Every sound manufacturer sucks, they all in some way suck. Their are a few who are okay, but the rest suck.

Isn't that a fu(ked up scociety we live in today?

Their are 5000 models of crap.

 

lmao is that a headphone jack on it!?!?!?

 

Every sound manufacturer sucks, they all in some way suck. Their are a few who are okay, but the rest suck.

Isn't that a fu(ked up scociety we live in today?

Their are 5000 models of crap.

 

echo echo echo echo.....

 

i think alpine has the best of everything

 

road gear :a mechanical eject on a cd player,need i say more? alpine makes some pretty cruddy coaxs but decent to good head units , amps are not the greatest, either.

 

Whats the best brand in your opinions???

Anyone herd of "Volfenhag"
http://www.cardiscountstereos.com/Ca...+%23=ZX4712dvx

i herd sum volfenhag 15''s and they sounded badass gave me a extra heart beat...

 

I have some Volfenhag subs, just 12's thoe. They seriously kick *** for the price.

 

Actually, the heacdphone jack is an input. Would make more sence on a tape deck (for a portable CD player) but I dunno, you can plug your gameboy into it!

 

depends on what your lookin for.. i dun like alpine HUs i find them hard to work at the stores and thats after spend 30mins trying to change the bass and treble. their componets are pretty decently price but if you look for ones that can hold 100 watts rms with decent response you gunna pay thru the nose. and their subs dont get as low as id like...

 

Hey KJ Rockz how much did u pay for ur 12's?

Theres a pair for 15's with box for like $200!

 

Seems like it goes like this (always has and always will lol)

If it's new, you get what you pay for. No retailer will have something that is worth way more (aka "list price") and sell it for a lot less than that.

Even good brands like Infinity, Polk, etc. have $40 speakers... that suck!

 

sorry boys, putting you all to shame; THUMP audio. My friend works at a stereo shop and the rep GAVE them a few because he couldnt get rid of that ****. They sold each sub for 10 bucks and made 100% bank.

 

lmao my friend is giving me a free THump Audio amp

 

bahahah x 200 I remember thump.

 

I friend of mine has a THUMP! Amp. It is powering a couple 6x9's in boxes..

Its the cheapestly build amp I have ever seen.. it almost tops ol Urban Audioworks!

Funny thing, there is soo much heatsink to the amp.. it runs cold all day long LOL.

 

the worst subs have got to be VOLFENHAG those subs are so ****y they blew running of a 280 watt 2 channel amp

 

What do yall think of US acoustics? Since all my stuff was stolen I might have to buy some cheaper equipment for now.

 

i checked the amp again.. (he hasn't gotten around to giving me it.) its power acoustics or sumthin, not thump

 

I think volfenhag subs only run good with volfen hag amps viseversa.

 

Sorry blaze1, I don’t own any of their stuff but I’ve worked on it. It's not good, it looks like they bought Jensen’s old stock PCBs and dropped them in their heatsinks. Even the SPL amp are built with low end parts down to the cheep PCB, generic outputs, flimsy VRs for controls, and…. You could build one out of parts right off of Radio Shack’s parts shelf (in-stock). Sorry, not to be an a**, but I’ve spent time inside of them (Oh the humanity).

 

I got both of them for like $125, and that was shipped the Hawaii
plus the $100 for the box, so they were like $225

 

from personal experience: pyramid and boss audio.

still have that junk sittin around... waiting for a good day to go office space on it

 

Look at this little power house
in a friends car. Its a white westinghouse they make everthing?

 

Dude, just stay away from anything that sounds like a good brand:

Ie Boss (bose) Sherwood (kenwood) Rockwood (Rockford Fosgate/Kenwood)

Just about anything from the major electronics MFGRs will be better than the stock head unit in a 3rd Gen. I don't like Sony, Awia or Clarion (although their pro audio stuff is pretty slick), but it'll all sound better than stock. Same deal with speakers.

My experience has led me to buy pioneer speakers and kenwood head unit and subs. I may upgrade from my pioneers because they obviously are below the level of my HU, but they're way better than stock (although stock in my latest ride is a one speaker (paper) AM radio in my 78 Impala).

Also, whatI've gleaned in my experience with upgrading stereos in mid 90s and earlier American cars: Speakers are the biggest bang for the buck stereo upgrade. The paper crap in these rides sound like ****, and just get worse over time. Next is the head unit. Almost any quality brand is better than stock, but If choosing between last year's high end model and the newest Xplode , go for the quality unit. It never ceases to amaze me how discontinued Kenwood or Rockford HU can be so much cheaper than newer, crappier units.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by guy1138
Just about anything from the major electronics MFGRs will be better than the stock head unit in a 3rd Gen.........but they're way better than stock......[QUOTE]

heh no one has yet mentioned the crappy delco stuff our cars came with..heh lol

 

the worst stock radio i ever delt was a 96 mazda protege stocky. The best stock i ever delt with was the new escalade radio.

