i cant decide between a kenwood excelon or the alpine right below the 60x4 one. i was planning on spending around $300 for the cd player. next what about polk 4x6s in front and either 6x9s or make 6 1/2s fit for rear?

theres a sale on polk 10" ex subs
the box says: 400w max
20-? hz
91 dbl
i see the ones in crutchfield are polk Dx's whats the diff between dx and ex?

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89 Trans Am
jet black w/ silver flake
suncoast ram-air hood
ASAI aerowing
centerline trigons
SLP headers, flowmaster.
Viper 550esp w/ rem start
Grant GT, 2 10's & amp
BMR adj.phr, lca's, lca brackets, sfc's, jamex springs

 

The old Alpine stuff was awesome. The same cannot be said about their new decks. I really like the Excelon decks. Nice features, good specs, look nice and not too expensive. When i get a new deck, I'm planning to get an Excelon.

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-Justin-
T-Top '86 5.0L LG4 700R4 WS6 Now Bilstein equipped!
T-Top '92 5.0L TBI 700R4
My '86 Firebird Homepage
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If its 400 max, then a good approximation would be 200 watts RMS.

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-Justin-
T-Top '86 5.0L LG4 700R4 WS6 Now Bilstein equipped!
T-Top '92 5.0L TBI 700R4
My '86 Firebird Homepage
The F-body Model Kit Pictoral Archive (updated 9/18/00)

There can be only one!!

 

Im with Justin on that, ive had some of the older Apline equipement, and right up to last year, i felt they were untouchable. But this year, they were too overcome by the flashy looks and gimmicks, which i dislike. Kenwoods lineup has a great product line this year, and i also, am turning to the kenwood line for a new deck. Pioneers still have the great performance ive known from them over the year, but again... i dislike their need for flash gimmicks and chromy type *****. Heck, if i wanted a screen saver, id get another computer!

I love kenwoods new stuff though, powerful, hi quality, and they look decent too. Im lookin in to the 905 myself. Just my opinion though, hope i trad lightly on anyone elses, we all feel differently. : )

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1988 Formula, 305TPI, 700r4(for now), headers, stage 2 PROM, modded MAF, cat back, no catalytics, cowl hood, centerline champ 500 rims, KOBEL predator ground effects kit, Trans AM tailights, dash pouch, 92 shift console w/indicator, white face gauges, accented red trim, 12 speaker stereo, 4 amps, tint, T tops... icq 44373460 AIM:admrlam
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I agree with their opinion on Alpine. I liked their older stuff VERY much. I had an Alpine for two years, up until a year and a half ago, and liked it very much.

While I don't currently own any new Alpine, I still like it a lot. As for speakers, I had a pair of Polk EX 4x6s for about 2 weeks. For the money, look at Boston Acoustics 4x6s and 6x9s. You'll pay a little more, but the end result is VERY nice.

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Jason E
'89 Camaro RS 2.8
Medium Grey Metallic/AT/T-tops/all power
Hypertech chip/2 K&N filters/Modded air box
Eclipse CD/Eclipse 100x4 amp/Boston4x6 plates, 6x9 RX 3 ways/ALL Monster's goodies
Alpine Alarm w/ Keyless entry
IROC tailights/t-windows

 

I also agree on the Alpine's. I love their stuff, but they could drop the flashiness. I would buy a new head unit now, if it weren't for the crappy looks.

My personal opinion on speakers is Kicker all the way. I'm not so thrilled with their amps right now though (I've had 3 fail on me in 2 weeks!)

Polk, and Boston make some excellent speakers. MB Quart's are nice, too.

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Block is in shop!

Starting to look like the Kicker poster child!

 

well thanx for the input guys. but heres the deal. i have to get everything at circuit city. so im limited to about alpine, kenwood, pioneer, and clarion.

 

Whats the problem there? Kenwoods are great, although its been my experinece that stores that carry general electronics never carry anthing very far up the product line.... I would go for magazine or e-commerce order, thats how i do my buying. But if your restricted to Cir. city, i would go with the kenwood... BUT, if the kenwoods they have are limited, the Pioneers are still great quality, im just not in to their new look.

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1988 Formula, 305TPI, 700r4(for now), headers, stage 2 PROM, modded MAF, cat back, no catalytics, cowl hood, centerline champ 500 rims, KOBEL predator ground effects kit, Trans AM tailights, dash pouch, 92 shift console w/indicator, white face gauges, accented red trim, 12 speaker stereo, 4 amps, tint, T tops... icq 44373460 AIM:admrlam
see it at www.geocities.com/admrlam/bird.html

 

well the sales over on the polk subs, however kenwood is on sale. and i think im gonna get everything tommorow.
excelon 715s head unit
4x6 4675
6x9 6906s
and 2 10" 2503 (500w -200rms) subs
and probably get this kenwood amp that says 600w on it, and specs said 150x2

i think i can use the crappy 4ch 600w BOSS amp i have now for the speakers

this stuff sound ok to you audio guru's?

 

I have an older Alpine CDA-7832 with a CHA-1204 12 CD Changer. I love the older Alpines, I am not into all that flash that the new head units have like Pioneer, Kenwood, etc....
I have Polk Audio 4x6 and 6x9's in my car, sounds great.
My brother now has an Alpine head unit. He traded his Premier DEH-PR1 and Fosgate 160.4 for the Alpine and a Fosgate 1000a mono block amp.
My brother has Polks in his car, 6.5 all around.

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Zepher
'86 Pontiac Trans Am WS6, 5 Speed:
Edelbrock 1406 Carb, Edelbrock Performer RPM 7101 Intake Manifold.
Edelbrock Open Element Air Cleaner: Flowmaster Exhaust, 160* Thermostat,
Grant GT Steering Wheel, MSD HEI Coil, Taylor 8mm Wires, Recaro Seats,
Alpine CD+Changer,Rockford & Soundstream Amps, Premier TS-1040C Subs, Polk Audio highs/mids.

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