them in (ie no bumping them as hard as they go right away) they sound really good mind you these are no competition worthy speakers (126 db in mine) they are more than enough for cruising around, seeing how most of us are on a budget you can't go wrong with this type set up, i aid just over 500 for the 2 subs, the amp, the deck, all with 4 yr warranty form best buy, all the wiring and the supplied to make the box myself and to me thats a good deal for what i'm getting, and besdies most of us should be focused on performance not sound!

br()bert

For the $500 you paid for the sony crap you could of gotten much better stuff if you shopped around. Sony's subs dont take their rated wattage very well and the amps dont put out what they should. btw most people on the car audio section dont talk about performance.

I myself have grown out of the "go fast, do burn outs, stoplite racing" thing. Im more into having my car run good and sound great. (the main reason i bought a v6 3rd gen.

ThraxXx

My buddy bought the cheapest sony on the market. Actually it was a Stereo Starter kit from Canadian Tire. It came with the Sony bottom of the barel CD player and 2 6.5" Sony speakers. This costed a grand total of $230. We installed it in his Escort and well...lets just say he got his moneys worth. The CD Player skips on every bump. Not just the hard bumps but even the light ones. In teh winter the player refuses to read certain tracks. The faceplate won't stay shut for some reason. Its been returned back and replaced at Canadian Tire so many times that we have given up on it.

I know Sony has some expensive decks which are probably better sounding and have better shock absorbing abilities however these el-cheapo decks are just nasty.

onebadwagon

underrated subs and overrated amps go together like peas and carrots.


adam

Kontrax

just spend the money and get MB quart. they arnt mass produced like sony stuff is, so they have a better sound and quality to them. i wouldnt use anything else but MB speakers

Kj Rockz

I recomend Alpine