 

*cough* cuz its an escalade *cough*

 

And if you had the money for one why would you even keep the stock system in there.

 

depends on what type of person you are... if you are middleaged person or a chick you'll prolly leave it there... i think anything sold at walmart or most crap at pepboys sucks

 

I did not see anyone mention JVC.. I have to say that i really like mine, I have had 3 different head units, and they have never failed..
just bought a new KD-SH9750 , and i can't wait to hook it up..

as for the worst.. I hate pyrimid.. wow that is terrible stuff

 

I dont know why, but I have always hated pioneer. Maybe it is because they market to everything. Similar to walmart.

 

Uh, cause some "stock" systems really kick *** now days although they are usually options. The Ford Mach 460 & 1000 systems rock, as do the Bose systems in Cadillacs and the Blaupunkt systems in some GM cars. I know that there's lots of good systems in imports now too, but I don't know anything about them.

However if you meant stock systems from any 3rd Gen, then yeah, they pretty much all suck.

 

uh well the c5 vette had a 500watt system stock....

 

Someone said they wanted to know about some real high end stuff. Here you go:

http://nexxon.com/funkypup/funkypup.htm

They are SO awesome they sell them in 6 packs!!!

BEAT THAT!!

"i heard that snoop dogg has some pups in his lowrider fool"

"THE WOOFER SAYS BOOM!! LIKE SO.. fool"


Now how can anyone argue with that???

 

haha, a couple gallons of milk with get you one of those subs.

 

i got a sound storm stolen outta my first camaro, My problems werent as bad, but still pretty crappy. When ever you turn it off, listen to it with the car off then turn the car on ect, it would start the track over, not just start where you left off

 

The infinity system in the Hemi Ram rocks too :hail:

 

Just discovered another one! Hitron!! (2) 12" 500w subs on ebay for $79.99! Must sound awesome!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 87t-5.0transam
[QUOTE]Originally posted by guy1138
Just about anything from the major electronics MFGRs will be better than the stock head unit in a 3rd Gen.........but they're way better than stock......

Quote:

heh no one has yet mentioned the crappy delco stuff our cars came with..heh lol

The Delco stuff isn't nearly as bad as some of the crap mentioned in this thread.

 

lol $100 for a 6pack of 12s. sounds like cheap target practice or a cheap way to show ur friends that you can blow subs with ur awsome power....lmao

 

Love Sony but their CD players **** me off. About a dozen Sony CD players have gone bad on me. Their motors tend to burn out, esp. in changers.
As far as longevity goes, Alpine CD decks have worked well for many years in a number of my installs.

I have heard many systems with "crappy" brand equipment that jammed. Install, design, and tuning is far more important.

 

I agree with the install/tuning comment. Good gear always helps though. Right now I consider all of my gear high end, so I will be putting my install/tuning skills to the test. It will be interesting to see what I can do.

 

The motors almost never go bad. If you still have them it’s probably the optical pickup. Most go for $15.00 to $35.00.

 

PS2... "DRE"

Ring A Bell?

 

Sony just DOES NOT make a good optical pickup (nomenclature for the “lens” or “laser”). This is why you hear that their HU’s skip all the time. There junk plain and simple. Sony makes some good stuff. Their cameras are great.

As a technician, I would NEVER buy something form Sony that uses and optical pickup, NEVER.!.!.!.!.

 

Amen To That!!!

 

Agreed.

From CD Burners and Computer DVD players, to 5 disc changers, to Car audio head units. They all suck at reading stuff if there is anything wrong with them at all.

I can feed my cheapo pioneer a mulched mangled disc, and it plays it happy as can be.

Mind you if there are super bad scratches, then of course it will not read or at least skip a few times.

Many stock systems, especially after 2000 have become pretty decent.

2000 and newer Sunfires have mids and tweets in the doors for example.

Many car manufacturers are seeing the need to have a decent sound system now. So many of them are starting to use brand name components in their systems. Infinity, Bose, Blaupunkt, Alpine and Pioneer are some of the common ones.

IMHO any brand that can sell a 500-1000 subwoofer with a magnet the size of a coffee coaster, or a 800w amp for 30$ is probably gonna rank amongst the best of the worst.

 

Jeez I had no idea my post would get this popular. Put it as a sticky? haha

 

Bingo