Looking for 4 4" speakers, sub, and headunit. What brand?

[evldave]

Originally Posted by BlueHUMMERH2

I know nothing about car audio. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

So in looking for speakers to replace those in the H1, I don't even know where to begin. Here's what my uneducated thoughts are:

1. Look for speakers with high watt capability. The ones in there are 45W, so I should probably find something similar.

2. Boston Acoustics, Inifinity, Alpine, Pinoneer--All good names.

3. If I get a suffciently nice headunit, I won't need to buy any amps (and save myself a couple bucks).


Any corrections for advice? I've been looking at Memphis Audio as well, but not really sure about them.

Thanks.

I think that cricket guy gave you all you needed, one more piece of advice - spend more on speakers and less on a head unit. A top-line head unit w/crappy speakers will sound worse than a crappy head unit w/top-line speakers. If you have a limited budget, always always go with nicer speakers!

Infinitiy are great, I like Kenwood and Pioneer units (not a big fan of Sony, Clarion, JVC, etc). Alpine is nice, with those nice blue buttons.

[ssgharkness020147]

Can you put larger speakers in without too much trouble? Or maybe just larger in the back? A 4' speaker is not going to be able to pick up close to all of the frequancies that are in a song, as a result no matter what you use its not going to sound all that great. I like the Reference series speakers as well, and recomend them to you. But, I would find a way to fit the 6' speakers in there, in the end you will have a much more well balanced audio system IMO. As far as head units I have a JVC KD-AR7500 in my truck and have liked it quite a bit, but it does freeze up every now and then. Other then the freezing up every now and again it has given my zero problems.

[BlueHUMMERH2]

Thanks for all the advice, particularly Mooncricket! Lots to read!

Carey, I am looking into ordering a newer trim piece inside that would fit maybe up to 8 speakers instead of 4. I think those are then 6" speakers, but I'm not sure. It wouldn't be terribly difficult to fit 6" speakers into this surround either.

The current speakers are JVC, but are paper cones, and sound like crap.